News Shotgun 2/27/21
A ton of news about Paramount+, a new Superman movie is in development, Neill Blomkamp is writing a District 9 sequel, Twisted Metal is getting a TV series, Amazon is developing a Lady Jaye GI Joe TV series, and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Zack Snyder Returns to the Zombie Apocalypse for Army of the Dead (Trailer)
Zack Snyder returns to the genre that put him on the map with Army of the Dead in May on Netflix, where a group of mercenaries attempts to pull a massive heist during a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas.
Everything Actioncast Ep 520 “Mortal Kombat, Last of Us, Invincible, The Running Man and More”
Zach is solo this week but still dives into the first Mortal Kombat reboot trailer, the surprisingly dark Cruella trailer, a new take on Stephen King’s novel of The Running Man from Edgar Wright, The Last of Us HBO series casting, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Rebel Without a Cause, a comic continuation of Batman 89 and Superman 78 and more.
News Shotgun 2/13/21
Joel and Ellie are cast for HBO’s The Last of Us series, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black join the Borderlands movie, Disney shuts down Blue Sky Studios, The CW orders a pilot for the live-action Powerpuff Girls series, New Line is rebooting The Wizard of Oz, Adam Wingard is directing a Face/Off sequel and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 519 “The Little Things, Undisputed II, Pacific Rim, Cloverfield and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris dissect the new Denzel crime thriller The Little Things, the superior Undisputed II, the Pacific Rim anime, Cloverfield getting a sequel, Buck Rogers, Insert Coin, and more.
Re-Enter the Drift in March On Netflix For Pacific Rim: The Black (Trailer)
Announced in November of 2018, the Pacific Rim anime series is finally coming out on Netflix this March with Pacific Rim: The Black, which follows a pair of siblings who find an abandoned Jaeger in Australia and commandeer it to survive the Kaiju and look for their missing parents.
News Shotgun 1/30
Netflix’s adaptation of Sandman finds its cast, Kevin Hart joins the Borderlands movie, Tomb Raider and King Kong are getting Netflix anime shows, Robert Rodriguez is rebooting Spy Kids, Cloverfield is getting a direct sequel, and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 518 “Godzilla vs Kong, Mighty Ducks, Tomb Raider, WWE and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris analyze the first Godzilla vs Kong trailer, pay respects to Larry King and Cloris Leachman, and talk about WWE folding into Peacock, the weird world of Mighty Ducks, Motherless Brooklyn, Honest Thief, and more.