Monthly Archives: July 2017
Fox to Reassess Future of Alien Franchise
Fox will reportedly reevaluate the future of the Alien franchise following Covenant's showing at the box office.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, while director Ridley Scott had plans for two more Alien sequels after Covenant, this will be reassessed due to Covenant's $232 million worldwide gross.
The film debuted to an estimated $36 million in its opening weekend domestically, which was lower than Prometheus' $51.1 million opening in 2012. Despite performing below some prior expectations, Covenant still had one of the Alien franchise's strongest debuts, unadjusted for inflation.
Game of Thrones and Twin Peaks Will No Longer Overlap
Twin Peaks will no longer air on Sunday nights at 9pm ET starting August 6, shifting instead to the 8pm ET time slot an hour earlier. Now that it no longer overlaps with Game of Thrones, fans of both shows won't need to worry about which one to watch first.
The news was announced during the Twin Peaks panel at San Diego Comic-Con earlier today. A number of Twin Peaks cast members from older seasons and the return joined the panel, including Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Dana Ashbrook, Kimmy Robertson, Matthew Lillard, Everett McGill, James Marshall, and Don Murray, with Lost co-creator and showrunner Damon Lindelof moderating.
Ghostbusters Producer Talks Potential New Live-Action Film
While reports suggest the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot lost Sony money at the box office, but, according to producer Ivan Reitman, there are still new films in the franchise in the works.
While at San Diego Comic-Con, Reitman, who directed the first two Ghostbusters films and produced the reboot, discussed the franchise's future on a Ghostbusters panel. According to Den of Geek, Reitman said "I think we have wonderful plans, both for an animated feature that we’re deep in design on already and a really great story...And of course a new live-action film."
Hodor Moderated the Game of Thrones Panel!
Game of Thrones is a San Diego Comic-Con staple at this point, but this year is different as their big panel in the convention’s giant Hall H arena actually took place during a current season for a change. That meant the possibility of some hints about Season 7, which just debuted last week, though the cast members in attendance did their best to stay mum.
On hand were series stars Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei) and Conleth Hill (Varys), as well as Hodor himself, actor Kristian Nairn, who moderated the panel! (Also, Alfie Allen brought his puppy Abbie up on stage with him, eliciting thousands of oohs and aahs from the audience.)
Shazam Won’t Feature Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam
Warner Bros.' long-awaited Shazam! movie won't feature Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam.
DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns confirmed to Yahoo! Movies that while Johnson is still on board to star in Black Adam, he won't appear as the supervillain in Shazam.
"We haven’t announced any casting yet," Johns told the outlet. "But Dwayne isn’t going to be in this movie. He's still doing Black Adam, but he won't be in Shazam!"
Last year, Shazam! was divided into two films, with Johnson's Black Adam getting his own standalone DC film that's being developed alongside the Shazam! movie.
The Walking Dead Creator ‘Working Towards’ the Comic’s Ending
Robert Kirkman is working toward the end of The Walking Dead comic series, he revealed during The Walking Dead panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
Though he hasn't communicated a specific end date for the series after its 14-year span, he has confirmed he has an ending in mind and is actively working toward it.
As reported by A.V. Club, Kirkman said, "I think about two or three years ago, I had a pretty good idea for a definitive ending. I have known that since then and been working towards that, so I know exactly where I’m going and what’s going to happen when I get there.”
Spawn Movie Announced, Todd McFarlane to Direct
After discussing the possibility of the project in recent months, Todd McFarlane has officially confirmed a new Spawn movie is in development and that he will be on to direct.
McFarlane, the creator of Spawn, made the announcement via his Facebook page while at San Diego Comic-Con following a panel with director Kevin Smith. The film will be produced by Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions, the studio behind recent hits like Get Out, Split, and the Paranormal Activity franchise.
McFarlane wrote the script for the movie, as he mentioned last year when discussing the then-prospective film, which will be his directorial debut. No other details, including cast or release date, have yet been announced.
Big Hero 6: The Series First Look Clip
Straight from Comic-Con, we've got an exclusive sneak peek of Big Hero 6: The Series, the new animated adventure that premieres this November on Disney XD and features many of the original voice cast from the hit Walt Disney Animation Studios' Academy Award-winning feature film - including Stan Lee as Fred's dad, Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, Jamie Chung as Go Go and Scott Adsit as Baymax!
Developed by Kim Possible creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, Big Hero 6: The Series picks up right where the movie left off as Hiro (Ryan Potter), Baymax and the rest of the team battle evil-doers of all shapes and sizes.
In the following clip, Hiro and Baymax make the "grievous error" of entering a booby trap-filled lair of the nefarious "old timey" villain, Baron Von Steamer. Feast your eyes!
Grand Admiral Thrawn Gets a Star Wars Comic
Always in motion, Marvel's Star Wars comic book line is. At the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at SDCC today, it was revealed that Marvel's next Star Wars mini-series will focus on fan-favorite villain Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Star Wars: Thrawn is an adaptation of Timothy Zahn's novel of the same name, which was released in April 2017. This comic book adaptation will be handled by two veterans of Marvel's Star Wars line, writer Jody Houser (Star Wars: Rogue One Adaptation) and artist Luke Ross (Star Wars: Darth Maul). The mini-series will debut in February 2018.
Destiny, Halo Writer Joins Crackdown 3
Former Destiny and Halo writer, Jon Goff, is helping pen Microsoft's long-awaited Crackdown 3.
In an interview with Paste, Goff reflected on his perspective writing for Crackdown 3 and how it's different from his past experiences:
“With Crackdown, I wouldn’t say it’s like working on comics and games like Destiny and stuff I’ve done with Halo, because I’ve done a lot of
with heroes and building the world through the hero’s eyes," Goff said.
"The fun thing we’re getting to do with Crackdown here, though we still have the hero and the agents … I’m getting to spend a lot of time with the villains. We’re building this cadre of villains that are enemies you love to hate.”