Sony Pictures Television and Eleventh Hour Films have found their Alex Rider for their upcoming eight part TV series, with Deadline revealing that Otto Farrant (Mrs. Wilson, The White Queen) has signed on to portray the teen superspy. The series has been written by BAFTA-winner Guy Burt (The Borgias, The Bletchley Circle) and is based […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer sets Star Wars record but falls short of Disney’s other big hitters
Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled the first trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker earlier this month during Star Wars Celebration, but unlike most major blockbuster trailer releases these days, the studios remained tight-lipped when it came to touting how successful the trailer launch was in terms of viewership. Well, as Deadline has revealed, that’s […]
Netflix cancels Santa Clarita Diet after 3 seasons
Streaming service Netflix has announced that it has cancelled its dark horror-comedy series Santa Clarita Diet, which stars Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as Sheila and Joel Hammond, a couple whose life is thrown into disarray when Sheila is transformed into flesh-craving zombie. “The world had never known a ‘zom-com’ until Santa Clarita Diet, and […]
Avengers: Endgame scores biggest single day in box office history, record opening weekend with 2 days still to go
Having kicked off its international run on Wednesday by smashing the record for the biggest opening day in China, Avengers: Endgame made its domestic bow on Friday, with the Marvel sequel smashing the record for the biggest ever single day in any one territory. After pulling in a record $60 million in Thursday previews, Avengers: […]
First details on Nickelodeon’s animated Star Trek series
Back in February it was announced that Nickelodeon and CBS Television Studios are joining forces for an animated Star Trek TV series, and now thanks to the official Star Trek site, we’ve got the first details on this new project. The CG animated series is being developed by Dan and Kevin Hageman (Scary Stories to […]
Warhammer Underworlds: Online coming to Steam Early Access later this year
Table top gaming experts Games Workshop and developers Steel Sky Productions have partnered up to bring a digital conversion of the popular Warhammer Underworlds to Steam Early Access later this year. Warhammer Underworlds: Online is a strategic, two player game set in the wonderful world of Warhammer fantasy. In this strategic two player game, players […]
Video Game Review – Mortal Kombat 11
Shaun Munro reviews Mortal Kombat 11… NetherRealm Studios has rightly carved out a fine rep for themselves in recent years as the developers of the most meticulous, ambitious and holistic fighting games on the market, as cemented with the release of 2017’s incredible Injustice 2. And while Mortal Kombat 11 feels like a slightly more complacent package […]
Filming begins on Star Trek: Picard series
Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation got some rather exciting news last year when it was announced that Patrick Stewart will be reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a brand new series on CBS All Access, and now we have word that filming on the show is underway. Trek Movie reports that filming […]
The Orville Season 2 Finale Review – ‘The Road Not Taken’
Martin Carr reviews The Orville’s season 2 finale… Something happens this week which fundamentally challenges audience expectations, alters dramatic intention and makes season two a benchmark. Impossibly we are introduced to a whole new show that feels unlike anything The Orville has done before. Somehow the gloss has been removed, somehow these actors have not […]
Black Widow gets an Avengers: Endgame figure from Hot Toys
Hot Toys has unveiled its 1:6 scale Black Widow figure which is based on the appearance of Scarlett Johansson in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame. The collectible is available to pre-order now from Sideshow, priced at $235.00, and is expected to ship April-June 2020; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Hot Toys’ Captain America Movie Masterpiece Series […]
