This Black Widow article contains Major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Seriously. Don’t read if you don’t want to be spoiled.
Those who saw Avengers: Endgame may have been a bit surprised to hear that there was a Black Widow solo movie in the works. After all, Natasha sacrifices herself for the Soul Stone leading into the movie’s climactic third act.
However, the fact remains: After years of mumbling and shuffling their feet every time the prospect of a Black Widow movie was raised, Marvel Studios finally saw the light. More likely, they saw the stellar box office numbers and critical acclaim that were heaped on Wonder Woman – the first female superhero to headline her own movie in this modern superhero-driven media era, and steered to success by a woman director – and their own Captain Marvel standalone film.
Here’s everything we know so far about the Black Widow movie…...
Those who saw Avengers: Endgame may have been a bit surprised to hear that there was a Black Widow solo movie in the works. After all, Natasha sacrifices herself for the Soul Stone leading into the movie’s climactic third act.
However, the fact remains: After years of mumbling and shuffling their feet every time the prospect of a Black Widow movie was raised, Marvel Studios finally saw the light. More likely, they saw the stellar box office numbers and critical acclaim that were heaped on Wonder Woman – the first female superhero to headline her own movie in this modern superhero-driven media era, and steered to success by a woman director – and their own Captain Marvel standalone film.
Here’s everything we know so far about the Black Widow movie…...
- 3/20/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Editors note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led sci-fi drama. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten and Genre Editor Geoff Boucher.
We have reached the halfway point of the first season of Star Trek: Picard with today’s debut of the fifth episode “Stardust City Rag.” Correspondingly, today’s podcast is a real lynchpin – and we don’t just say that because Number One himself Jonathan Frakes is joining us, along with executive producer Akiva Goldsman.
Now, there are Freecloud, Seven of Nine, Bruce Maddox and other spoilers galore here, so if you haven’t watched the latest episode of the Sir Patrick Stewart-led series yet,...
We have reached the halfway point of the first season of Star Trek: Picard with today’s debut of the fifth episode “Stardust City Rag.” Correspondingly, today’s podcast is a real lynchpin – and we don’t just say that because Number One himself Jonathan Frakes is joining us, along with executive producer Akiva Goldsman.
Now, there are Freecloud, Seven of Nine, Bruce Maddox and other spoilers galore here, so if you haven’t watched the latest episode of the Sir Patrick Stewart-led series yet,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ anticipated series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led series. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten and Genre Editor Geoff Boucher.
Listen to the latest edition of the podcast here:
Familiar voices from the past echo throughout the just-released fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard and the same can be said about the latest tie-in edition of our podcast spotlighting key figures at work on the high-profile CBS All-Access series.
To that end, this week’s podcast is packed with voices including two that will catch the ear of longtime fans of Starfleet adventures.
The show starts off with Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman...
Listen to the latest edition of the podcast here:
Familiar voices from the past echo throughout the just-released fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard and the same can be said about the latest tie-in edition of our podcast spotlighting key figures at work on the high-profile CBS All-Access series.
To that end, this week’s podcast is packed with voices including two that will catch the ear of longtime fans of Starfleet adventures.
The show starts off with Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman...
- 2/13/2020
- by Geoff Boucher and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ anticipated series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led series. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten and Genre Editor Geoff Boucher.
If you were waiting for Star Trek: Picard to kick into warp drive, today’s “The End is the Beginning” episode puts Federation pedal to the metal as Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc stood on the deck and proclaimed “engage.”
However, beyond sending millions of Trekkies to their magic place, the third episode of the recently renewed CBS All Access series had many added benefits, as we discuss on the podcast this afternoon.
Listen here:
Written by showrunner Michael Chabon and James Duff and...
If you were waiting for Star Trek: Picard to kick into warp drive, today’s “The End is the Beginning” episode puts Federation pedal to the metal as Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc stood on the deck and proclaimed “engage.”
However, beyond sending millions of Trekkies to their magic place, the third episode of the recently renewed CBS All Access series had many added benefits, as we discuss on the podcast this afternoon.
Listen here:
Written by showrunner Michael Chabon and James Duff and...
- 2/6/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amirah Vann was revealed as the mysterious and devious string puller Parker Campbell at the end of Queen Sugar’s fourth season last year, and now the NAACP Image Awards nominee is pulling some other intergalactic strings too.
As fans of Star Trek: Picard will find out when the latest episode drops tomorrow, Vann is beaming aboard the Patrick Stewart-led series. Actually, to be specific, the actor will appear in a sneak peek of next week’s Picard.
Starting in the February 13 debuting “Absolute Candor” episode, The How to Get Away with Murder regular will play Zani in the CBS All Access revival of the classic Next Generation captain. With more to be unveiled over the 10-episode first season of the already renewed Picard, Vann’s character is a member of the Qowat Milat, a fierce all-female Romulan religious order who live on the colony planet of Vashti.
As fans of Star Trek: Picard will find out when the latest episode drops tomorrow, Vann is beaming aboard the Patrick Stewart-led series. Actually, to be specific, the actor will appear in a sneak peek of next week’s Picard.
Starting in the February 13 debuting “Absolute Candor” episode, The How to Get Away with Murder regular will play Zani in the CBS All Access revival of the classic Next Generation captain. With more to be unveiled over the 10-episode first season of the already renewed Picard, Vann’s character is a member of the Qowat Milat, a fierce all-female Romulan religious order who live on the colony planet of Vashti.
- 2/6/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ anticipated series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led series. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten and Genre Editor Geoff Boucher.
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The creative team behind Star Trek: Picard opened up about the challenges they faced while building the deep-space mystery that lies at the heart of the CBS All-Access series — and while navigating the never-neutral expectations of Starfleet fans.
For the second installment of Deadline’s Star Trek: Picard Podcast, the guests are Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman and Kirsten Beyer as well as Hanelle Culpepper, who directed the first two episodes of the Patrick Stewart-starring series. (Culpepper is first woman to direct...
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The creative team behind Star Trek: Picard opened up about the challenges they faced while building the deep-space mystery that lies at the heart of the CBS All-Access series — and while navigating the never-neutral expectations of Starfleet fans.
For the second installment of Deadline’s Star Trek: Picard Podcast, the guests are Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman and Kirsten Beyer as well as Hanelle Culpepper, who directed the first two episodes of the Patrick Stewart-starring series. (Culpepper is first woman to direct...
- 1/30/2020
- by Geoff Boucher and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ anticipated series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led series. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten and Genre Editor Geoff Boucher.
Listen here:
“We have been frank about this not being Next Generation,” Patrick Stewart declares of Star Trek: Picard, which launched Thursday on CBS All Access. “The Enterprise was security, all those StarFleet personnel were security, the intimacy of the commanding aspect of the crew was security, all that’s gone,” adds the knight of the realm, who not only is the star in the title of the recently renewed series but also a hands-on executive producer.
“Things have changed him, he is...
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“We have been frank about this not being Next Generation,” Patrick Stewart declares of Star Trek: Picard, which launched Thursday on CBS All Access. “The Enterprise was security, all those StarFleet personnel were security, the intimacy of the commanding aspect of the crew was security, all that’s gone,” adds the knight of the realm, who not only is the star in the title of the recently renewed series but also a hands-on executive producer.
“Things have changed him, he is...
- 1/23/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
After making ParaNorman—the “zombie movie for kids,” which served as his first feature—writer/director Chris Butler wanted to go in an entirely different direction, artistically. “The next thing I wanted to try was a big, bold, colorful adventure movie—stepping out of the shadows, if you like,” Butler said at The Contenders Los Angeles this morning.
Titled Missing Link, the fifth feature from stop-motion innovator Laika was also a big departure for the studio, given its orientation around a set of adult characters. “Before that, we were always dealing with anguished kids, and now, we’re dealing with anguished adults instead,” the director remarked. “So, it was a totally new playground in which to play.”
Starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis, Missing Link centers on Sir Lionel Frost, a charming (though arrogant) investigator of mythical creatures, who encounters a Sasquatch on a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Befriending Mr.
Titled Missing Link, the fifth feature from stop-motion innovator Laika was also a big departure for the studio, given its orientation around a set of adult characters. “Before that, we were always dealing with anguished kids, and now, we’re dealing with anguished adults instead,” the director remarked. “So, it was a totally new playground in which to play.”
Starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis, Missing Link centers on Sir Lionel Frost, a charming (though arrogant) investigator of mythical creatures, who encounters a Sasquatch on a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Befriending Mr.
- 11/2/2019
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Comic book movie fans apparently have not seen the last of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark on the big screen. In reporting on this year’s Saturn Award winners, Deadline’s Geoff Boucher dropped a bombshell by saying that “Robert Downey Jr. will be seen in the role of Stark one more time, however, in the Marvel prequel ‘Black Widow’ in May 2020.” Downey Jr., who won this year’s Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Film thanks to his work in “Avengers: Endgame” (one of six prizes the blockbuster received) was supposed to make his final McU appearance in the record-breaking “Avengers: Endgame,” which saw his character, Tony Stark/Iron Man, sacrifice himself to defeat Thanos and save the world.
“Black Widow” is kicking off the fourth phase of the McU in summer 2020. The script from Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson takes place after the events of “Captain America: Civil War,...
“Black Widow” is kicking off the fourth phase of the McU in summer 2020. The script from Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson takes place after the events of “Captain America: Civil War,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“It’s the most purely promotional thing that exists,” Deadline’s Genre Editor Geoff Boucher declares bluntly of the superhero- and science fiction-fueled extravaganza that is San Diego Comic-Con. “It’s as personal as an auto-show,” the Hero Nation kingpin adds of the 50th annual confab that kicks off today.
In that context and in anticipation of all the Hall H action, the coming end of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., more Marvel surprises, a Game of Thrones mini-reunion and the unveiling of the Trekverse, our Sdcc crew took to the microphones to talk about what to expect and the state of genre affairs. Take a listen to our rollicking podcast here:
Boucher is joined on the podcast by Deadline’s Senior Editor and Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten, Editorial Director Anthony D’Alessandro and Associate Editor Dino-Ray Ramos – all of whom will be down at Sdcc the rest of this week.
In that context and in anticipation of all the Hall H action, the coming end of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., more Marvel surprises, a Game of Thrones mini-reunion and the unveiling of the Trekverse, our Sdcc crew took to the microphones to talk about what to expect and the state of genre affairs. Take a listen to our rollicking podcast here:
Boucher is joined on the podcast by Deadline’s Senior Editor and Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten, Editorial Director Anthony D’Alessandro and Associate Editor Dino-Ray Ramos – all of whom will be down at Sdcc the rest of this week.
- 7/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro, Geoff Boucher, Dominic Patten and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Check back here for updates. Movie studios love playing a guessing game when it comes to what they are going to reveal when at San Diego Comic-Con. The bad news is that Sony, Warner Bros. and Universal have decided to sit this year out which means no news or reveals about Venom, the Spider-Verse, Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey and other projects fanboys and fangirls have been craving. On the other hand, Marvel Studios is supposedly returning after taking last year off. Joining the McU for cinematic fare at this year’s wildly celebrated geeky confab are Paramount and New Line — so far.
As per usual, Marvel has been keeping their lips sealed when it comes to what they are bringing to its speculative presence in Hall H. However, there is plenty of buzz as to what they will present considering Phase 3 of their McU has come to a close with Spider-Man: Far From Home.
As per usual, Marvel has been keeping their lips sealed when it comes to what they are bringing to its speculative presence in Hall H. However, there is plenty of buzz as to what they will present considering Phase 3 of their McU has come to a close with Spider-Man: Far From Home.
- 7/4/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Check back for updates to the schedule. The TV lineup for the 50th Comic-Con is bursting at the seams and the San Diego Convention Center will be bustling with everything from the supernatural to superheroes.
Star Trek will be beaming into Hall H with a look at the cultural phenomenon created by Gene Roddenberry. In addition to CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, Comic-Con attendees will be the first to hear about the highly anticipated new series Star Trek: Picard starring Sir Patrick Stewart as well as the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.
This year, winter will be coming one last time as the confab will host HBO’s Game of Thrones. The series may be done, but the fandom is alive and well. Stars and creators will take the Hall H stage July 19 with Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Liam Cunningham...
Star Trek will be beaming into Hall H with a look at the cultural phenomenon created by Gene Roddenberry. In addition to CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, Comic-Con attendees will be the first to hear about the highly anticipated new series Star Trek: Picard starring Sir Patrick Stewart as well as the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.
This year, winter will be coming one last time as the confab will host HBO’s Game of Thrones. The series may be done, but the fandom is alive and well. Stars and creators will take the Hall H stage July 19 with Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Liam Cunningham...
- 7/4/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Rook is bringing its intrigue to Comic-Con.
The superpowered fueled spy thriller that debuted June 30 on Starz is set for a panel July 19 in Room 6A of the San Diego Convention Center, I’ve learned. As you would hope for an inaugural appearance at the confab, The Rook’s stars Olivia Munn, Joely Richardson and Emma Greenwell will all be in attendance.
No word on who will be moderating the spyfest, but I do know it will take place starting at 6 Pm for those planning their Sdcc schedule.
Based on the often dark-humored 2012 novel by Daniel O’Malley, the series executive produced by Kari Skogland and Stephenie Meyer with showrunners Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling traces the steps and global-protecting lower-grade spycraft of Greenwell’s Myfanwy Thomas as she tries to reconstruct her memories after waking up in a very unusual situation underneath London’s Millennium Bridge.
Faking...
The superpowered fueled spy thriller that debuted June 30 on Starz is set for a panel July 19 in Room 6A of the San Diego Convention Center, I’ve learned. As you would hope for an inaugural appearance at the confab, The Rook’s stars Olivia Munn, Joely Richardson and Emma Greenwell will all be in attendance.
No word on who will be moderating the spyfest, but I do know it will take place starting at 6 Pm for those planning their Sdcc schedule.
Based on the often dark-humored 2012 novel by Daniel O’Malley, the series executive produced by Kari Skogland and Stephenie Meyer with showrunners Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling traces the steps and global-protecting lower-grade spycraft of Greenwell’s Myfanwy Thomas as she tries to reconstruct her memories after waking up in a very unusual situation underneath London’s Millennium Bridge.
Faking...
- 7/3/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Television Studios has unveiled a robust lineup of 14 panels that are headed down to San Diego for Comic-Con. From ABC to 20th Century Fox Television, Disney TV will be taking over Hall H, the Indigo Ballroom and the San Diego Convention Center with programming that ranges from old favorites to new faces. Comic-Con takes place July 18-21.
ABC will introduce two new dramas at the San Diego confab: Stumptown with Cobie Smulders and Emergence starring Allison Tolman. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is also set to return to Hall H for a star-studded panel.
There will also be a world-premiere screening of the Fox thriller Next as well as a first look at two animated series: Bless the Harts, from Emmy award winner Emily Spivey featuring the voices of Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz, and Solar Opposites, from the producers of Rick & Morty.
From the Fox and FX camp,...
ABC will introduce two new dramas at the San Diego confab: Stumptown with Cobie Smulders and Emergence starring Allison Tolman. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is also set to return to Hall H for a star-studded panel.
There will also be a world-premiere screening of the Fox thriller Next as well as a first look at two animated series: Bless the Harts, from Emmy award winner Emily Spivey featuring the voices of Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz, and Solar Opposites, from the producers of Rick & Morty.
From the Fox and FX camp,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: You might want to set your Comic-Con phasers to stunning for this one.
CBS All Access is bringing its entire existing Star Trek fleet to the San Diego confab with a Hall H takeover that will include the cast of mothership Star Trek: Discovery, the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks and the legend himself Captain Jean-Luc Picard, I’ve learned.
In what is being called Sdcc 50, the back-to-back panels from the latest franchises of the series that really started it all will take over the sprawling convention center’s largest room from 11:30 Am – 1 Pm on July 20. The Starfleet triple threat will launch with Sdcc alum Discovery back in the house. Among those expected on stage before the thousands certain to pack Hall H are Comic-Con vet Sonequa Martin-Green, plus Discovery executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise and Heather Kadin. Adding to the jambalaya, Discovery guest star Tig Notaro,...
CBS All Access is bringing its entire existing Star Trek fleet to the San Diego confab with a Hall H takeover that will include the cast of mothership Star Trek: Discovery, the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks and the legend himself Captain Jean-Luc Picard, I’ve learned.
In what is being called Sdcc 50, the back-to-back panels from the latest franchises of the series that really started it all will take over the sprawling convention center’s largest room from 11:30 Am – 1 Pm on July 20. The Starfleet triple threat will launch with Sdcc alum Discovery back in the house. Among those expected on stage before the thousands certain to pack Hall H are Comic-Con vet Sonequa Martin-Green, plus Discovery executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise and Heather Kadin. Adding to the jambalaya, Discovery guest star Tig Notaro,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with The Witcher photos: Netflix is heading down to San Diego Comic-Con with a pair of their highly anticipated new series The Witcher and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The streaming giant will take the stage at the coveted Hall H on July 19. Netflix also released first-look photos of The Witcher’s three lead characters, Geralt (Henry Cavill), Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), and Ciri (Freya Allan), and key art (see below).
The original series The Witcher will be the first to take the stage on Friday, July 19 from 2:15 pm to 3 pm. Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family. Be among the first to get the exclusive scoop on the highly anticipated new Netflix original series centering around famed monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia. Be introduced to the world of The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, gnomes, and...
The original series The Witcher will be the first to take the stage on Friday, July 19 from 2:15 pm to 3 pm. Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family. Be among the first to get the exclusive scoop on the highly anticipated new Netflix original series centering around famed monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia. Be introduced to the world of The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, gnomes, and...
- 7/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO is adding more to its Comic-Con menu. In addition to Game of Thrones heading down to the San Diegoconfab (news which Deadline exclusively announced), the premium cabler has confirmed panels for His Dark Materials and Westworld while Watchmen will have a surprise in-world opportunity in San Diego’s bustling Gaslamp Quarter for fans to partake in. There will also be autograph signing sessions on the convention center floor for His Dark Materials, Game of Thrones and Westworld.
His Dark Materials will take place in Hall H on July 18 at 4:45 pm with James McAvoy (Lord Asriel), Dafne Keen (Lyra), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lee Scoresby), Jane Tranter (executive producer) and Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter). Autograph signing is at 2:45 pm. His Dark Materials is written by Jack Thorne and directed by Tom Hooper, and is based on Pullman’s acclaimed trilogy of books: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass,...
His Dark Materials will take place in Hall H on July 18 at 4:45 pm with James McAvoy (Lord Asriel), Dafne Keen (Lyra), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lee Scoresby), Jane Tranter (executive producer) and Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter). Autograph signing is at 2:45 pm. His Dark Materials is written by Jack Thorne and directed by Tom Hooper, and is based on Pullman’s acclaimed trilogy of books: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
What’s the trick to exploding and rebuilding Star Trek so that new fans embrace it and Trekkies don’t snub it?
“Render onto Caesar what is Caesar’s, everybody from the older generation should be incorporated into the new generation, there should always be respect for both and yet it always has to forge new ground,” says Star Trek: Discovery Ep-scribe and director Alex Kurtzman on his secret sauce for dusting off and refurbishing the 53-year old franchise for the small screen.
“The plan is multiple shows,” Kurtzman confirmed to both Deadline Genre editor Geoff Boucher and I on his grand plans to have a Star Trek series on CBS All Access at any given point in time in the future, each one distinct.
“It takes really a year from writing to finished product, sort of like animation,” said Kurtzman. VFX on a Star Trek show can take seven months,...
“Render onto Caesar what is Caesar’s, everybody from the older generation should be incorporated into the new generation, there should always be respect for both and yet it always has to forge new ground,” says Star Trek: Discovery Ep-scribe and director Alex Kurtzman on his secret sauce for dusting off and refurbishing the 53-year old franchise for the small screen.
“The plan is multiple shows,” Kurtzman confirmed to both Deadline Genre editor Geoff Boucher and I on his grand plans to have a Star Trek series on CBS All Access at any given point in time in the future, each one distinct.
“It takes really a year from writing to finished product, sort of like animation,” said Kurtzman. VFX on a Star Trek show can take seven months,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Barring an unforeseen new conquest of King’s Landing, Game of Thrones looks certain to be returning to Comic-Con’s Hall H next month for a triumphant celebration of the Emmy winning series’ record-breaking run.
As talks between HBO and confab organizers are in the final stages, exactly which past and present members of the sprawling ensemble from the Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, John Bradley, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Isaac Hempstead Wright-led GoT will be taking the stage in front of the thousands in the largest room in the San Diego Convention Center is Tbd, I hear.
However, it does seem likely that Harington may be there, as the actor is said to be in the closing stages of his treatment at a Connecticut wellness center that he checked himself into last month. Nothing on Nyccc yet, but Game of Thrones...
As talks between HBO and confab organizers are in the final stages, exactly which past and present members of the sprawling ensemble from the Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, John Bradley, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Isaac Hempstead Wright-led GoT will be taking the stage in front of the thousands in the largest room in the San Diego Convention Center is Tbd, I hear.
However, it does seem likely that Harington may be there, as the actor is said to be in the closing stages of his treatment at a Connecticut wellness center that he checked himself into last month. Nothing on Nyccc yet, but Game of Thrones...
- 6/10/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS is out with some final ratings numbers for The Big Bang Theory series finale, and the numbers are serious. The Jim Parsons-fronted comedy ended its 12-season run with 25.75 million total viewers in Live+7 for the episode and a 5.0 rating in the 18-49 demo.
Broken down, that’s a 6.22 million-viewer lift in time-shifted viewing — the fifth-largest seven-day audience in series history and its biggest since January 2014. The demo lift was +1.8, from a 3.2 to a 5.0.
The network noted that Tbbt drew the largest audience for any regularly scheduled entertainment program during the 2018-19 season and slew HBO’s Game of Thrones series finale by nearly 9 million viewers.
CBS said the finale drew 18 million viewers on first count and added 5.4 million in Live+3, per Nielsen Media Research.
In his review of series-finale episode “The Stockholm Syndrome,” Deadline’s Geoff Boucher wrote: “The 279th and final episode of the history-making CBS hit...
Broken down, that’s a 6.22 million-viewer lift in time-shifted viewing — the fifth-largest seven-day audience in series history and its biggest since January 2014. The demo lift was +1.8, from a 3.2 to a 5.0.
The network noted that Tbbt drew the largest audience for any regularly scheduled entertainment program during the 2018-19 season and slew HBO’s Game of Thrones series finale by nearly 9 million viewers.
CBS said the finale drew 18 million viewers on first count and added 5.4 million in Live+3, per Nielsen Media Research.
In his review of series-finale episode “The Stockholm Syndrome,” Deadline’s Geoff Boucher wrote: “The 279th and final episode of the history-making CBS hit...
- 6/3/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Geoff Boucher of Deadline is just one of the many that have been pointing to the upcoming Swamp Thing series that some folks are becoming aware of and are starting to get excited for. Apparently Michael Beach has joined the cast as Nathan Ellery, a shrewd and driven businessman with very questionable ethics. Fans of DC might recognize Beach from his brief role in Aquaman as the elder Manta that was killed early on in the movie. He’ll be playing one of the more villainous roles for which he’s well-suited since he’s been the villain-type before in The 100 as
What We Know about the New Swamp Thing Series So Far...
What We Know about the New Swamp Thing Series So Far...
- 6/3/2019
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of Game of Thrones final season & discussion of the last episode of the HBO series.
Multiple Emmy winner Game of Thrones ends its eight season run tonight on HBO. In anticipation, Deadline’s Senior Editor & Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten & our Genre Editor and Hero Nation kingpin Geoff Boucher sat down earlier this week to examine the series they both love so much – warts, dragons & all.
Patten: So, Geoff, let’s start off with the obvious one as we move into this finale, which is who do you think is going to end up on what may or may not remain of the Iron Throne?
Boucher: Well, I think it’s going to be Sophie Turner’s Sansa Stark myself. I think that she’s got all the hallmarks of a leader born. You know, the path she’s taken is unexpected, and she...
Multiple Emmy winner Game of Thrones ends its eight season run tonight on HBO. In anticipation, Deadline’s Senior Editor & Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten & our Genre Editor and Hero Nation kingpin Geoff Boucher sat down earlier this week to examine the series they both love so much – warts, dragons & all.
Patten: So, Geoff, let’s start off with the obvious one as we move into this finale, which is who do you think is going to end up on what may or may not remain of the Iron Throne?
Boucher: Well, I think it’s going to be Sophie Turner’s Sansa Stark myself. I think that she’s got all the hallmarks of a leader born. You know, the path she’s taken is unexpected, and she...
- 5/19/2019
- by Dominic Patten and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s fourth annual The Contenders Emmys, our television awards-season extravaganza, is now underway at a new location, the Paramount Theatre at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. A total of 21 networks and studios are showcasing 38 of their top contending shows in the event, which officially kicks off Emmy season. It is happening live all day in front of an invitation-only audience of TV Academy members and key voters from the top show business guilds. Along with our Oscar season Contenders events in Los Angeles, New York and London, it is considered a must-stop.
Taking turns moderating panels will be Deadline’s co-editors-in-chief Nellie Andreeva, Mike Fleming, senior editor Dominic Patten (also our TV critic), editorial director Anthony D’Alessandro, Geoff Boucher, Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N’Duka, Peter White and me. Awardsline editor Joe Utichi will host.
You can follow along on Deadline today for complete coverage, and on social media via #DeadlineContenders.
Taking turns moderating panels will be Deadline’s co-editors-in-chief Nellie Andreeva, Mike Fleming, senior editor Dominic Patten (also our TV critic), editorial director Anthony D’Alessandro, Geoff Boucher, Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N’Duka, Peter White and me. Awardsline editor Joe Utichi will host.
You can follow along on Deadline today for complete coverage, and on social media via #DeadlineContenders.
- 4/7/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has a different kind of breaking news to share: We are redesigning our website.
On the morning of Wednesday, April 10, the Deadline.com you know and love is morphing into the new Deadline.com you will know and love. After the switch is flipped, you will discover we have implemented new and better ways for our readers to find, and for us to showcase, our best stories. At the same time, we have kept and enhanced most of the things that keep you coming back, including Deadline’s signature “news river” which will flow just as it always has.
The refresh features a clean, headline-first display that allows readers to quickly catch up on the latest news, features and insider analysis, as well as provide entry points for deeper dives into the topics that are dominating the day (or ones that just happen to interest you).
Deadline has always...
On the morning of Wednesday, April 10, the Deadline.com you know and love is morphing into the new Deadline.com you will know and love. After the switch is flipped, you will discover we have implemented new and better ways for our readers to find, and for us to showcase, our best stories. At the same time, we have kept and enhanced most of the things that keep you coming back, including Deadline’s signature “news river” which will flow just as it always has.
The refresh features a clean, headline-first display that allows readers to quickly catch up on the latest news, features and insider analysis, as well as provide entry points for deeper dives into the topics that are dominating the day (or ones that just happen to interest you).
Deadline has always...
- 4/5/2019
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert:The story includes plot details about the current Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access.
Exclusive: CBS All Access has big plans to expand the Trekverse, but Star Trek: Discovery is slimming down.
One of the biggest cast additions for the current second season of Discovery was Anson Mount, who came on board as Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise. He was joined by Rebecca Romijn, who was tapped to play another classic Star Trek character, Number One, a member of Pike’s crew.
Both are set to leave at the end of the season, we have learned.
According to sources close to the series, both Hell On Wheels alum Mount and Romijn had strictly one-year deals; the duo had been contracted only for Season 2 arcs as part of a plan to sync up Discovery with the original Star Trek lore by the end of the...
Exclusive: CBS All Access has big plans to expand the Trekverse, but Star Trek: Discovery is slimming down.
One of the biggest cast additions for the current second season of Discovery was Anson Mount, who came on board as Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise. He was joined by Rebecca Romijn, who was tapped to play another classic Star Trek character, Number One, a member of Pike’s crew.
Both are set to leave at the end of the season, we have learned.
According to sources close to the series, both Hell On Wheels alum Mount and Romijn had strictly one-year deals; the duo had been contracted only for Season 2 arcs as part of a plan to sync up Discovery with the original Star Trek lore by the end of the...
- 3/19/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, Deadline launches Hero Nation, a dedicated blog that will be spearheaded by Geoff Boucher. He’s the creator of Hero Complex, a long running, award winning blog that was part of the La Times and grew a rabid following. His new column will become a repository for superhero and genre subjects. It will be a mix of trade craft breaking stories, and fan-centric analysis covering two of the most lucrative segments of the film and TV businesses.
Boucher, who spent 21 years at Lat, has an encyclopedic knowledge of this terrain. Please get to know him or reacquaint with him as he takes on this new pursuit, because he’s going to be all over this stuff. — Mike Fleming...
Boucher, who spent 21 years at Lat, has an encyclopedic knowledge of this terrain. Please get to know him or reacquaint with him as he takes on this new pursuit, because he’s going to be all over this stuff. — Mike Fleming...
- 2/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Newbie screenwriters Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald have been hired to write The Trench, a screenplay that will act as a spinoff of Warner Bros and DC’s Aquaman. This is separate from an inevitable sequel to the original movie, which is awaiting a script that could entice director James Wan to return.
The original Aquaman is a smash hit that has grossed $1.1 billion worldwide to date, surpassing at the tail end of January The Dark Knight Rises as the highest-grossing DC film ever worldwide.
Deadline on Friday confirmed details of The Trench, as originally reported by THR. The film will have a horror-pic slant centered on The Trench, a relatively new creature in DC Comics mythology who appeared briefly in the first film attacking Jason Momoa’s superhero and Amber Heard’s Mera. It will be produced by Wan and Peter Safran, cost less to make than Aquaman and...
The original Aquaman is a smash hit that has grossed $1.1 billion worldwide to date, surpassing at the tail end of January The Dark Knight Rises as the highest-grossing DC film ever worldwide.
Deadline on Friday confirmed details of The Trench, as originally reported by THR. The film will have a horror-pic slant centered on The Trench, a relatively new creature in DC Comics mythology who appeared briefly in the first film attacking Jason Momoa’s superhero and Amber Heard’s Mera. It will be produced by Wan and Peter Safran, cost less to make than Aquaman and...
- 2/8/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 46th annual Annie Awards is happening tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, and Deadline is live-blogging all the toon merriment. We also will be updating the winners live. There are a hefty 32 categories to celebrate, but the pace usually is quick. so stay tuned.
How will tonight’s awards — presented by the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood — factor into a certain higher-profile trophy show happening in three weeks? Well, since the Academy Awards’ Best Animated Feature category was launched in 2002, 12 of the 17 winners of the Annies’ top feature prize – and five of the past seven — went on to claim Oscar gold. That includes last year’s big winner Coco, which won the Academy’s Animated Feature prize and added a Best Song Oscar to boot.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes in as the favorite, having swung through awards season and leaving its rivals generally pouting in their cels. The...
How will tonight’s awards — presented by the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood — factor into a certain higher-profile trophy show happening in three weeks? Well, since the Academy Awards’ Best Animated Feature category was launched in 2002, 12 of the 17 winners of the Annies’ top feature prize – and five of the past seven — went on to claim Oscar gold. That includes last year’s big winner Coco, which won the Academy’s Animated Feature prize and added a Best Song Oscar to boot.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes in as the favorite, having swung through awards season and leaving its rivals generally pouting in their cels. The...
- 2/3/2019
- by Geoff Boucher and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with memo to staff: DC Comics has laid off seven employees including two SVPs and a VP in a restructuring move, Deadline has confirmed. The cuts represent 3% of the company’s 240-employee workforce.
Among those let go today were Svp Art Director Mark Chiarello, Svp Sales Trade Marketing John Cunningham and VP consumer marketing Eddie Scannell.
In addition to the staff cuts at the publishing arm of DC Entertainment, Pam Lifford, President of Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences, said that DC’s editorial unit will continue to be run by Svp & Editor in Chief Bob Harras, who adds oversight of new initiatives and global publishing, editorial scheduling, and art direction. Also, Svp Manufacturing & Operations Alison Gill will continue to run the Production & Manufacturing unit.
Lifford also unveiled a new business unit, Publishing Support Services, which encompasses all departments that support the sales, marketing and promotion of DC’s books.
Among those let go today were Svp Art Director Mark Chiarello, Svp Sales Trade Marketing John Cunningham and VP consumer marketing Eddie Scannell.
In addition to the staff cuts at the publishing arm of DC Entertainment, Pam Lifford, President of Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences, said that DC’s editorial unit will continue to be run by Svp & Editor in Chief Bob Harras, who adds oversight of new initiatives and global publishing, editorial scheduling, and art direction. Also, Svp Manufacturing & Operations Alison Gill will continue to run the Production & Manufacturing unit.
Lifford also unveiled a new business unit, Publishing Support Services, which encompasses all departments that support the sales, marketing and promotion of DC’s books.
- 1/24/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
It was a melancholy milestone on Friday: Marvel Comics pioneer Stan Lee would have been celebrating his 96th birthday and likely basking in the achievement of Black Panther and The Avengers: Infinity War, which are about to finish 2018 as the year’s two top-grossing films. Both movies were (like so many superhero movies) based on Lee’s creations.
The publishing icon died Nov. 12 in Los Angeles as the comic book medium’s greatest ambassador and as Hollywood’s long-reigning King of Cameos. But in the 1960s, Lee was a relentless I.P. machine, churning out new signature Marvel characters almost by the month at times. It didn’t hurt that he was collaborating with legendary artists like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, John Buscema, Wally Wood, and Gene Colan.
Today, to spotlight Lee’s legacy, a look back at Lee’s creations ranked by their screen success in Hollywood,...
The publishing icon died Nov. 12 in Los Angeles as the comic book medium’s greatest ambassador and as Hollywood’s long-reigning King of Cameos. But in the 1960s, Lee was a relentless I.P. machine, churning out new signature Marvel characters almost by the month at times. It didn’t hurt that he was collaborating with legendary artists like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, John Buscema, Wally Wood, and Gene Colan.
Today, to spotlight Lee’s legacy, a look back at Lee’s creations ranked by their screen success in Hollywood,...
- 12/29/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s eighth annual The Contenders Los Angeles is underway this morning at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood. The sold-out invitation-only event began with a breakfast sponsored by Amazon Studios and continues all day, featuring a lunch sponsored by Annapurna Pictures and a post-event reception sponsored by Netflix.
Movie Academy and select guild members will see 17 studios present more than 30 films showcasing clips and onstage discussions with actors, directors, producers, writers and others who are were so integral to making these movies awards-worthy contenders. It’s essentially one-stop shopping for voters as they’ll hear firsthand the backstory of how these films got made from the people who made them.
Among the stars and filmmakers on hand Saturday: Bradley Cooper, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Rami Malek, Ryan Coogler, Damien Chazelle, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Amy Adams, Barry Jenkins, Hugh Jackman, Rosamund Pike, John Krasinski, Willem Dafoe and...
Movie Academy and select guild members will see 17 studios present more than 30 films showcasing clips and onstage discussions with actors, directors, producers, writers and others who are were so integral to making these movies awards-worthy contenders. It’s essentially one-stop shopping for voters as they’ll hear firsthand the backstory of how these films got made from the people who made them.
Among the stars and filmmakers on hand Saturday: Bradley Cooper, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Rami Malek, Ryan Coogler, Damien Chazelle, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Amy Adams, Barry Jenkins, Hugh Jackman, Rosamund Pike, John Krasinski, Willem Dafoe and...
- 11/3/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ll be seeing more of Ricardo Diaz on Arrow this season. Kirk Adevedo, who recurred last season as the drug kingpin and crime lord also known as Dragon, has been promoted to series regular for Season 7. It premieres October 15 on the CW.
A thorn in the side of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) in S6, Diaz saw Team Arrow launch an attack on him during the season finale in May, only to escape. FBI agent Samandra Watson vows to haul him in, however.
The character has a publishing history with roots that date back more than 40 years. In 1975, DC Comics started publishing a series called Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter, which featured a martial arts master who grew up as a thief but changed his ways. The series lasted a mere 18 issues. Jump forward to 2013, and a new fighter calling himself Dragon was introduced; he eventually was revealed to be...
A thorn in the side of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) in S6, Diaz saw Team Arrow launch an attack on him during the season finale in May, only to escape. FBI agent Samandra Watson vows to haul him in, however.
The character has a publishing history with roots that date back more than 40 years. In 1975, DC Comics started publishing a series called Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter, which featured a martial arts master who grew up as a thief but changed his ways. The series lasted a mere 18 issues. Jump forward to 2013, and a new fighter calling himself Dragon was introduced; he eventually was revealed to be...
- 10/12/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran journalist Geoff Boucher, best known for launching the Hero Complex column in the Los Angeles Times that built a vast following, has joined Deadline in the newly created post of Genre Editor. He will be based in Los Angeles and specialize in breaking news, features and analysis of “Comic-Con culture.” His stomping ground will encompass superhero fare, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and animation, the hottest film and television sectors in today’s Hollywood.
Boucher starts today and will report to Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr. and Nellie Andreeva.
“We hired Geoff after he wrote a feature for Deadline on the tenth anniversary of Iron Man, which launched our San Diego Comic-Con coverage and took a look back on the film that set the blueprint for Marvel’s decade of dominance,” Fleming said. “He reminded me why I liked that column of his so much. Geoff will write and edit...
Boucher starts today and will report to Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr. and Nellie Andreeva.
“We hired Geoff after he wrote a feature for Deadline on the tenth anniversary of Iron Man, which launched our San Diego Comic-Con coverage and took a look back on the film that set the blueprint for Marvel’s decade of dominance,” Fleming said. “He reminded me why I liked that column of his so much. Geoff will write and edit...
- 9/13/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Geoff Boucher, who earned the admiration of the geek set with the Hero Worship column he launched several years ago in the Los Angeles Times, kicks off Deadline’s San Diego Comic-Con with a look back at Iron Man, the film that distilled a superhero formula that would launch Marvel Studios to a $4.2 billion Disney deal and an unprecedented string of blockbusters in the decade that followed.
Disney-owned Marvel Studios’ geek influence is so profound that it is skipping San Diego Comic-Con, bypassing the mecca of superhero worship because it can afford to wait and promote its spectacles at Disney’s own D23 Expo. The most consistent cog in Disney’s unprecedented global movie dominance, Marvel’s three most recent blockbusters over a mere five months — Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp – grossed $3.7 billion, nearly matching the price Disney paid for Marvel in 2009, the year after Iron Man‘s release.
Disney-owned Marvel Studios’ geek influence is so profound that it is skipping San Diego Comic-Con, bypassing the mecca of superhero worship because it can afford to wait and promote its spectacles at Disney’s own D23 Expo. The most consistent cog in Disney’s unprecedented global movie dominance, Marvel’s three most recent blockbusters over a mere five months — Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp – grossed $3.7 billion, nearly matching the price Disney paid for Marvel in 2009, the year after Iron Man‘s release.
- 7/19/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
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