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Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #8

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #8… Jazz confronts his past-and the Autobot’s future-in front of millions of television viewers. But will he make the people of Earth understand Optimus Prime’s mission… or turn against it? As Optimus Prime and the Autobots continue to recover from their battle with the Junkions and try improving the tenuous […]

Comic Book Review – Dark Days: The Forge #1

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Ricky Church reviews Dark Days: The Forge #1… DARKNESS COMES TO THE DC UNIVERSE WITH THE MYSTERY OF THE FORGE! Aquaman, The Flash and more of DC’s pantheon of heroes suspect Batman of hiding a dark secret that could threaten the very existence of the multiverse! It’s an epic that will span generations—but how does […]

Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #24

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #24… “Godwatch” epilogue! With Godwatch’s purpose fulfilled, Diana and Cale are forced to confront the choices of the past…and a new direction for the future. It’s the penultimate issue of Greg Rucka’s time on Wonder Woman and he uses it well to conclude the ‘Godwatch’ storyline and tie it into […]

Danny Elfman to score Justice League for Joss Whedon

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In a rather surprising move, iconic composer Danny Elfman has now joined Justice League to compose the film’s score, per The Hollywood Reporter. He’s joined the film just as Joss Whedon takes the director’s chair for some reshoots and additional scenes in London. Elfman is no stranger to composing superhero themes. He worked on Tim Burton’s Batman, creating […]

Annalise Basso and Sasha Frolova cast in Snowpiercer TV series

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The Snowpiercer television series for TNT has gained two cast members opposite Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs and Mickey Sumner. Captain Fantastic’s Annalise Basso and Two for One‘s Sasha Frolova have become series regulars in the adaptation of Bong Joon Ho’s 2013 sci-fi film. The pilot will be directed by Doctor Strange‘s Scott Derrickson and is set years after Earth […]

Simon Kinberg to direct X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Jessica Chastain cast alongside returning stars

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Fox has finally settled on a director for the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix. As per Deadline (and previous reports), longtime X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is now confirmed to take the director’s chair in his directorial debut. Furthermore, the rumour that Jessica Chastain was in talks for the film has also panned out: she will reportedly play the film’s villain, […]

James Gunn is thinking about altering the established canon with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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Even though Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was only released a little over a month ago, director James Gunn is already at work for the third volume feauturing Marvel’s rag-tag team of space adventurers. He’s already begun writing the script, but since the film isn’t due for release until 2020, there’s plenty of time for things […]

Transformers Bumblebee spin-off will take place in the 1980s

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We’re less than a week away from the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, but Paramount Pictures is already turning its attention to the future of the franchise, specifically the Bumblebee spin-off that will focus on the yellow Autobot scout. The latest issue of Empire, via TFW2005, reveals that the film, directed by Kubo and the Two Strings‘ Travis Knight, will […]

Ferdinand gets a new trailer and poster

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Ahead of its release this December, Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox’s latest animated film Ferdinand has received a new poster and trailer, which we have for you here… FERDINAND tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his […]

Glee’s Chris Colfer to write and direct adaptation of The Wishing Spell

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Glee alum Chris Colfer is set to make his directorial debut with The Wishing Spell, an adaptation of the first book in his young adult series The Land of Stories, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to directing, Colfer will also write the script for 20th Century Fox and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps. Colfer began writing The Land of […]