Last weekend it was announced that Jodie Whittaker has been cast as the Thirteenth Doctor in the long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who, becoming the first female actor to take on the role of the iconic Time Lord. Yesterday at the San Diego Comic-Con International, Flickering Myth’s Tai Freligh caught up with Colin Baker (The […]
SDCC: Wonder Woman’s Saïd Taghmaoui joins FX’s Legion as Shadow King, Dan Stevens on Patrick Stewart potentially appearing as Professor X
Yesterday at the Hall-H panel for FX’s X-Men themed series Legion, it was announced that Saïd Taghmaoui, who recently starred in this summer’s blockbuster Wonder Woman, has been cast as the villainous Shadow King for the second season. Shadow King was hinted at in the first season through various characters. FX describes him as a “villain with a […]
UPDATE: Shazam! will be the next DC film to go into production, Dwayne Johnson will not appear
As we get ready to hear what the future may hold for the DC Extended Universe following Justice League at the San Diego Comic Con, The Hollywood Reporter has news of the next DC feature that Warner Bros. is planning to shoot. According to the outlet, Shazam! will be the next DC film to roll beginning in January or […]
Ben Affleck’s Batman future reportedly in doubt
Well, this probably isn’t the kind of headline Warner Bros. wants on the eve of its huge DC Films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International tomorrow, but according to The Hollywood Reporter the studio is quietly working on a plan to phase out Ben Affleck’s Batman from the DCEU, with the outlet even going […]
The Purge 4 finds a director
Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures have tapped Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands) to direct the as-yet-untitled fourth entry in The Purge franchise. Details on the fourth movie are being kept under wraps, but it will be based on a script by James DeMonaco, writer-director of The Purge and its sequels The Purge: Anarchy and The Purge: […]
Steven Moffat teases possible fifth series of Sherlock at Comic-Con
Although all signs have pointed towards the fourth series of Sherlock being its last – including comments from both Benedict Cumberbatch and co-creator Mark Gatiss – it seems that Steven Moffat isn’t quite ready to rule out the possibility of a fifth series for the popular BBC show. Speaking at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, […]
UnReal creator to make feature directorial debut with Yazidi women movie
Deadline is reporting that Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, creator of the Lifetime series UnReal, is set to make her feature directorial debut with a movie about the Yazidi, a group of heroic female fighters and survivors of the Yazidi genocide who have taken up arms to battle ISIS. According to the site, Shapiro is currently deep […]
Zoey Deutch joins Johnny Depp in Richard Says Goodbye
According to THR, Zoey Deutch (Before I Fall) has signed on to star alongside Johnny Depp in the upcoming dramedy Richard Says Goodbye, which is being written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye). Richard Says Goodbye sees Depp as the titular Richard, “a world-weary college professor who is given a life-changing diagnosis and […]
SDCC: Details on Watchmen / DC crossover Doomsday Clock revealed, first artwork unveiled
Back in May it was announced that the DC Universe is set to collide with the Watchmen Universe with the upcoming twelve part miniseries Doomsday Clock from writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank, and during a panel at yesterday’s San Diego Comic-Con International DC dropped some major details about the hotly-anticipated event. The series […]
SDCC: Legion’s Noah Hawley is developing a Doctor Doom movie at Fox
As the San Diego Comic-Con panel for FX’s X-Men series Legion was winding down, showrunner Noah Hawley dropped a massive bombshell that seems to indicate he won’t just be sticking to the small screen to tell stories about comic book characters. Hawley began teasing fans about a movie that he was developing at Fox, and it didn’t […]
