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10/24/17 @ 11:38 am EST
 Australian actress Ellie Gall ( A Midsummer’s Nightmare, Mind Over Maddie) is set for the lead role of Catherine Langford in Stargate Origins, the new 10-episode digital series from MGM and New Form based on the sci-fi franchise. Written by Mark Ilvedson and Justin Michael Terry and directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan ( Virtual Morality), Stargate Origins will explore a brand-new chapter in Catherine’s early history surrounding the extraordinary portal. The show will follow young Catherine as she embarks on an unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save Earth from unimaginable darkness. The series will air exclusively on MGM’s new digital platform Stargate Command later this year. In addition, former Stargate Atlantis cast member Connor Trinneer will return to the franchise, playing Catherine’s father, Professor Langford. Additional supporting cast includes Salome Azizi, Philip Alexander, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez, Daniel Rashid, Sarah Navratil, Shvan Aladdin, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, Derek Chariton, Justin Michael Terry and Lincoln Werner Hoppe. More information on those roles will be released in the coming weeks. Spanning nearly 20 seasons, the Stargate franchise is an award-winning cultural phenomenon. Stargate SG-1 is one of the longest-running sci-fi series in U.S. television history, and the original 1994 Stargate film grossed almost $200 million worldwide and spawned three live-action spinoff TV series. 06/01/24 @ 2:30 pm EST
There is an interesting rumor going around that Avengers 5, which was originally called Avengers: Kang Dynasty but is reported to have changed, is said to be beginning pre-production either late June or early July with actual filming beginning in either December or January. This makes sense timing wise for the scheduled releases and to make any announcements in August for D23. The tricky part is that at this point there is no official director working on the project. We know that Loki’s Michael Waldron was brought in to write the script back in November of last year, which was around the same time that Destin Daniel Cretton exited the film so he could focus on his other MCU related projects. If the timing of all of this is true, then we can expect to have a new director named by D23 at the latest. As for a clarification on the title, that may end up coming with an announcement of a new actor to play Kang which the studio needs to do soon so they can retake control of the narrative if the plan is to keep the time-traveling conqueror as the major villain for the Multiverse Saga.  06/01/24 @ 1:58 pm EST
This is Warner Bros… Reports are saying that Warner Bros TV is in the very early stages of development for a TV series based on the 2006 film 300. The original adaptation by Zack Snyder was based on the 1998 comic book series by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley and featured a fictionalized version of the Battle of Thermopylae during the Greco-Persian War. This pitted King Leonidas ( Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans against the God-King Xerxes ( Rodrigo Santoro) and his army of over 300,000. This was the film that got a lot of people looking at Snyder’s work. While there was a sequel film in 2014, the new series is expected to be a prequel. Maybe a young Leonidas, I mean it worked for Sheldon Cooper.  06/01/24 @ 1:41 pm EST
Netflix has announced the premiere date for the upcoming anime series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Laura Croft. The series picks up after the videogame trilogy that ended with Shadow of the Tomb Raider and will show the heroines travels around the globe. She’s abandoned her friends and has embarked on a series of increasingly more perilous solo adventures, but must return when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor. Laura is being voiced by the MCU’s Haley Atwell and will be joined by Allen Maldonado as Zip and Earl Baylon, who will be reprising his role from the video games as Jonah Maiava. While the character has appeared in video games, movies and comics, this will be her first time in an animated series. The Legend of Laura Croft premieres on Netflix on October 10th.  05/31/24 @ 5:29 pm EST
Clockwise Top L-R: Arjun Athalye, Stony Blyden, Sakina Jaffrey, Kyra Tantao, Christopher Paul Richards and Eloise Payet Goosebumps is rounding out its cast for Season 2. Arjun Athalye (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), Eloise Payet (The End of the Party), Christopher Paul Richards (The Kids Are Alright), Kyra Tantao (Zombies 3), Stony Blyden (American Born Chinese) and Sakina Jaffrey (Billions) are set for recurring roles in the Disney+ anthology series. They join previously-announced series regulars David Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Sam McCarthy, Jayden Bartels, Elijah Cooper, Galilea La Salvia and Francesca Noel. From Disney Branded Television and produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series is based upon R.L Stine’s bestselling Scholastic series. Each season features a new story, setting and cast. (via Deadline) 05/31/24 @ 4:54 pm EST
In the X-Men’s upcoming From the Ashes era, Jean Grey takes to the stars to fulfill her divine destiny in PHOENIX, a new ongoing series by writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Alessandro Miracolo. Today, fans can see all the covers that will grace the highly anticipated debut issue, hitting stands on July 17. Earlier this week in Rise of the Powers of X #5, one of the final issues of the X-Men’s Krakoan Age, Jean Grey was dramatically reborn as the Phoenix and promptly saved all of existence from an all-consuming AI Dominion. It was a battle outside of time and space that will go down in Marvel Comics history, and only a taste of the awe-inspiring feats that Jean will continue to achieve in her new solo series. Reigniting suns, suppressing black holes, taking on the likes of Gorr the God Butcher and Thanos’ Black Order singlehandedly, and teaming up with fellow space-faring heroes like Nova, Corsair, and Captain Marvel—Jean is no longer the Earth-bound X-Man you knew; she’s the Phoenix, now and forever! Glorious adventures await, but while the galaxies beckon Jean for salvation, will they also be reminded of her appetite for destruction? PHOENIX #1’s variant covers include breathtaking pieces of Jean by industry superstars like Rose Besch, Greg Land, Aka, and Peach Momoko. And like many of Marvel’s major launches, PHOENIX #1 will have a fiery Foil Variant Cover—drawn by the legendary Joe Quesada. Phillips teased, “Thematically, I'm interested in exploring the interplay between human and cosmic forces that is happening within Jean. Some in the cosmic universe know her as Jean Grey, and some fear her as the Phoenix. I want us to explore how that will impact her mission as a hero in the stars. The book also looks at the hierarchy of the cosmos and where Jean fits into the hierarchy. There are some incredibly powerful entities out in space... what will they think of Jean's presence as the Phoenix?” Check out the covers now and preorder PHOENIX #1 at your local comic shop today! Check out a whole bunch of covers for the issue below!       
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"Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" star Daryl McCormack is the latest suspect in Rian Johnson’s murder mystery, “Knives Out 3.” Daniel Craig is returning as the quirky detective Benoit Blanc in “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” as the third installment is officially titled. He will star alongside the previously announced additions of “Fleabag” actor Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, “Challengers” breakout Josh O’Connor, “Priscilla’s” Cailee Spaeny, Jeremy Renner and Mila Kunis. Johnson is writing, directing and producing the third “Knives Out” mystery. “Wake Up Dead Man” goes into production this summer, so expect more casting announcements in the next few weeks. It is slated to be released by Netflix in 2025. (via Variety) 05/31/24 @ 12:42 pm EST
Luna Blaise is set to round out the cast of Universal and Amblin Entertainment’s new Jurassic World movie. Scarlett Johansson, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey and Rupert Friend are also set to star. Gareth Edwards will direct. The studio recently dated the movie to bow on July 2, 2025, and moved fast to find a director in Edwards. The new film will be a fresh take, with Jurassic World cast members Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard not expected to return, and neither will original trilogy’s stars Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill. David Koepp penned the new script. Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking Jurassic Park redefined the summer blockbuster when it was released in June 1993 and changed the culture forever. (via Deadline) 05/31/24 @ 12:42 pm EST
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power actress Nazanin Boniadi won’t be returning as her human healer character Bronwyn for season 2 of the Prime Video series. Boniadi’s role has not been recast, Deadline has confirmed. Bronwyn is the mother of Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin) and the lover of elf warrior Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova). Both Muhafidin and Cordova are returning for season 2. Bronwyn didn’t make an appearance in the recent teaser trailer for season 2 of Rings of Power. Boniadi recently wrote on Instagram that she paused acting “to focus solely on the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising in Iran and to advocate for the people in my homeland who have been risking everything for freedom.” 05/30/24 @ 9:40 pm EST
BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company are proud to bring fans of the cult classic series Farscape a brand new special with the FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL one-shot! This 25th anniversary special will be the first Farscape comic published since 2010, honoring the series’ legacy with brand new stories featuring fan favorite characters! Featuring a dazzling array of comics superstars including Sina Grace (Ghosted in L.A.), Sarah Gailey (Know Your Station), Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (Star Trek), original Farscape comics scribe Keith R.A. DeCandido, and more, fans of the iconic classic will not want to miss the oft asked for return to the franchise! FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 features main cover art by Steve Morris (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and variants by Ariel Olivetti (Cable), and Vincenzo Riccardi (Grim), along with a photo variant cover! FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning Archaia imprint, home to inspiring graphic novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys; The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby; Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane; The Killer by Matz and Luc Jacamon; We Served the People by Emei Burell; New World by David Jesus Vignolli; Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra; Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen and George Schall; The Short While by Jeremy Sorese; About Betty’s Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau; Flavor Girls by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky; I’m Still Alive by Roberto Saviano and Asaf Hanuka; and licensed series including Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes; Lev Grossman’s The Magicians; and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Storyteller, and Labyrinth. FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 will be available in comic shops August 28, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.  
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A familiar face is coming back to terrorize the children of Derry, Maine. Bill Skarsgård is set to star in and executive produce the Max It prequel series Welcome To Derry (working title), He will be reprising his title role as It/Pennywise from the hit 2017 New Line movie It and its sequel, It Chapter Two. On the Warner Bros. Television-produced series, Skarsgård is reuniting with other key auspices from the It film franchise, the two movies’ director Andy Muschietti, producer Barbara Muschietti and Chapter Two co-producer Jason Fuchs, who developed together the TV adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic, as well as the films’ other producers, Roy Lee and Dan Lin. Andy Muschietti will direct four episodes of the nine-episode series. Set in the world of King’s It universe, Welcome To Derry expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films, which amassed a combined $1.17 billion worldwide. (via Deadline) |
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