‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Casts Ethan Peck as Spock
CBS All Access has cast its Spock. Ethan Peck has been tapped to take on the iconic role and will play the half-human, half-Vulcan science officer of the USS Enterprise in season two of the subscription video on demand service’s Star Trek: Discovery. Discovery‘s executive producer Alex Kurtzman said of the casting in a press release that, “Through ...
Moon Knight Was Almost Featured In ‘Iron Fist’ Season 2
Iron Fist season 2 is just around the corner, and it seems at one point it was very close to including Moon Knight. Alice Eve is bringing the comic character Typhoid Mary to life in the new season of Iron Fist, but during discussions about the character showrunner Raven Metzner revealed that she wasn’t the only new addition to the ...
Uncertainty Looms at Fox’s Movie Studio as Disney Deal Draws to a Close
Because movies take so long to complete and release, running a Hollywood studio typically means planning two to three years into the future. But just one year from now, Twentieth Century Fox may no longer exist. There is a massive amount of uncertainty looming at 20th Century Fox as 2,300 employees of the 83-year-old studio behind Deadpool ...
Jovian Wade Cast as Cyborg in DCU Live Action Series “Doom Patrol”
The DC Universe’s live-action series Doom Patrol has found its Cyborg in Jovian Wade. The series, which has Jeremy Carver as a showrunner and executive producer as well as Greg Berlanti, is going to serve as a follow-up to Titans and features the characters of Cyborg, Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman, and Crazy Jane. Warner Bros. ...
Disney Outlines Plans for Streaming Service; Eyes Late 2019 Launch
The composition of the Walt Disney Company’s streaming service became clearer on Tuesday as the entertainment giant walked the investment community through its rollout strategy for its proposed rival to Netflix. Bolstered by its acquisition of much of Fox’s film and television assets, as well as the end of several licensing deals, Disney CEO Bob Iger said he expects the service will ...
Disney Q3 Earnings Call: Disney Reports Rare Earnings Miss; Tease Plans For ‘X-Men,’ ‘Avatar’ & More
On the heels of a disappointing box office haul for Solo: A Star Wars Story and in the midst of trying to close a blockbuster deal to acquire most of 21st Century Fox, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday posted earnings per share of $1.87 on revenue of $15.2 billion, which disappointed Wall Street. Disney was expected ...
Ruby Rose Cast As CW’s Batwoman
The CW has found it’s Batwoman in Australian actress and Orange Is the New Black star, Ruby Rose. Batwoman’s first appearance will be in the upcoming CW Arrowverse crossover event in December as well as in a potential Batwoman series the CW is currently developing. The series is expected to release during the 2019-2020 season ...
Jon Favreau’s Live-Action ‘Star Wars’ Series Will Reportedly Cost $100 Million for 10-Episode First Season
Disney’s Streaming Service, rumored to be titled DISNEY DIRECT, is slowly but surely coming to fruition and now, we may have our first info regarding Jon Favreau’s highly anticipated live-action Star Wars series. The New York Times has some interesting figures for Jon Favreau‘s live-action Star Wars series reporting that the ten episodes will cost Disney/Lucasfilm about $100 million. The ...
Netflix Confirms ‘Daredevil’ Season 3 for 2018 Release
Despite The Defenders premiering on Netflix in 2017, it sounds like 2018 is the year of Marvel on the streaming service. All four Defenders have now been confirmed for new seasons on Netflix, at some point this year. The sophomore seasons of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage have already been released onto the service this year, and we’ve known for some time that Iron ...
Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series Sets Writing Team of JD Payne, Patrick McKay
Today at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, announced that its Lord of the Rings TV series (which is a prequel) has put another piece into place. Salke mentioned that this has been “a very thoughtful process” in terms of finding the right road for this series to take within the vast world ...
‘Batman’ Writer Tom King Developing Dystopian TV Series ‘Stades of America’
Topic Studios and Golden Globe award-winning producer Playground announced today they are in development on States of America, a one-hour dystopian drama series written by Tom King, a former CIA officer turned author and New York Times best-selling, multiple Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, who won his latest Eisner Award, for Best Writer, last Friday ...
‘Game of Thrones’ Final Season Confirmed to Air in “First Half” of 2019
While many fans have been in the dark about when their beloved fantasy epic will be returning to the small screen, HBO has finally confirmed (somewhat) on when Game of Thrones will be back. The network has said “2019” for a while. Now HBO’s programming president Casey Bloys says: “First half” of 2019.With most seasons airing in ...