Javicia Leslie will be donning the cape and cowl vacated by Ruby Rose as The CW’s new Batwoman. The actress who recently starred in God Friended Me, will front the new season of the superhero series playing Ryan Wilder who has stepped in to replace Kate Kane. The character is described as likable, messy, a little goofy and untamed. She’s also nothing like Kate Kane, the woman who wore the Batsuit before her. With no one in her life to keep her on track, Ryan spent years as a drug-runner, dodging the GCPD and masking her pain with bad habits. She is also the most dangerous type of fighter: highly skilled and wildly undisciplined.
Jude
Law Is Captain Hook
Disney is once again pulling the trigger on another
live-action Peter Pan film, which will be directed by David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon). No details of the film have been revealed as
yet but chances are high that it will be based on Disney’s 1956 animated
classic. The big news is that big baddie; Captain Hook will be played by Jude
Law. There have been several live-action adaptations of Peter Pan over the years, many of which weren’t that well received.
This includes 2003’s Hook by Steven
Spielberg, 2003’s Peter Pan by P.J.
Hogan and 2015’s Pan, directed by Joe
Wright with Hugh Jackman as Captain Hook.
First
Look: French Exit
Sony Pictures has released the first look at the dark comedy, French Exit starring Michelle Pfeiffer
and Lucas Hedges. Directed by Azazel Jacobs, the film follows a Manhattan
socialite and her emotionally-stunted adult son as they abscond to Paris
following the scandalous death of her husband. Based on the novel of the same
name, French Exit is scheduled for a release sometime this year. Joining
Pfeiffer and Hedges is Tracy Letts, who lends his voice to the duo’s pet cat,
Small Frank.
Netflix Cancels Chilling Adventures Of
Sabrina
Sad news for fans of the Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina because Netflix
has decided to can the supernatural series. The streaming giant has announced
that the series will conclude with season four, which will consist of eight
episodes due to arrive later this year. Starring Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina, the
series made its debut in 2018 on Netflix. The series is loosely based on the
Archie Comics series, ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’, albeit with a much darker
tone.
First
Look: An American Pickle
HBO Max has given fans a first look at Seth Rogen’s new comedy,An
American Pickle in which he will play two roles. The film centres on an immigrant
in 1920s New York who falls into a vat of pickles only to emerge a century
later. Rogen portrays Herschel Greenbaum a struggling immigrant who
inadvertently gets brined after falling into a vat of pickles. The actor pulls double
duty as Ben Greenbaum, Herschel’s only surviving relative, a mild-mannered computer
decoder. An American Pickle is
directed by Brandon Trost.
