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Alice Eve cast in Marvel’s Iron Fist season 2

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When Marvel’s Iron Fist returns to Netflix for its second season, it will have Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) among its ranks. Eve will star as a regular role throughout the season, but Marvel is staying mum right now on who exactly her character is and whether she’s an ally or enemy of the immortal Iron […]

Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1

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Ricky Church reviews Suicide Squad: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1… The Suicide Squad has been a popular concept for DC Comics for decades, but is a property DC has been really pushing hard for the last few years now. In the build-up to last year’s feature film and the soft-reboot of DC Rebirth, DC decided […]

Jordan Peele rebooting The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access

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For decades, The Twilight Zone has been a staple of the science fiction genre with its anthology of sci-fi and horror tales. Now, CBS is ready to reboot it once again on their All Access streaming service with Get Out director Jordan Peele producing the series with Simon Kinberg through their respective companies, Monkeypaw Productions and Genre Films. Joining […]

Disney eyeing Rob Marshall to direct The Little Mermaid

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As Disney continues to adapt many of its classic animated films, Deadline reports that the studio is eyeing Rob Marshall to direct the live-action The Little Mermaid. Marshall has reportedly been offered the director’s chair and will decide after the holidays. This won’t be the first time Marshall will have worked for Disney if he accepts. He […]

Comic Book Review – Superman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1

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Ricky Church reviews Superman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1… Its an easy argument to say Superman has had a tough time in comics in the last few years. DC’s New 52 reboot was, many fans felt, contrary to many of the core characteristics and ideals of Superman in his line of comics. Gone was his […]

Blu-ray Review – American Gods: Season One

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Ricky Church reviews American Gods season one… For many years, Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods was thought to be unfilmable. It was felt the novel was too grandiose for the big screen, with too many characters and too much story to fit into one 2-hour or 2-hour plus film. Almost 20 years later, Michael Green and Bryan […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Lost Light #11

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Lost Light #11… Ever since Rodimus and Megatron were betrayed by Getaway and the rest of the Lost Light way back in Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #50, there have been a lot of questions remaining over how the mutiny took place and how much exactly the mutineers knew considering there […]

Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy rounds out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes

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A couple weeks after Netflix cast Ellen Page (Flatliners) in the lead role of The Umbrella Academy adaptation, the streaming service has now rounded out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes in the Hargreeve family. Joining Page in the series are Tom Hopper (Black Sails) as Luther, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Broadway’s Hamilton) as Allison, David Castañeda (Soldado) as […]

First look at Jon Hamm as Archangel Gabriel in Good Omens

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As production continues on Amazon’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens, the studio has released the first picture of Mad Men star Jon Hamm as the Archangel Gabriel. The series is currently filming in the UK for a 2019 premiere date. Hamm will be starring opposite Michael Sheen (Passengers) as the angel Aziraphale and David Tennant (Doctor Who) […]