Tom Jolliffe looks at the idea of River Phoenix as the Joker and other parallel universe castings… It’s 2019. It’s an era of perpetual rebooting. For some, we’d barely settled on the idea that Jared Leto was cast as the clown prince, before it was announced that Joaquin Phoenix would don the make up in […]
Descendants’ Dove Cameron wants to play Gwen Stacy in the MCU
Having lent her voice to the character in the Marvel Rising animations, Descendants star Dove Cameron has now thrown her hat into the ring to play Gwen Stacy for the character’s inevitable introduction into the live-action Spider-Man series. “I would love to play Gwen Stacy,” Cameron tells Yahoo. “I would love to play Spider-Gwen, or […]
Comic Book Preview – Angel Legacy Edition Book One
Boom! Studios releases Angel Legacy Edition Book One this coming Wednesday, the first in a in a series of books collecting every comic book issue of Joss Whedon’s Angel in chronological order; check out a preview here… From Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) comes the official tie-in to the critically acclaimed Angel […]
Terminator: Dark Fate tracking possible franchise high box office opening weekend
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and James Cameron reunite for the first time since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Paramount and Skydance Productions look to relaunch the Terminator franchise with the Tim Miller-directed Terminator: Dark Fate, and judging by tracking estimates, it seems said relaunch is on course to succeed. As reported by Deadline, the […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 12 – Candyman (1992)
Candyman, 1992. Directed by Bernard Rose. Starring Tony Todd, Virgina Madsen, Xander Berkley, Vanessa A. Williams and Kesi Lemmons. SYNOPSIS: A graduate student in Chicago is completing a thesis into urban legends when she stumbles onto the legend of the “Candyman”, a mysterious entity who is said to brutally murders those who summon him. In […]
Promo images for The Flash Season 6 Episode 3 – ‘Dead Man Running’
The CW has released a batch of images from the third episode of The Flash season 6, entitled ‘Dead Man Running’ which features a guest appearance from Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) as Dr. Ramsey Rosso, a.k.a. Bloodwork; take a look here… GET READY FOR A KILLER PARTY – Knowing that Crisis is only weeks away, Barry […]
Robert Downey Jr. responds to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel criticism
Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese didn’t exactly endear himself to Marvel fans this past week, the Oscar-winning director stating that he avoids Marvel Cinematic Universe movies as “that’s not cinema”. We’ve already heard responses from directors James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Joss Whedon (The Avengers), and now Robert Downey Jr. has weighed in with […]
Daveed Diggs to play Sebastian in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
As revealed by THR, Blindspotting star Daveed Diggs has signed on to portray Sebastian the crab in Disney’s live-action reimagining of its 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid is being directed by Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) from a script by David Magee (Finding Neverland) and sees R&B star Halle Bailey taking […]
Clive Owen joins Stephen King adaptation Lisey’s Story
Children of Men star Clive Owen has signed on to star alongside Oscar-winner Julianne Moore in the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story, Deadline has revealed. Based on the bestselling 2016 novel, Lisey’s Story will see Moore as Lisey, a woman who is forced to confront certain realities about her late husband […]
Comic Book Preview – Amalgama: Space Zombie #1
The Zombie Tramp/Vampblade/DollFace mash-up character Amalgama headlines her own series this coming week with the launch of Amalgama: Space Zombie from Action Lab: Danger Zone, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… Now in her own series, the fan favorite Zombie Tramp/Vampblade/DollFace mash-up (with the powers of all […]