Isle of the Dead Retitled as Dead City
The Maggie/Negan spin-off of The Walking Dead has a new title. According to EW.com the show will now debut under the title The Walking Dead: Dead City.
AMC TV announced the series back in March with the title Isle of The Dead, and even released some key art with that verbiage.
The series will find Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in an uneasy alliance, navigating a post-walker Manhattan island that has been abandoned by all but the worst of humanity. It is set to debut next year.
Plunder Comic Optioned For Film Development
Deadline reports that the Archaia Comics/Boom! Studios title Plunder may be raiding movie theaters in the future.
Producers Miles Koules and Oren Koules have optioned the film rights from comics creator Jonathan "Swifty" Lang for development under their Koulest Productions banner. The comic involves a gang of Somali pirates who raid a Chineses research vessel and stumble upon a monstrous nightmare.
Ethan Teller (Jar of Fools) is writing the script. Alec Gillis (Prey) is attached to oversee visual effects via his Studio Gillis.
The Boys 4 Add Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Fan-fave actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan is joining the cast of Prime Video's breakout series The Boys.
Morgan, known for his work on The Walking Dead and Watchmen, is up for a recurring guest role in season four, which is currently in production. The social campaign for the series shared the news on twitter earlier today.
The name or nature of his character has not been revealed.
The Umbrella Academy Gets Final Season
Deadline reports that Netflix has given the greenlight to a fourth season of The Umbrella Academy. Scripts have apparently been written for what will be the final run of the streamers successful superhero track.
Core cast members Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, David Castaneda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, Justin Min, Ritu Arya and Colm Feore are all expected to return.
Season three wrapped with the world saved (once again) but the characters emerging in a new timeline where Reginald Hargreeves appears to be a hyper-successful Lex Luthor-esque mogul, and the siblings have no super-powers.
Aquaman, Shazam Release Dates Pushed
Warner Bros. Discovery have pushed the release dates on two major DC Extended Universe titles, according to Deadline.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods had been slated for December 21 of this year. It is now rescheduled for March 17 of next year. The move is, in part, to get the move out of the way of Avatar: The Way of Water. It also fills the empty spot left by the next rescheduling.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom had previously inhabited that March date. However, the film needs more time to polish up its post-production effects, and is now kicked out to December 25, 2023.
