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Netflix has renewed The Umbrella Academy

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Netflix has renewed The Umbrella Academy for a third season. The cast set to reprise their roles which will include Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin Min, Ritu Arya, and Colm Feore. Additional casting news for season two will be announced at a later date. Steve Blackman (Fargo, Altered Carbon) will return as Showrunner and Executive Producer. Executive Producers for Season 3 alongside Blackman include Jeff F. King (EP/D), Mike Richardson (EP), Keith Goldberg (EP), Jesse McKeown (EP), Gerard Way (Co-EP), and…

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Aquaman Not Selected for Academy Awards VFX

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Aquaman is an incredible looking movie but now the Academy has revealed its VFX list, there’s no sign of the DC Comics adaptation and director James Wan has something to say about it. Academy Awards recently released the first wave of nominees are those in the running for “Best Visual Effects.” But, Aquaman wasn’t among them and in a recent post on Facebook from visual effects supervisor Kevin McIlwain, director James Wan shared his thoughts on this. “You and your department are the unsung heroes of this film,” Wan wrote.…

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AQUAMAN Actress Nicole Kidman May Have Dropped A Pretty Big SPOILER

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While doing promotion for her new film The Killing of a Scared Deer, Nicole Kidman spoke about what it’s been like shooting James Wan’s Aquaman movie, and may have inadvertently dropped a big SPOILER… Nicole Kidman recently returned to The Gold Coast of Australia to continue shooting her scenes as Queen Atlanna for James Wan’s Aquaman movie and seemed to be very happy about getting back to work on the DC superhero flick. The Academy Award-winning actress is currently promoting her new film at TIFF, but once again shared her…

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Preacher Season 2 Official Comic-Con Trailer

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Here is another great trailer about the crazy adult world surrounding the Preacher and the characters in the second season. The expanded second season, consisting of 13 episodes, is a genre-bending thrill ride that follows West Texas preacher Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip (Academy Award® nominee Ruth Negga) and an Irish vampire named Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) as they embark on a road trip to find God and are thrust into a twisted battle spanning Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between. You have to see it to believe…

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RON HOWARD Reportedly to Be Named HAN SOLO Director

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Lucasfilm is set to name acclaimed director Ron Howard to direct its upcoming Han Solo film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Howard was on the reported shortlist of directors to replace the previous team of Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, who were unexpectedly let go from the project earlier this week after several months of filming. According to THR, Howard is still in the process of meeting with the cast and crew and reviewing the footage that has already been shot. The still-untitled Han Solo film was only scheduled to shoot for…

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GEOFF JOHNS & KEVIN FEIGE Honor SUPERMAN Director RICHARD DONNER

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On Wednesday night, DC Entertainment President & Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige came together to honor the man that mentored them both, Superman: The Movie director Richard Donner. Donner was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in a special ceremony that brought Feige and Johns – both former interns under Donner – together with numerous other Hollywood luminaries to pay tribute to the 87-year-old filmmaker. Donner is known for directing Superman: The Movie, Superman II, The Goonies, the Lethal Weapon…

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