Having topped the UK box office with a record-breaking haul last weekend, EON Productions, MGM and Sony are celebrating a $200 million global haul for Spectre this weekend, including a $73 million bow in North America. Spectre expanded into an additional 72 territories, debuting in first place in all of the markets and pushing its […]
J.J. Abrams talks Star Wars: The Force Awakens, plot secrecy, and building to Episode VIII
With a little over five weeks to go until the massively-anticipated release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Star Wars marketing machine is in full swing. Over the past few days we’ve had a new trailer, an international poster, and a first TV spot, and now director J.J. Abrams has been speaking to Wired […]
John Wick 2 fills out supporting cast as production gets underway
With production now underway on John Wick 2, director Chad Stahelkski has filled out the supporting cast to the Keanu Reeves-headlined action sequel. Joining the already announced Ian McShane and Common are returning stars John Leguizamo, Bridget Monahan, Tom Sadowski, and Lance Reddick, while new additions include Ruby Rose (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter), Riccardo […]
Casting breakdown for Archie TV series Riverdale
TV Line has got its hands on the casting breakdown for The CW’s upcoming Riverdale series, which is set to bring Archie Comics’ beloved characters Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead to the small screen for a live-action, modern-day take. How faithful will it be to the source material? Well, read on to find out… ARCHIE ANDREWS […]
Marvel dominates the charts in October as Iron Man and Star Wars top bestselling comic books and graphic novels
Between its ‘All-New, All-Different’ relaunch and line of Star Wars titles, Marvel has dominated the bestsellers list for comic books and graphic novels in October. The publisher took all ten spots with regards to the top selling comic books, led by Invincible Iron Man #1, while Star Wars Vol. 1 and Star Wars: Darth Vader […]
George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead to join The Walking Dead on AMC
Back in May it was reported that a small screen adaptation of George A. Romero’s Marvel comic book series Empire of the Dead was heading to the small screen, and now artist Arthur Suydam has revealed that AMC has picked up the project. “[Empire of the Dead] just got signed to AMC. The new big […]
Amazon Studios acquires Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
Variety is reporting that Amazon Studios has acquired the distribution rights to Nicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming horror film The Neon Demon, and will release the film theatrically in the States in the summer of 2016. SEE ALSO: First images from The Neon Demon The Neon Demon sees Elle Fanning (Maleficent) playing an “aspiring model who moves […]
Toby Kebbell on Fantastic Four: “The fans aren’t wrong”
Josh Trank trashed it, Kate Mara claimed she hadn’t seen it and mocked its box office takings, and Rupert Murdoch blamed it for the under performance of his entire company. Now Toby Kebbell has shared his thoughts on Fantastic Four, and specifically the reaction of the fans to the much-derided superhero reboot. “I was disappointed, but the fans […]
Warcraft director Duncan Jones on the videogame movie curse
Appearing at BlizzCon to promote his upcoming fantasy epic Warcraft – which received its first trailer on Friday night [watch it here] – director Duncan Jones has taken part in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, where he was asked for his thoughts on Warcraft and Asssassin’s Creed being highlighted as two movies that could potentially […]
Sam Mendes suggests that he’s finished with Bond after Spectre
In the run up to the release of Spectre, there’s been a tonne of speculation as to whether Daniel Craig will return for another outing as Bond, or hand in his licence to kill and make way for a new actor in the role of 007. Craig has recently suggested that he could be back for […]
