News criminal Charlie Hunnam to Star in Adaptation of Comic Series, Criminal Based on comics by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the series has a bit of a noir MacGyver vibe By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 31, 2024 Credit: Warner Bros. Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Warner Bros. Prime Video’s television adaptation of Criminal, the series of comics by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, has found its lead. According to Variety, Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim pictured above, Crimson Peak) is set to star in the show as a character named Leo. His role, accord ..read more

News The Book of Boba Fett Yes, The Book of Boba Fett Did Mirror Patton Oswalt’s Parks and Recreation Filibuster The two scenes overlay each other perfectly, thanks to director Jon Favreau By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 31, 2024 Screenshot: Disney+ Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Disney+ Way back in 2013, Patton Oswalt was on an episode of Parks And Recreation where his character delivered a many-minute long filibuster at a town hall meeting as to what he’d like to see in a potential sequel to Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The moment has become a comedic cl ..read more

News Silo Silo Series Has Four Seasons Planned Rebecca Ferguson shares what the plan is, provided they get to tell the whole story By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 31, 2024 Credit: Apple TV+ Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Apple TV+ The Apple TV+ adaptation of Hugh Howey’s Silo trilogy is set to have a second season out either late this year or early next. The show’s star and producer, Rebecca Ferguson, however, has said that there are two more seasons planned to finish up the story. In a recent interview with Collider, Ferguson shared that “the three books are di ..read more

News Welcome to Derry Bill Skarsgård Will Continue His Reign of Terror in the It Prequel Series We’ll all float back to Derry By Molly Templeton | Published on May 31, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share It is still coming. And by “it” I mean the It prequel series, which has the working title Welcome to Derry. Announced in 2022, the Max show was, at the time of announcement, “said to include the origin story of Pennywise the Clown.” It wasn’t clear at first whether Bill Skarsgård, who suited up as Pennywise for the movie, would be returning—but now his involvement is confirmed. Dead ..read more

Rereads and Rewatches Terry Pratchett Book Club Terry Pratchett Book Club: Snuff, Part II Turns out the old Summoning Dark comes in handy By Emmet Asher-Perrin | Published on May 31, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share It’s a wonderful week to be talking about all our anatomical functions, yes? Summary Vimes plans to go visit the local police, but he arrives the next day: Chief Constable Feeney Upshot, who is green as they come, and tries to arrest Vimes on suspicion of murdering Jethro. Vimes heads with him to the jail, all the while giving him information on how real policing wor ..read more

News Transformers Chris Hemsworth May Be Headed to a Big Action Crossover Knowing how to fight robots is half the battle? By Molly Templeton | Published on May 31, 2024 Screenshot: Warner Bros. Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Warner Bros. Gods, warlords… robots? Earlier this year, we watched (or were subjected to, depending on your tastes) a trailer for Transformers One, a Transformers origin story which stars the voice of Chris Hemsworth (Furiosa, above) as Orion Pax, who will grow up to be called Optimus Prime. And Hemsworth may not be done with the Transformers fr ..read more

News Moonflower Murders Moonflower Murders Trailer Suggests Books Can Kill She’s getting paid how much to read a book??? By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 30, 2024 Credit: Eleventh Hour Films/Masterpiece Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Eleventh Hour Films/Masterpiece Were you a fan of Masterpiece’s Magpie Murders series? If so, I’ve got great news for you: Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and the fictional Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) are back facing another mystery in Moonflower Murders, and we’ve got a trailer to prove it. Moonflower Murders takes place after the e ..read more

News Jurassic World Next Jurassic World Film Will Likely Snag Mahershala Ali Hear us out: he’s a dhampir who hunts evil dinosaurs with a sword. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 30, 2024 Screenshot: Universal Pictures Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Universal Pictures Dinosaurs wreaking havoc on a theater screen near you will never go extinct! The next installment in the Jurassic World franchise is moving full steam ahead. We already knew that Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo are officially signed on to star in the upc ..read more

News The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Sing A Tune! Tom Bombadil Will Be in The Rings of Power Season 2, Played by Rory Kinnear Now do Rhys Darby as Goldberry. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 30, 2024 Credit: Ross Ferguson/Prime Video Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Ross Ferguson/Prime Video We’ll see Tom Bombadil in the upcoming season of The Rings of Power, whether we want to or not. The character is much loved by those who’ve read about his yellow boots and jaunty feathered hat within the pages of Tolkien’s books. Tom, as I like to call him, claims to ..read more

Excerpts Noumena Read an Excerpt From Lindsay Ellis’s Apostles of Mercy The third novel in the alternate history/first contact Noumena series. By Lindsay Ellis | Published on May 30, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Apostles of Mercy, the third book in Lindsey Ellis’s alternate history first contact saga Noumena—publishing with St. Martin’s Press on June 4th. First Contact has not been going well. The nations of Earth are rapidly militarizing against the arrival of the Superorganism, an alien civilization that promises to destroy humanity ..read more