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Hellboy reboot casts Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan

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As pre-production on the Hellboy reboot ramps up ahead of filming later this year, the film has made yet another cast addition. The latest actress to join, per The Hollywood Reporter, is American Honey’s Sasha Lane, taking the role of Alice Monaghan in the film. In the Hellboy comics, Alice Monaghan was a baby when she was kidnapped by […]

Amazon and Ridley Scott developing The Beast is an Animal

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Director Ridley Scott will be teaming with Amazon Studios on a feature film, with Variety reporting that his Scott Free banner is set to produce an adaptation of The Beast is an Animal, based on the sci-fi fantasy book by Peternelle van Arsdale. Amazon is already in final negotiations for the directing pair Bert & Bertie to helm […]

Arrow casts Kirk Acevedo as Richard Dragon for Season 6

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A few weeks ago at the Comic-Con panel for Arrow‘s upcoming sixth season, Marc Guggenheim teased the introduction of DC Comics and Green Arrow villain Richard Dragon. And, as per Deadline, it has now been revealed that Band of Brothers‘ Kirk Acevedo has been cast for a season-long recurring role as Dragon. Acevedo will come to Star […]

Netflix renews Ozark for second season

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Netflix has today announced the renewal of its latest series Ozark for a second season. The series, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, will return in 2018 for a ten-episode season two. Ozark was created by Bill Dubuque (The Accountant) and also stars Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jordana Spiro, Jason Butler Harner, Esai Morales, Peter Mullan, and […]

Captain Marvel gets a new screenwriter

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There’s some more official movement on Marvel Studio’s Captain Marvel, the Brie Larson-led superhero film that will further explore the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel has tapped Tomb Raider writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet to pen the new script according to Deadline. Meg LeFauve and Nicole Perlman were originally writing the script, but LeFauve has had to […]

Scott Glenn joins Hulu’s Castle Rock

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Hulu’s Stephen King-inspired series Castle Rock has just gained another cast member. Scott Glenn (Marvel’s The Defenders) is set to star in the series as King character Sheriff Alan Pangborn. Pangborn is a retired sheriff who has witnessed some of the darkest moments in Castle Rock’s history. He has appeared in two of King’s novels, The Dark Half and Needful […]

Comic Book Review – First Strike #1

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Ricky Church reviews First Strike #1… A Hasbro comic book event! A new era of peace is dawning as Earth formally joins the Cybertronian Council of Worlds. That is… until Baron Ironblood joins Destro, Storm Shadow and other nefarious villains in a terrorist attack on Iacon! As chaos takes hold on Cybertron, it will be left […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Till All Are One #12

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Till All Are One #12… Starscream makes his most desperate move yet in order to protect himself from Elita One’s rising power. But for once the master of manipulation’s only choice is to make himself helpless to another. Good thing no one’s got a grudge against Starscream, right? Mairghread Scott delivers […]

Netflix renews GLOW for second season

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In the wake of its success on Netflix, the streaming service has renewed the female wrestling comedy GLOW for a 10-episode second season. The series stars Alison Brie as a wannabe actress who finds an unexpected chance at stardom in the wrestling ring. Netflix made the announcement over GLOW‘s Twitter page, revealing a brief teaser trailer for the second […]