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Comic Book Review – Transformers vs Visionaries #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers vs Visionaries #1… After the events of First Strike, Hasbro and IDW have brought together the Transformers and Visionaries franchises together for the first time. A part of Cybertron has been transformed into the homeworld of the Visionaries thanks to the wizard Merklynn, draining much of Cybertron’s valuable energon in an already tumultuous political landscape. The […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League: The Darkseid War Saga Omnibus

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Ricky Church reviews Justice League: The Darkseid War Saga Omnibus… When DC’s New 52 was coming to an end, Geoff Johns ended his Justice League run in an epic fashion. Being one of the very few writers who stayed on a title from beginning to end, Johns brought it back to the beginning when Darkseid returns to […]

DeWanda Wise joins Captain Marvel

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Marvel’s first female centric superhero film has gained another cast member. Joining Captain Marvel is DeWanda Wise in an unknown role. Wise also stars in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It, a series based on Spike Lee’s 1986 film of the same name. Captain Marvel is being directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) and sees Brie Larson (Kong: […]

George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers gets full series pick-up by SyFy

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Since SyFy ordered a pilot based on George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi novellas Nightflyers last fall, we hadn’t heard much else about the project aside from Martin saying it would have a “substantial” budget. However, SyFy has announced today it has given a full series pick-up for the next Martin adaptation. Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder) has written […]

First trailer for Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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The first trailer for the upcoming Sky series Patrick Melrose has been released. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the series as the title character in an adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s novels on the rich socialite. Check out the trailer below… The five-part series has been penned by David Nicholls (One Day) and each episode will be based on […]

New Line’s Walter Hamada will lead DC on film for Warner Bros.

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Last month saw a bit of a shake-up over at Warner Bros. with the DC Extended Universe. Producer Jon Berg and DC CCO Geoff Johns, who were tapped to lead the DC film franchise after the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, were pushed aside in a restructuring in the wake of Justice League‘s disappointing […]

True Detective season 3 casts Stephen Dorff

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With HBO having ordered a third season of its anthology series True Detective, a new addition to the cast has been announced. Stephen Dorff (Blade) will star alongside Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali and Selma’s Carmen Ejogo as State Investigator Roland West, partner to Ali’s Wayne Hays. The third season will focus on a crime in the heart of the Ozarks, with […]

Kate Beckinsale to star in Amazon series The Widow

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Amazon has announced a new limited series for its streaming platform to be headlined by Kate Beckinsale (Underworld). Titled The Widow, the eight-episode limited series is produced by Amazon and ITV and is written and executive produced by Henry and Jack Williams, with Eliza Mellor producing and Sam Donovan and Olly Blackburn directing. The Widow sees Beckinsale as Georgia […]

New poster and trailer for Eli Roth’s Death Wish starring Bruce Willis

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A new trailer for Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake has been released along with a brand new poster for the film. The Bruce Willis-led remake sees him out for vengeance after his family is brutally attacked and takes matters into his own hands. The film also stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris and Kimberly […]