DC Comics topped the comic book and graphic novels sales charts this May with DCeased #1 and Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale respectively, but that still wasn’t enough to wrestle Marvel from first place in the publisher charts. Here’s last month’s direct sales figures from Diamond Comic Distributors… Top Ten Comic Books of May […]
Orion Pictures teams with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg for horror Svalta
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Stolen Picture is teaming with Orion Pictures for the horror film Svalta, Deadline has revealed. Scripted by Frost and Stolen Picture creative directors James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders, Svalta will follow “a family on their summer vacation to a remote Swedish island where they discover a serial killer is on […]
Mattel teaming with Blumhouse for Magic 8 Ball horror movie
Deadline is reporting that toy giant Mattel is teaming with Blumhouse Productions for the horror movie Magic 8 Ball, which is based upon the iconic fortune-telling toy and will be directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Truth or Dare). “Since the 1950s, Magic 8 Ball has inspired imagination, suspense and intrigue across generations,” ,” said […]
Elizabeth Hurley joins Marvel’s Runaways as Morgan le Fay
TV Line is reporting that Elizabeth Hurley is set to bring some magic to Marvel’s Runaways, with the English actress signing on to portray the sorceress Morgan le Fay in the third season of the Hulu series. “Elizabeth Hurley is joining the Marvel Universe, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her portraying one […]
Dwayne Johnson to reteam with Jungle Cruise director on DC’s Black Adam
It’s been almost five years since it was first announced that Dwayne Johnson had been cast as the DC villain/antihero Black Adam in Shazam!, and two and a half years since the reveal that he’ll actually be headlining his own solo movie, and now it seems that The Rock may finally have found a place […]
John Cena closes deal to join Fast & Furious 9
UPDATE: It’s being reported today that John Cena has closed his deal to star in Fast & Furious 9, and is now officially on board for the next instalment in the hugely successful action series. Original story follows… Dwayne Johnson may be sitting out the next instalment of the main Fast & Furious series after […]
Historical epic Robert the Bruce gets a poster and trailer
With less than three weeks to go until its arrives in cinemas, Signature Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the historical epic Robert the Bruce. Directed by Richard Gray, the film stars Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart) in the title role as the legendary Scottish King, alongside a cast that includes Daniel Portman (Game of […]
Black Mirror Season 5 Review – ‘Striking Vipers’
Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Striking Vipers… Charlie Brooker might be frenetic, prone to tangential leaps of inspiration and talking a mile a minute, but there is no way you could call the man boring. Video games, virtual reality and gender politics might seem like strange bedfellows, but somehow he draws it all together whilst […]
Swamp Thing featurette goes behind the scenes of the new DC show
It may have cancelled the show just days after its premiere, but it seems that DC Universe isn’t giving up on the remaining episodes of Swamp Thing, as the streaming service has released a new featurette which gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the James Wan-produced series; watch it here… Get a behind-the-scenes look at […]
Trailer for Amazon’s animated series Undone starring Rosa Salazar and Bob Odenkirk
Amazon Prime Video has released the first poster and trailer for its rotoscope animated sci-fi series Undone. It stars Rosa Salazar as Alma, who after almost dying in a car accident discovers she has a new relationship with time, and uses her newfound abilities to uncover the truth about her father’s (Bob Odenkirk) untimely death; […]
