Monthly Archives: February 2017
Lead Found for Sons of Anarchy Spinoff, Mayans MC
Mayans MC, FX's upcoming Sons of Anarchy spinoff, has found its lead in JD Pardo (Revolution, East Los High).
According to Deadline, Pardo will star as Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes, "a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the Cali/Mexi border" with a vendetta against the cartel. Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica) was recently cast as EZ's father, Felipe.
Mayans MC star JD Pardo
BioShock Creator Ken Levine’s New Studio Is Named Ghost Story
After "winding down" Irrational Games in 2014, co-founder Ken Levine has finally announced the name of his new studio: Ghost Story.
Ghost Story is a 'spiritual successor' of sorts to Irrational, the studio behind System Shock 2, Freedom Force, BioShock and Bioshock Infinite, made up of 12 former employees. A freshly launched website explains that the title was chosen because "ghost stories are immersive, exciting, and steeped in community. The name reminds us of our mission."
A welcome post elaborates on this mission further. "Ghost Story was founded by twelve former Irrational Games developers and our mission is simple: to create immersive, story-driven games for people who love games that ask something of them. While we believe our new games will have strong appeal to fans of BioShock, our new focus allows us to craft experiences where the gameplay is as challenging as the stories."
First Poster for Netflix Castlevania Series Revealed
Castlevania poster, courtesy of Adi Shankar on Nightwing Movie in the Works From LEGO Batman Director
LEGO Batman filmmaker Chris McKay is in talks to direct a Nightwing live-action film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. wants to expand the DC Extended Universe with the Batman-centric character, who's also known as Dick Grayson or the first Robin. Nightwing hasn't been seen so far in any of the films, though one Robin was apparently killed by the Joker as part of the backstory in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The Accountant scribe Bill Dubuque is reportedly working on the Nightwing screenplay.
Warner Bros. is releasing Wonder Woman and Justice League, with Aquaman and The Flash films planned for the future. In fact, we have compiled every upcoming DC Extended Universe movie.
Vixen: The Movie Blu-ray Includes All New Footage
Warner Bros. has announced Vixen: The Movie will be coming to Blu-ray.
Fans will be able to purchase the animated feature on Blu-ray and DVD starting on March 3 and on Digital HD on May 8.
Vixen: The Movie combines the first two seasons of the CW Seed digital series into a single story and it also contains 15 minutes of never-before-seen content. The special features consist of two Justice League Unlimited episodes focusing on Vixen and a new featurette. Check out the Blu-ray box art below.
Beauty and the Beast Could Break Opening Weekend Records
Beauty and the Beast is on track to have a huge opening weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the live-action remake will have a $120 million-plus opening. Fandango is also reporting its been selling advance tickets for the film at the same rate as comic book movies.
Disney's most successful live-action remake so far has been 2010's Alice in Wonderland, which had a $116.1 million opening weekend. Last year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made $166 million and currently holds the March release window record. 2012's The Hunger Games made $152.5 million in its March debut.
Game of Thrones Actors on the Big Screen
Game of Thrones is one of the biggest TV shows on the planet, so it's no wonder that involvement in the HBO fantasy drama has launched its cast into other big projects.
Some of your favorite Thrones actors have been busy in other parts of Hollywood. Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) is Jean Grey, Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) is starring in the untitled Han Solo film, and even in the past week, Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton) joined Marvel's Inhumans and Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy) was cast in Shane Black's Predator movie.
Marvel Hints at Story of Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Today at DICE 2017, Marvel Games creative director Bill Rosemann shared a few new story details about Telltale's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy adventure series, saying it will explore the space-traveling crew's relationship as a family and how it could be torn apart.
"We are really taking it seriously and focusing on each character," Rosemann explained during his talk, titled "World Building the Marvel Way." To do this, the game will take explore the questions: "Who are they? What do they want? How are they a family? What could tear that family apart?”
A plot synopsis of the five-part episodic series was revealed last month, confirming the game will deliver "a brand new story" centered around Star-Lord and his pals, who "discover an artifact of unspeakable power."
New to Netflix in March
Netflix welcomes you to spring with the much-anticipated Marvel's Iron Fist, set to land with a super-powered punch on March 17th.
But that's not all that's in store for you this March. There's also Jurassic Park, This is Spinal Tap, the second season of Netflix original series Love, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Better Call Saul: Season 2, Million Dollar Baby, Blazing Saddles, The Craft, and more!
There's also cool kids fare (that's fun for grownups too!) like Coraline, The BFG, and Disney's Pete's Dragon. There's also GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling - a documentary about the 80s female wrestling promotion that's worth watching as a primer for the GLOW series that Netflix is currently making starring Alison Brie, from Orange is the New Black's Jenji Kohan.
Batman Director Announced, But No Mention of Affleck
Warner Bros. officially announced Thursday that it has signed Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) to direct and produce their next standalone Batman movie.
But in a telling omission, the studio's press release made no mention at all of the actor playing Batman, Ben Affleck. Casting is generally boilerplate information in every studio press release for a movie that's already been cast so it's more than a little curious (and troubling if you're a Batfleck fan) for there to be zero mention of Affleck's involvement. Not even a pat "can't wait to work together" quote.
The press release also doesn't mention DC Films co-boss Geoff Johns, who co-wrote a draft of the script with Affleck. The rumor mill has been churning for weeks now that Affleck was ready to hang up the cape and cowl, and that the movie's script was going get overhauled. Also not mentioned? Joe Manganiello, who was cast as Deathstroke.