Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow. You have been warned… The two big questions coming out of 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens were: 1) ‘Who is Supreme Leader Snoke?’, and 2) ‘Who are Rey’s parents?’. While the first was simply tossed aside in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as promised director […]
Neil Cross has received the John Carpenter seal of approval for his Escape from New York script
Back in 2016 it was revealed that Luther creator Neil Cross had been tapped to pen the reboot/prequel to John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, and now Cross has provided an update on the project during an interview with Deadline, revealing that his script has received the seal of approval from Carpenter himself. “Robert Rodriguez […]
Rob Lowe set for gender-swapped remake of The Bad Seed
According to Deadline, Rob Lowe has signed on to direct and star in a remake of the Oscar-nominated 1956 psychological horror The Bad Seed, with Lifetime currently in negotiations to secure the rights. Described as a “reimagining”, the film – which has been scripted by Barbara Marshall (Wish Upon) will see Lowe playing “a father […]
Ike Barinholtz rounds out the cast of his directorial debut The Oath
THR is reporting that Ike Barinholtz (Suicide Squad, The Mindy Project) has filled out the cast of his upcoming feature directorial debut The Oath. Joining Barinholtz in the film are Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), John Cho (Star Trek Beyond), Billy Magnussen (Ingrid Goes West), Carrie Brownstein (Transparent), Meredith Hagner (Veep), Nora Dunn (Southland Tales), Jon […]
Scoot McNairy reunites with Halt and Catch Fire showrunner for The Parts You Lose
The H Collective has announced that Scoot McNairy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) has signed on to reunite with his Halt and Catch Fire showrunner Christopher Cantwell on the upcoming dramatic thriller The Parts You Lose. Written by Darren Lemke, The Parts You Lose “follows the unlikely friendship that unfolds between a young deaf […]
Willa Fitzgerald joins The Goldfinch
Variety is reporting that Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Series) has signed on for a lead role in Warner Bros. and Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Goldfinch, where she joins Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) and Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk). The Goldfinch tells the story of Theodore Decker who, after surviving a […]
Oscar Isaac to voice Gomez Addams in The Addams Family animated movie
According to Variety, Star Wars; The Last Jedi star Oscar Isaac is set to lend his voice to Gomez Addams, the patriarch of The Addams Family, in the upcoming animated movie from MGM. The Addams Family is being directed by Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) from a script by Pamela Pettler with revisions from Matt Lieberman. […]
Mark Hamill says the Star Wars prequels are more original than The Force Awakens
To promote his return as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill has been chatting to Metro about the Star Wars saga, during which he has defended the much-maligned Prequel Trilogy, stating that Lucas’ movies were more original than Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “What I thought was great about the prequels […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men and Fantastic Four come home to Marvel, Avengers 4 updates, Venom details, Justice League box office, DCEU slate confirmed and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Gambit, The Gifted, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Venom, Jessica Jones, The Punisher, Runaways, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., New Warriors, Justice League, Aquaman, Shazan, Nightwing, Flashpoint, […]
Stan Lee and Rob Liefeld comment on Disney’s acquisition of X-Men and Fantastic Four
Earlier this week it was announced that Disney has finalised a deal to purchase the movie and television assets of 20th Century Fox, which means that both X-Men and Fantastic Four are now at the disposal of Marvel Studios and its Cinematic Universe. This is of course great news for Marvel fans who have been […]
