Following the massive wave of positive buzz HBO’s Lanterns series has received after its first two episodes, principal photography on DC Studios’ Man of Tomorrow has officially wrapped. Director James Gunn confirmed the milestone on social media today, marking the completion of production on the second feature film under his newly minted DC Universe slate.…
While the internet remains hyper-focused on every casting leak, rumor, and rewrite coming out of HBO’s upcoming decade-long Harry Potter television reboot—including the recent news of Kit Harington stepping in as Gilderoy Lockhart for Season 2 after Nicholas Hoult’s departure—the most significant Wizarding World update today didn’t originate from a TV studio press release. It…
When audiences think of screen villains that haunted a generation, Tim Curry’s terrifying performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s IT is often the first image that comes to mind. His razor-sharp grin, guttural chuckle, and menacing magnetism proved that a performer could terrifyingly command the screen without…
When HBO officially announced Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart for Season 2 of its Harry Potter series, the collective online reaction wasn’t applause—it was friction. Between fans exhausted by seeing Hoult attached to every major franchise (from Lex Luthor in DC’s Man of Tomorrow to Nosferatu) and online pushback surrounding the project’s executive producer, the…
The new HBO series Lanterns didn’t just have the monumental job of showcasing what James Gunn’s new DCU is capable of on television; it also had to completely distance itself from the empty CGI cosmic spectacle, lazy tropes, and cringe humor that ruined Ryan Reynolds’ 2011 Green Lantern movie. By adopting a grounded, “cop show”…
