As revealed by Deadline, HBO Max is prepping a feature film adaptation of Throttle, the novella from Joe Hill and his father Stephen King, with Leigh Dana Jackson (Raising Dion) set to write the script. First published in the 2009 Richard Matheson tribute anthology He Is Legend, Throttle pits “a faceless trucker against a tribe […]
Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge loses summer release date
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge, initially set for a July 10th release date, is now pulled from the release calendar. The film was set to open before Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, making it one of the first significant releases after cinemas open (Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe movie Unhinged on July 1st remains the first […]
Marvel to (finally!) explore the origins of the Maestro
Almost thirty years on from the landmark Future Imperfect story, The Incredible Hulk writer Peter David is returning to the far future to explore the origins of the Maestro, the master of what remains of the world, in Maestro #1. “I had no idea that when I first created the Maestro for Future Imperfect, that […]
Pike, Spock and Number One to return in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
CBS All Access has announced that its Star Trek universe is set to expand further with the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which will take place during the early days of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and see Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock) and Rebecca Romijn (Number One) reprising their roles […]
The Ranger Slayer returns in Power Rangers: Drakkon New Dawn
Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming launch of Power Rangers: Drakkon New Dawn, a three issue limited series from writer Anthony Burch (Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack) and artist Simone Ragazzoni (Odessa) which finds the Ranger Slayer – a.k.a. Kimberly Hart, Drakkon’s mightiest warrior – fighting against the deadly secrets of her […]
Sorry Tarantino, Netflix’s Hollywood Is How You Do Revisionist History
EJ Moreno on Netflix’s Hollywood and how to correctly rewrite cinematic history… BEWARE: Spoilers for Hollywood follow. For our spoiler free thoughts, watch the video review here… If you had the chance to go back in time and change the world to your vision, would you? That’s the question Ryan Murphy and company asked themselves […]
Movie Review – John Henry (2020)
John Henry, 2020. Directed by Will Forbes. Starring Terry Crews, Ken Foree, Ludacris, Joseph Julian Soria, and Jamil Valezquez. SYNOPSIS: A man hiding from his dark past sees it return to haunt him, leading to violent repercussions and a bloody conclusion. Terry Crews is an actor who can’t not be charismatic even if he tried. […]
Comic Book Preview – Wonder Woman #755
Wonder Woman #755 is released next week, and you can check out a preview of the issue here courtesy of DC Comics; check it out… “The Four Horsewomen” part one! Paula Von Gunther, a.k.a. Warmaster, has assembled her four horsewomen…and now she’s out for Wonder Woman’s blood! Plus, Diana is put on trial for the […]
James McAvoy to lead all-star voice cast of The Sandman Audible adaptation
While we await movement on the long-gestating screen adaptation, Audible has announced an audio adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic book series The Sandman, which will see James McAvoy (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) leading an all-star voice cast in the role of Morpheus, a.k.a. Dream. Published by DC Comics and launching in 1989, The Sandman tells […]
Pirates of the Caribbean producer unsure about Johnny Depp’s involvement with next film
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is still one of Disney’s most lucrative properties, and the studio is not putting the series on the shelf as of yet as a sixth film is currently in development, with recent rumours claiming that Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji star Karen Gillan could be the new lead. However, […]
