From writer Michael Mallory; Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror was originally released in 2009, and a new edition is on the way. The Revised and Updated 2021 Edition of the book celebrates some big anniversaries, including the 90th anniversaries of both Dracula and Frankenstein.
Maya Erskine is joining the Star Wars galaxy.
The actress has signed on for an unspecified role in the upcoming Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
IGN has today revealed details of a prequel comic book tie-in Masters of the Universe: Revelation; the upcoming Netflix Original anime series created by Smith and based upon the characters of Masters of the Universe in a collaboration between Netflix and Mattel Television. The comic series is being released by indie label Dark Horse Comics.
The trailer has been released for the latest instalment in the Conjuring franchise, ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ which is due for release on June 4th 2021 in theaters and on the HBO Max streamer service. The film has received an “R” rating from the MPA.
Review by Jacob Licklider
Echoes of Extinction is a release with a troubled history. Originally announced for a November 2020 release with the final Big Finish release for the Time Lord Victorious event as a download and vinyl exclusive at certain UK supermarkets, boasting Paul McGann and David Tennant both portraying the Doctor before the COVID-19 pandemic delayed it, making the vinyl exclusive to Big Finish’s own website. Now it is April 2021 and Echoes of Extinction has finally been released, making it the final installment in the event to actually be released in the event. It is also interesting as being made for vinyl, it is essentially two interconnected stories, each approximately 28 minutes to accommodate the vinyl’s limitations. This is also a multi-Doctor story in the vein of Heart of TARDIS, where each Doctor’s plot affects the other’s while never actually meeting each other. The story follows the same format as the main range story Flip Flop which each disc could be listened to individually and in either order. For full transparency, I listened to the story in the order they were presented in the Big Finish app, with the Eighth Doctor’s story first followed by the Tenth Doctor’s story, rounded off with the customary bonus interviews as is with these ranges.
Michael Keaton has been confirmed to reprise his role as Batman in The Flash, almost 30 years after he last played the role.
Marvel Studios has released the first teaser for the upcoming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings which is Marvel’s first film entering on an Asian superhero, and the trailer serves as fans’ first introduction to Shang-Chi.
Thursday the 12th is a new horror comedy described as being “a mix of Evil Dead and Kevin Smith’s Mallrats with a touch of Tucker & Dale Versus Evi“. The movie stars Todd Bridges (Different Strokes), Jena Sims (Kill the Messenger), Brian Sutherland (Z Nation), and Marilyn Ghigliotti( Clerks). Lyon also portrays the character of Seth Franco opposite Sutherland’s James Rogen as the two misfit mall employees who upset a gypsy the week of Friday the 13th.
Actor Felix Silla, the actor who played beloved hairy ‘The Addams Family’ member Cousin Itt, has died. He was 84.
Review by Jacob Licklider
The Dalek Protocol started off the Dalek Universe miniseries with a fairly standard but enjoyable tale with no real connection to what would become the series at least based on the first set. And a day later, Dalek Universe begins itself properly with the first three stories in the miniseries being released to acclaim. To make what’s most likely going to be a long review short, Dalek Universe 1 is a brilliant start to the miniseries and if you haven’t already, go do yourself a favour and buy it. This is one of those sets that I cannot critically evaluate without losing my restraint on spoilers so from this point forward. You have been warned. Each installment of Dalek Universe 1 is truly part of a miniseries, blending together which helps as two of the episodes are from John Dorney, and the third deals with the character fallout from the previous two episodes before moving along to what will eventually become the conclusion of the set while transitioning into the second set. An interesting note, this set barely features the Daleks, like The Dalek Protocol before it, they are an off-screen presence bar a few scenes, the writers instead electing for setting this around the time of The Daleks’ Master Plan and dragging the Tenth Doctor out of time into his own personal timeline.
