Author: Mary Anne Butler

Remember when Amazon purchased a very substantial set of literary IP to develop into series and such? We remember, and we remember that one title in particular had our interest- Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower.” If you’ll recall back in 2016, HBO was reportedly working on a series based on the books, that wouldn’t have a damn thing to do with the Sony 2017 feature film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. That project got scrapped. In February of 2018, Amazon picked up the rights for The Dark Tower, Wheel of Time, Ringworld, Lazarus, Snow Crash, and a little thing called “Lord of…

David Tennant and Michael Sheen are reuniting for a quarantine-filmed series from the BBC called “Staged.”

STARZ hit series “Outlander” completed their 5th just recently, and a lot of questions were raised. What’s with all the story changes? How will choices now effect future seasons of the show?Based on the best-selling “Outlander” book series by Diana Gabaldon and adapted for STARZ by Ronald D. Moore, the show centers around Claire, and her time travel. Sure, people describe it as “romance,” but it is way more (well-written) historical fiction with a sci-fi twist. While the first two seasons stay pretty faithful to the source material, things started to veer off in season 3. Most of the decisions…

Sounds like Universal Pictures is still trying to make their Dark Universe happen, and 2-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling is on track to play the “Wolfman.”According to Variety, Universal is currently doin’ the ol’ director search for this project, and not a whole lot is known about it yet. Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo reportedly wrote the most recent version of the script, possibly using the pitch from Gosling. You may recall that just last week, the Dark Universe celebrated an odd anniversary. It had been 3 years since this tweet, which was to announce the formation and execution…

Casting stories are some of our favorites; auditions and readings and how exactly iconic characters were brought to life through those first meetings can set the tone of any film. This new story about how Daphne Keen got the part of Laura / X-23 in James Mangold’s “Logan” is pretty damn great. Bless BD for his work making Quarantine Watch Party happen through ComicBook. Truly, it’s been a lovely bright spot in an-otherwise dimly lit tunnel of pandemic. This story about X-23 comes from the most recent watch party, where we learned a few things about the Oscar nominated “Logan.”…

The fourth and final season of popular anime “Attack on Titan” still has no release date, but we’ve got a trailer as of today.We do know that season 4 had been officially delayed due to the world wide pandemic, and the possibility that a new studio was in the works. You can read more about that here. Check out the trailer below:(English closed captioning available)

Netflix has been looking to outright purchase a movie theater for sometime. There were rumors swirling that they had been looking into an entire chain, as a place to host their original film screenings.In the summer of 2019, word came down that the streaming giant had set their sights on the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and as of today, it’s a done deal.Netflix has outright purchased the theater. For those concerned, nonprofit American Cinematheque will keep their curation team intact and work with Netflix. Netflix will invest in the theatre’s renovation, and will use the space for special events,…

Netflix has released seven new character posters featuring the Hargreeves children for the upcoming second season of “The Umbrella Academy.”

did you know that George Lazenby once played Jor-El on a 80’s tv series called “Superboy?” Because we sure didn’t until he tweeted about it today.

Sounds like the powers that be at Paramount Pictures and SEGA are ready to run full-out towards a “Sonic The Hedgehog” sequel!