Quick News: Devils, Kong, DC, Here, Train

By
Garth Franklin
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Devils
The CW has picked up Sky Italia’s original English-language financial thriller series “Devils” starring Patrick Dempsey. The network will air it on Wednesdays at 8pm on its fall schedule ahead of Canadian import “Coroner”.

The ten-part series is set in the London office of a major U.S. bank, where the ruthless Head of Trading, Massimo Ruggero (Alessandro Borghi) from Italy, has been welcomed and introduced to the world of finance by Dominic Morgan (Dempsey), the bank’s CEO. When Ruggero ends up involved in an intercontinental financial war rocking Europe, he has to choose whether to ally himself with his mentor or fight him. [Source: Deadline]

Godzilla vs. Kong
The MPAA has handed out an official PG-13 rating for Adam Wingard’s “Godzilla vs Kong,” giving it that mark for “intense sequences of creature violence/destruction and brief language”. In the wake of the rating, Wingard promised the description of the film’s content is a massive understatement. Alexander Skarsgard, Brian Tyree Henry, Rebecca Hall and more star in the film which is targeting a November 20th release. [Source: Instagram]

DC Comics
DC Comics has cut its ties with Diamond Comics Distributors. All orders of DC products will now be fulfilled by Lunar Distribution and UC Comic Distributors for periodical releases, while Penguin Random House will now be handling graphic novels and collected editions. The news brings to an end a 25 year relationship between DC and Diamond Comic Distributors. [Source: DC Comics]

We’re Here
HBO has renewed the unscripted series “We’re Here” which stars Shangela, Eureka O’Hara and Bob the Drag Queen. In the show, the three queens travel to the Bible Belt and other conservative pockets of the country. Once there, they give drag makeovers to local LGBTQ and straight residents, in preparation for a live show that they all put on at the end of the week. [Source: Variety]

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
Well Go USA has released two brand new posters for Yeon Sang-Ho’s highly-anticipated “Train to Busan” sequel “Peninsula”. The South Korean zombie thriller is set four years later and follows a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland and must now relive the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive.