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Elijah Wood Cast In BBC America’s Dirk Gently Adaptation

Elijah Wood has been cast as the co-lead in the upcoming BBC adaptation of Douglas Adam‘s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. The adaptation, written by Max Landis, will feature the ‘Holistic’ detective, Gently, as he attempts to solve roughly one bizarre case per season. Wood will be playing Todd, Dirk’s assistant who prefers not to be known as […]

Alfred Pennyworth May Get His Own Series

In a rather interesting move, DC Entertainment has recently registered a trademark in the name Pennyworth, hinting at the possibility of a new TV Series for Batman’s most loyal friend. As it stands, there are currently two live-action incarnations of Bruce Wayne’s butler, namely Jeremy Irons‘ Alfred to feature in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice […]

Simon Pegg To Join Spielberg’s Ready Player One

Enthusiasm for the film adaptation of Ernest Cline‘s sci-fi dystopia novel Ready Player One has been steadily growing since Steven Spielberg became attached as director. Any geeks eagerly anticipating the film’s release may be excited to learn of the addition of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul) to a cast which already includes Olivia […]

New X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer Wants To Destroy Earth

The new X-Men: Apocalypse trailer has landed, giving an even longer glimpse of the scale involved in Apocalypse’s grand plan for mutant-kind. There’s nice nod to the first X-Men film in the opening moments “I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul that comes to my school looking for trouble”, which may mean […]

Deadpool Overtakes Iron Man In Global Earnings

Over the past month, the brilliantly satirical superhero-comedy Deadpool, has seen immense box office success and is showing no signs of slowing down. Boasting a national sum of $331,921,059, Deadpool has official outdone Iron Man’s $318,412,101 and is well on its way to overtaking the earnings of Guardians of the Galaxy at $333,176,600. This success is extremely significant, […]

Brian Blessed Wants to Be the Next Doctor

Over 50 years after refusing the role of the Doctor (he would have been the second Doctor, a role occupied by Patrick Troughton,) Shakespearean actor, Blackadder star and all around great guy Brian Blessed has revealed he’s interested in playing the part after current Doctor Peter Capaldi.  Blessed appeared as King Yrcanos in Colin Baker era episode Mindwarp and […]

Third National Treasure Film Still In Development

After the cliff hanger ending we saw in Book Of Secrets, the patience of Nicolas Cage fans worldwide may soon be rewarded with National Treasure 3. In Disney’s 2016 shareholder meeting, a question was raised about the franchise to which Disney CEO Bob Iger replied, “We have done two, and yes they were really fine movies. I […]

Sarah Shahi Cast As Adult Nancy Drew

Iranian-American actress Sarah Shahi (Life, Person of Interest, Alias) has been cast as the adult version of Edward Stratemeyer‘s teenage sleuth Nancy Drew in a CBS pilot named Drew. The show synopsis has been described as follows: “Now in her 30s, Nancy is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her […]

Funimation Launch Escaflowne Kickstarter

Funimation Entertainment has launched a Kickstarter page to gauge interest in a potential new English dub for The Vision of Escaflowne.  The planned dub would be released in a Blu-Ray DVD format, with plans to included deleted scenes distinct from Bandai’s original dub. The campaign has an aim of $150,000 and at the moment of this […]

Stiff Competition For Worst Movie In Razzie Awards

With the Academy Awards looming, it’s always interesting to see the stance of the Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzie Awards)  on recent big releases. Fantastic Four is tied evenly for the worst film of the year with Fifty Shades of Grey, but the E. L. James inspired movie is overall leading with Razzie nominations. Fifty Shades […]
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