In 2017 Netflix bought Millarworld and with it Mark Millar’s portfolio of characters and stories. It follows The Magic Order, which was the first comic book series from the two, and which became the biggest selling new comic book franchise is just about two decades. Rafael Albuquerque, the award-winning comic book artist, will illustrate the […]
Crunchyroll and Rooster Teeth now owned by Warner
The company that owns DC Comics has secured control of both Rooster Teeth and Crunchyroll. Honestly, it felt like only a matter of time. Both Rooster Teeth (the people behind RWBY) and Crunchyroll were owned by Otter Media, and Otter Media was a co-venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group. AT&T, last week, bought out […]
Fans demand Zach McGown as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher
Netflix has a holding page for their The Witcher series which says the show will be out in 2018. Really, so soon? The witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But who is going to play the titular Witcher? Ask […]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard returns to Star Trek
UPDATE: Patrick Stewart is pack in Alex Kurtzman’s Star Trek but it may not be Discovery. Deadline and others suggest it is a new Star Trek title. More details as and when they occur. The original article continues below. Sir Patrick Stewart, as rumoured heavily in recent weeks, is returning to Star Trek. This is […]
Netflix sneaks out a trailer for Castlevania season 2
The trailer for Castlevania season 2 has come out via producer Adi Shanker rather than the main site. It looks great. The next time someone comments about how there are no good adaptations of computer games I would encourage you to counter with Castlevania. Shankar is aiming high. He wrote; We did not set the […]
Netflix gives us a proper Disenchantment trailer
Princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson), a small green elf (Nat Faxon) and a personal demon (Eric Andre) are the trilogy that makes up the core of Netflix’s new Disenchantment. That’s right, after travelling to the future for Futurama, Matt Groening’s next animated series goes back in time and to a mediaeval fantasy past. Netflix bought two […]
Comic-Con trailer – Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery
I’m not sure this is supposed to be on YouTube yet so watch it before it’s yanked. It looks like the Captain of the USS Enterprise is going to have a fairly chunky role in season two of Star Trek: Discovery. Which Captain? Christopher Pike. Pike had the helm before James T Kirk took over […]
Ingress anime in 2018; what we know
Niantic, now more famous for Pokemon Go than Ingress, has an impressive anime deal lined up. The show will air on Netflix this year and is all about Ingress. In fact, the Ingress anime will probably coincide with the launch of Ingress Prime (aka Ingress 2.0). We’re going to make some wild guesses about the […]
Netflix rescues Lucifer with a fourth season
Streaming service Netflix has picked up DC Comics and Neil Gaiman’s Lucifer TV series from Fox. News of the cancellation immediately brought speculation that either Amazon or perhaps Netflix would carry on the show. It had middle-ish ratings in the US but did well elsewhere – notably the UK. Just this week Jennifer Salke, boss […]
Godzilla: Monster Planet is coming to Netflix
Geek Native readers rather liked this infographic showing the latest Godzilla is the largest incarnation of the kaiju ever. We were left hoping that the anime would get an international release outside Japan. Step forward hero Netflix. That trailer comes from Netflix Japan. Google Translate finds these words for us; Godzilla monster planet”, worldwide simultaneous […]