With the global health crisis wreaking havoc with television schedules for the upcoming season, The CW has acquired the rebroadcast rights to a number of series in order to fill out its slate until the launch of the delayed 2020 – 2021 season in January 2021. Along with CBS All Access’ anthology thriller Tell Me […]
Star Wars VFX legend Phil Tippett returning for The Mandalorian seasons 2 and 3
Phil Tippett, the original VFX producer for the Star Wars franchise, has been brought on for season two and three of The Mandalorian. The Mandalorian has done a truly excellent job of recapturing the look and feel of the original Star Wars movies, albeit on the small screen. It sounds like they are looking to […]
The CW promises to bring the final episodes of Supernatural this fall
The fifteenth and final season of Supernatural went on a forced hiatus in March, due to the public health crisis shutdowns preventing the last episodes from being finished. At the time of the closures, showrunner Andrew Dabb stated, “We have filmed through episode 18 (of 20); however, our visual effects and sound departments have closed […]
Funko unveils Back to the Future 35th Anniversary Pop! Vinyls
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of Back to the Future, Funko has unveiled a new wave of merchandise for the 1985 classic time-travel movie which includes a Doc Brown Pop! Vinyl with Clock Tower and various Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and Biff Tannen Pop!s; check them out here… “Great Scott!” It’s a wave of […]
Paul Verhoeven returning to the small screen with Bel Ami TV series
Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven looks set to take a break from the big screen as he makes his return to television with a French-language TV adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s Bel Ami. Deadline reports that Verhoeven will serve as showrunner and director on all eight episodes of the contemporary adaptation, which is being scripted by […]
Sophia Takal to direct sci-fi thriller Where I End for Netflix
Sophia Takal, known for her recent directional effort 2019’s Black Christmas, is set to helm a new film for Netflix. Takal will direct Where I End, a sci-fi thriller, for the streamer. The film is set in a world where your memories and life can be saved, uploaded to a computer, and restarted if you […]
Oscar-nominated Luca Guadagnino to direct Scarface remake for Universal
As reported in Variety, Universal is eyeing Call Me by Your Name‘s Luca Guadagnino to direct a retelling of Scarface for the studio. At the time of reporting, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen wrote the latest version of the script. Earlier drafts of this Scarface remake came from Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, Jonathan Herman, and Paul Attanasio, […]
Get a first look at DC’s Batman: Three Jokers #1
DC is set to launch its new three-issue Black Label miniseries Batman: Three Jokers from Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok this August, and you can check out an unlettered first look preview of issue #1 here; take a look… Batman: Three Jokers re-examines the myth of who, or what, is the Joker and what is […]
Percy Jackson series being developed for Disney+
Disney+ looks to tackle the iconic series of novels titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians. After seeing two live-action film adaptations, the series will come to the Disney streamer, says the franchise’s creator. Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson book series, announced in a video on Twitter alongside his wife, Becky. Check out […]
Superman & Lois gets a poster, synopsis and premiere date
The CW’s Arrowverse is set to expand once again this January with the launch of the Supergirl spinoff Superman & Lois, which sees Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch reprising their roles as Clark Kent and Lois Lane respectively, and the network has released an official poster for the new series along with a detailed synopsis; […]
