It looks like the recently announced Pump from Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to have some competition when it comes to the period bodybuilding drama stakes, as Deadline is reporting that Dwayne Johnson is producing the scripted drama series Muscle Beach for USA Network.The logline for Muscle Beach reads: “A colorful tribe of lost souls struggles […]
Gareth Edwards discusses Rogue One: A Star Wars Story alien creatures Pao and Bistan
During the Star Wars Celebration sizzle reel for Rogue One, we got our first glimpse of two alien creatures from December’s Anthology movie, affectionately dubbed by fans as “Bigmouth” and “Space Monkey”, and now director Gareth Edwards has offered up some details on the two characters, who are actually called Pao and Bistan.“There was this […]
Exclusive: Composer Bill Brown discusses working on Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six along with revealing two never released tracks
With the recent release of Tom Clancy’s The Division by Ubisoft and the news that Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and star in a movie based on the game we decided to speak with a person whom is very familiar with Tom Clancy’s work, composer Bill Brown. Brown began his career scoring Clancy’s Rainbow Six in […]
UPDATE: Lionsgate pulls The Divergent Series: Ascendant from theatrical release, will go straight to TV
Following a less than impressive box office haul of $179.2 million for the third instalment Allegiant, Lionsgate has decided to pull the concluding chapter of The Divergent Series from its theatrical schedule, and will instead wrap up the franchise with a TV movie. At this point, it’s unknown whether Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort […]
Legendary secures live-action Pokemon rights, developing Detective Pikachu movie
Hollywood has been circling the live-action movie rights for several months now, with bidding intensifying following the smash hit release of Pokemon Go.Earlier this week it was revealed that Legendary Entertainment had emerged as front-runner for the rights, and now Legendary and The Pokemon Company have announced that they have reached a deal to launch […]
Universal sets Shrek 5 and Edgar Wright and David Walliams’ Shadows for 2019
Last month it was reported that NBC Universal was looking to revive the Shrek franchise following its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, and now Universal’s Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed to THR that Shrek 5 has been given a 2019 release date.Universal plans on releasing two DreamWorks Animation films each year, beginning in 2019 and starting with […]
The Jim Henson Company bringing Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men to the big screen
The Jim Henson Company is set to adapt Terry Pratchett’s 2003 Discworld novel The Wee Free Men, with Pratchett’s daughter Rhianna set to pen the script for a big screen adaptation. Here’s the official description from the announcement: THE WEE FREE MEN, is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch […]
Chris Wood joins Supergirl as mystery DC character
TV Line is reporting that Chris Wood has joined the cast of Supergirl for its second season, with the containment and The Vampire Diaries star set to portray an as-yet-unrevealed character from the pages of DC Comics.SEE ALSO: Win Supergirl: The Complete First Season on Blu-rayWood joins an ever-expanding cast of supporting characters to Melissa […]
J.J. Abrams says that Anton Yelchin will not be replaced for Star Trek 4
Last month, young actor Anton Yelchin tragically lost his life in a freak automobile accident, and now producer J.J. Abrams has confirmed that Yelchin won’t be replaced in the role of Chekov for the fourth Star Trek film, which was just announced yesterday.““I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly imagine […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 coming from Dark Horse
USA Today has announced that writer Christos Gage, artist Rebekah Isaacs and executive producer Joss Whedon are reuniting for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 from Dark Horse Comics.SEE ALSO: Dark Horse announces Buffy the Vampire Slayer Adult Coloring Book“Spike has been maturing quite a bit as he comes to terms with being in a […]