Having officially announced the series at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Marvel Studios has enlisted Jonathan Igla to write and executive produce the Jeremy Renner-healdined Hawkeye series for Disney+. Igla was a writer and executive story editor on AMC’s Mad Men, while his other credits include Masters of Sex, Pitch, Shut Eye and […]
Hasbro releases Avengers: Endgame Power Gauntlet and new Marvel Legends figures
Coinciding with the film’s arrival on home entertainment platforms, Hasbro has released a rather splendid Legends Series Power Gauntlet from the hugely successful superhero blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, allowing fans to wield the power of the six Infinity Stones! check out the promotional images here… In addition to the Power Gauntlet, a new wave of Marvel Legends […]
Jonah Hex to appear in Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths
The CW is adding another familiar face to the roster of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Johnathon Schaech set to reprise his DC’s Legends of Tomorrow role as Jonah Hex in the five-part DC crossover event. In addition to the main casts of the five shows – Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends […]
Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom, Zazie Beetz and Ken Jeong set for animated feature Extinct
Adam Devine (The Righteous Gemstones), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) have signed on to the voice cast of Extinct, an animated feature from director David Silverman (The Simpsons) and China Lion, HB Wink, Huayi Tencent Entertainment Ltd, Tolerable Entertainment and Timeless Films. The adventure comedy follows […]
Justin Timberlake to star in drama feature Palmer
Justin Timberlake has signed on for the lead role in Palmer, a new drama from actor and director Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood) and producer Charles B. Wessler (Green Book). According to Deadline, the film will see Timberlake starring as Eddie Palmer, ” a former college football phenomenon who, after a stint in prison, returns […]
Comic Book Preview – Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance #1
Marvel Comics releases Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… Carnage is hunting down previous symbiote hosts for codices that will unlock a direct link to the symbiote god Knull! And he’s not asking nicely…he’s taking them by force! Which […]
The Nightingale’s Jennifer Kent to direct Alice + Freda Forever
The Babadook and The Nightingale director Jennifer Kent is teaming with Amazon Studios for an adaptation of Alexis Coe’s non-fiction book Alice + Freda Forever. Taking place in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1890s, the thriller will tell the story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, two teenage girls who fell in love, only for jealousy […]
A24 developing Earthsea TV series
According to Deadline, A24 is teaming with Oscar-nominated producer Jennifer Fox (Nightcrawler) for a TV series adaptation of Ursula Le Guin’s fantasy book series Earthsea. Consisting of five novels and eight short stories, Earthsea is “set in a fantasy archipelago of hundreds of islands, imperiled by those who use magic to gain power and upset […]
Shazam! director reveals original plans for Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo
While Warner Bros. and DC Films were unable to reach a deal with Henry Cavill to have him make Superman a cameo appearance in this year’s DC superhero adventure Shazam!, that didn’t deter the filmmakers from including the Man of Steel in the film’s final scenes. As it turns out, we only got to see […]
Christoph Waltz joins Liam Hemsworth in Quibi action thriller series
Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz has signed on to star alongside Liam Hemsworth in an as-yet-untitled action thriller series from writer Nick Santora (Scorpion) and director Phil Abraham (Mad Men), which is being produced for the upcoming Quibi streaming service. As per Deadline, the series sees Hemsworth as Dodge Maynard, who – desperate to take care of […]
