Tatiana Maslany Cast as She-Hulk
Actor Tatiana Maslany has been cast in the lead role of Marvel/Disney's She-Hulk series, according to an exclusive report from Deadline. Maslany is best known for being the multiple-lead in the BBC series Orphan Black, and has recently been seen on HBO's Perry Mason show as a mercurial evangelist. The show is being developed for Disney+.
Lucifer 5 Tops Streaming Rating
The DC/Vertigo show Lucifer, which recently returned to Netflix for season 5, has topped the Nielsen ratings chart for streaming programming the week of August 17 to August 23. The entire series saw almost 1.6 billion minutes of viewing, putting it slightly ahead of the #2 show, The Legend of Korra. The Umbrella Academy, which held the number one position for the previous two weeks slipped to the #3 spot with a little more that 1 billion minutes of screen time.
The Batman is Back in Business
Variety reports that work has resumed on director Matt Reeves' superhero pic The Batman. Work had resumed and abruptly stopped again weeks ago when leading man Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19. The actor has apparently been cleared to return to work after undergoing quarantine. The production had continued with non-filming tasks such as set construction in the actor's absence.
