Spider-Man Noir Series at Amazon Enlists ‘The Punisher’s’ Steve Lightfoot as Co-Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE)

Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse is set to wrap up Sony’s acclaimed Spider-Verse trilogy.The upcoming third entry is touted as the concluding chapter following Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and 2018’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.Shameik Moore leads the film’s voice cast as Miles Morales, alongside Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Velez, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya and Oscar Isaac.At the time of writing (December 18), the highly-anticipated sequel is undated. The film was originally scheduled for March 29, 2024, but it was delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, as the voice cast were unable to complete dialogue recording in time.Following the strike’s conclusion in November, Christopher Miller confirmed production on Beyond The Spider-Verse is underway during a post-screening Q&A in December.“We’re in production,” Miller said.

Ava DuVernay and Michael Mann go way back. In 2003, DuVernay was a publicist on the set of Mann’s “Collateral.” Watching the auteur shoot in her old stomping grounds of East Los Angeles gave her the idea to pick up the camera. “That made me think, ‘Wow, this is possible,’” recalls DuVernay, sitting opposite the Oscar-nominated Mann to discuss where their careers have taken them in the 20 years since.

The Darkness has performed their version of ‘Don’t Let The Bells End’ with a 12-piece choir – watch the footage below.‘Don’t Let The Bells End’ was The Darkness’ bid at the 2003 Christmas Number One (sadly Gary Jules beat them to the top spot with ‘Mad World’).Originally recorded at Abbey Road studios as an epic rock ballad complete with jingle bells and a children’s choir, The Darkness have honoured the track for its 20th birthday with a particularly festive performance.Playing the track on the Jo Whiley BBC Radio 2 show at BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, frontman Justin Hawkins appeared with an appropriately glittery red guitar and a 12-piece choir to perform the song.“Thank you so much to the wonderful Jo Whiley and her fantastic BBC Radio 2 team for having us and of course to Mark Delisser’s angelic sounding 12 piece choir,” wrote the band on social media. “Beautiful.” Take a look below:Recently, Justin Hawkins has opened up about his regret over The Darkness’ split.

Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds are playfully dragging each other online again.

A Hotel and Spa in Cheshire has been awarded the AA Best UK Spa Award.

A concert featuring a huge line-up of artists will be held in Manchester next year to raise money to fight food poverty - and it’s going to be hosted by football royalty.

UPDATED, 8:15 AM: Amid all the turmoil in the MCU of late, Disney now has one less battle to fight.

Mancunians say Chanel's huge glitzy fashion show - which saw international spotlight thrown onto the city - has stoked their sense of civic pride.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Andrew Garfield spoke to an audience rich in Spider-Man fans about his career at the Red Sea Film Festival Thursday, sitting alongside Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation CEO Mohammed Al Turki. The two have known each other since Garfield starred in Ramin Bahrani’s 2014 drama “99 Homes,” which Al Turki produced. “I’m currently out of work,” Garfield quipped.

Chris Garneau is one of the rising stars in music we’re excited about, and Just Jared wants to give readers an opportunity to get to know him!

Masters of the Air, a new series set for Apple TV+ from executive producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman.The limited series comes to the streamer next year and stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Academy Award-nominee Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa.Apple TV+ will release the first two episodes of its nine-episode season on Friday, January 26, followed by one new episode every Friday through March 15, 2024.Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, and scripted by John Orloff, “Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of Hitler’s Third Reich, is at the heart of “Masters of the Air.” Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all.Ranging in location from the bucolic fields and villages of southeast England, to the harsh deprivations of a German prisoner-of-war camp, and depicting a unique and crucial time in world history, Masters of the Air is said to be enormous in both scale and scope.

Since first arriving on our screens in the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, Coronation Street star Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola have delighted viewers week after week with their sensational performances. But while their constantly improving dance technique has been the source of much public interest, it’s the couple’s love lives that have really gotten fans talking, with several viewers believing a romance could have blossomed between the pair thanks to their sizzling chemistry.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has urged his team to dominate possession this evening when they host Chelsea in the Premier League.

What do you do when you want to expand the “Spider-Man” film and TV franchise, but you don’t actually have the ability to use Spider-Man? Well, you make a variety of spinoff films and TV shows and hope people ignore the fact that B-level characters are the stars and the one character everyone wants to see is never showing up. So far, for Sony, that has led to mixed results.

Steve Lightfoot, known for his work on Apple’s Shantarum and Netflix’s The Punisher, has signed on as co-showrunner on Amazon‘s live-action Spider-Man Noir series based on the Marvel comic, Deadline has confirmed.

As the nail-biting Strictly Come Dancing quarter-finals kicked off on Saturday night, eagle-eyed viewers will no doubt have noticed the absence of one couple in particular Nigel Harman and Katya Jones, as only four couples appeared on stage to start the show. Addressing their absence, show host Claudia Winkleman explained: “Now, as you can see, we only have four couples.

Is a sequel to “Spider-Man: No Way Home” imminent? Not according to Tom Holland, reports Deadline. And that’s because writers haven’t written a decent enough story idea to greenlight another movie.

ABC-7 Eyewitness News that aired Thursday, Huffman, 60, broke her silence about her role in the wide ranging criminal conspiracy, which was dubbed “Varsity Blues.”In it, wealthy parents of high school students — including celeb moms Huffman and Lori Loughlin — were charged with using bribery, cheating and fraud to fake their kids’ way into elite colleges. “People assume that I went into this looking for a way to cheat the system and making proverbial criminal deals in back alleys, but that was not the case. I worked with a highly recommended college counselor named Rick Singer,” Huffman said, referring to the ringleader of the scheme, who was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison in January.

Spider-Man film, saying it would “have to be worth the while of the character”.The actor has portrayed the superhero in three standalone movies: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).During a recent press conference with the Critics Choice Association, Holland said he would only return to play the webslinger (aka Peter Parker) if the writers and team involved could do the character justice.“All I can say is that we have been actively engaging in conversations about what it could potentially look like for a fourth rendition of my character,” he explained (via Variety). “Whether or not we can find a way to do justice to the character is another thing.”Holland continued: “I feel very protective over Spider-Man.

Three Spider-Men raced to save the day in 2021′s Spider-Man: No Way Home, and we can tell you which of them has the highest net worth.