The Munsters are set to make their return to the small screen, with Variety reporting that Seth Meyers is set to executive produce a reboot of the classic comedy series, which has Jill Kargman (Odd Man Out) penning the script. Inspired by the original series – which starred Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein’s monster father figure Herman […]
Idle Hands director adapting zombie novel Eat, Brains, Love
Gunpowder & Sky and DIGA Studios have set Idle Hands helmer Rodman Flender to direct an adaptation of Jeff Hart’s zombie novel Eat, Brains, Love, which has been scripted by One Tree Hill duo Mike Herro and David Strauss. Here’s the official synopsis: The good news: Jake’s dream girl, Amanda Blake finally knows his name. […]
James Wan says The Conjuring was always planned as a shared universe, unlikely to direct The Conjuring 3
2013’s The Conjuring came out of nowhere and ended up being one of the best horror films in years, forever making people jump at the sound of hands clapping. The success of this film shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise though. After all, the film was directed by James Wan: The man responsible […]
Len Wiseman boards The Gifted as executive producer
Underworld director Len Wiseman has signed on to Fox’s upcoming X-Men series The Gifted as an executive producer, where he’ll join showrunner Matt Nix and fellow EPs Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, as well as Marvel Television’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory. Wiseman has directed the second episode of the series, titled […]
Star Trek: Discovery producers talk serialised storytelling, Klingons and Bryan Fuller
With the long-awaited premiere of Star Trek: Discovery now just a little over a month away, producer Akiva Goldsman and showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg have been chatting about the new series at the Television Critics Association press tour, discussing everything from the serialised storyline to initial involvement of previous showrunner Bryan Fuller, particularly […]
Stephen King will not be writing for Castle Rock TV series
We don’t know very much about the Castle Rock TV series, except for the basics: Castle Rock is a location that is present in almost all of Stephen King’s stories. It’s a town that has served as a throughline for many of his works, and now we are getting a TV show sharing that moniker. […]
Rian Johnson on Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma’s roles in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Over the past week Entertainment Weekly has revealed a host of Star Wars: The Last Jedi info. We’ve had a batch of new images, and details on the likes of Luke Skywalker being a grumpy old hermit, Rey and the importance of her parentage, Finn, Carrie Fisher’s final role as General Leia, Supreme Leader Snoke and […]
Dark Days and Monstress top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of July 2017
Diamond Comic Distributors has released the sales date for July 2017, with DC’s Dark Nights: Metal prelude Dark Days: The Casting topping the comic book chart and Image’s Monstress Vol. 2 leading the way in terms of graphic novels. Marvel held its grip as the top publisher with a 36.89% dollar share and a 39.53% unit […]
Why You Should Avoid All Movie Marketing
Neil Calloway argues that believing the hype only leads to disappointment… I can pinpoint the precise moment the scales fell from my eyes and I stopped believing the hype. It was a morning in 1999, and George Lucas was sitting in a shed not far from where I now live, autographing a pair of boxer […]
Justice League gets a new Japanese poster
Thanks to Batman-News, we’ve got a look at a new Japanese poster for Warner Bros.’ upcoming DC blockbuster Justice League, which shows Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck), Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), Barry Allen (Ezra Miller), Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) and Victor Stone (Ray Fisher) in both their civilian clothing and superhero costumes; check it out here… […]
