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Deadline reports Jacob Tremblay has joined Peter Dinklage in the cast of the upcoming Toxic Avenger reboot. According to a synopsis, the remake follows “a struggling everyman who is pushed into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.” Presumably, Tremblay has been cast as Toxie’s son. Shazam: Fury of the Gods In light of casting rumors sparked by speculative Shazam fans who’ve noticed Zachary Levi is now following Eiz...

LINE OF DUTY (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Newbies to this much-loved British police procedural (now in its sixth season) may find it takes a little while to learn the lingo, but persevere, and you’ll find cracking drama amongst the seemingly scrupulous attention to detail. These are stories where often the crime comes secondary to the law enforcers’ conduct or potential corruption and where you’ll find your impressions of guilt and innocence change many times over the course of a series. Even before the end of episode one, there’s enough doubt, suspicion and potential bias laid before the audie...

CinemaBlend This weekend, HBO will introduce audiences to a new fantasy world with The Nevers, the latest blockbuster series created by Joss Whedon (who left the show last year). Centered around "a group of Victorian women who discover unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a desire to change the world," as the logline notes, The Nevers will be another genre-bending TV event, particularly with the adult-friendly paid cable company constantly on the search for their next Game of Thrones. Certainly, if the show does well, The Nevers could boost the profile of its notable cast, which inc...

Kicking butt in corsets and slaying with parasols, Victorian sci-fi drama “The Nevers” arrives under, or at least alongside, a cloud: Creator Joss Whedon, who left the series in November citing exhaustion, has been the subject of multiple allegations since last summer of creating an abusive work environment on other projects, including by “Justice League’s” Ray Fisher and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s” Charisma Carpenter and Michelle Trachtenberg. But if this meant HBO faced an even taller order turning its ambitious new series, now helmed by showrunner P...

Get email notification for articles from Adrian Hennigan Follow Apr. 12, 2021 5:39 PM You really know your kids have grown up when they stop asking you unanswerable questions. You know, queries like “Where do Jews go when they die?” (Don’t know, but for many it involves going via Florida.) And “Why does God let bad things like earthquakes and the Netanyahu family happen?” (Nope, got me there.) Those questions become far more prosaic as children mature, but not necessarily any more answerable. After all, what do you say to your teenage girls when they ask, “What’s the story with...