This past Friday, Lucasfilm announced its cast for next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX, which included confirmation that General Leia Organa is set to make an appearance in the movie thanks to some unused footage of the late Carrie Fisher shot during the making of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Following the news, Fisher’s brother Todd […]
Wonder Woman 1984 adds two to its cast
As filming continues on Wonder Woman 1984, Deadline is reporting that DC Films and director Patty Jenkins have made two additions to the cast of the highly-anticipated DC superhero sequel.According to the site, both Ravi Patel (Master of None, Grandfathered) and up and coming British actress and model Gabriella Wilde (Doctor Who, Poldark) have been […]
Star Trek 4 writers to develop Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series
Amazon has made some headway on its Lord of the Rings television series by hiring JD Payne and Patrick McKay to develop the hotly-anticipated show. Payne and McKay most recently wrote a script for Star Trek 4, and Disney’s Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.“The rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and heart, […]
Kevin Smith teases his biggest project ever
Kevin Smith is known across geek communities to be one of the biggest fans of comic book and sci-fi related properties in the business. The director, actor and writer has shown his love for these types of movies and TV shows in his previous work, even directing episodes of The Flash and Supergirl. His relationship with DC in […]
Blockchain Tycoon heading to Steam Early Access this August
Indie developer Wamill Software has announced that their cryptocurrency simulation/tycoon game Blockchain Tycoon will be released on Steam Early Access on the 9th August. In this tycoon sim there’s money to be made…. cryptocurrency in fact, so get ready to start your business small and make it big.Blockchain Tycoon has been designed to be as realistic as […]
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in teaser trailer for Netflix’s Maniac
Netflix has released a teaser trailer for its limited series Maniac. Directed by Cary Fukunaga, the dark comedy is a remake of the Norwegian series of the same and reunites Superbad stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone alongside Justin Theroux, Sally Field, Julia Garner, and Jemima Kirke; watch it here…Set in a world somewhat like our world, in […]
Liv Tyler reportedly offered the female lead in Child’s Play remake
Earlier this month it was announced that MGM has tapped director Lars Klevberg (Polaroid) to helm a “contemporary reboot” of the cult 80s horror Child’s Play, and now we may have our first piece of casting news.According to That Hashtag Show, The Lord of the Rings and The Incredible Hulk star Liv Tyler has been offered the […]
Comic Book Review – The Raid #1
Calum Petrie reviews The Raid #1…How exactly do you turn an extremely heavily choreographed martial arts film into a comic book series? Well, the answer is very interestingly.The Raid, for those who may not know, is an excellent action film set in Indonesia, in which an elite police force are trapped and have to escape […]
Supergirl season 4 adds Rhona Mitra as Mercy Graves and Robert Baker as Otis
Supergirl will be facing off against a fan-favourite villain in the form of Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor’s loyal bodyguard, in the upcoming fourth season of the DC show.Deadline has revaled that the series has cast Rhona Mitra (Strike Back) to portray Mercy while Robert Baker (Grey’s Anatomy) has been cast as her brother and right-hand […]
Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits is heading to the small screen courtesy of Apple
Terry Gilliam’s cult favourite fantasy film Time Bandits is heading to the small screen, with Apple closing a deal for a TV series adaptation from Anonymous Content, Paramount Television and Media Rights Capital.Released in 1981, Time Bandits follows an eleven-year-old boy called Kevin who finds himself whisked away from his bedroom by a band of […]
