NBC is looking to reboot 90’s fantasy series “Xena: Warrior Princess.” Original producers Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are involved in the project, slated for release in 2016. Lucy Lawless, who played Xena for the show’s six seasons, will most likely play a role in front of the camera and behind the scenes, says THR.
Described as a “modern reboot” with a protagonist who is parts Xena and parts Katniss of Hunger Games fame, the project is in the early stages and seeking a writer.
Lawless has teased a potential reboot for years. The show debuted in 1995 and has only grown in popularity since it ended its run in 2001. Lawless has also stayed on top of her game with a number of high profile roles, including that of ill-fated Lucretia on the Starz original series “Spartacus,”
If you need Further reason to attend Halloween Horror Nights, the annual haunt at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort have announced mazes based on the Insidious franchise from Blumhouse and Focus Features.
Event goers will be transported into some of the most sinister scenes from all three films in the Insidious franchise. Guests will investigate unexplained phenomena in the Lambert family’s eerie Victorian home and find themselves at the ghastly séance that unleashes chaos and horror.
They’ll journey into “The Further” – a supernatural realm that houses tormented spirits – and face deadly ghosts and demons like the Woman in Black and Red-Faced Demon, who will stop at nothing to infiltrate the world of the living.
Former Disney star Bella Thorne continues to embrace horror with her new role in Big Sky, a new survival thriller from Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are). Thorne plays a teenage girl afraid of open spaces who must fight for her life when gunmen attack the van taking her to a mental health facility.
Thorne most recently starred in MTV’s adaptation of Wes Craven’s Scream and wrapped Voltage Pictures Home Invasion. She will also be seen in Dimension Films Amityville: The Awakening, a reboot of the chilling 1979 classic horror film about a family tormented by the demonic forces occupying their home.
Warner Bros. has released an IMAX trailer for Zach Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer’s Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, a followup to the duo’s 2013 blockbuster Man of Steel that pits the son of Jor-El against suspicious humans and the Batman.
Henry Cavill reprises his role as Superman and Ben Affleck plays the Dark Knight. Co-stars include Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.
This trailer is much more bombastic and exciting than the first and gives us a short but enticing peek at Gadot’s Wonder Woman.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation stunner Elodie Yung is set to star in season two of Marvel’s “Daredevil” original series for Netflix. The French stunner will play sexy assassin and Daredevil love interest Elektra Natchios. Shooting has already begun on the series which is slated to return in January 2016.
Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb said:
After a worldwide search, we found in Elodie the perfect actress to embody both Elektra’s impressive and deadly physicality, as well as her psychological complexity.
Paired with Charlie as Matt Murdock, the two will bring one of the most beloved and tumultuous comic book relationships to life with all the accompanying sparks and spectacular action sequences the show is known for.
“Daredevil” is also known for its stunning female cast that includes Deborah Ann Woll as Matt Murdock’s on-again, off-again girlfriend Karen Page and Rosario Dawson as night shift nurse and Daredevil ally Claire Temple. Yung clearly keeps that tradition alive.
Yung is best known for playing sexy ninja Jinx in Paramount Pictures’ G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Lisbeth Salander’s lesbian lover, Miriam Wu, in David Fincher’s American adaptation of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The studio is called Epic Pictures and it is releasing what could be the most epic of All Hallow’s Eve movies, Tales of Halloween. Directed by 11 horror maestros, the anthology presents interconnected stories set in a neighborhood terrorized by ghouls, imps, aliens, axe murderers and other evils on Halloween.
How sick is that?
AND… the directors are truly exciting and include Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III), Neil Marshall (The Descent), Paul Solet (Grace), Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die), Adam Gierasch (Night of the Demons), Andrew Kasch (Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy), and iconic horror author John Skipp.
Gorgeous geek goddess Olivia Munn spoke to late night talker Conan O’Brien about her Psylocke costume in Marvel’s upcoming sequel X-Men: Apocalypse, revealing three mind-blowing details: the outfit will be as sexy as the comic, it took two women and a lot of lube to squeeze Munn into it, she popped the crotch.
It’s a remarkable interview made all the hotter by Munn’s charm and humor.
Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, an adaptation of the DC Comic about a group of super-villains brought together by a government agency for a suicide mission. The trailer debuted at Comic-Con and provides a three-minute peek at antihero mayhem.
Suicide Squad all-star cast features Jared Leto as Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, Tom Hardy as Rick Flag, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, model-turned-actress Cara Delevinge as Enchantress, and Wolf of Wall Street stunner Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.
El Rey has released a first trailer for season two of Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.” The show is based on Rodriguez’s 1996 vampire film and expands on the misadventures of murderous fugitives the Gecko Brothers and those in pursuit of them.
“From Dusk Till Dawn” stars D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtzas Seth and Richie Gecko, Valderrama as serpent villain Carlos Madrigal, Briana Evigan as forgery expert Sonja, Danny Trejo as demonic baddie The Regulator, and stunner Eiza González as vampire queen Santánico Pandemonium.
Rodriguez directs the premiere episode, airing Aug. 25.
AMC has released the first trailer for season six of “The Walking Dead.” The 90-minute season premiere airs Oct. 11 and promises another white-knuckle ride as Rick Grimes deals with the aftermath of killing an Alexandria citizen, slaughters zombies, and butt heads with one-time neighbor and survivor Morgan.
The trailer is intense. Just try not to cheer, tear up, or fist-pump when Rick growls:
You really think you’re going to take this community away from us? from Daryl? From Michonne? From Glenn? From… me! Do you have any idea who you are talking to?
