Showtime is prepping a limited series about screen starlet and wartime inventor Hedy Lamarr, and the premium channel has Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot in talks to star and co-executive produce. According to The Wrap, the limited series from Endeavor Content will be written and executive produced by Sarah Treem, co-creator and executive producer another Showtime
Month: August 2018
When it comes to diversity within the media we consume, one of the genres that has struggled to properly represent the world around us has easily been the comic book genre. Until recently, most films — and television shows, for that matter — were primarily saturated with white male heroes in the lead. Thankfully, though,
With Avengers: Infinity War out on home video, fans have been combing the film for Easter eggs offering clues as to what Avengers 4 may hold. Given how Thanos ended proceedings with his snap, it makes sense fans are trying to suss out everything they can to determine how the sequel takes shape. RELATED: Russos Seemingly
As the CW prepares to introduce Batwoman and a subsequent series following the character, rumors have been circulating that the network will cancel one of its five other superhero TV shows. However, those rumors are seemingly untrue. “We have five on the air but we also added a sixth night (of network programming),” CW president Mark Pedowitz told
Actor Dave Bautista has been highly critical of Disney’s decision to fire Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s director James Gunn after right-wing agitators circulated a selection of the director’s controversial, years-old tweets. Today, the actor went so far as to say that he will ask Disney to remove him from the upcoming film if
Stan Lee an almost-ubiquitous figure at comic conventions around the globe, appearing on panels and signing comic books and other memorabilia. However, in recent years the aging Marvel Comics legends has begun to lighten his schedule, reducing the number of convention appearances in the United States, and ending visits to Canada and Europe. Now it
BOOM! Studios today unveiled a first look at artist Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mal Reynolds-focused variant cover for Firefly #1. Sienkiewicz is a legend in the comic book industry, whose work includes highly-regarded art for the likes of New Mutants, Daredevil: Love and War, Elektra: Assassin and The Sandman: Endless Nights, among others. “There are a handful
Popular anime Code Geass has announced that Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection, an original sequel to its compilation movie trilogy, is set to premiere in Feb. 2019! A visual featuring the mysterious C.C. and a 30-second video have been released as teasers, with the latter having premiered on commercial displays in Akihabara, Shinjuku and
Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game created by Hoshikuzu KRNKRN. First released as freeware through Den-fami Nico Game Magazine in 2015, it is increasing in popularity, having been adapted into a hit manga as well as a TV anime and fittingly, a terrifying haunted house! While previous years’ versions were held at Makuhari
A new fan film parodying Rian Johnson’s breakout film, Brick, as well as the reaction from parts of Star Wars fandom to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has been getting a lot of positive attention lately, including from Johnson himself! Titled Star Wars: Revenge of the Incels, the film was co-written by Dana James Jones
A new tribute and pseudo-trailer for Avengers: Infinity War in the style of last year’s Logan is making the rounds to coincide with film’s digital release. The video centers on highlights of Thanos from the Avengers film and features the song “Hurt” by Johnny Cash, just like one of the trailers for the reputedly final Wolverine
Dave Bautista, the actor who portrays Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, has expressed his feelings about continuing in the role after the removal of writer and director James Gunn, who was fired by Disney for a series of offensive tweets that he made in the past. Ever since the announcement on July 20th that
Annual cosplay event World Cosplay Summit takes place every year in Nagoya, Aichi and attracts top cosplayers from all over the world. This year, however, an unexpected star came from closer to home – Aichi prefecture’s very own governor, Omura Hideaki. Omura has a long history of cosplay throughout his official career, having previously attended
The producers of ABC’s Lost have issued an apology to actress Evangeline Lilly after she stated in an interview that she felt “cornered” when partially nude scenes were written for her character. As reported by Deadline, creators and executive producers J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof have issued a joint statement apology
Fans of Young Justice have been getting excited for the surprising new season of the fan-favorite DC teen superhero show. Now, the creators behind the series have revealed which comics viewers should check out before the series returns. During an interview with Comicbook.com at Comic-Con International in San Diego, series co-creator Greg Weisman (Gargoyles) said “Batman and
Casting announcements for the TV adaptation of the Vertigo comic series Y: The Last Man have been steadily rolling in, but one key character won’t need to be cast at all. Ampersand the capuchin monkey will be portrayed mostly through special effects, said FX CEO John Landgraf in an interview with /Film. Ampersand’s role in the
Marvel Animation’s Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors animated film is being supported by a series of animated shorts called Marvel Rising: Initiation, that is set to launch on August 13th. Ahead of the release of these shorts, Marvel has been dropping little featurettes about the characters and Dove Cameron’s Ghost-Spider got hers just recently. Ghost-Spider, of
Mission: Impossible — Fallout reigned supreme at the box office, again. The critically acclaimed sequel solidified another milestone this weekend as it proved to have the best sophomore showing out of every entry in the series, thus far. According to Box Office Mojo, the Tom Cruise-led action vehicle raked in another $35 million, bringing its
Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke is one of the greatest animated films of all time and artist Jim Lee has provided his own version of the titular character from the film. During a live Twitch stream this past Sunday, Lee illustrated San, also known as the eponymous Princess Mononoke, from the Miyazaki classic. The 1997 Japanese film
A great deal of what has made Venom such a major success over the years has been the design of the character that his co-creator, Todd McFarlane, gave the character back when he debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #299 (Venom’s other creator, David Michelinie, came up with both Eddie Brock and the concept of the symbiote
When writer Charles Soule and artist Steve McNiven reintroduce Logan to the Marvel Universe in the Return of Wolverine, his newly-titled #HotClaws won’t be the only new addition. Soule revealed in an interview with CBR the primary villain for the miniseries will be a new antagonist named Persephone. When asked if Return of Wolverine will be told through Logan’s
Earlier this year, it was announced that FX and Marvel were no longer moving forward with their plans for an animated Deadpool series. Now, the Chief Executive Officer for FX, John Landgraf, has commented on the show’s demise. The initial reasoning behind the cancellation was revealed to be due to creative differences between all parties.
Engines at full, Patrick Stewart is returning to the role that made him an international superstar on Star Trek. After months of speculation, Stewart confirmed through his Twitter account that he is indeed making it so and reprising his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The official Star Trek Twitter account confirmed the return of Captain Jean-Luc
Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Invader Zim, has posted a new, cryptic image of Johnny to his Twitter page, and it’s got his fans squeeing. Posted late last night and pinned to Vasquez’s Twitter profile, the image is a pixelated .gif of the titular Johnny’s silhouette, standing still and silent and
Nearly six months after its initial release, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther has crossed yet another major milestone at the domestic box office. As of today, Black Panther is now only the third film (ever) to cross $700 million at the domestic box office — not adjusted for inflation — joining only Star Wars: The Force
There’s a double whammy of American Horror Story news as FX confirms a tenth season of the horror anthology has already been ordered and that Jessica Lange will return for the upcoming American Horror Story: Apocalypse. Starting back in 2011 with American Horror Story: Murder House, the show has charted everything from insane asylums to haunted hotels, freak shows
Apart from Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s underwhelming performance at the box office, the recent entries in the Star Wars universe have all gone on to gross over $1 billion globally, with 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens taking the top spot at just over $2 billion. However, when looking at the box office numbers of the four films within
It turns out that Ronda Rousey is a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films, if a recent interview is anything to go by. While promoting her new movie Mile 22, Rousey revealed she would love nothing more than the chance to play the grown-up version of the Bride’s daughter, B.B., who was introduced in the
While Scott Snyder is offering up new teases for that big 2019 DC Comics crossover event, Justice League fans should have nothing to fear in the mean time — the prolific writer says he plans to stay onto the recently-relaunched comic series for “at least” 50 issues. “Just for clarity: I’m on Justice League for
John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and Productions, announced today the network is picking up Devs, a new mini-series for 2019 by Ex Machina writer and director Alex Garland. Garland will executive produce with his Annihilation and Ex Machina collaborators Eli Bush and Scott Rudin as well as Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA