Category: Entertainment

James Marsters Pitched a Comic Series to DC

brettstevens | Jul 17, 2020 | 1

James Marsters is about to go from television to comics once again. In an interview with Michael Rosenbaum, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville alum talked about his recent pitch to DC Comics, only saying that the concept – which he’s had in mind for several years – is awesome and that...

Russo Brothers to Direct The Gray Man for Netflix

AlexGherzo | Jul 17, 2020 | 2

Some more Marvel folks are headed to Netflix, as Deadline exclusively reports that the Russo Brothers are developing spy movie The Gray Man for the premier streaming service. Based on Mark Greaney’s bestselling novel, The Gray Man is about a former CIA asset named Court Gentry who is marked for as...

Jon Hamm Will Play Fletch for Miramax

AlexGherzo | Jul 16, 2020 | 0

Jon Hamm is about to start using Jane Doe as his byline. According to Deadline, the Mad Men star will play the lead role in the finally-materializing Fletch reboot at Miramax. Directed by Greg Mottola (of Superbad and the wonderful, underappreciated Paul), the reboot will be based on the second entr...

INTERVIEW: Thom Glunt, Director of Soviet Jump Game

brettstevens | Jul 16, 2020 | 5

I’ve been following Game Grumps since my friends showed me their videos a few years ago. I was excited to get the chance to speak with Thom Glunt, the director behind their latest gaming collaboration, Soviet Jump Game, via e-mail, as I’ve been fascinated by what goes into creating a gam...

Disney+ Orders Clone Wars Spin-Off The Bad Batch

brettstevens | Jul 14, 2020 | 1

Deadline reports that Disney+ has plans for a series called Star Wars: The Bad Batch, focusing on the titular group of unconventional, mutated clones introduced in The Clone Wars’ final season. Little else is known at this time, although Dave Filoni and several of his collaborators from Clone Wars...

Celebrating X-Men 20 Years Later

brettstevens | Jul 14, 2020 | 5

X-Men was a landmark movie that showed Hollywood that superhero films could be far more than leather costumes. Thanks in part to producer Avi Arad – who, at the time, was well-known for producing the X-Men and Spider-Man animated series for Fox Kids – 20th Century Fox picked up the movie rights ...