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June 22, 2018

Lucasfilm is NOT cancelling its Star Wars standalone films

What a confusing couple of days it’s been. On Wednesday, Collider reported that Lucasfilm had cancelled all its Star Wars standalone movies. On Thursday, ABC News suggested that Lucasfilm may not have cancelled its films and that a few additional Star Wars movies – other than those already announced – were still in the pipeline.…

June 22, 2018

Wetmore Forest Pop! Monsters from Funko

How cool do these look? Funko has a line of original characters known as Pop! Monsters. The monsters – which have names such as Tumblebee and Chester McFreckle (I kid you not) all reside in the fictional setting of Wetmore. Priced at $15 a piece, these three are just half of the characters from the…

June 22, 2018

Sony is producing another Spider-Man spin-off movie – without Spidey

Act 1 Scene: Sony Pictures HQ A group of movie execs are sat around a desk. In the middle of the desk is a hat filled with tiny pieces of paper. The hat has the words ‘Spider-Man Ideas Factory’ written on the side of it. One of the execs leans over the hat and places…

June 22, 2018

Watch: Queer Eye – Yass, Australia!

Strewth! The Fab Five from Queer Eye have gone down under to Australia! Yass, Australia to be exact, in a special 20-minute episode which has just been uploaded onto YouTube. You can watch the episode below (check out Jonathan’s moustache) and marvel as the Fab Five makeover a local pub. Enjoy!

June 22, 2018

Playing Arrowverse catch-up: Arrow – Season 6

Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing Netflix catch-up and Arrowverse catch-up. The shows have included The Rain (great), Dark (so-so), Lost in Space (fun), Supergirl Season 3 (really enjoyable) and The Flash Season 4 (a joy). This week I’m back in the Arrowverse, getting up-to-date with Arrow Season 6. This is the season where Team Arrow fall-out with each other (again); where Roy…

June 22, 2018

Roseanne show to continue – without Roseanne

Roseannne is to continue – but without Roseanne. The new show – The Conners – will move forward with the same creative team, cast and crew of the original show, minus lead character Roseanne Conner. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has ordered a ten-episode, straight-to-series order for The Conners. Roseanne Barr will have no creative…

June 21, 2018

A new hope for Star Wars standalone movies?

Yesterday, news circulated that the Star Wars standalone movies were being put on hold, following the less-than-stellar response to Solo: A Star Wars Story. The news suggested the oft-rumoured Obi-Wan Kenobi movie and the Boba Fett film were no longer on the cards. With that announcement, millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror at the thought of no Obi-Wan…

June 21, 2018

The Jerry Springer Show finally runs out of gas

Ladies and gents, it’s official, The Jerry Springer Show is no more. After 27 seasons and a whopping 4,000 episodes the controversial talk show has been cancelled. According to the AP (via Entertainment Weekly), NBC Universal has decided to quietly close the show with no huge announcement. So, if you wanted to find out if…

June 21, 2018

Watch: Welcome to Marwen trailer

Universal Pictures has released the first official trailer for Welcome to Marwen. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Welcome to Marwen stars Steve Carell and hits cinema screens in November. Here’s the synopsis: “Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.…

June 20, 2018

DC Comics asks you to ‘be like Superman’

DC Comics has asked you, me and everyone else to be like Superman. The comics publisher has taken to Facebook to post an image of The Man of Steel. The image was accompanied by the following caption: “Superman stands up for what’s right. Did you also know he’s a refugee? This #WorldRefugeeDay, be like Superman and…