Author: Neil Vagg

Ahead of tonights season 1 finale Marvel’s Runaways has officially been renewed for a 13-episode second season. The news was released via a statement on Marvel.com. “We’re thrilled about Runaways Season 2. Our partnership with Josh [Schwartz] and Stephanie [Savage] and Hulu has been as exciting as the reaction to the show from our fans — both new and old!” – Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel TV The series has proved to be a strong hit with fans. Internet chatter has show that Schwartz and Savage have provided a faithful adaption of Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s comic of the same name. Marvel’s…

We don’t yet have confirmation as to when Justice League will hit home video. Listings on iTunes point to a late January digital release for the film whilst Amazon listings point to a March release for the physical discs. Until Warner Bros. choose to formally announce the release we’re left guessing as to what that might entail. Now a listing on Amazon Germany, picked up by Batman-News & CBR, points to a potentially limited edition release of the film with a runtime of 135mins. In layman’s terms that’s 15mins longer than the films theatrical cut. Could an extended version be on the…

Great news for fans of Marvel/FOX drama The Gifted. Yesterday is was announced that the series has been renewed for a second season. According to SuperHeroHype the drama ranks as the No. 3 new drama of the 2017-2018 season, The Gifted is averaging a 2.0/7 in Live + 7 ratings and has built upon FOX’s year-ago time period by +18%.The Gifted averages 8.3 Million Total Viewers across platforms, representing a +146% lift from its Live + Same Day delivery. The two-hour first season finale, entitled “eXtraction/X-roads,” airs next week. For now the cast and crew can rest easy for a few weeks before getting to work…

Sorry Game of Thrones fans but HBO has confirmed our worst fears. The final season of humanities favourite TV series won’t premiere until sometime in 2019. Sophie Turner had mentioned in a recent interview that the series was unlikely to premiere in 2018 but now we have official confirmation from the production team. A short statement was shared with the press yesterday: Game of Thrones Will Return in 2019 The epic fantasy series Game of Thrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019. David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik will be the directors for…

Black Lightning is now only a couple of weeks away from hitting our screens. The CW has released numerous trailers showing off the titular hero in action but we’ve yet to see much of the supporting cast.  Overnight the network has released this first photo of Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce in full costume as the Thunder. Check out the full costume pic below. Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans…

Back at the end of 2017 we heard that a shakeup was coming at DC Films. Today (via Variety) we have confirmation of the rumours. John Berg and Geoff Johns are out as Co-Presidents and will be replaced by New Line Cinema’s Walter Hamada. Back in December Berg was left his role as President to work alongside Roy Lee who produced IT and The LEGO Movie. Whilst Johns remains Chief Creative Officer at DC overall todays press release notes that he will ‘work closely’ with the new producing team. Walter Hamada comes to DC Films direct from New Line Cinema, home to DC’s…

Deadline is reporting that Star Wars: The Last Jedi has cracked the top 20 highest grossing movies of all time list. Taking in to account its gross on Tuesday the film is reportedly now at $1,090.8M (just under $1.1B) worldwide. That gross is made up of $539.3M from North America where the film has now overtaken Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Internationally the film has made $551.4M following another hugely successful weekend around the globe. According to Deadline we here in the UK are nearing the $100M mark with a gross of $95.3M, followed by Germany($65.1M), France ($51.2M), Japan ($44.9M) and Australia at $36.7M. Star…

We’re still a way off seeing Wonder Woman 2 hit cinemas. In fact we’re a way off seeing the film even go in to production. With a release date set for November 2019 Patty Jenkins and co. are presumably deep in the pre-production process on the film as we speak. But that hasn’t stopped Jenkins from giving a few brief snippets to the press around her hopes for the sequel. With Gal Gadot recently accepting the Rising Star award at the Palm Springs Film Festival Jenkins was on hand to support her leading lady. ET caught up with Jenkins on the red…

After an announcement which rocked the comics world last year writer Brian Bendis has officially taken up residence at DC Comics. At the time it was announced that Bendis had signed a “multifaceted, multilayered” deal with the home of the Justice League. Still no word on which DC titles Bendis will be working on. Here is the tweet from Bendis himself: https://twitter.com/BRIANMBENDIS/status/948315498512445441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fbrian-michael-bendis-dc-comics-official%2F DC Comics were also fast to welcome him in to the fold on social media: https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/948374196773535744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fbrian-michael-bendis-dc-comics-official%2F

Last night The X-Files returned for season 11 in North America. The show, which continues on Channel 5 here in the UK, is facing an uncertain future following comments from lead actress Gillian Anderson. Anderson has been with the show from the very beginning and has made it clear that season 11 will be her last. “I’ve said from the beginning this is it for me,” Anderson told TV Guide. “I was a bit surprised by people’s [shocked] reaction to my announcement, because my understanding was that this was a single season.” Creator Chris Carter used a recent Reddit AMA to touch…