WARNER BROS SETS ENTIRE 2021 MOVIE SLATE TO DEBUT ON HBO MAX ALONG WITH CINEMAS IN SEISMIC WINDOWS MODEL SHAKEUP12/03/20 @ 3:04 pm EST
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WarnerMedia didn’t have to wait until
Wonder Woman 1984 debuted both on HBO Max and in theaters: The Burbank, CA-based Warner Bros is putting its entire 2021 theatrical slate on HBO Max for the films’ respective first month of release, concurrent with a global cinema release.
Following the one-month HBO Max access period domestically, each film will leave the platform and continue theatrically in the U.S. and international territories, with all customary distribution windows applying to the title.
And get a load of what you’ll be able to see in-home next year: Denzel Washington’s
The Little Things,
Judas and the Black Messiah,
Tom & Jerry,
Godzilla vs. Kong,
Mortal Kombat, Those Who Wish Me Dead, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, In the Heights, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad, Reminiscence, Malignant, Dune, The Many Saints of Newark, King Richard, Cry Macho and
Matrix 4.
Today’s release reads, “The hybrid model was created as a strategic response to the impact of the ongoing global pandemic.” Movie theaters aren’t apt to be entirely happy with this and it will be interesting to see what they charge for admission to the Warner Bros’ movies. Exhibition busted their butts to get open for
Tenet, and today’s news may come to some a thumb in the eye.
That said, look at WarnerMedia’s dilemma: Is it better for the studio to re-shelve its entire slate and collect dust and interest charges? And for those theaters that are open, is it fair that they don’t have any notable product to play? How does the studio commit to $40 million P&A domestic spends in advance when the U.S.-Canada marketplace may not be open or is unpredictable? (via
Deadline)
'THE MANDALORIAN' SEASON 3 TO BEGIN FILMING IN APRIL01/26/21 @ 11:29 am EST
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There's been quite a bit of buzz around
The Mandalorian season 2, especially in regards to what it set up for both the core show and its spinoff
The Book of Boba Fett.
With the announcement of
Boba Fett, some were worried about what that meant for
The Mandalorian season 3, but it was later revealed that the show is not ending anytime soon, and now we know season 3 is set to start filming April 5th in Los Angeles.
Obviously that date could be pushed back due to pandemic-related reasons, but for now things seem to be on track for it, and that should make Star Wars fans quite happy. (via
ComicBook)
The Mandalorian season 3 and
The Book of Boba Fett are both scheduled to launch on Disney+ sometime in 2021.
MGM SETS 'LOVECRAFT COUNTRY'S MISHA GREEN TO WRITE/DIRECT NEXT 'TOMB RAIDER'01/26/21 @ 10:54 am EST
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Deadline reports that MGM has set Misha Green to write and make her feature directorial debut on the next
Tomb Raider, which has Alicia Vikander set to reprise her role as Lara Croft. Green steps up here after creating and directing
Lovecraft Country, the breakout HBO series that stars Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, and Michael Kenneth Williams.
Tomb Raider will be produced by Graham King via his GK Films banner, and Elizabeth Cantillon via The Cantillon Company.
Green is the showrunner and executive producer of
Lovecraft Country, alongside Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams and based on the novel by Matt Ruff. She separately wrote and is producing
The Mother, which sold in a competitive situation to Netflix and is also producing Warner Brothers’
Cleopatra Jones and Makeready’s
The Gilded Ones. Green previously co-created, executive produced and wrote the WGN series
Underground, which broke ratings records during its first season and was the first scripted U.S. television show that focused on slavery and the Underground Railroad.
Underground was nominated for four NAACP Image Awards and a TCA Award for Outstanding New Program by the Television Critics Association.
Vikander’s first turn in 2018’s
Tomb Raider grossed around $275M at the global box office. MGM’s
Tomb Raider will be released theatrically in the U.S. via the studio’s distribution and marketing joint venture United Artists Releasing, and internationally through Warner Bros.
YOUR FIRST LOOK AT SALADIN AHMED & SAMI KIVELä’S 'ABBOTT: 1973' #201/26/21 @ 10:48 am EST
Source: BOOM! Studios | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentBOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at ABBOTT: 1973 #2, the latest issue of the new series from
Miles Morales: Spider-Man mastermind & Eisner Award-winning writer Saladin Ahmed and acclaimed artist Sami Kivelä (
Machine Gun Wizards), with colorist Mattia Iacono and letterer Jim Campbell. This new five-issue series returns to the Hugo Award-nominated world of
Abbott, as the eponymous unstoppable reporter tackles a new corruption taking over Detroit in 1973 and the supernatural threat behind it.
An old friend sends an ominous warning to Abbott - her enemies have returned to weaken her by any means necessary. As the personal losses mount and her efforts at the newspaper are blocked, Abbott finally catches a break - uncovering one of the most guarded secrets of the group aiming to take down the man who would be Detroit’s first Black mayor. But all victories come with a cost...and this one may just be too high for Abbott to pay!
ABBOTT: 1973 is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including
BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney;
We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo;
Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo;
Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera;
Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora;
Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; and the upcoming
Proctor Valley Road by Grant Morrison, Alex Child, and Naomi Franquiz. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including
Dune: House Atreides from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik;
Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David López;
Firefly from Greg Pak, Lalit Kumar Sharma & Daniel Bayliss;
Mighty Morphin and
Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, and Francesco Mortarino; and the upcoming
Magic series by Jed MacKay and Ig Guara.
Readers can find ABBOTT VOL 1 available everywhere books are sold. In the uncertain social and political climate of 1972 Detroit, hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Elena Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. Crimes she knows to be the work of dark occult forces. Forces that took her husband from her. Forces she has sworn to destroy.
Print copies of ABBOTT: 1973 #2, featuring cover art by Taj Tenfold (
Lovecraft Country), Raúl Allén (
Dune: The Graphic Novel), and Mirka Andolfo (
Mercy), will be available for sale on February 17, 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use
comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.







'BLACK LIGHTNING' SEASON 4 PREMIERE PHOTOS RELEASED01/26/21 @ 10:41 am EST
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The Stand limited series.
The first six episodes of
The Stand are now streaming on CBS All Access. New episodes arrive every Thursday.

DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF CTHULHU AS SYFY CHATS WITH 'REANIMATOR'S CULLEN BUNN01/25/21 @ 5:46 pm EST
Source: Dynamite | Categories: Dynamite | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentH.P. Lovecraft is one of the most influential creators of all time. For over 100 years, his works of haunting dread and existential angst have inspired writers and artists across all media. The latest entry in that ever-expanding tapestry is our very own
REANIMATOR: THE ETERNAL LIE, which you can get on Indiegogo right now!Creators Cullen Bunn and Blacky Shepherd are true horror hounds and decided to make this one of their most ambitious works of their careers. With the mission to craft a direct sequel to Lovecraft's original novella as well as connect it to the late great's wider mythos of Cthulhu and the Elder Gods, it's shaping up to be a tome that can't be missed.
SyFy Wire and their resident spook addict Jeff Spry, otherwise known for his electric nickname Stingrayghost, sat down with Cullen to peel back the fleshy facade of this new tale. The Eisner-nominated scribe unveils how this project came together and all of its myriad components. Even back to his early days of discovering the Lovecraft mythology in Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks as a child. As well as complementing his co-creator Shepherd's inhuman ability to bring the deadliest creatures to the page.
Click below to dig into the article, and don't forget to back the campaign for your own copy!
SyFy's Breakdown & Interview Are Here
LAUREN ASHLEY SMITH DEVELOPING U.S. REMAKE OF BRITISH TIME-TRAVEL COMEDY ‘TIMEWASTERS’01/25/21 @ 4:16 pm EST
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A Black Lady Sketch Show head writer Lauren Ashley Smith is set to write and exec produce the U.S. remake of British comedy
Timewasters, which is in the works at ABC.
The single-camera comedy comes from CBS Studios. ABC is developing the remake of ITV2’s time-traveling jazz comedy as part of its second-cycle development process.
Timewasters was created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, who also starred in it, and ran for two seasons on ITV2 in the UK. It was nominated for a BAFTA in 2018 for Best Scripted Comedy alongside Michaela Coel’s
Chewing Gum and Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s
Catastrophe as well as the winner BBC mockumentary
This Country, which is being remade at Fox.
The U.S. adaptation will revolve around four Black twentysomething New Yorkers who accidentally end up in the year 1926, despite being deeply unenthusiastic about and deeply unequipped for time travel. The series follows the foursome’s often-bumbling attempts to survive and thrive in the Harlem Renaissance as it explores what it means to be Black in 2021, what it means to be Black in 1926 and the unique experience of being Black in both time periods. (via
Deadline)
'COCKY' ANIMATED COMEDY FROM 'THE KNICK' CREATORS IN WORKS AT FOX01/25/21 @ 3:59 pm EST
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Deadline reports that Fox has put in development
Cocky, an animated comedy from
The Knick creators Jack Amiel and Michael Begler, Fox Entertainment and animation house Bento Box Entertainment (
Bob’s Burgers).
Written by Amiel and Begler,
Cocky is the story of Bert, a rideshare driver with a Ph.D., who is the smartest idiot in the world, and what happens when a guy who lacks any filter whatsoever lives with the most insecure, overly-sensitive talking Cockatoo on the planet.
Amiel and Begler executive produce with Michael Sugar (
Spotlight, The Knick). The project is a co-production of Fox Entertainment and Bento Box.
Cocky reunites Amiel and Begler with Sugar, who served as an executive producer on
The Knick. Sugar’s additional producing credits include Oscar-winning
Spotlight and
The OA, among many others.
'THE SNOOPY SHOW' FULL TRAILER RELEASED01/25/21 @ 1:51 pm EST
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A brand new
Peanuts series is making its way to Apple TV+ very soon!
Apple's streaming platform has made itself a home for popular original TV projects, such as
The Morning Show and
Ted Lasso. The streamer is hoping to continue that streak of success with a new venture into the world of the Charles Schulz
Peanuts characters.
The new series is called
The Snoopy Show, and it premieres on Apple TV+ in February. With less than two weeks left until the premiere, Apple has released a full trailer for the upcoming title.
The trailer takes fans of
Peanuts back into the lives of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, and all of the other characters. You can watch the official trailer for
The Snoopy Show below. (via
ComicBook)
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/A-C9hfwvLDc 'HARRY POTTER' LIVE-ACTION TV SERIES IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT AT HBO MAX01/25/21 @ 1:43 pm EST
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A
Harry Potter live-action TV series is in early development at HBO Max. Sources tell
The Hollywood Reporter that executives at the WarnerMedia-backed streamer have engaged in multiple conversations with potential writers exploring various ideas that would bring the beloved property to television. Sources say broad ideas have been discussed as part of the early-stage exploratory meetings.
While it's news that executives at HBO Max and Warners are engaged in meetings to find a writer and pitch for a
Harry Potter TV series, no writers or talent are currently attached as the conversations are still in the extremely early stages and no deals have been made. "There are no
Harry Potter series in development at the studio or on the streaming platform," HBO Max and Warner Bros. reaffirmed in a statement to THR
.Expanding the world of
Harry Potter remains a top priority for HBO Max and Warner Bros., which along with creator J.K. Rowling, controls rights to the property.
Harry Potter is one of Warners' most valuable pieces of IP.
News that talks are under way for a
Harry Potter TV series should come as no surprise given the value of the franchise to Warner Bros. Rowling's seven-book series was adapted as eight feature films that grossed more than $7 billion worldwide. Warners also has the
Fantastic Beasts prequel series of films, with the third set to bow next year and two more likely to come afterward.