Marvel Comics has announced that an all-female team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is assembling during Secret Wars, as the creative team of writers G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marguerite K. Bennett (Angela: Asgard’s Assassin) and artist Jorge Molina (X-Men) unleashe A-Force. “She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and other fan favorites, will take charge,” says […]
Deadpool joins the original Secret Wars in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars
As the Marvel Universe as we know it draws to a close this May, Wade Wilson is heading back in time to the original 1984 Secret Wars series for the Warzones! tie-in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars. In 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars was known for debuting Spider-Man’s black costume and featuring Doctor Doom stealing […]
DC announces that The New 52 will come to an end in June
DC Entertainment has announced today that The New 52 is set to come to an end in June following the Convergence event, although the publisher is not rebooting its universe and titles will continue to take place in the same continuity. 25 books will retain their number, while a further 24 titles will relaunch (or […]
Ryan Phillipe to star in Shooter TV pilot for USA Network
Remember Ryan Phillippe, one of the “hottest” young actors in Hollywood in the late 1990s, who starred in Cruel Intentions? Well, he is back, and has nabbed the lead in Shooter, a TV pilot for USA network based on the 2007 actioner starring Mark Wahlberg, reports Variety.Wahlberg is still involved with the small screen remake, […]
Luke Mitchell joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Inhuman role
The Tomorrow People star Luke Mitchell has signed on to the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with Marvel.com announcing that the Australian actor is set to play an Inhuman called Lincoln, “who has an important role to play in Skye understanding the true extent of her transformation.”“With the revelations surrounding Skye’s true identity in […]
William Friedkin to direct The Winter of Frankie Machine
Deadline is reporting that legendary filmmaker William Friedkin is set to direct an adaptation of best-selling novel The Winter of Frankie Machine.Both Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese had previously been linked to the project, as was Robert de Niro, but now it looks like Friedkin is finally getting it off the ground. The adaptation of […]
G.I. Joe 3 to feature a character from M.A.S.K.?
Details about G.I. Joe 3 are up in the air at the moment. It was announced back in April last year that Jon M. Chu had left the director’s chair of the movie and the studio have since been in talks with D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four) and Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) to take over.According […]
Astro Boy is heading to the big screen for live-action movie
The iconic Japanese character Astro Boy is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions are developing a live-action feature based upon the robot boy who uses his powers to fight evil.Created as a manga in the 1950s by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy has been adapted […]
Stargate reboot gets Independence Day 2 screenwriters
Last May it was announced that director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin are set to reboot their 1994 sci-fi Stargate with a potential new trilogy, and now the duo have found their screenwriters for the new film.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods are in final negotiations to pen the […]
300 and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra screenwriter to pen Robotech movie
A big screen adaptation of Robotech has been in various stages of development for the best part of a decade, and it now looks like the movie version of the classic 80s anime series is finally moving forward.According to Deadline, 300 and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra screenwriter Michael Gordon has signed on to […]
