Walt Disney Pictures and director Joachim Ronning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) continue to fill out the cast of the upcoming Maleficent sequel, with Variety reporting that Jenn Murray (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) has becom the latest addition. Maleficent 2 will see Angelina Jolie reprising her role as the […]
Trailer for kidnap thriller Trunk starring Michael Madsen and William Baldwin
Five2One Films and Convergence Films have released a trailer for Trunk, a new kidnap thriller from director Benjamin Goalabre, which stars William Baldwin (Backdraft), Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight), Cassie Howarth (Home and Away) and Ivan Gonzalez (The Divide). Check it out here, along with the official synopsis… ERIC wakes up tied and gagged in the […]
Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings and Jane Seymour set for Friendsgiving
Deadline is reporting that Malin Akerman (Rampage), Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls) and Jane Seymour (Let’s Get Physical) have signed on to star in the ensemble comedy Friendsgiving. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Nicol Paone (This Is 40, 30 Rock), who has also penned the script, and “follows Molly (Akerman), a glamorous, […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Chloe Bennet set for animated movie Abominable
DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio have announced that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet is set to lead the voice cast of Abominable, an animated adventure from director Jill Culton (Open Season) and co-director Toldd Wilderman (Trolls). The film, formerly titled Everest, will take audiences on an epic journey from the streets of Shanghai to […]
Bryan Fuller exits Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles TV series
Last year it was announced that Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice are teaming with Paramount and Anonymous Content to adapt the book series The Vampire Chronicles for the small screen, with Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) subsequently boarding the project in a producing capacity. Well, it seems that The Vampire Chronicles has now gone the […]
Rumoured plot details for the Men in Black reboot starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson
It’s taken a few years for Sony to decide how to move forward with its Men in Black franchise, but now that the studio has set its sights on a spinoff reboot things appear to be coming together very quickly indeed. In February, it was announced that The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary […]
Deadpool 2’s Brianna Hildebrand on being part of the first same-sex couple in a major superhero movie
20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2 has taken a big step forward for LGBT representation in film, with the sequel to 2016’s hit X-Men spinoff featuring the first on-screen same-sex couple in a major superhero movie in Brianna Hildebrand’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Shioli Kutsuna’s Yukio. The movie has been receiving praise from members of the LGBT […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series will reportedly focus on a young Aragorn
Streaming service Amazon is currently hard at work in development on its billion dollar adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, which – as we heard back in November – is set to take place prior to the War of the Ring, featuring “previously unexplored stories” from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth works. Well, now comes word […]
Deadpool 2 falls short of first movie as it opens to $301 million worldwide
The Merc with a Mouth returned to the big screen this weekend as 20th Century Fox unleashed the hotly-anticipated Deadpool 2, and while the sequel couldn’t quite match the opening of its 2016 predecessor, it has still managed a very impressive $301 million worldwide haul in its first weekend. In North America, Deadpool 2 grossed […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War passes $1.8 billion to become fourth biggest movie of all time
It may have been knocked from the top of the box office by fellow superhero sequel Deadpool 2, but Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has continued its hugely impressive run by passing the $1.8 billion mark worldwide. Domestically, Infinity War grossed $28.7 million on its fourth weekend to take its North American gross to $595 million, […]
