Universal and Illumination Entertainment are celebrating another box office success with Despicable Me 3, the latest instalment of the animated franchise. Spurred on by a $66 million opening in China this past weekend, the film had grossed $477 million by close of play on Sunday, helping to push the series beyond the $3 billion mark combined […]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge now bookmakers’ favourite for the next Doctor in Doctor Who
With Peter Capaldi set to make his exit from Doctor Who in this year’s Christmas Special, the speculation as to who will be the next actor to take on the iconic role of the Time Lord is really heating up. Although Death Valley star Kris Marshall was widely tipped to have already secured the role […]
Stephen Amell confirms Manu Bennett return in Arrow season 6
Having returned to the series for its season five finale, it seems we’ll be seeing a lot more of Slade Wilson in the upcoming sixth season of Arrow, with Stephen Amell confirming that Manu Bennett will be back as Deathstroke, along with another character who has been absent since the first season. “I can report […]
Production gets underway on X-Men: The New Mutants
Director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) has taken to Instagram to reveal that production is now underway on X-Men: The New Mutants, with the filmmaker sharing an image of a clapperboard, complete with the movie’s working title ‘Growing Pains’. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWWI_RDj9Ct/ New Mutants is now the second X-Men movie that Fox has in […]
John Oliver to voice Zazu in Disney’s The Lion King
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s The Lion King remake, with the actor and comedian set to lend his voice to the character of Zazu, voiced by Rowan Atkinson in the original animated movie. Oliver joins a cast that includes Donald Glover (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as […]
Guardians Inferno music video included on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 home entertainment release
Last week it was announced that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is set to hit DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on August 22nd, and now director James Gunn has revealed that the home-entertainment release will include a music video for ‘Guardians Inferno’, performed by The Sneepers with David Hasselhoff. “I’ve been dying to […]
Steve Buscemi joins Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in The Week Of
Variety is reporting that Steve Buscemi has signed on to the cast of The Week Of, the latest Adam Sandler movie from Netflix, which also has Chris Rock attached to star. Directed by frequent Happy Maddison collaborator Robert Smigel, who has co-written the script with Sandler, The Week Of centres on the week of preparation […]
Todd McFarlane says he won’t give up creative control over Spawn reboot
For the past few years, Todd McFarlane has been providing regular updates on his progress with the screenplay for his planned Spawn reboot, although it never seems to move any closer towards becoming a reality. Well, speaking to Syfy Wire (via Bloody Disgusting), McFarlane has claimed that the slow progress isn’t down to a lack […]
Action Lab’s Spencer & Locke optioned for the big screen
Action Lab has announced that its critically acclaimed crime series Spencer & Locke has been optioned by Hitman producer Adrian Askarieh and his company Prime Universe Films for a big screen adaptation. Created by writer David Pepose and artist Jorge Santiago, Spencer & Locke follows hard-boiled Detective Locke as he solves a brutal murder with the […]
It star Bill Skarsgard heads to Castle Rock
Bill Skarsgard is set to follow his upcoming turn as Pennywise in It with another Stephen King project, with the actor signing on to appear as a series regular in Castle Rock. The anthology series from Hulu and Bad Robot is described as “a psychological-horror drama set in the Stephen King multiverse that combines the mythological scale […]
