Despite the fact we’ve had an official poster and trailer in the past couple of weeks, Netflix continues to keep the release date for its next Marvel series The Punisher tightly under wraps. However, it seems Total Film may not have got the memo, as the latest edition of its magazine suggests that Frank Castle’s […]
Tom Hanks to star in remake of Swedish comedy A Man Called Ove
Deadline is reporting that Tom Hanks has signed on to produce and star in a remake of the Oscar-nominated Swedish comedy A Man Called Ove. Hanks is set to play the titular character, “a grumpy widower whose overall unhappiness is exacerbated when he is unceremoniously dumped as chairman of the neighborhood association where he lives. […]
X-Men: The New Mutants is “a haunted-house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers”
Last week it was announced that production has wrapped on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: The New Mutants, and now Fox’s Stacey Snider has been chatting to Variety about the Josh Boone-directed X-Men spinoff, describing it as “a haunted-house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers”. “If we’re going to make a superhero movie, we have […]
The Defenders is Netflix’s least-watched Marvel series in its first month
After more than two years of build, Netflix brought its four street-level Marvel heroes together last month as the streaming service assembled Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Iron Fist for The Defenders. While Marvel and Netflix were surely hoping this would be their small screen version […]
Frank Grillo claims that Marvel still has plans for Crossbones
Despite his demise in Captain America: Civil War, it seems that Marvel may still have plans for Crossbones in the MCU, with actor Frank Grillo teasing some “interesting” news about his character Brock Rumlow. “I have three boys who are fanatical about Marvel, and I was surprised not too long ago because there is some […]
John Barrowman to introduce new character in Torchwood: The Culling
Titan Comics has announced that John Barrowman and his co-writer and sister Carole Barrowman are set to introduce a brand-new, mysterious character called Sladen into the Torchwood mythos in the upcoming comic book Torchwood: The Culling. Check out the cover artwork here… “We are very excited to bring this new character Sladen to the world […]
Rian Johnson announces that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is complete
We’re still three months out from its release, but director Rian Johnson has taken to Instagram to announce that post-production is now complete on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and the hotly-anticipated second chapter of the Sequel Trilogy is in the can. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZU4eJmj_je/?hl=en Now all we need is the second trailer, which – according […]
Star Trek: Discovery content beams onto Star Trek Timelines
With Star Trek: Discovery set to premiere this weekend on CBS, Disruptor Beam has announced the release of brand new content for the expansive free-to-play game Star Trek Timelines, which includes new playable features, improvements to existing features, as well as the integration of the upcoming series. New Discovery characters, ships, crew, and storylines will […]
Mark Wahlberg to lead comedy Instant Family
Mark Wahlberg is set to reunite with Daddy’s Home director Sean Anders for the Paramount Pictures comedy Instant Family, Variety has revealed. Scripted by Anders and his frequent collaborator John Morris, the filmfollows a couple who decide to start a family and adopt through the foster-care system, only to find themselves raising three wild kids […]
Patty Jenkins praises the DC Extended Universe and its filmmaker-led approach, teases Wonder Woman 2 setting
With Patty Jenkins now officially on board the sequel to Wonder Woman, the filmmaker has been reflecting on her DC Extended Universe debut during an interview with The Toronto Sun, during which she took a moment to praise Warner’s handling of the DCEU and its filmmaker-led approach. “There are a lot of great filmmakers around […]