According to Deadline, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World star Chris Pratt is in early talks to star as Simon Templar in a big screen reboot of The Saint for Paramount Pictures. Created by Leslie Charteris and originating as a series of books starting in the late 1920s, The Saint revolves around Simon Templar, […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters director announces that the movie is complete
It may still have some six months to go until its release, but director Michael Dougherty (Krampus) has taken to Twitter to announce that next year’s MonsterVerse sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters is fully completed and in the can. It is done. With love and gratitude to the thousands of talented people all around […]
Castlevania producer Adi Shankar developing Devil May Cry series
Last month, Adi Shankar – producer on Netflix’s acclaimed anime series Castlevania – revealed that he was partnering up with an iconic Japanese video game company to adapt one of their video game titles as a TV series. On the back on the tease, The Wrap reported that the project in question was an adaptation […]
ABC renews Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for season 7 as Chloe Bennet reveals Quake’s new season 6 look
The Netflix shows may be dropping like flies, what with the cancellation of both Iron Fist and Luke Cage, but Marvel is set to continue having a presence on ABC next season, with the network announcing that it has renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a seventh season. The renewal is somewhat of a surprise given […]
Tom Cruise dropped as Jack Reacher for being too short
Although 2012’s Jack Reacher and its 2016 sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back both performed well enough at the box office, grossing over $380 million worldwide, author Lee Child has revealed to the BBC that that he has pulled the plug on the movie franchise and is instead looking to produce a rebooted Jack Reacher TV […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Paul Verhoeven
Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to iconic directors with controversial Dutch director, Paul Verhoeven… A man who never does anything by halves, Paul Verhoeven is a director who has courted controversy throughout his career. With a long and varied resume, spanning beginnings in Dutch TV and film, then in and out of […]
Marvel announces X-Men shake-up with Age of X-Man
With the X-Men set to disassemble in the pages of Uncanny X-Men, Marvel has announced the upcoming Age of X-Man event, which will spawn six new five-issue miniseries beginning in February and March in The Marvelous X-Men, Nextgen, The Amazing Nightcrawler, The X-Tremists, Prisoner X and Apocalypse and the X-Tracts. Further details are being kept […]
Grant Gustin and Stephen Amell on swapping superhero identities for the DC crossover ‘Elseworlds’
As we’ve seen in the promotional material for this year’s Arrowverse crossover – such as the latest teaser promos here and here – Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen and Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen are going to find themselves swapping superhero identities in ‘Elseworlds’ as part of the machinations of mad Arkham Asylum doctor John Deegan (Jeremy Davies). And, […]
7 Days to Die Alpha 17 could be with us on Monday
Select 7 Days to Die streamers from Twitch and Youtube were last night given access to the experimental build of Alpha 17. The highly anticipated alpha 17 adds so many new features, including a variety of new vehicles, new POIs and a wealth of new perks. If all goes well during the experimental then it should […]
First-look preview of Planet of the Apes: The Simian Age #1
Boom! Studios has unveiled a first-look preview of Planet of the Apes: The Simian Age #1, a brand new special set for release in December which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Planet of the Apes franchise and features stories spanning both of the original and new feature film franchises; check it out here… PLANET OF […]
