Having found Sub-Zero last month in The Raid’s Joe Taslim, casting on Warner Bros.’ Mortal Kombat movie reboot has now stepped up a gear with THR reporting that Ludi Lin (Power Rangers), Tadanobu Asano (Thor), Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl), and newcomer Sisi Stringer have all signed on to do battle in the Mortal Kombat Tournament. Lin […]
John Wick director to oversee new action sequences for DC’s Birds of Prey
With Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) gearing up for some additional photography, THR has revealed that John Wick director Chad Stahelski has been enlisted to help punch up the film’s action sequences. Stahelski, whose stunt company 87 Eleven was already working on the Margot […]
Movie Review – Gwen (2019)
Gwen. 2019. Directed by William McGregor. Starring Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Mark Lewis Jones, Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington, Richard Elfyn, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, and Gwion Glyn. SYNOPSIS: A dark folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution. Every year, horror journalists (including myself) crown a new “[X] year’s The Witch!” Such classification translates to […]
Comic Book Preview – Klaus: How Santa Claus Began
Boom! Studios collects the first seven issues of Grant Morrison and Dan Mora’s Klaus this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the trade paperback here… He’s a myth. He’s a legend. He’s loved worldwide by children and adults alike…but does anyone truly know the origins of Santa Claus? Set in […]
Aubrey Plaza to star in Netflix comedy feature Hope
Aubrey Plaza has signed on to star in the cast of Hope, a comedy set up at Netflix which is being directed by Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami, the filmmaking and acting duo behind the 2018 New Zealand comedy The Breaker Upperers. Plot details on Hope are being kept under wraps, but the script […]
Mad About You revival finds its grown-up Mabel
Back in March it was announced that Spectrum Originals has picked up the series revival of Emmy Award-winning 90s NBC sitcom Mad About You, and now comes word that Abby Quinn (Landline) has landed the role of Mabel, the now grown-up daughter of Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt’s Paul and Jamie Buchman. The new series […]
Rian Johnson discusses new Star Wars trilogy, won’t feature any legacy characters
In the build up to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and its incredible marketing campaign, fans were delighted when Lucasfilm announced that Rian Johnson had been given the keys to a brand new trilogy of movies. Of course, this mood quickly changed, with half of the fanbase outraged by Johnson’s creative decisions […]
Comic Book Preview – New World
This Wednesday sees the release of the original graphic novel New World from Boom! Studios, which is written and illustrated by David Jesus Vignolli (A Girl in the Himalayas) and intertwines the cultures of his personal heritage to explore the European discovery of the Americas with a vibrant blend of fantasy and history. Check out a […]
Krypton Season 2 Finale Review – ‘The Alpha and The Omega’
Ricky Church reviews the season 2 finale of Krypton… With the recent news that SyFy has cancelled Krypton, what was its second season finale has now become its series finale (unless it finds another home for a third season). After the exciting episode that was ‘Blood Moon’ with Doomsday’s massacre, ‘The Alpha and The Omega’ saw […]
Russian World War II movie Iron Fury gets a UK poster and trailer
Writer-director Alexsey Sidorov’s acclaimed World War II film Iron Fury heads to the UK this September after smashing box office records in its native Russia earlier this year; check out a poster and trailer for the film, courtesy of Altitude Film Entertainment. Set in 1944, this is the story of a courageous group of Russian […]
