Back in March it was announced that Hugh Jackman had signed on to lead the cast of Bad Education, the new film from Thoroughbreds director Cory Finley, and now Deadline is reporting that he will be joined by Oscar-winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya).Scripted by Mike Makowsky (I Think We’re Alone Now) and loosely based upon […]
Incredibles 2 shatters box office records with $180 million opening weekend
Disney-Pixar’s long-awaited superhero sequel Incredibles 2 has enjoyed a record-breaking launch at the North American box office as it pulled in the biggest debut of all time for an animated movie.The Brad Bird-directed sequel grossed $180 million domestically, shattering the previous animated record of $135 million set by fellow Pixar sequel Finding Dory in 2016. […]
Creed II screenwriter reveals details on the sequel
Michael B. Jordan is set to get back between the ropes this November with the release of Creed II, the follow-up to Black Panther director Ryan Coogler’s acclaimed Rocky spinoff, as his character Adonis Creed finds himself going head-to-head with the son of Ivan Drago, the man who killed his father Apollo in Rocky IV.The sequel […]
Terry Gilliam loses the rights to The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Having taken him the best part of 30 years, filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally completed his passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote this year, only for the saga to have one final twist in the tale.In May, former producer Paulo Branco launched a legal dispute over the rights to the movie, which cost the […]
Todd Phillips’ Joker origin movie will reportedly begin production in September
Despite the fact that Jared Leto-headlined Joker solo movie was announced earlier this month, it seems that Warner Bros. and DC Films are still pushing ahead with their plans for a non-DCEU Joker origin film.According to Omega Underground, production on the project – which is being directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), with Martin Scorsese […]
Marvel’s Spider-Man season 2 gets a new poster and sneak peek clip
Ahead of its premiere on Disney XD on Monday evening, Marvel has unveiled a new poster for the second season of the animated series Marvel’s Spider-Man, as well as a sneak peek clip from the first episode of the one-hour double-bill premiere ‘How I Thwipped My Summer Vacation’.In “How I Thwipped My Summer Vacation,” in […]
Evangeline Lilly is “pissed off” about Ant-Man and the Wasp’s UK release date
Here in the UK we’ve become accustomed to getting Marvel movies one or two weeks earlier than our friends across the Pond, but that isn’t going to be the case this summer with the studio’s latest superhero blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp.While the sequel is set to open in North America on July 6th, the […]
Bryan Singer will receive directing credit on Bohemian Rhapsody despite his dismissal
Back in December 20th Century Fox announced that it had fired Bryan Singer from Bohemian Rhapsody with just two weeks of filming remaining on the biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, with Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) subsequently taking over to complete the picture.Singer was removed from the film amid rumours that he’d been incredibly […]
Danny McBride wanted to shoot two Halloween movies back-to-back
Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield this October some forty years after his original killing spree to face Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode for a final time in the new Halloween movie from director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly following the release of the first trailer, McBride has revealed […]
Amazon Studios CEO on saving The Expanse
Last month, Syfy announced – rather surprisingly – that it had decided to cancel its acclaimed sci-fi series The Expanse after three seasons, only for Amazon Studios to swoop in and revive the show with a season four order.The move wasn’t entirely unexpected, given that Amazon already held the streaming rights to the first three […]
