The Predator has been shooting for a few weeks, but it seems that director Shane Black is still adding to the cast, with Deadline reporting that Jake Busey has signed on for an unspecified role. Busey’s father, Gary Busey, has history with the franchise, having starred in 1990’s Predator 2, where he played a government […]
Kong: Skull Island opens to $142.6 million worldwide
King Kong returned to the big screen this weekend as Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures unleashed Kong: Skull Island, the second film in their shared ‘MonsterVerse’, and the film has amassed a healthy opening, pulling in $142.6 million worldwide. The Jordan Vogt-Roberts-directed monster epic grossed $61 million domestically to knock Logan into second place in […]
Finn Jones responds to negative reviews for Marvel’s Iron Fist
Netflix’s latest Marvel series Iron Fist hits the streaming service this coming Friday, but if early reviews of the first half of the season are any indication, it falls well short of its predecessors in Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. In fact, at one point after the embargo lifted, the series had the lowest Rotten […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 reportedly tracking $160 million domestic opening
Given that we’re still a couple of months away from release and tickets aren’t even on sale, it seems a little early – and a little speculative – to be predicting the opening weekend of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but nevertheless early tracking reports are in, and as you’d expect, it seems Marvel […]
Jay Roach to direct Donald Trump Presidential Election miniseries for HBO
HBO has announced that it is developing a miniseries based upon the 2016 Presidential Election and Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in what has been described as one of the biggest political upsets of all time. The miniseries will be based upon the upcoming third instalment of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s Game Change […]
Ridley Scott has an idea on how to bring Russell Crowe back for a Gladiator sequel
Although he’s probably going to be kept occupied with the Alien franchise for quite some time (perhaps even the rest of his career, if his recent comments about six more instalments are anything to go by), but filmmaker Ridley Scott has revealed that he remains keen to revisit 2000’s Gladiator, and has an idea as […]
Saw: Legacy plot details revealed, Tobin Bell returning
The Saw franchise is set to make its return this October with Saw: Legacy, the eighth instalment in the horror series, and Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Tobin Bell will be returning as Jigsaw in some capacity, as well as revealing some plot details for the movie. According to the site, Saw: Legacy “will begin […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote begins production (yes, really)
17 years after the plug was pulled on his first attempt, Terry Gilliam has now commenced production on his passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, IndieWire is reporting. As announced last year (when the project was delayed once again), Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver is set to take on the […]
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade reportedly returning for Bond 25
We still don’t know whether Daniel Craig will be returning as 007 in Bond 25, but it seems that screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are officially on board for the next instalment of the long-running spy series, according to Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail. Writers #nealpurvis & #robertwade hired to write story for […]
Mustang helmer Deniz Gamze Erguven to direct Anne Hathaway in The Lifeboat
Deniz Gamze Erguven, director of the Academy Award-nominated Mustang, has signed on to direct Anne Hathaway in an adaptation of Charlotte Rogan’s book The Lifeboat, The Tracking Board is reporting. Erguven replaces Joe Wright (Atonement), who was originally attached to direct. The Lifeboat “follows Grace Winter (Hathaway), a young woman who recounts the tale of […]
