CBS has revealed the official title for its upcoming Star Trek series, which sees Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard. The series will be aptly named Star Trek: Picard and will reportedly continue the story of the Captain well into the future. Reportedly the series will take place in the aftermath of the destruction of Romulus, which took place in the Star Trek reboot in 2009. Star Trek: Picard is due to premiere later this year and also stars Harry Treadaway, Allison Pill, and Santiago Cabrera.
Stranger Things Gets
A LEGO Set
Fans of the Netflix’s monster series, Stranger
Things will want to get their hands on the new LEGO set modelled after the
hit series. Keeping in line with the show’s motif, the model can flip between
the real world and The Upside Down. The set features the Byers’ house and a
version from an alternate dimension. The Stranger
Things LEGO set comes with eight mini figures, featuring the characters
from the series. Netflix will premiere the third season of Stranger Things this July.
Disney+ To Get Third
Live-Action Star Wars Series
It looks like Disney is ready to triple down on its Star Wars offerings for its streaming service. In addition to The Mandalorian and the Rogue One prequel series starring Diego
Luna, there will also be a third live-action series joining the fray. At this
point the third series remains but a mystery but considering the number of
characters Star Wars has and the
potential to bring to life some lesser known stories, we can only wait in
anticipation to see what Disney cooks up for this one.
Mortal Kombat Movie
To Begin Filming
After more than two decades, New Line Cinema is ready to pull the trigger on a
new live-action Mortal Kombat film. Set to begin filming in Australia later
this year, the film will be produced by James Wan with award-winning commercial
filmmaker Simon McQuoid directing. No casting details have been released as yet
nor is the synopsis. We can’t wait to find out if the filmmakers will be going
back to the basics with the OG characters from the smash-hit video game for
this one.
Ryan Reynolds Is The
Free Guy
Cameras are rolling for the upcoming adventure comedy, Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds. Directed by Shawn Levy, the film
tells the story of a bank teller who eventually discovers he is a background
character in an open-world video game. Starring alongside Reynolds are Jodie
Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Joe Keery. Free Guy is scheduled for a release in
early July 2020.
