As Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary, Paramount Pictures has unleashed the third instalment of its rebooted series – and the thirteenth movie overall – with the Justin Lin-directed Star Trek Beyond enjoying a worldwide opening haul of $89.3 million.Domestically, Beyond topped the chart with $59.3 million, which is down on the previous two instalments, with […]
The Week in Spandex – San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Edition
Here’s a special SDCC edition of The Week in Spandex, wrapping up all the superhero news from Comic-Con 2016…Unless you’ve been residing under a rock these past few days, you’ll be all too aware that the San Diego Comic-Con has been taking place across the Pond, bringing us a host of superhero goodies. Both DC […]
Kiersey Clemons cast in The Flash alongside Ezra Miller
Rumours circled around actress Kiersey Clemons this past month, but Variety has now confirmed the Dope and Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising star has now been cast in a lead role in The Flash film.This will mark the second time Clemons has worked with Flash director Rick Famuyiwa, who directed her in Dope. While Variety doesn’t […]
Nicole Scherzinger, Jemaine Clement, Alan Tudyk and more join Disney’s Moana voice cast
Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced that Jemaine Clement (The BFG), Rachel House (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Temuera Morrison (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones), Alan Tudyk (Zootopia) and Nicole Scherzinger have joined Dwayne Johnson and Auli‘i Cravalho in the cast of the upcoming animated feature Moana. “Our assembled voice cast for […]
Joss Whedon could be tempted back to Marvel for a Black Widow movie
Having made a “completely clean break” from Marvel following Avengers: Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon revealed back in May that he could be tempted back to the MCU for a female-driven Avengers film, and now he’s suggested that the lure of a Black Widow movie could also be too much for him to resist.“I think […]
SDCC: Garth Ennis penning Dastardly and Muttley series for DC
DC has announced that it is expanding its line of Hanna-Barbera comics with a new title for Dastardly and Muttley, which will be written by Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman).The news came during DC’s daily press event at Comic-Con, with CBR reporting that it was implied that the new series will be spinoff from the recently-launched […]
SDCC: Ben McKenzie says Jim Gordon “might become another iconic DC character” in Gotham season 3
Following the Gotham panel at the San Diego Comic-Con – which saw the release of a season three teaser, which you can watch here – TV Line caught up with the cast to discuss the new season of the Batman prequel series, and in the process Ben McKenzie may have dropped a rather big spoiler concerning […]
SDCC: Grant Gustin shares his thoughts on Ezra Miller’s Flash costume for Justice League
Although he featured briefly in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, yesterday’s DC Extended Universe panel at Comic-Con gave us our first real look at Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen suited up as The Flash with the release of a promo image and first teaser trailer for Justice League.Miller’s Flash costume is very different from that […]
SDCC: James Gunn comments on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Comic-Con reveals
Yesterday director James Gunn and the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 took to the stage in Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con to showcase some footage from next year’s Marvel sequel [read a description here], as well as revealing some pretty major details about the film – not least the identity of […]
SDCC: Katie Cassidy set for series regular role across all of The CW’s Arrowverse shows
Following on from John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn) and Wentworth Miller (Captain Cold), it has now been announced that Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) has signed a deal to appear as a series regular across all of The CW’s Arrowverse shows.“With Laurel being gone, it’s incredibly important for the team to move forward, remembering that legacy and […]
