Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of The Mandalorian season 2… After months of speculation and rumour, The Mandalorian finally went there with ‘The Jedi’ by bringing the fan-favourite Star Wars: The Clone Wars character Ahsoka Tano to live-action. Directed by Dave Filoni, who ran the shows Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rebels and helped create Ashoka with George […]
Amazon cancels Utopia after a single season
Amazon has opted against renewing its sci-fi conspiracy thriller series Utopia, with the show coming to an end after just a single season. Adapted from the cult British drama of the same name (which was itself cancelled after two seasons), Utopia follows a group of comic book fans who find themselves targeted by a shadowy organisation […]
LEGO expands its Modular Buildings Collection with Police Station
LEGO has unveiled the next set in its fan favourite Modular Buildings Collection, the 2923-piece LEGO Police Station (10278), which comes complete with a donut shop, a newspaper kiosk, and five minifigures. The set goes on sale this January, priced at $199.99; check out the promotional images here… THREE-FLOOR POLICE STATION JOINS THE LEGO® MODULAR […]
Stephen King’s The Stand TV series gets a new poster
Following last week’s trailer for The Stand, CBS All Access has shared a new poster for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation which sees Mother Abagail and members of the Boulder Free Zone face off against the supernatural villain Randall Flagg; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Ezra Miller is playing Trashcan Man in Stephen King […]
James Gunn is bringing The Suicide Squad to CCXP Worlds
Yesterday it was announced that Warner Bros. is bringing Wonder Woman 1984 to next month’s CCXP Worlds, the virtual edition of Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience, and now James Gunn has taken to Twitter to announce that Task Force X will also be in attendance to offer “some ridiculous fun” from The Suicide Squad – and, perhaps, […]
Harry Potter director Chris Columbus reveals he would have been interested in returning to direct both Deathly Hallows films
While Chris Columbus helmed the first two instalments in the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber, the director has revealed whether he ever considered returning to the series. In an interview with Collider to promote his new film The Christmas Chronicles 2, Columbus revealed that he wanted the […]
Comic Book Preview – Batman #104
DC Comics has shared a sneak peek preview of Batman #104 ahead of its release this coming Tuesday; check it out here… Ghost-Maker is living up to his spectral name as Batman scours Gotham City for any trace of him…but this deadly new vigilante is going to prove a bloody point to the Dark Knight […]
Casting reportedly underway for The Mandalorian’s Boba Fett spinoff series
A little over a week after his cameo appearance at the conclusion of The Mandalorian’s season two premiere ‘The Marshal’, it was reported in the trades that Disney and Lucasfilm were readying a Boba Fett miniseries starring Temuera Morrison and looking to potentially begin production before the year end. We’ve heard nothing official since, but […]
Exclusive Interview – Writer-Director Oliver Murray discusses the man behind the music in Ronnie’s
British filmmaker Oliver Murray lays bare a musical institution in his latest feature simply called Ronnie’s. Employing rare archive footage and intimate revelations, this definitive documentary on Ronnie Scott screened recently at the 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival. In conversation with Martin Carr, the inquisitive writer director goes into detail about his involvement, as well […]
Comic Book Preview – M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1
The Mental Organism Designed Only For Killing returns this week as Marvel launches the four-part series M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games from Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum, the showrunners of the upcoming M.O.D.O.K. animated series; check out a preview of the first issue here… From Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum, showrunners of the upcoming animated Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. […]