Pop culture musings by Kevin Mathews
WarnerMedia has given a straight-to-series order to Dune: The Sisterhood, a drama from Legendary Television based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune and the popular sci-fi franchise it spawned
Source: ‘Dune: The Sisterhood’ Series Ordered By WarnerMedia Streaming Service With Denis Villeneuve Directing
Jaume Collet-Serra will tackle the DC film starring Dwayne Johnson.
Source: ‘Shazam!’ Spinoff ‘Black Adam’ Finds Director with ‘Shallows’ Filmmaker
Prolific producer/director J.J. Abrams is looking for a new home for his company Bad Robot and WarnerMedia and Apple have emerged as the frontrunners.
Source: J.J. Abrams Closes in on $500M Mega-Deal with Either WarnerMedia or Apple
Will the record companies sabotage projected growth?
Source: After almost two decades of digital disruption, is the music biz really set for an epic revival?
The DC digital service, DC Universe, will not be picking up a second season of Swamp Thing, its drama series based on the DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, according to source…
Source: ‘Swamp Thing’ Canceled By DC Universe After 1 Season
SyFy has opted to cancel “Deadly Class” and “Happy!”. Sony Pictures TV and UCP will be shopping the respective series.
Source: SyFy Cancels ‘Deadly Class,’ ‘Happy!’
Solo: A Star Wars Story was not the hit that Disney and Lucasfilm were expecting when it hit theaters last year, and Ron Howard thinks he knows why.
Source: Ron Howard Points Blame at ‘Star Wars’ Trolls for ‘Solo’ Bombing at the Box Office
Warner Bros Approves Robert Pattinson For ‘The Batman’
Source: Warner Bros Approves Robert Pattinson For ‘The Batman’
King recently wrote the award-winning ‘Mister Miracle’ comic book for DC.
Source: Ava DuVernay’s ‘New Gods’ Adds Comic Book Creator Tom King as Co-Writer
Boy George is the latest musician getting the movie treatment.
Source: Boy George Movie in the Works From Director Sacha Gervasi
The worldwide gross for “Covenant” was $240 million, a sharp decline from the $403 million “Prometheus’” made.
Source: Ridley Scott Still Planning Third ‘Alien’ Prequel — Can Franchise Survive ‘Covenant’ Box Office Bomb?
1984 was not a year picked at random by Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins and she explains why.
Source: Why ‘Wonder Woman 2’ Had to Be Set in 1984 According to Director
Who could be the new Indiana Jones actor after Harrison Ford retires? Nobody, at least as far as Harrison Ford is concerned.
Source: Harrison Ford Says Indiana Jones Dies With Him (Sorry, Chris Pratt)
Moviegoers who have confirmed that they have purchased a ticket to a film will receive “verified” badges.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes Debuts “Verified” Audience Ratings to Fight Trolls
Here’s why YouTube is changing the way it publicly displays channel subscriber counts to provide only rounded figures.
Source: Why YouTube Is Changing the Way It Reports Subscriber Counts
