M. Night Shyamalan is set to reboot the classic anthology series Tales from the Crypt as the centrepiece offering in a new weekly two-hour horror and suspense block for TNT, which Shyamalan is programming. Deadline reports that the new series will be based on a combination of William Gaines’ original EC Comics, along with new […]
UPDATE: TNT pulls the plug on live-action Teen Titans TV series
Given that there’s been no movement on the project for over a year, this probably won’t come as too much of a surprise, but TNT has decided against moving ahead with its live-action Teen Titans series, with network president Kevin Reilly stating that: “We decided it wasn’t where we wanted to go.” Titans – or […]
Marvel’s Star Wars #1 is the bestselling comic book of 2015
2015 was certainly a great year for Star Wars, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattering records at the box office, and the franchise’s various video games pulling in over $1 billion in revenue. Now it can add another success, with PREVIEWSworld revealing that Marvel’s Star Wars #1 was the bestselling comic book the year. Here’s the […]
Jewel Staite joins DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Hawkgirl promo released
TV Line is reporting that Firefly star Jewel Staite is set to join the DC universe, with the actress signing on for a guest role in the upcoming Arrow and The Flash spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Staite will play Rachel Turner, “a tech genius/roboticist who exists in a future in which technology has an […]
Ben Mendelsohn eyed for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One
Olivia Cooke has signed on to play the female lead in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, and now it looks like they’ve found their villain. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Ben Mendelsohn is being eyed to play Nolan Sorento, the leader of IOI who […]
William Shatner says “there was never a conversation” about him returning as Kirk for Star Trek Beyond
Back in September, it was rumoured that William Shatner could reprise the role of Captain James T. Kirk for this year’s Star Trek Beyond, with Shatner subsequently confirming that he’d been approached. However, it seems he’s now changed his mind, telling SFX Magazine that: “There was never a conversation. It would have been interesting to see […]
Deadpool: The Hero We Need, the Merc We Deserve
Mason Manuel on the Deadpool movie… Though I like to think of myself as a critic of the fine wines of film, every once in a while I need a keg of fun mindless nerd fun. So every summer when Marvel/DC rolls out their latest comic book film, I’m there with everyone else at the […]
Charlie Cox says Daredevil and The Punisher have a “complicated relationship”
Daredevil and The Punisher are set to throw-down in the upcoming second season of Daredevil, which debuts on Netflix this coming March. But if Charlie Cox is anything to go by, they may be closer to friends than we think. “It’s really complicated,” Cox told Empire. “It feels like they’re sworn enemies, but at times […]
Zack Snyder explains why he cast Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has been surrounded by casting controversy, with the film getting a lot of Internet hate for Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. The latter of the two brought about a lot of bile from fans of the comic, who feel that she didn’t have the […]
Christina Hendricks joins Bad Santa 2
It appears that Lauren Graham won’t be coming back as the love interest for Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) in Bad Santa 2, but a seemingly suitable replacement has been found in Christina Hendricks, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Not much about the plot is known yet, but Hendricks will apparently play the head of a charity […]
