Stan Lee enjoyed one of his more memorable Marvel cameos earlier this year, popping up as a DJ in a strip club in February’s smash hit Deadpool. The Marvel legend had previously joked that he was disappointed the producers had him in and out of the club so quickly, but he’s now revealed that he never […]
Bryan Singer to take a break from the X-Men franchise
With the release of X-Men: Apocalypse, director Bryan Singer has taken his tally of X-Men movies up to four (or five, if you include his producing duties on X-Men: First Class), and it seems he’s now ready for a break from the mutant superhero franchise. “I recently met Danny Boyle — he and I have […]
New rumours on Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
With Phase Three now underway following the release of Captain America: Civil War, Joblo has posted a few rumours concerning two of Marvel Studios’ big 2017 releases in Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Potential spoilers follow… We’ll start things off with Thor: Ragnarok, and the site reports that while the story […]
FX picks up X-Men series Legion with season order, first look image released
The official Marvel site has announced that FX Networks has placed an eight-episode season order for Legion, the X-Men TV series from Noah Hawley (Fargo), which sees Dan Stevens (The Guest) leading the cast as David Haller alongside Rachel Keller (Fargo), Jean Smart (Fargo), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Jeremie Harris (A Walk Among the […]
Star Trek: Voyager novelist Kirsten Beyer joins Star Trek TV series writing team
As development continues on CBS’ new Star Trek TV series ahead of a September production start date, Trek Core has revealed that author Kirsten Beyer has joined showrunner Bryan Fuller on the writing team for the show. Beyer has plenty of Trek experience, having penned eight Star Trek: Voyager novels, and joins a writers room […]
Lawrence Kasdan says the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff will shoot in January
Earlier this month Disney and Lucasfilm announced that they’ve found their young Han Solo in Alden Ehrenreich, and now screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan has revealed that production on the Star Wars Anthology movie will kick off in January. “You know, Chris Miller and Phil Lord are going to direct it,” said Kasdan (via Star Wars News […]
Michael Bay confirms Megatron return for Transformers: The Last Knight
Following last week’s viral teaser [watch it here], Michael Bay has taken to Instagram to share a brief teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight, confirming that the Decepticon leader Megatron will be back for the fifth instalment of the blockbuster franchise… https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFEZ9vIWv1/ Transformers: The Last Knight reunites Michael Bay with Transformers: Age of Extinction star […]
X-Men: Apocalypse enjoys $80 million domestic opening weekend as Alice Through the Looking Glass bombs
X-Men: Apocalypse debuted in the States this past Friday, with the latest instalment of Fox’s mutant superhero franchise enjoying an $80 million domestic opening over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, with $65.3 million of that coming from the Friday-Sunday period. “We’re very happy with this result as we introduce new characters in the X-Men universe,” […]
The Conjuring 2 director James Wan discusses his influences
With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of the hotly-anticipated horror sequel The Conjuring 2, we’ve got an exclusive interview featurette with James Wan, where the director discusses his influences; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Experience the Enfield haunting in 360° video for The Conjuring 2 Reprising their roles, Oscar […]
Dwayne Johnson to headline Shane Black’s Doc Savage movie
Back in 2013 it was announced that Shane Black (Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys) was developing a movie based around the classic pulp adventurer Doc Savage, and now he’s found his lead in the insanely busy Dwayne Johnson. “For all comic book fans you already know the world’s first superhero (pre-dating Superman) is the […]
