Fist announced back in 2016, with The Maze Runner director Wes Ball signing on the following year, 20th Century Fox has now found its leads for its upcoming motion-capture adaptation of the Boom! Studios comic book series Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard. Given that it is employing performance capture technology, it will come as […]
Finn Jones and Michael Sheen to star in Fox’s crime drama pilot Prodigal Son
Finn Jones (Game of Thrones, Iron Fist) and Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex, Good Omens) have been cast in the upcoming crime drama pilot Prodigal Son, which is being produced by Berlanti Productions for Fox. Created by Deception’s Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver, Prodigal Son will see Jones portraying Malcolm Bright, a gifted criminal psychologist […]
Boom! Studios unveils first look preview of Rocko’s Modern Afterlife #1
Boom! Studios is set to launch the new series Rocko’s Modern Afterlife next month, and we have a first-look preview of issue #1 for you here; check it out… Welcome to the future of O-town where everyone’s cell phone is glued to their hands, Heffer makes a living streaming video games online, and the latest […]
First trailer for noir drama Perpetual Grace, LTD.
Epix and MGM has released the first trailer for its upcoming noir drama Perpetual Grace, LTD. The series stars Jimmi Simpson as a swindler who attempts to prey on a pastor and his wife – played by Ben Kingsley and Jacki Weaver – who turn out to be far more dangerous than they appear to […]
Witches to battle terrorists in Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem
Freeform has announced that it has granted a series order to its drama pilot Motherland: Fort Salem, which takes place in an alternate America where witches struck a deal with the U.S. government some 300 years ago to end their persecution in exchange for fighting for their country. Created and written by Eliot Laurence (Claws), […]
Comic Book Preview – Uncanny X-Men: Winter’s End #1
Marvel releases Uncanny X-Men: Winter’s End #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here; check it out… Iceman and the X-Men get a special visitor from the future! An older Bobby Drake has come to the present to tell him to give up being a super hero. […]
Hello Kitty movie in development at Warner Bros.
The hugely lucrative Hello Kitty brand is heading to the big screen for the first time ever, with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema announcing that producer Beau Flynn (San Andreas, Rampage) has secured the rights to the merchandising phenomenon from the Sanrio Corporation of Tokyo and is now working on a movie adaptation. According […]
Marvel believes “the world is ready” for a gay superhero in the MCU
With rumours circulating that Marvel is looking to cast an openly gay actor for a lead role in next year’s franchise launcher The Eternals, Marvel Studios’ EVP of Production Victoria Alonso has told Variety that she believes the time is right for an LGBTQ superhero in the MCU. “The world is ready, the world is […]
How Captain Marvel mishandles Nick Fury
Anghus Houvouras on Captain Marvel’s treatment of Nick Fury… I’m having a real Mugatu moment here. Marvel movies, for me, have become like the ‘many’ looks of Derek Zoolander: Everyone seems to be excitedly waiting for what’s next while I sit back and wonder how on Earth no one notices that we’re staring at the […]
Game of Thrones season 8 trailer shatters HBO record for views
HBO certainly made us wait for the first full trailer for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, but it arrived in style this past week, smashing records in the process. According to the network, Tuesday’s trailer racked up a whopping 81 million views in its first 24 hours across all platforms, including […]
