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Penny Dreadful spin-off City of Angels adds Michael Gladis, Lorenza Izzo, Ethan Peck and more

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As Showtime prepares its Penny Dreadful sequel spin-off City of Angels, the show has just cast six actors to the series in various lead and recurring roles. Michael Gladis (Mad Men) and Lorenza Izzo (Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) have joined in series regular roles while Ethan Peck (Star Trek: Discovery), Thomas Kretschmann (Avengers: Age […]

Netflix taps George Clooney to direct and star in Good Morning, Midnight

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Fresh off adapting the novel Catch-22 into a limited series at Hulu, George Clooney is heading over to Netflix to turn Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2017 sci-fi novel Good Morning, Midnight into a feature film. He will star in as well as direct the film with Mark L. Smith (Overlord) adapting the novel into a screenplay. Good Morning, Midnight follows […]

Maisie Williams to outrun gangsters in Sky Original comedy Two Weeks to Live

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Fresh off her stint in Westeros, Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams is set to star in Sky Original’s six-part comedy series, Two Weeks to Live. The series will be produced by Kudos. Written by Gaby Hull (Cheat), the series follows Kim Noakes (Williams), “a young misfit who lives a secluded country life. When an unlikely prank […]

Krypton Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Ghost in The Fire’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of Krypton season two… After Krypton‘s premiere delivered an intriguing direction for its sophomore season, ‘Ghost in The Fire’ continued to capitalize on Generald Zod’s rule over Krypton as well as Seg-El and Adam Strange’s introduction to the galaxy’s toughest and most foul-mouthed bounty hunter, Lobo. It was an entertaining […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek vs. Transformers

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Ricky Church reviews Star Trek vs. Transformers… IDW’s latest crossover features something that is actually fairly easy to imagine as Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise encounter a new lifeform in the galaxy: Cybertronians, or better know as the Transformers. Veteran Transformers writer John Barber and Star Trek author Mike Johnson […]

Easy A spin-off in development with original writer Bert Royal directing

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Screen Gems has begun early development of a spin-off to Easy A, the 2010 coming-of-age comedy starring Emma Stone. Per Variety, original screenwriter Bert Royal will return to not only write the spin-off, but also make his directorial debut on the film. Easy A marked Stone’s first time leading a film and helped her gain much of […]

J.J. Abrams and his son Henry Abrams writing Spider-Man comic

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Over the last few days Marvel has been sharing a mysterious countdown for something Spider-Man related. Well, the countdown ended today and the comic behemoth has now revealed the project is a new Spidey miniseries being written by Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams and his son Henry. Working with the Abrams is Ultimate […]

Rosamund Pike cast in Amazon’s Wheel of Time series

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It’s been quite a few months since we’ve had any news on Amazon’s upcoming series adaptation of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time epic, but we now have our first piece of casting for the anticipated show as Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) has landed the lead role of Moiraine in the fantasy series. The Wheel of Time series […]

Jennifer Morrison joins This is Us for fourth season

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Deadline has revealed Once Upon A Time’s Jennifer Morrison will be joining NBC’s hit series This is Us for a recurring role in the series’ fourth season. Details surrounding her character are being kept under wraps. Morrison’s casting comes just over a month after NBC renewed the series for three more additional seasons. The show has proven to […]

Avengers: Endgame returning to cinemas with new post-credits scene and tribute

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UPDATE: More info has now come to light regarding Marvel’s plans, with Kevin Feige confirming that the new release isn’t an extended cut, but will feature a brand new post-credits scene, along with “a tribute, and a few surprises”. Original story follows… It goes without saying that Avengers: Endgame has dominated the box office so far this […]