Anghus Houvouras reviews Secret Wars #3… Secret Wars is fast becoming the best event comic in the last 20 years. This is coming from someone who loathes the event comic. Who sees them for so often what they are: annual cash grabs that barely forward the plot of whatever multi-year arc the editorial team is […]
John Noble joins Elementary as Sherlock Holmes’ father
John Noble, who gave an incredible performance as an eccentric but damaged genius on five seasons of Fringe, will now play the father of another enigmatic intellectual, on CBS’ Elementary. According to THR, Noble has joined the series’ upcoming fourth season as the wealthy and estranged father on Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller). He’ll make his debut […]
Comic Book Review – Airboy #1
Zeb Larson reviews Airboy #1… When acclaimed comics author JAMES ROBINSON (Starman, Fantastic Four) is hired to write a reboot of the 1940s action hero Airboy, he’s reluctant to do yet another Golden Age reboot. Just what the hell has happened to his career-?! His marriage?! His life?! Hey, it’s nothing that a drink can’t […]
Marvel’s Star Wars #6 introduces a huge change to the Star Wars canon
Warning. Spoilers follow… Back in April 2014, Disney announced that it was introducing a new canon for Star Wars, which would consist of the original six movies, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and all subsequent Lucasfilm releases going forward. Not just movies and animated series, but books, comics, video games and so on. With that […]
James Wan signs on to direct Aquaman and Robotech
Having been linked to the project back in April, it’s now official that James Wan is set to direct Warner Bros.’ DC feature Aquaman, which will star Jason Momoa in the title role as the King of Atlantis. “The Aquaman film will be a major tentpole picture for us and James’s span of work has […]
Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer join Transformers writer’s room
It looks like Paramount and Hasbro is moving full steam ahead with its plans to extend its Transformers universe. Last week it was revealed that Ant-Man scribes Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari had signed on to develop what is believed to be a Cybertron-set prequel, and now comes word that Christina Hodson (The Eden Project) […]
Disney remaking Sister Act
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that its set to remake the hit 1992 comedy Sister Act, with Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde) set to pen the script and Allison Shearmur (Cinderella) producing. Sister Act was a huge hit upon release, grossing $232 million around the world; the […]
Cameron Crowe apologises for casting Emma Stone as an Asian American in Aloha
Cameron Crowe’s latest film Aloha has been at the centre of a “whitewashing” controversy due to Emma Stone’s casting as Allison Ng, a mixed race character who is the daughter of a half-Chinese, half-Hawaiin father and a white mother. In the wake of the criticism, Crowe has taken to his personal blog to offer an […]
Chris Pratt teases tear-jerking Guardians of the Galaxy 2 script and Awesome Mix Vol. 2
Just yesterday, James Gunn announced that he’d completed the first draft for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and now Star-Lord himself has chimed in to tease what the script may entail. Though Pratt is of course sworn to secrecy, he did hint that Gunn’s script is incredibly emotional, and brought him to tears: “What I will say is […]
Man of Action developing Mega Man animated series
Dentsu Entertainment USA is pairing up with Man of Action Entertainment for a 26-episode animated series based upon Capcom’s Mega Man franchise, Deadline has revealed. The show will be created, written and executive produced by Man of Action, whose credits include Ben 10, Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble, with a view to being aired in […]
