Zeb Larson reviews No Mercy #1… It was just a trip, before college. Build schools in a Central American village; get to know some of the other freshmen. But after tragedy strikes, a handful of once-privileged US teens must find their way home in a cruel landscape that at best doesn’t like them, and at […]
Scott Eastwood to play Steve Trevor in Suicide Squad
On Monday it was revealed that Fury actor Scott Eastwood had joined the cast of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad film, and now his role has been revealed. According to Latino Review, Eastwood will cameo as Wonder Woman love interest Steve Trevor, in order to set up his appearance in the 2017 Wonder Woman film. In the comics, Trevor is an intelligence […]
Juan of the Dead helmer to direct an episode of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series season 2
The El Rey Network has announced that Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead, ABCs of Death 2) is set to direct the third episode of season two of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. Brugues joins a list of second season directors which includes Rodriguez, Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), […]
Disney developing a live-action Mulan
Disney’s slate of live action adaptations continues to grow with the announcement that they will next be tackling Mulan. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney have purchased a script by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hyneck that centres around female warrior Hua Mulan, the main character from the animated feature. Originally released in 1998, Mulan told […]
Metal Gear Solid movie finds a new writer
It’s been nearly a year since we last heard anything about the big screen adaptation of popular video game franchise Metal Gear Solid when it was reported that Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) had been attached to the project. Well, now we have some more news. According to Deadline, in-demand British writer Jay Basu (Monsters: […]
Tron 3 rumoured to be titled Tron: Ascension; will start production in October
News of Tron 3 has always been in the background of major film talks since the release of Tron: Legacy back in 2010. It may have taken Disney a fair number of years to make a sequel to the 1982 cult classic, but plans for a third movie seemed have always been on the cards. […]
Ciara Renee and Arthur Darvill cast as Hawkgirl and Rip Hunter in the Arrow/Flash spin-off series
The CW has added two familiar DC Comics characters to the cast of the upcoming Arrow/Flash spin-off, with Ciara Renee (Law & Order: SVU) set to play Kendra Saunders, a.k.a. Hawkgirl, and Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who) signing on as Rip Hunter. The character description for Kendra Saunders describes her as “a young woman who is […]
Video Game Review – Tales from The Borderlands: Episode 2
Martin Burgoyne reviews Tales from The Borderlands: Episode 2… Now I have never played a Borderlands game before, but thought they looked cool. All cel-shaded and very different to anything else out there. I think that all of this translates over so well as the games clearly have a very specific sarcastic style of humour. Don’t […]
How Empire is both empowering and offensive to African-Americans
Anthony Stokes on how Empire is both empowering and offensive to African-Americans… Empire is the hottest new show over at Fox. It has tapped into the elusive but lucrative African-American market, and had the most watched finale of a new show in a few years, which is a huge deal because this is a very […]
Newcomer Brianna Hildebrand cast as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool
With production now underway on 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool movie, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that newcomer Brianna Hildebrand has signed on to play the obscure mutant Negasonic Teenage Warhead – a character created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, who made her debut in New X-Men #115 in 2001. She is described as “a […]
