Transformers: The Last Knight caused some controversy this past week, with the production decorating Blenheim Palace – the birthplace of Winston Churchill – with Nazi swastikas to shoot scenes featuring German tanks and extras dressed as Nazi soldiers. As you might expect this upset a few people, with some veterans expressing their disgust at what […]
Jumanji plot details revealed with new cast additions
With production on Jumanji now underway, Sony has announced a number of additions to the cast of the film, which also reveals the plot for the Jake Kasdan-directed sequel. Alex Wolff (The Sitter), Madison Iseman (Still the King), Morgan Turner (Remember Me) and Ser’Darius Blain (Star Trek Into Darkness) have all joined the film, and are playing the […]
Hugo Weaving on playing the Red Skull and whether he’d be open to a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Back in 2012, Hugo Weaving reflected on his role as the villainous Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, suggesting that “it’s not something I would want to do again.” Now, in an interview with Yahoo!, the actor has been talking more about his experience in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stating that he enjoyed portraying […]
Boom! Studios announces Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants
Boom! Studios has announced that it will follow up Archaia’s Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Dragons with a new four-issue series, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants from writer and artist Conor Nolan. Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants is a collection of mythic tales of when giants roamed the Earth, inspired […]
Disney’s Bob Iger reveals that discussions are underway for the next decade of Marvel movies
With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe laid out through to the as-yet-untitled Avengers 4 in May 2019, it seems that discussions are now underway for the fourth phase of the Marvel’s superhero movie slate, with Disney CEO Bob Iger revealing that they are beginning to map out the next decade of releases. “We had […]
Rob Liefeld releases his Youngblood screenplay online
Rob Liefeld has released his screenplay for Youngblood, a planned adaptation of his creator-owned superhero comic book series, which is available as a free download via his website. “A short while back I penned this Youngblood screenplay, it was a story that I wanted to tell, it was a tale I’d been sitting on for […]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival announces first 10 films for 2016
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has announced the first wave of films set to screen at the 11th annual edition, which takes place between October 13th and October 21st. Check out the line-up below, and head on over to the official site for more info and to purchase tickets… UNDER THE SHADOW (Iran/UK/Jordan) Opening […]
Mark Wahlberg working with David O. Russell and LeBron James on new projects
Having collaborated on I Heart Huckabees, Three Kings and The Fighter, actor Mark Wahlberg and director David O. Russell are set to team up for a fourth time, with Wahlberg revealing on Facebook that they are currently working on a script for a biopic about Father Stuart Long, a boxer who found God and became […]
Transformers: The Last Knight featurette explores the wags to riches story of Britain’s Loneliest Dog
Back in June of this year, Michael Bay announced that he’d cast Freya – dubbed ‘Britain’s Loneliest Dog’, due to being passed over for adoption after being visited 18,000 times in her rescue centre – in Transformers: The Last Knight. Paramount Pictures has now released a featurette which highlight’s Freya’s “wags to riches” story and […]
Ed Skrein joins Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel
Last week it was announced that Jackie Earle Haley (Preacher) has joined Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, and now comes word that Ed Skrein (Deadpool) has also joined the cast. The film, which is being produced by James Cameron, will star Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) as the title character Alita, an amnesiac […]
