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Back in 1994 America’s ABC network ran a four-episode limited series, on consecutive nights, based on the acclaimed Stephen King story, The Stand featuring the likes of Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and and Rob Lowe in key roles. King’s story deals with an post-apocalyptic take between the possible personfications of good...
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In recent months it appears that several significant British authors are finding their tomes acquired for the screen. EchoChamber noted that Alex North’s debut novel The Whisper Man has already had the rights snapped up by AGBO, founded by Emmy award-winning directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the team behind...
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It would appear that the long-standing rumours that Ben Affleck is hanging up the bat-cowl have now been confirmed. Industry site Deadline reported that Warner Bros. have pencilled in the next solo Batman film – which is to be entitled ‘The Batman‘ – for the summer of 2021 with...
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD received a late renewal from ABC and won’t actually be back on screens until the summer (probably July). But, on the positive side, that will allow it to side-step some of the issues raised by (and events between) the two cosmic Avengers movies and the infamous...
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Cinema’s most famous demonic doll (and, let’s be fair, nowadays that’s a growing niche market) looks set to be swapping the big screen for the blood-soaked televisual variety with SyFy announcing a Chucky series. Rumoured for quite a while and the subject of bidding rights, SyFy are now developing...
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First Mark Millar conquered printed comics and then saw many of his ideas and creations find their way to the big screen. The Ultimates, his reinvention of The Avengers has informed much of the cinematic version of the super-team and there’s been more independent successes with the likes of...
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There are a few surprises in the nominees announced this morning for this year’s Academy Awards – either because of their nomination or lack of it – but also some expected faces. In many respects, it would be a brave person to predict the results with any certainty… We’ll...
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Since its debut in 2014, the John Wick saga has been something of a guilty pleasure for both its star and its ever-growing audience. The action franchise features Keanu Reeves as the titular legendary assassin who takes great exception to the death of his pet dog by nefarious enemies...
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The 2016 all-female reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise was met with a mixed response. In itself, the finished film – featuring the likes of Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones (with himbo support from Chris Hemsworth) – was perfectly funny enough, but the inclusion of cameos...
Back in 1994 America’s ABC network ran a four-episode limited series, on consecutive nights, based on the acclaimed Stephen King story, The Stand featuring the likes of Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and and Rob Lowe in key roles. King’s story deals with an post-apocalyptic take between the possible personfications of good...
In recent months it appears that several significant British authors are finding their tomes acquired for the screen. EchoChamber noted that Alex North’s debut novel The Whisper Man has already had the rights snapped up by AGBO, founded by Emmy award-winning directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the team behind...
It would appear that the long-standing rumours that Ben Affleck is hanging up the bat-cowl have now been confirmed. Industry site Deadline reported that Warner Bros. have pencilled in the next solo Batman film – which is to be entitled ‘The Batman‘ – for the summer of 2021 with...
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD received a late renewal from ABC and won’t actually be back on screens until the summer (probably July). But, on the positive side, that will allow it to side-step some of the issues raised by (and events between) the two cosmic Avengers movies and the infamous...
Cinema’s most famous demonic doll (and, let’s be fair, nowadays that’s a growing niche market) looks set to be swapping the big screen for the blood-soaked televisual variety with SyFy announcing a Chucky series. Rumoured for quite a while and the subject of bidding rights, SyFy are now developing...
First Mark Millar conquered printed comics and then saw many of his ideas and creations find their way to the big screen. The Ultimates, his reinvention of The Avengers has informed much of the cinematic version of the super-team and there’s been more independent successes with the likes of...
There are a few surprises in the nominees announced this morning for this year’s Academy Awards – either because of their nomination or lack of it – but also some expected faces. In many respects, it would be a brave person to predict the results with any certainty… We’ll...
Since its debut in 2014, the John Wick saga has been something of a guilty pleasure for both its star and its ever-growing audience. The action franchise features Keanu Reeves as the titular legendary assassin who takes great exception to the death of his pet dog by nefarious enemies...
The 2016 all-female reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise was met with a mixed response. In itself, the finished film – featuring the likes of Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones (with himbo support from Chris Hemsworth) – was perfectly funny enough, but the inclusion of cameos...
In the aftermath of Godzilla’s 2014 arrival in San Francisco, Cate (Anna Sawai) journeys to Tokyo to find information on her missing father and is surprised to find that...
With the strikes now over, it looks as if it’s full-steam ahead for production on the second season of HBO‘s adaptation of The Last of Us. While little is...
In the run-up to the 25th November and the first of the Doctor Who anniversary specials, the BBC‘s annual telethon Children in Need showed an exclusive scene featuring the...
It’s 1955 and Ben leaps into the body of academic Henry McCoy, just in time to find a mortally-wounded fellow professor who manages to grasp about a ‘formula’ and...