Filmmaker Roland Emmerich is taking a break from destroying the world to produce a modern-day adaptatin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Variety reports that the film will follow “15-year-old Tim Walker, who is sent from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the renowned Mozart boarding school, where he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passageway […]
Comic book adaptation Stryx coming to the small screen
Varity is reporting that Dynamic Television, Grid Labs and Element 8 Entertainment are teaming up to develop a live-action TV series based upon the bestselling French graphic novel series Le Chants des Stryges. Entitled Stryx, the series is being written by John Harrison (Dune, Residue) and “follows a disgraced American secret agent on the run […]
Preview of The Powerpuff Girls: The Bureau of Bad #1
IDW launches its new series The Powerpuff Girls: The Bureau of Bad #1 this coming Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you right here; check it out… Sick and tired of the Powerpuff Girls ALWAYS saving the day, baddies unite at the TOWNSVILLE HIGH VILLAINS COUNCIL, determined to take the girls down […]
House of Cards to resume production in December
After suspending production on its sixth season back in October due to the sexual misconduct allegations aimed at Kevin Spacey, it has now been announced that Netflix will resume production on House of Cards this December, with Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood as the central character. Deadline got its hands on a letter sent by Pauline Micelli, Media […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League, Flashpoint, Batgirl, Arrowverse Crossover, Avengers: Infinity War, The Punisher, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Aquaman, Flashpoint, Shazam, The Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Watchmen, Harley Quinn, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Punisher, Luke Cage, […]
Watch the trailer for the Jodie Foster-directed Black Mirror episode ‘Arkangel’
Netflix has released a trailer for ‘Arkangel’, the Jodie Foster-directed episode from the fourth season of Charlie Brooker’s acclaimed anthology series Black Mirror which stars Rosemarie Dewitt, Brenna Harding, and Owen Teague; watch it below… Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, […]
The Punisher showrunner on possible season 2 villains
Although we’re yet to hear any word on a possible second season for Netflix’s latest Marvel series The Punisher, showrunner Steve Lightfoot has been chatting to The Hollywood Reporter about which villains he’d like to see Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle going up against in season two should the call come. I haven’t even thought about season […]
Tom Baker returns to Doctor Who to complete abandoned serial ‘Shada’
Some 36 years after his departure, Tom Baker has reprised the role of the Fourth Doctor to complete the abandoned 1979 Doctor Who serial ‘Shada’, penned by legendary author Douglas Adams. Halted due to a strike and never finished, the BBC has now completed ‘Shada’ through a mix of the original footage, state of the […]
Ben Mendelsohn wants to play Doctor Doom, praises him as “the greatest comic character of all time”
Although it’s yet to be made official by Marvel, it seems that Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the actor slated to play the lead Skrull villain opposite Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers and Jude Law’s Mar-Vell in 2019’s Captain Marvel. However, it seems that Mendelsohn […]
Coco takes down Justice League with $70 million box office opening
Disney-Pixar’s day-of-the-dead delight Coco conquered the Thanksgiving box-office with an estimated $71 million this weekend ($49 million 3-day total), knocking Justice League down a spot with $60 million over the same five-day period, and a running domestic total of $171 million after ten days of release. Coco‘s numbers gave it the third best Thanksgiving opening ever, […]
