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Julianne Hough is taking a swing with Fox. The network has given a put-pilot script commitment to “One Hit Wendy,” a single-camera comedy featuring the “Dancing With the Stars” standout. The project centers on Wendy (Hough), who had one hit song when she was 18 and is now trying to help talented niece Jordan to avoid similar missteps in the the music industry. Also Read: Adrianne Palicki Was 'Devastated' Over Failed 'Wonder Woman' Pilot: 'We Were a Year' Too Soon Lesley Wake Webster (“Life in Pieces”) is writing and executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television series. Also executive producing are Hough,...

(Warning: Spoilers ahead for this week’s “The Orville”) Commander Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) wasn’t the only person with eyes for a certain blue-hued troublemaker on this week’s “The Orville.” Rob Lowe returned as the surprisingly seductive Darulio on Thursday’s episode, and not only did Kelly end up back in bed with him, but Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) also found himself unable to avoid the pheromones that Darulio was putting out. Also Read: Adrianne Palicki Was 'Devastated' Over Failed 'Wonder Woman' Pilot: 'We Were a Year' Too Soon Palicki appreciates that the episode helped...

This year’s “Wonder Woman” movie is one of 2017’s biggest pop-culture success stories, but NBC’s 2011 attempt at a show about the female superhero was not quite as lucky. Six years ago, Adrianne Palicki starred in a “Wonder Woman” pilot from David E. Kelley that did not get picked up to series despite generating a ton of buzz. “We were a year or two too soon,” Palicki told TheWrap about the TV effort presaging the theatrical dominion of superhero films. “It was right before the main pop of Marvel movies and television series. The movies out, but it wasn’t.

Will we get even more flashbacks in the second season of Jessica Jones? When will Jean Grey be returning to Marvel Comics? Is a Power Pack movie back in development? What does Adrianne Palicki have to say about her failed Wonder Woman pilot? Will Inhumans only be lasting for a single season? How did the […]

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2017-09-01T05:56:57-07:00Will 'Kingsman' Save the Summer for Hollywood?

The American box office went to sleep sometime in the middle of the summer, and it has yet to wake up. The summer season has seen a string of mediocre-to-awful film openings and no blockbuster debuts since Wonder Woman back in June, and ticket sales have been the worst Hollywood has experienced in decades. Hollywood has essentially given up on the remainder of the summer, opting not to release any movies nation-wide over the Labor Day weekend. The industry is holding out hope, though, for a couple of early-fall movies that may have a chance to lure moviegoers back to theaters.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn's cheeky spy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle is generating strong interest among moviegoers, according to early tracking.

The 20th Century Fox release is projected to open...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Leftovers, Gotham, The Bachelorette and Fargo!

1 | With Errin Hayes abruptly on the way out, Kevin Can Wait is totally going to make a widower out of its titular patriarch, right?

2 | Wasn’t it a small shame that American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World competitor Jessie Graff wasn’t able to wear her usual Wonder Woman outfit (right), last weekend of all weekends? Which unexpected misstep made you gasp more: Graff...

Okay, I’ll bite. The Green Lantern movie wasn’t the worst on-screen DC superhero project to come out of 2011. Especially when you compare it to the Wonder Woman unaired TV pilot. Starring Adrianne Palicki – yes, she of Agents of Shield – this was the brainchild of Ally McBeal creator David E. Kelley. So how […]

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It appears that Bobbi Morse’s (a.k.a. Mockingbird) days are through on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Deadline is reporting that the actress who plays Morse, one time Wonder Woman Adrianne Palicki, has joined the cast of Seth MacFarlane’s untitled space dramedy. In the show, Palicki plays Kelly, ex-wife of MacFarlane’s character, Ed, the pilot of a spaceship. Fox went straight to series with the program, ordering 13 episodes. Palicki had been a series regular on S.H.I.E.L.D., appearing on 31 total episodes. She and co-star Nick Blood had been targeted for a spin-off series, Marvel's Most Wanted, but that show never made it past the pilot stage before getting the kibosh from ABC. As for the MacFarlane series, that show is looking to kick off in the 2017-18 season.

Jessie Graff is in it to win it.

The Supergirl stuntwoman and American Ninja Warrior star will give the boys a run for their money during the Los Angeles finals – and People has an exclusive first look at Monday's episode.

As a "strong, athletic, and confident" woman, Graff, 32, swings on the trapeze (which has been increased in height by a foot), runs the escalator in perfect form, channels the ring jump backwards, climbs the high beam and, well, you'll have to watch to see the rest.

Graff, in a two-piece Wonder Woman costume, made history as the first woman to...

Jessie Graff is in it to win it. The Supergirl stuntwoman and American Ninja Warrior star will give the boys a run for their money during the Los Angeles finals - and People has an exclusive first look at Monday's episode. As a "strong, athletic, and confident" woman, Graff, 32, swings on the trapeze (which has been increased in height by a foot), runs the escalator in perfect form, channels the ring jump backwards, climbs the high beam and, well, you'll have to watch to see the rest. Graff, in a two-piece Wonder Woman costume, made history as the first woman...

It's grossly underestimated how athletic you need to be to become a stuntperson. This is especially true when you're doing stunts for some of the biggest superhero shows on television! Jessie Graff has been a stuntwoman on Supergirl, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and many other action films, and now she's an American Ninja Warrior!

Graff absolutely destroyed the new American Ninja Warrior course and became the first woman to do so! Congrats Jessie!

Side note: What's that Wonder Woman gear about?! Is she teasing another stunt cameo?! Thanks i09 for the heads up.

Jessie Graff is back – and she's channeling Wonder Woman!

The badass stuntwoman is competing in the eighth season of American Ninja Warrior. And, in an exclsive sneak peek at Wednesday's premiere, Graff gives the other competitors a run for their money.

The 32-year-old wears a two-piece Wonder Woman costume – including a red sports bra and a blue-and-white starred skirt – as she breezes through obstacles like the Floating Steps and the Ring Jump.

The repeat competitor returned to the competition in its seventh season after suffering a knee injury.

"No woman went farther than she did last season," the announcers say in the clip,...

Jessie Graff is back - and she's channeling Wonder Woman! The badass stuntwoman is competing in the eighth season of American Ninja Warrior. And, in an exclsive sneak peek at Wednesday's premiere, Graff gives the other competitors a run for their money. The 32-year-old wears a two-piece Wonder Woman costume - including a red sports bra and a blue-and-white starred skirt - as she breezes through obstacles like the Floating Steps and the Ring Jump.The repeat competitor returned to the competition in its seventh season after suffering a knee injury. "No woman went farther than she did last season,...

As much as we would love to hog the spotlight, it turns out that TVLine’s launch wasn’t the only buzzy entertainment moment of January 2011.

As our fifth birthday celebration continues, we’re looking back at the news stories about Castle, How I Met Your Mother, an unborn Game of Thrones and other shows that caused jaws to drop, eyes to roll and heads to be scratched at or around the time of our grand entrance.

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From David E. Kelley’s tried-and-failed (and tried, and failed) Wonder Woman reboot,...

Adrianne Palicki is getting her own Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off. But before the great superhero TV boom, she was supposed to star in a Wonder Woman show that never took off. Adrianne Palicki deserves deserves that show. She made it through season two of Friday Night Lights. She made it through this painfully awkward interview. Give her anything she wants.

Celebrated director Jean-Marc Vallee is currently in talks to helm at least the opening episode of the upcoming limited series Big Little Lies for HBO. The filmmaker, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Film Editing for his 2013 film Dallas Buyer’s Club, will be following up such projects as The Young Victoria and Wild with this literary adaptation – the rights to which were snapped up by the respective production companies of Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, with a view to creating a project in which they would star.

The 2014 novel, Big Little Lies, was written by Australian author Liane Moriarty, and became an instant hit on publication last year. It is a dark comedy, focused on three kindergarten mothers whose lives spiral out of control when the School Trivia Night at Pirriwee Public Primary School descends into a riot, leaving one parent dead. Mystery,...

The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer hit and I know most people are going to focus on the Batman and Superman part, and for sure there are some easter eggs and tidbits I want to get into at a later date but as a person who is definitely going to watch the movie but wasn’t really moved by the teaser released earlier in the year, it was really Wonder Woman that stole the trailer for me.

I guess it’s not exactly shocking that a guy would zero in on Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, and while she’s sexy as hell, and that’s part of it, but I’m more coming at it from a perspective of I’ve never seen Wonder Woman in a movie before and, like everyone else, seen a ton, maybe too many Superman and Batman movies. For this reason I...

Thousands of colourful fans are descending upon San Diego this week for the biggest date in the geek calendar, as Comic-Con 2015 will begin tomorrow (July 9).

As with every year, there are plenty of things happening to get ridiculously excited about, whether you're actually there dressed up as Wonder Woman or you're at home awaiting the news and videos as they come in.

Comic-Con 2015: Everything we know so far

Digital Spy is in San Diego to give you the latest updates, but here are just a few highlights to look out for (all times are GMT):

1. Batman v Superman takes centre stage

When: Saturday, 6.30pm (visit Digital Spy for our live blog)

With Marvel deciding to stay home this year, the Warner Bros panel is arguably the biggest ticket around. Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be the main attraction, with Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck,...

Superheroes are indeed all the rage on the small screen, and CBS is getting into the game for the upcoming 2015-16 TV season with Supergirl. Per the folks at TV Line, the network has picked up the DC Comics adaptation to series after getting a look at the pilot executive produced by Greg Berlanti, who is also behind sister network The CW’s Arrow and The Flash. The series stars Melissa Benoist (Glee) as Kara Zor-El, aka “Supergirl”, and picks up with the character at the age of 24. She’s been hiding her powers since first arriving on Earth from Krypton years ago, but finally decides to embrace her abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Ali Adler (Chuck) wrote the pilot and serve as executive producers for the show, which also stars Mechad Brooks (Desperate Housewives), Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal), Chyler Leigh...

Daredevil moonlighting as Batman? For some actors, one comic book character isn’t enough, nor is one comic publisher. Some actors have jumped the fence between Marvel and DC, playing characters from both companies.

Marvel and DC may have a rivalry going, but that doesn’t stop them from hiring actors who’ve previously worked for the competition. Below is a list of nine actors who’ve portrayed characters from both comic book publishers.

Ryan Reynolds

For Marvel: His first foray into the super hero realm was as Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004). Later, he joined Hugh ‘Wolverine’ Jackman as part of the X-franchise, taking on the role of the mutant Wade “Deadpool” Wilson in X-Men: Origins-Wolverine (2009). He is set to recreate this role in Deadpool (2016)

For DC: He got his big opportunity for super hero stardom playing the cosmic hero with the power ring in Green Lantern (2011). Sadly, that...

Adrianne Palicki had one shot at superhero stardom on TV when she nabbed the lead role in a Wonder Woman pilot. That show never made it to series, however. But she ended up as a regular on the second season of Marvel’s Agents of Shield, and now she’s one of the two leads of the developing Shield […]

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The greatest movies never made is up for debate. Depending on your cinematic oeuvre, you might be more inclined to champion Vincent Ward’s ‘wooden planet’ concept for Alien 3. Or Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman. For some fans, there’s only one unmade movie to contest. A movie that over the years has accrued such mystery and intrigue that the story of its unmaking has now been turned into a documentary: The Death Of Superman Lives: What Happened?

In case the spoiler-ridden title didn’t clue you in, the Jon Schnepp-directed piece revolves around Tim Burton’s Superman Lives reboot that never saw the light of day. Burton cast Nicolas Cage as the former resident of Krypton and completely rewrote the lore of the iconic character. The somewhat iconoclastic approach to Superman was considered a major departure from Burton’s earlier work on WB’s Batman movies, and...

On Friday afternoon, CBS released the first full-length shot of Melissa Benoist’s Supergirl costume, eliciting a flurry of both approving cheers and judgmental jeers (plus one awesomely ridiculous anecdote from Arrow‘s Stephen Amell).

RelatedSupergirl Casts the Heroic Helen Slater and Dean Cain in Top-Secret Roles

So in the spirit of reacting to stuff on the Internet, TVLine is inviting you to play a game of Project Runway: Comic Edition, in which we present four of the most recent, buzziest female costume reveals and you chime in with your critiques, both in terms of fashion and function.

Thanks to the hard work of two YouTube users and presumed superhero fanboys named Alex Luthor and MR8866, today brings one of the most thrilling and well-made fan videos that has come along in many months. Their so-called “Marvel V. DC Epic Trailer” lives up to its title, delivering a fluid and sprawling compilation of footage from all the big superhero movies, TV shows and video games.

In the trailer, which you can check out below, Hawkeye crosses bows with the Green Arrow, the Flash races up a building to take on Ghost Rider, Batman takes aim at Iron Man and Wonder Woman (Adrianne Palicki, from the unaired TV pilot) races into combat. Also in the mix: Rocket Raccoon, the Green Lantern, Thor, Superman, Captain America, Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Wolverine, Loki, the Joker, Black Canary, Black Widow, Deathstroke, the Winter Soldier, Storm, Iceman, Colossus, Deadpool (getting ripped apart by bullets,...

A fan-made trailer has been released showing a clash between the heroes of DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

The cleverly edited video sees the Avengers and Justice League face off when their realities collide.

It features fights between Thor and Superman, the Hulk and Wonder Woman, and Deadpool and Deathstroke, as well as a meeting between Iron Man and Batman.

The video features clips from Arrow, The Flash, Adrianne Palicki's Wonder Woman pilot, Avengers: Age of Ultron and many more films, television shows and video games.

The Sony leaks recently revealed that an Avengers/Spider-Man crossover had been seriously considered.

The characters of the 'Big Two' publishers famously clashed in Kurt Busiek and George Pérez's 2003-04 miniseries Jla/Avengers.

The massive cinematic universes of Marvel and DC will likely never converge on the big screen, since both are housed at different studios. Marvel and Disney control several of their own comic book properties, along with Sony and 20th Century Fox), while Warner Bros. is adapting the DC comic books for the big screen. Though, it's always fun to speculate would might happen if some sort of blockbuster deal were worked out. A new fan-made trailer gives us an explosive look at the action that might ensue should these two worlds collide! Alex Luthor made this non-profit video "purely for fun," which features over three and a half minutes filled with spliced together footage from several superhero adventures on both sides of the comic book spectrum.

The Marvel side is represented by Marvel's The Avengers, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk,...

While Marvel Studios has done an incredible job building their own cinematic universe, and DC Comics is in the midst of doing the same thing at Warner Bros., it's pretty much a guarantee that we'll never see the comic book giants go head-to-head on the big screen in the same movie, even though they've done so in the comic books. But one fan, Alex Luthor, has decided to mash-up both of the comic book worlds into an epic trailer (via Toybox). With some clever editing, this is one fantastic, epic trailer that now makes me want the impossible. Iron Man fighting Batman, Wonder Woman fighting Hulk, and much more. Watch below! Here's the incredible Marvel vs. DC trailer from Alex Luthor (again, thanks to Toybox): You'll notice that footage doesn't just use the Marvel and DC movies, but also some TV shows like "Arrow" and "The Flash," even the...

Sneak Peek "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." actress Adrianne Palicki as DC Comics' 'Wonder Woman' in the never-aired 2011 NBC "Wonder Woman" TV pilot, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Jeffrey Reiner:

Cast includes Adrianne Palicki as 'Diana Themyscira', Elizabeth Hurley as 'Veronica Cale', Tracie Thoms as 'Etta Candy', Pedro Pascal as 'Ed Indelicato', Cary Elwes as 'Henry Detmer' and Justin Bruening as 'Steve Trevor'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Wonder Woman"...

ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Tuesdays at 9/8c) dialed it up to 11 with the addition of Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, played by Friday Night Lights alum Adrianne Palicki. The elite undercover operative (code name: Mockingbird) joined the team just in time, as all hands are needed on deck as Coulson & Co. labor to temper the Hydra threat, as well as crack that confounding alien code.

Palicki spoke with TVLine about tackling the Marvel-ous role, Bobbi’s “complicated” past with Lance Hunter (and possible history with an archer Avenger) and her recent three-pronged attack on screens big and small.

Tvline | I happened...

A black superhero! A female superhero! Wizards and aliens, oh my!

It’s Marvel Christmas in October! Usually we’re annoyed when people get into the holiday spirit before Halloween, but in this case we’re willing to forgive Marvel. Most because of the bounty of presents they’ve given us: Last week, they release the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, and today, well, So. Much. More.

Watch: Marvel unveils the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige unveiled the studio’s entire Phase 3 slate Tuesday during an event at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. Following next year’s Age of Ultron (May 1, 2015), we will see:

July 17, 2015: Ant-Man

May 6, 2016: Captain America: Civil War

Nov. 4, 2016: Doctor Strange

May 5, 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy 2

July 28, 2017: Thor: Ragnarok

Nov. 3, 2017: Black Panther

May 4, 2018: Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1

July 6, 2018: Captain Marvel

Nov. 2, 2018: Inhumans...

Former Wonder Woman star Linda Carter offers her views about what DC/Warner Bros. should do with the new Wonder Woman, who will be played by Gal Gadot. Carter thinks the new Wonder Woman should have “heart” and “humor”.

There haven’t been as many live action versions of Wonder Woman as there have been of Superman or Batman. In fact there have been only three. (Cathy Lee Crosby, Linda Carter and Adrianne Palicki) Even the Black Canary has had more actresses play her. (Lori Loughlin on Birds of Prey, Alaina Huffman on Smallville, Caity Lotz on Arrow, and even Danuta Rylko Soderman on Legends of the Super Heroes.) And of the three women who’ve portrayed the Amazon Princess, only one has played her more than once. That one would be Linda Carter, who starred on the Wonder Woman TV series from 1975-79. For a generation of fans, she...

Welcome To Issue 68!

If This Is Your First Time Here: Welcome! This is my weekly column where I talk about superhero movie/TV news, rumors, and speculation.

This Week: We're not done sighing and looking into the future this week as it becomes immediately apparent I'll be writing these weekly columns about superhero movies until I die in the zombie apocalypse, which I'll hate because Walking Dead is over-rated garbage. That plus: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. shows Marvel's only progressive win.

I guess it’s best to start at the beginning for this week, and the beginning is the long view.

You and many others have probably stumbled across the infographic created by Comics Alliance’s graphic designer Dylan Todd who consolidated the upcoming slate of superhero movies over the next few years.

Sure, all of these entries might not be as exciting as the others.

Big Hero 6, the first...

Former "Friday Night Lights" star Adrianne Palicki has had multiple brushes with superhero fame -- she appeared in that weird "Aquaman" pilot thing, and played Wonder Woman herself in the David E. Kelley pilot a few years back. Now, Palicki is ready to show off her latest alter ego on "Marvel's Agents of Shield," where her character Bobbi Morse has been revealed as the secret identity of super spy Mockingbird. New photos have appeared over at Marvel.com which show off Palicki's new hi-tech espionage duds.  It may look different from the comic book versions, but costume designer Ann Foley had her reasons for changing the template. See Bobbi Morse in her full tactical suit in action in next week's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," airing Tuesday, October 28 at 9:00 p.m. Et on ABC. But that's not all. Next week's episode of "Agents of Shield" will also include a teaser...

Adrianne Palicki is no stranger to superheroes, but has she ever looked this badass in a comic-inspired costume before? The Friday Night Lights veteran played Wonder Woman in NBC's 2011 ill-fated pilot about the iconic DC Comics character, but the project never made it to series despite plenty of headlines over the costume with its strange-looking pants. Now Palicki is playing a new breed of a hero, a S.H.I.E.L.D. spy, on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and she's got the appropriate new duds to go with the kick-butt role of Bobbi Morse aka Mockingbird. Still, Palicki looks back at her time as Wonder Woman fondly. Although we can't help but think she kind of lucked out…at least where superhero...

A review of tonight's "Marvel's Agents of Shield" coming up just as soon as I maintain my cover as Ron Burgundy... Operation: Improve "Agents of Shield" has been working in two fronts this season. The main, and most important one, has been creating more interesting contexts for the pre-existing characters like Coulson, Fitz and Ward. At the same time, the show is introducing a lot of new characters on both the Shield and Hydra side of things. Some are still fairly minor in the scheme of things — Mac's primary function this week is to let Fitz subconsciously ogle his superhuman physique — but on the whole, the show has nicely balanced new and old, so that the show feels densely populated, but not too busy. It helps when you have some excellent actors like Kyle MacLachlan and Adrianne Palicki involved. Palicki's long been a superheroine-in-waiting — one of the worst things about...

Since the announcement that fan favorite Mockingbird (a comic book Avenger) would be joining this season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D fans have looked forward to seeing how one time Wonder Woman, Adrianne Palicki, would portray the character. Check out the (eventual) superhero's introduction in next week's episode "A Hen in the Wolf House"! "A Hen in the Wolf House" - Coulson's team is up against the beautiful and deadly Bobbi Morse--Security Chief for Hydra. Meanwhile, Skye's father forces Raina to reunite him with his daughter at any cost, on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tuesday, October 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz...

Well here's a little surprise. Eddie Murphy doesn't work often, and when he does, it's usually in his comedy wheelhouse. And thus he goes down the drama road even less, but just like that, the actor has joined the next untitled movie from Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Breaker Morant"). He replaces Samuel L. Jackson, playing "a cook who is hired by a dying man to prepare meals for his girlfriend and her daughter when he passes." The script is from Susan McMartin ("Californication," "Two And A Half Men") and production begins next month. [If] Gal Gadot is suddenly the woman of the hour. Now part of Warner Bros. DC universe as Wonder Woman, she's on Hollywood's radar in a big way, and has been cast in Timur Bekmambetov's "Ben-Hur" remake. She joins Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, and Morgan Freeman, taking the role of love interest Esther. Meanwhile, Pedro Pascal,...

Pedro Pascal and Gal Gadot are definitely on the rise. Pascal joined the cast of "Game of Thrones" last year and quickly made Oberyn Martell one of the best characters on a show already filled with great characters. Gadot is about to play the premiere female superhero Wonder Woman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and the just announced standalone Wonder Woman and two-part Justice League films. Well, both actors are circling the forthcoming Ben-Hur remake, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, to add to their resumes. Pascal will play Pontius Pilate, and Gadot will take on the role of Esther, a slave who is Ben-Hur's love interest. The cast already includes Jack Huston as the titular prince betrayed into slavery, Toby Kebbell as his betrayer, and Morgan Freeman as probably someone wise. I do not understand why this story needs to be told again. The 1959 version, starring Charlton Heston,...

Following the barrage of news about Warner Bros. Pictures' release plans for their DC Comics big screen ventures, which included a 2017 release date for Wonder Woman, the star of the female superhero flick  is lining up another lead role before she has to whip out her lasso again. THR has word that Gal Gadot is in early talks to take the female lead role in Paramount and MGM's co-production of Ben-Hur, a new adaptation of the classic Lew Wallace novel of the same name from 1880. Jack Huston has already taken the lead role of the Jewish prince betrayed by his friend Messala (Toby Kebbell) and now the cast is filling out. Gadot would play Esther, a slave that Ben-Hur falls in love with on his journey, but a deal isn't done yet. Also in talks for a role, according to Deadline, is last season's fan favorite "Game of Thrones" star...

Gal Gadot is racking up one high profile role after another. Our future “Wonder Woman” is in early talks for Esther, the female lead in the upcoming “Ben’Hur.” Meanwhile, “Game of Thrones” breakout star Pedro Pascal is also joining the film, eyeing the role of Pontius Pilate. The film is based on “Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” a 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. The drama follows Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a nobleman wrongly accused of a crime and ending up a slave for years, because his best friend Messala (Toby Kebbell) betrays him. He returns for vengeance for the [...]

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Maybe the world doesn’t really need another Ben-Hur, but if it has to have one it may as well feature an intriguing cast. Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, and Morgan Freeman signed on for the Timur Bekmambetov-directed epic last month, and future Wonder Woman Gal Gadot nabbed the female lead yesterday. As of today, the latest addition to the cast […]

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Wonder Woman and the Red Viper might be joining Timur Bekmambetov's Ben-hur. It's being reported Gal Gadot (Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice) and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal are in talks for lead roles in the upcoming movie. According to THR, Gadot is in early negotiations to play Esther, a slave Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) falls in love with, and Deadline has learned Paramount and MGM want Pascal to play Pontius Pilate in the remake. In the 1959 Charlton Heston film, Esther was played...

Just hours after we reported Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is in talks for the female lead in MGM's Ben-Hur, Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal is now in talks to play Pontius Pilate.

Pontius Pilate plays a significant part in the Ben-Hur remake, which will be much more faithful to Lew Wallace's original 1880 novel, which told the parallel tale of Jesus Christ alongside Ben-Hur's story. In the Bible, Pontius Pilate is the prefect from Judea who oversaw the trial of Jesus Christ and ordered his crucifixion.

Jack Huston is playing the title character, who was betrayed by his longtime friend Messalla (Toby Kebbell), and sold into slavery. Morgan Freeman plays Ben-Hur's new mentor, who teaches him to become a chariot racer, a skill which will come in handy during the epic chariot race towards the end of this remake, mirroring the original Ben-Hur's iconic finale.

This morning, we heard news that MGM’s remake of the 1959 swords-n-sandals epic, Ben-Hur, had nearly bagged itself a leading lady. Wonder Woman Gal Gadot might be signing on the dotted line to join a cast that so far, consists entirely of chaps. And now we can add another bloke to the ever-expanding call sheet, as Game Of Thrones star Pedro Pascal is also in negotiations for a juicy role.

Earlier this year, Pascal fought valiantly as Oberyn Martell in season four of HBO’s medieval fantasy series. His showiest moment alas came during his last scene, as he fought the hulking monstrosity known as The Mountain. He was an immensely likeable character and it’s a shame we won’t see him return to Westeros. However, if he signs on for Ben-Hur, he’ll still be kitted out in the finest period garb as he’s slated to play Pontius Pilate.

To date, we have seen some big screen characters make appearances on ABC's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. like Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif, but we have yet to see characters originating on the small screen jumping to the feature film world. That could change though and we may know who the first contender could be. Adrianne Palicki, best known for parts on the small screen Friday Night Lights and the failed Wonder Woman pilot as well as the big screen G.I. Joe:...

The Supergirl TV show is officially a “go”. We heard a couple of weeks ago that Arrow and The Flash executive producer Greg Berlanti was developing a possible TV series based on the DC comics heroine, and now Deadline reports that CBS has given a big series commitment to Supergirl. The drama will be written by Berlanti and Ali Adler (The New Normal, No Ordinary Family), with Adler also acting as an executive producer on the series. Apparently CBS’ straight-to-series commitment is bigger than the one Fox recently gave to the upcoming Gotham, which is a prequel of sorts to the Batman storyline. This continues the expansion of comic book adaptation fever into the TV world, which is becoming more and more crowded with small screen iterations of famous superheroes. More on Supergirl after the jump. For those unfamiliar, the character of Supergirl was introduced in the comics world in 1959. She is,...

Probably the most exciting Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2 announcement to come out of San Diego Comic Con a while back was the casting of former Wonder Woman Adrianne Palicki as major Marvel superheroine, Mockingbird. Since that though, we haven't heard much about how Bobbi Morse is expected to be introduced, or what the long-term plans for the character are. In an interview with Cbr, showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen give us some idea of what we can expect. "Well, we're very excited to have the beloved character, Mockingbird, on the show. Adrianne Palicki was a perfect fit for the role. She was someone we pictured from the beginning. It's thrilling to have a nice, sort of skilled, sexy spy in the mix. And I think with the handful of characters that we have added to the show, it's just to illustrate what the new S.H.I.E.L.

Welcome To Issue 61!

If This Is Your First Time Here: Welcome! This is my weekly column where I talk about superhero movie news, rumors and speculation to the detriment of no one. It usually has spoilers. Not so much this week.

This Week: DC does some good things with TV that make them win the week as Marvel gears up for a month of marketing to your children. Plus, The Rock says who he's playing in the Dcu and my power went out so I'm writing this all from my phone. Fun!

Clark! Clark Kent!

One of the things I liked most in terms of changed Man of Steel made to the superhero mythology of Superman is that Lois Lane knows Kal-El first and Clark Kent second. It really, really helps with keeping this world semi-grounded in reality while still allowing Clark to wander around with glasses on, utterly fooling fools about his true identiy.

Actress Adrianne Palicki, the former 'Wonder Woman' for producer David E. Kelly's TV pilot of the same name, has been cast in the second season of "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." as Marvel Comics' character 'Bobbi Morse', aka 'Mockingbird':

The character 'Mockingbird' debuted in a 'Ka-Zar' story in Marvel's "Astonishing Tales" #6 (June 1971) written by Gerry Conway and illustrated by Barry Smith.

In subsequent publications, creators including Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Neal Adams, Mike Friedrich, Archie Goodwin, George Evans, Steven Grant and Mark Gruenwald also made significant contributions to the development of the character.

Mockingbird appeared as a regular character throughout the 2010-2013 New Avengers series, from issue #1 (August 2010) through its final issue #34 (January 2013).

While she has no superpowers, Mockingbird is a trained 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' agent who graduated at the top of her class, proficient in several forms of...

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Adrianne Palicki will be joining the cast of Marvel’s Agents of Shield as Bobbi Morse, better known as Mockingbird. The character has no superpowers, but was given a serum increasing her strength. Given the existence of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe it seems reasonable to assume that the two serums may be related.

Palicki has starred in GI Joe: Retaliation, and was almost cast as Wonder Woman in a failed 2011 TV series. She is clearly no stranger to the genre, so her inclusion could provide an impetus to further ignite the series. Mockingbird is not a major comic book star, but by using the character in the TV series Marvel could be testing the water in order to discover how audiences react to the more obscure characters.

Marvel has intentions to expand its universe by introducing new characters on the smaller screen, preventing the need...