Apparently, when your franchise is wounded, you call in a doctor. Variety is reporting that former Doctor Who Matt Smith has been cast in Star Wars: Episode IX. The headline describes Smith’s part as a “key role,” but what that role is, or whether the character will be good or evil, remains un...
Read MorePick up the nearest lead pipe and deal out some street justice because video game publisher Dotemu – partnered with Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube – has just announced that Streets of Rage 4 is in the works! The first in the beat-em-up video game franchise since 1994’s Streets of Rage 3, Str...
Read MoreMars Investigations may be opening its doors once again as Entertainment Weekly reports that Hulu is working on a deal to revive Rob Thomas’ teen sleuth series Veronica Mars. The show, which ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2007, featured Kristen Bell as the title character, a high-school-aged d...
Read MoreI always feel like I have to proceed with caution when I start a new action/adventure anime. This is especially true when it’s being adapted from an ongoing manga that has no intentions of ending anytime soon. The common pitfalls of these longer-running anime usually mean I skip them, but this...
Read More“You were fantastic. We’re free.” “Kara, we’re inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan.” Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I discuss movies and TV series that deserve more love. This week we’re globetrotting with 007 himself in 1987’s The Living Dayl...
Read MoreOne of the Oceanic 815 survivors has made it off the island and into a galaxy far, far away, as Deadline reports that Lost alumnus Dominic Monaghan has been added to the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX. He joins fellow former J.J. Abrams collaborator Keri Russell (Felicity, Mission: Impossible III) in...
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