Despite a rather disappointing opening of just $28.7 million in China, Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi has now pushed its global haul to $1.205 billion. The Rian Johnson-directed sequel slipped to third in the domestic box office chart this weekend behind Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Insidious: The Last Key, but […]
Chris Hemsworth wants to continue playing Thor beyond Avengers 4
We know that the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 is set to mark both an end and a new beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as contracts with several of the MCU’s original stars expire and the focus starts to shift towards newer characters. One of the actors whose contract is up with […]
BBC replacing Ed Westwick in Ordeal By Innocence after sexual assault allegations
In November, the BBC announced that it had delayed its planned Christmas premiere of the Agatha Christie adaptation Ordeal By Innocence after allegations of rape were made against one of its stars, Ed Westwick. Well, it seems the Beeb will now go down the All the Money in the World route, and has decided to […]
Skybound CEO isn’t concerned about The Walking Dead’s ratings slump
While it’s still pulling in healthy numbers, ratings for the The Walking Dead have been on a fairly steep decline since 2016’s controversial season seven premiere, and this trend has continued into the current eighth season with the latest episode suffering the show’s lowest ever midseason finale numbers. After a season eight premiere of 11.4 […]
Maleficent 2 sets spring start date with Angelina Jolie returning
It looks like Maleficent 2 is officially a go, with Omega Underground reporting that Walt Disney Pictures has set an April start date for the sequel to the 2014 live-action fantasy. Given the apparent collapse of Universal’s Dark Universe and its planned Bride of Frankenstein movie, for which Jolie had long been courted, it seems […]
Showtime says the door is always open for more Twin Peaks
David Lynch and Mark Frost’s cult show Twin Peaks returned to the small screen last year for a new limited series set 25 years after the 90s TV phenomenon, and while Lynch has said that he’d “never say never” to more episodes, as yet there’s been no official word as to whether we can expect […]
X-Men producer would welcome a crossover with the Marvel Cinematic Universe
One of the many questions raised by The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film and TV assets is how Disney and its subsidiary Marvel Studios will handle Fox’s X-Men and Fantastic Four properties. The main assumption is that Marvel will simply reboot the properties as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, […]
Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC gets a series order from FX
FX has announced that – after the original pilot was retooled – it has given a series order to Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC, with the network granting the project a ten-episode run to begin airing later this year. “Kurt Sutter is a master storyteller and Mayans MC has the raw energy […]
Rumour: Justice League home-entertainment release to feature an extended cut?
Despite the best efforts of fans, it seems that a Zack Snyder Director’s Cut of Justice League is out of the question (for the time being, at least), but it seems we may be getting an extended version of the DC superhero ensemble when it hits home video. A pre-order listing on Amazon Germany has […]
CBS renews The Big Bang Theory spinoff Young Sheldon for season 2
During the Television Critics Association press tour, CBS has announced that it has renewed its Big Bang Theory prequel spinoff Young Sheldon for a second season. The show becomes the first freshman series to secure a season two renewal, and comes on the back of stellar ratings, including a whopping 17.2 million live viewers for […]
