Author: Jesse Borough

We, of course, reported on the rumor that there may be a Punisher Netflix series coming in the near future Now, Netflix itself is responding to that rumor. Ted Sarandos, the CCO of Netflix, discussed the rumor, saying that Punisher could very well get a Netflix series– and so could anyone else. “All the characters in the universe could also spin out,” he said. This certainly isn’t a confirmation or denial of anything, which nobody was expecting, but it at least wasn’t an outright blasting of the rumor. More, it was saying that there may be many more Netflix series…

Will Ben Affleck, award-winning director, actually direct a Batman movie? Well, maybe. Sorry not to give you a concrete answer, but those are rare these days. Instead, we’re getting the next-best thing: A suspiciously detailed non-answer. Affleck was careful not to actually say anything about his status of directing a Batman movie, but he did say that he never even considered doing it… until recently: “I got really inspired by that,” Affleck said, referring to Zack Snyder’s directorial style on the set of Batman v Superman. “And by seeing the scope on which he was telling the story, by seeing…

NBC’s head of research, when giving a press conferences about TV show ratings, revealed the ratings to several Netflix shows as a comparison to their own. Jessica Jones, which premiered in late November, turned out to be the top show of the ones listed. Jessica Jones averaged approximately 4.8 million viewers (in the 18-49 demographic) per episode in the months since its debut, which is a very remarkable feat when compared to the other shows that NBC mentioned: Master of None had 3.9 million viewers, and Narcos 3.2, while The Man in the High Castle was only able to muster…

While Cable has not been confirmed to be in any upcoming X-Men movies and there is no buzz suggesting that he will be in either Deadpool or X-Men: Apocalypse, there is still a very large interest in him joining the series. Rob Liefield, on Twitter, expressed joy at his pick to play Cable winning an award at the Golden Globes: Yes, that’s right. He wants Jon Hamm to play Cable in the movies. Years ago, Jon Hamm was heavily rumored to be one of the lead contenders to play Dr. Strange, so it’s no surprise to see him in…

There seems to be a new plausible theory about Star Wars’s Supreme Leader Snoke every week. He’s Darth Plagueis, Darth Vader, Palpatine, Jar Jar Binks, Darth Bane, Leia, Luke, Maz Kanata… The list goes on. Probably somewhere, someone wrote a long, detailed post about how Ki-Adi Mundi survived Episode III and is in fact Snoke himself. This time, the theory is that Grand Moff Tarkin is actually Supreme Leader Snoke. Like all of these theories, it seems completely unexpected and wildly stupid, but it does have some evidence that could suggest it being true. First of all, the theory assumes…

Now that 2016 has begun, Oscar season has entered full swing. This usually doesn’t matter a lot of folk who would normally frequent a site like Peel The Orange, but that’s because many years the only movies that got nominated were independent or small dramas that not many people have seen. While I loved many Best Picture nominees in 2014, the highest-grossing Best Picture nominee at the time of nominations was Grand Budapest Hotel, with only a $59 million gross. This year, however, good old Hollywood blockbusters are back in the scene, which hasn’t really happened on this level since…

It turns out that Lex Luthor wasn’t originally supposed to be played by Jesse Eisenberg at all. Not in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, at least. According to an interview with Jesse Eisenberg, director Zack Snyder originally approached him for a completely different role in the movie. We don’t know what role that was, but Lex Luthor was either going to be played by someone different or not at all, which would have made for a very different movie. As people paying attention to Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice might know, its version of Lex Luthor is very…

While most people loved Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it is currently the highest-grossing movie of all-time in the United States, some people were disappointed with George Lucas’s lack of involvement with it. He has been very public about his cutting creative ties with the movie, which some fans don’t like. Accordingly, there is now a Change.org petition to bring George Lucas back as the director of 2019’s Star Wars Episode IX, in the place of current director Colin Treverrow. As of this writing, over 17,000 people have signed it, with a current goal of 25,000 signatures. This is…

We already knew Avengers: Infinity War was going to be huge. It’s already been split up into two movies, each a year apart in 2018 and 2019. It’s already confirmed to have both the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy in it. It’s already the first film (well, two films) to be filmed entirely with IMAX cameras. But now we have confirmation about just how vast the movie is going to be. Infinity War co-director Joe Russo said this about the cast: “We have so many characters we’re dealing with. We’re breaking ground on Avengers: Infinity War. We have…

Comic Book Movie fans are probably used to it by now, but there may be some Captain America: Civil War spoilers through its merchandise. In this case, it’s Spider-Man’s costume design. The retailer Merchoid.com was supposed to unveil screenshots of its new Spider-Man hoodie, which takes cues from the Civil War design, but the photos have actually leaked several days early: This image shows that the Spider-Man costume will not be entirely different than previous Spider-Man movies (it’s closer to the comics than the design in the first Amazing Spider-Man), it definitely has a more modern look, its second…