BAFTA has announced the nominees for the 2016 EE British Academy Film Awards, with Bridge of Spies and Carol leading the pack with nine nominations apiece, including Best Film, which they’ll contest with The Big Short, The Revenant and Spotlight. Check out a full list of the nominations here… BEST FILM THE BIG SHORT Dede […]
Guillermo del Toro in talks for Fantastic Voyage remake
With Pacific Rim 2 on hold indefinitely, it seems that Guillermo del Toro may have found his next project, as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the filmmaker is in talks with 20th Century Fox and James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment about directing a remake of the 1966 sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage. The project would reunite […]
Netflix orders “sexy psychological thriller” Gypsy
Entertainment Weekly is reported that Netflix has ordered a 10-part drama series Gypsy from newcomer Lisa Rubin, which is described as a “sexy psychological thriller”. Gypsy will revolve around Jean Holloway, “a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients’ lives.” The series is slated to arrive on […]
Alison Pill joins Jessica Chastain in gun control drama Miss Sloane
Variety is reporting that Alison Pill (The Newsroom) has signed on to appear in Miss Sloane, the upcoming gun control drama from director John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Miss Sloane stars Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak) as lobbyist seeking for tighter federal laws regulating firearms, who faces off against the powerful gun lobby. The […]
Fan petition calls for George Lucas’ return to the Star Wars saga
The Star Wars saga entered a new ‘post-George Lucas’ phase last month with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and while many fans were glad to see the back of the bearded one after the Prequel Trilogy, it seems not all were ready to say goodbye to Lucas’ vision. If you fall into […]
Tales from the Crypt reboot in the works from M. Night Shyamalan and TNT
M. Night Shyamalan is set to reboot the classic anthology series Tales from the Crypt as the centrepiece offering in a new weekly two-hour horror and suspense block for TNT, which Shyamalan is programming. Deadline reports that the new series will be based on a combination of William Gaines’ original EC Comics, along with new […]
UPDATE: TNT pulls the plug on live-action Teen Titans TV series
Given that there’s been no movement on the project for over a year, this probably won’t come as too much of a surprise, but TNT has decided against moving ahead with its live-action Teen Titans series, with network president Kevin Reilly stating that: “We decided it wasn’t where we wanted to go.” Titans – or […]
Marvel’s Star Wars #1 is the bestselling comic book of 2015
2015 was certainly a great year for Star Wars, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattering records at the box office, and the franchise’s various video games pulling in over $1 billion in revenue. Now it can add another success, with PREVIEWSworld revealing that Marvel’s Star Wars #1 was the bestselling comic book the year. Here’s the […]
Jewel Staite joins DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Hawkgirl promo released
TV Line is reporting that Firefly star Jewel Staite is set to join the DC universe, with the actress signing on for a guest role in the upcoming Arrow and The Flash spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Staite will play Rachel Turner, “a tech genius/roboticist who exists in a future in which technology has an […]
William Shatner says “there was never a conversation” about him returning as Kirk for Star Trek Beyond
Back in September, it was rumoured that William Shatner could reprise the role of Captain James T. Kirk for this year’s Star Trek Beyond, with Shatner subsequently confirming that he’d been approached. However, it seems he’s now changed his mind, telling SFX Magazine that: “There was never a conversation. It would have been interesting to see […]
