Despite grossing almost $750 million worldwide, 2016’s DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad was absolutely savaged by critics, and director David Ayer has been chatting to EW about the overwhelmingly negative critical reaction, revealing that it shook his confidence when getting back behind the camera for his next film Bright.“It was shit,” said Ayer. “Yeah, it […]
American Horror Story season 8 to take place in the future
It looks like we’ll be getting an American Sci-Fi Story for season eight of American Horror Story, with creator Ryan Murphy revealing at the Television Critics Association Press Tour that the next season will take place in the future.“All I’ll say about it is I want to go to the future — still topical, but […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle passes $500 million worldwide
After finishing runner up to Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the North American box office for the past three weekends, the action-adventure film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has dethroned Episode VIII at the fourth time of asking, and in doing so has also passed the half billion dollar mark worldwide.The Jake Kasdan-directed film, […]
Helena Bonham Carter looks set to play Princess Margaret in The Crown
According to Entertainment Weekly, Helena Bonham Carter is nearing a deal to star as Princess Margaret in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix’s drama series The Crown.The acclaimed drama is set to revamp its cast with older actors as the story moves forward to 1965 and beyond. Bonham Carter will replace Vanessa Kirby as Princess […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi climbs to $1.2 billion worldwide
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 still […]
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 Avengers […]
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 remove […]
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 million […]
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 the […]
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 […]
