With Sony pushing ahead with its plans for a non-MCU-related Venom solo movie (which is due to shoot this Autumn and will apparently carry an R rating), a rumour has emerged claiming that Adi Shankar is positioned at the top of the studio’s director shortlist for the project. For those unfamiliar with Adi Shankar, he actually has experience […]
The Netflix Castlevania TV Series will be “R-rated as f*ck” and based on Dracula’s Curse
Earlier this week it was revealed that Netflix is bringing an animated TV series based on Castlevania over to its streaming service this year. We now have a bit more information regarding the series, as Producer Adi Shankar has shed a little more light on the project. Speaking with IGN, Adi Shankar confirmed that the series […]
Castlevania TV series coming to Netflix in 2017
Netflix has just quietly announced an animated Castlevania TV series set to premiere in 2017. Following an event in New York City, intended to announce all of the original content for the coming year, this was found in an official press-release: “Castlevania Season 1, Part 1 Coming to Netflix in 2017”. No other details are known at this […]
A kidnapping goes wrong in trailer for Get the Girl
Ahead of its release in the U.S. later this month, Orion Pictures has a trailer for Get the Girl, the new film from director Eric England (Contracted), which revolves around a kidnapping gone wrong; check it out here… A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and […]
Adi Shankar producing “super violent” Castlevania animated series
Adi Shankar – the producer behind the unofficial shorts Punisher: Dirty Laundry, Venom: Truth in Journalism, Judge Dredd: Superfiend , Power/Rangers and James Bond: In Service of Nothing – has announced via Facebook that he’s working on a “super violent” animated series based around the classic video game franchise Castlevania. “I’m producing a super violent […]
Denise Richards and Jane Seymour join Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets
Yesterday we brought you news of a new “dark superhero drama” from producer Adi Shankar (Dredd) entitled Gods and Secrets, which is currently in development at HBO. The official announcement revealed that Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Sharni Vinson, Andy Milonakis and Diamond Dallas Page are set to star in the series, and now The Wrap […]
Adi Shankar to direct dark superhero drama Gods and Secrets for HBO
Adi Shankar, the producer behind the likes of Dredd and The Grey and the fanmade shorts Punisher: Dirty Laundry, Venom: Truth in Journalism and Power/Rangers, is set to make his directorial debut with the “dark superhero drama” Gods and Secrets. Deadline reports that the show “will mine territory similar to Alan Moore’s Watchmen, exploring the […]
James Bond bootleg animated short In Service of Nothing gets reinstated
Producer Adi Shankar has fought the fight and it looks like he may have, for the time being, won the war. A month ago his bootleg short Power/Rangers: Unauthorized & Hardcore was pulled from YouTube for copyright issues only to be later reinstated after an agreement was reached with Saban Entertainment. Now, similarly, his latest […]
Power Rangers fan film producer releases new James Bond animated short
The man behind Power/Rangers (which became a huge hit last week) didn’t wait long to drop his next project. And this time, he’s taking on James Bond. In Service of Nothing is the latest part of Shankar’s Bootleg Universe which has also seen fan films made about The Punisher, Venom and Judge Dredd. The short […]
Original Power Rangers cast members give their thoughts on Adi Shankar’s fan-movie
Earlier this week, producer Adi Shankar dropped his latest fan-made movie Power/Rangers, a gritty reboot to the classic 90s kids show Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. The movie has since been taken down by request of Saban, but it was seen by several of the original cast. We’ve already heard from original Green Ranger Jason David Frank, […]