BBC America has announced that its newest original series, Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jodie Comer (The White Princess) and penned by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), will premiere Sunday, April 8, at 8pm ET/PT. Check out some first look images here… Killing Eve centers on two women; Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade […]
AMC renews The Walking Dead for season 9 with new showrunner
AMC has announced that it has renewed The Walking Dead for a ninth season, and the hit zombie drama will once again be welcoming a new showrunner, with long time TWD writer Angela Kang set to replace Scott M. Gimple. Unlike previous showrunners Frank Darabont and Glen Mazzara, Gimple has not been axed, but is […]
Warner Bros. confirms April 2019 release for Shazam, vacates July 2018 DC date
This was to be expected, given that production is slated to get underway in the next couple of months, but Warner Bros. has now officially announced that the DC Extended Universe solo movie Shazam is set for release on April 5th 2019. Directed by David F. Sandberg, Shazam sees Zachary Levi as the titular superhero, […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 wraps filming, Gambit loses another director, The New Mutants delayed, Justice League extended cut rumours and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Silver & Black, Venom, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man 3, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Runaways, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Gambit, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, Kitty Pryde, Doctor Doom, Justice League, Shazam, Wonder Woman, […]
Avengers 4 set photo may debunk time travel theories
Over the past few months we’ve seen several set photos from Avengers 4 suggesting that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes could be embarking on some kind of time travel in the follow up to Avengers: Infinity War [see here and here for examples], but now we have another spy photo which may have just debunked those theories… SEE […]
It’s Impossible to Please Each Faction of Star Wars Fan, So Was Rian Johnson Right Not to Even Try?
Samuel Brace on Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Given the longevity of the Star Wars series and the various factions amongst the franchise’s fans that have emerged over the decades, it seems to me that it’s nigh impossible to please each one of them, and perhaps, if you believe this hypothesis carries any water, that […]
Alan Silvestri’s Avengers Theme, and That Infinity War Trailer
Matt Taylor on the music of Avengers: Infinity War trailer… On September 12, 2016, YouTube channel ‘Every Frame a Painting’ published a video entitled The Marvel Symphonic Universe. In it, channel creators Tony and Taylor interview members of the public around Vancouver, asking them to sing theme songs from famous movies, in particular the themes […]
Lucasfilm breaks down Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Easter eggs in new video
A video has arrived online for Star Wars: The Last Jedi which sees the Lucasfilm Story Group’s Leland Chee, Pablo Hidalgo, Matt Martin, and Rayne Roberts revealing and discussing the Easter eggs hidden within the blockbuster sequel; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Rian Johnson explains why Luke’s lightsaber was blue and not green in Star Wars: […]
How Far Can Star Wars Go?
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the Star Wars franchise and just how far it can go… Before I start the ball rolling, I think we’ve all established that Star Wars: The Last Jedi was divisive. In the end the big band of people who thought it was a Cleveland steamer upon the chest of […]
Halo TV series is apparently “still in very active development” at Showtime
If you cast your mind back to 2013, you may recall that Microsoft announced it was teaming up with Steven Spielberg to develop a TV series based around the Halo video game franchise. Given that we’ve heard absolutely nothing since, you’d be mistaken for assuming that the project was dead, but it seems that isn’t […]
