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July 22, 2018

Batman: The Animated Series Blu-ray details

Details are starting to trickle through regarding the highly anticipated, much talked about Blu-ray release of Batman: The Animated Series. Multiple sources are reporting that Warner Bros. is to release the series as an all bells-and-whistles box set which will include: Every episode of the show, from the original run through to the updated The…

July 21, 2018

Cher to release ABBA album inspired by Mamma Mia!

A little break from all the San Diego Comic-Con news now, but something equally important to bring to EVERYONE’S attention – Cher has recorded an entire album of ABBA songs! Inspired by her turn in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the singer/actress has recorded an ABBA album. Speaking to Today, Cher said: “After I…

July 21, 2018

Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

**WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST INCLUDES A RUDDY BIG SPOILER FOR MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE AND WANT TO REMAIN SPOILER-FREE (AND YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY WORKED OUT WHAT THAT SPOILER IS) THEN STOP READING NOW.** When it was announced that Mamma Mia! (2008) was getting a sequel, I must…

July 21, 2018

Carnage isn’t the only symbiote in the Venom movie

This October, Sony Pictures’ Venom movie hits cinema screens. The film – the first in Sony’s non-Spider-Man Spider-Man spin-off series – will star Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson and Riz Ahmed. We already know that Hardy is playing the symbiote anti-hero, Venom and it’s heavily rumoured that Woody Harrelson is playing Carnage (although that’s still not…

July 21, 2018

Buffy reboot in the works with Joss Whedon involvement

A reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is in the works. Fox is developing a new Buffy show with creator, Joss Whedon serving as an executive producer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Monica Breen will serve as both a writer and showrunner on the project. No word on who will star. The script calls for…

July 20, 2018

SDCC 2018: The internet is VERY divided over James Gunn

Earlier tonight, news broke that Guardians of the Galaxy director, James Gunn has been fired by Disney, over a series of inappropriate tweets posted on social media a number of years ago. Even though Gunn had previously apologised about the tweets, the posts recently resurfaced and Disney has taken a course of action. In a…

July 20, 2018

SDCC 2018: James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Disney has fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. According to Deadline, the director has been dropped from directing duties on the forthcoming Guardians sequel – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – over a series of old social media tweets. In the posts, Gunn joked about pedophilia and rape. Earlier in the day, after…

July 19, 2018

SDCC 2018: Comcast drops out of Fox bidding war – Are X-Men & FF officially coming home?

The ongoing bidding war between Disney and Comcast over who will own 21st Century Fox has just hit a very, very important milestone – Comcast has bowed out. In a statement, via Variety, the company said: “Comcast does not intend to pursue further the acquisition of the Twenty-First Century Fox assets and, instead, will focus on…

July 19, 2018

DC Collectibles expands Batman: The Animated Series collection

DC Collectibles is expanding its Batman: The Animated Series action figure collection with new additions. The series – which previously looked like it was coming to an end – is continuing with the release of at least four new figures! The characters include the Scarecrow in his classic look, along with The Grey Ghost, a…

July 19, 2018

The Gifted – Season One recap

Towards the tail-end of last year and into the early part of this year, I published a series of blog posts about the first season of The Gifted. Those weekly blog posts were published live on the Honcho-SFX blog and detailed the events of each Season One episode as they aired on Sunday evenings on…