Sebastian Stan (“Kings”, “Gossip Girl”) has been cast in Dark Castle’s “The Apparition”. Stan joins Ashley Greene (Twilight) and Luke Pasqualino in the project, which is about a couple who begin being haunted by an unknown supernatural presence in the wake of a mysterious college experiment. Todd Lincoln wrote the script and is also directing the project. Joel Silver, Andrew Rona, and Alex Heineman are all producing “The Apparition”, with Daniel Alter on-board as executive producer. Filming is slated to begin this February. Stay tuned for more movie news on “The Apparition” right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Shock Til You Drop)

Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures has tapped “Snatch” and “Sherlock Holmes” director Guy Ritchie to direct a live-action adaptation of DC Comic’s “Lobo,” a title about a foul-mouthed hyperactive bounty hunter from space. Don Payne wrote the most recent script, and Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Rona will be producing the project, which will be a co-production between Weed Road and Silver Pictures. The film will focus on Lobo, a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, ultra-violent, and indestructible anti-hero bounty hunter who drives a flying motorcycle and comes to Earth seeking four fugitives who are bent on wrecking even more havoc than him. He teams up with a small…