Although Disney and Lucasfilm ruled out the possibility of digitally recreating Carrie Fisher for Star Wars: Episode IX following her passing in December, her brother Todd Fisher has now revealed to The New York Daily News that he and her daughter Billie Lourd have granted permission for the studio to incorporate recent footage of Fisher into […]
Fox paid Marvel just $2.6 million for the rights to the X-Men
While 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies haven’t always been met with the best of reactions from fans and critics, there’s no denying they’ve been incredibly successful at the box office, with the ten films to date having grossed just shy of $5 billion worldwide. Details have now emerged regarding the initial 1993 deal between Fox […]
Athena Voltaire takes to the skies with new ongoing series
High-flying aviatrix and swashbuckling adventurer Athena Voltaire crosses the globe dodging poisons, traps, and creatures, battling adversaries old and new, and now she’ll be doing it in a brand new ongoing series from creator Steve Bryant and Action Lab Entertainment. “When Action Lab approached me about doing Athena Voltaire as a monthly ongoing, I was […]
Director Jean-Marc Vallee rules out Big Little Lies season 2
HBO’s Big Little Lies aired its season finale this past Sunday, and while fans of the show are wondering whether we’ll get a second season, it seems that director Jean-Marc Vallee is firmly against the idea. “This is the perfect ending,” said Vallee in an interview with Vulture. “There is no way; there’s no reason to make […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals he rejected cameo in Shane Black’s The Predator
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s upcoming slate has took a bit of a hammering this past week or so, what with Paramount letting his option on a Terminator Genisys sequel lapse, the plug being pulled on The Legend of Conan, and the action icon stating he won’t appear in The Expendables 4 unless Sylvester Stallone is on board. […]
Lucasfilm announces Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anthology
Lucasfilm has announced that it is teaming up with Del Rey Books to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars saga with the new anthology book Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, which will feature 40 stories from over 40 different authors – each told from the perspective of a background character […]
The Fast and the Furious director to helm Chinese action thriller Speedhunters
According to Variety, China’s Jiaflix Pictures and 1905 Pictures have enlisted The Fast and the Furious and xXx director Rob Cohen to direct a new $100 million-budgeted car-racing action thriller entitled Speedhunters. The site reports that the film “is set in the near future and rooted in the world of Formula racing. A colorful team […]
Nickelodeon reviving Invader Zim for TV movie
Invader Zim is set to become the latest revival over at Nickelodeon, with the critically acclaimed cult animated series set for a feature-length TV movie, which will reunite original cast members Richard Horvitz (Zim), Rikki Simons (GIR), Andy Berman (Dib), and Melissa Fahn (Gaz) along with creator Jhonen Vasquez. The show aired for two seasons […]
Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man movies unlikely to feature the Green Goblin, Tom Holland wants to see Doc Ock and Venom
Now that Spider-Man is back home at Marvel and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would seem that it’s only a matter of time before the MCU introduces one of the comic book universe’s biggest villains in Norman Osborn. However, according to producers Eric Carroll and Amy Pascal, it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing […]
Sylvester Stallone’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 role may have been revealed
While we know from director James Gunn that Sylvester Stallone will be playing a “very important” Marvel character in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, all we’ve had to go on are various rumours pointing from the likes of Nova – or a member of the Nova Corps – to one of Yondu’s […]
