Following on from its record-breaking opening weekend, Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now smashed another record on its way to $610 million worldwide.On Monday, the film earned $40.1 million domestically, crushing the previous Monday record of $27.7 million set by Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 back in 2004 and pushing its North […]
Sony sets release dates for The Emoji Movie and Peter Rabbit, delays animated Spider-Man film
Sony Pictures Animation has announced release dates for three of its upcoming projects, with The Emoji Movie set to land on August 11th 2017, followed by Peter Rabbit on March 23rd 2018 and the animated Spider-Man feature on December 21st 2018.The Spider-Man movie – which will be based on a treatment by The LEGO Movie’s Phil […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets belated Critics’ Choice Award nomination for Best Picture
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced that it has belatedly added Star Wars: The Force Awakens to the list of nominees for Best Picture at the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards.The decision was made after a poll of members yesterday, asking whether the film – which was not screened to members prior to the official […]
Matt Damon gives an update on Bourne 5
As production continues on the fifth instalment of the Bourne franchise, Matt Damon has been giving Variety an update on the sequel, which will reunite him with The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass.“We’re, like, probably about halfway through,” states Damon. “We started in September but they’re going dark for most of […]
Deadpool gets an IMAX poster and trailer
20th Century Fox has continued its ’12 Days of Deadpool’ countdown to the new trailer on Christmas Day by releasing an IMAX poster and trailer for February’s X-Men spinoff; check them out here…SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Deadpool coverage hereBased upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special […]
The Russos talk Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man and Avengers: Infinity War
Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Joe and Anthony Russo are currently deep in post-production on Marvel’s Phase Three-launching Captain America: Civil War, after which they’ll start work on the two-part Marvel epic Avengers: Infinity War. During a promotional interview in China, the filmmaking siblings have discussed both projects, as well as the introduction of […]
Johnny Depp dethrones Adam Sandler as most overpaid actor in Hollywood for 2015
It’s almost the end of the year, and as such Forbes has posted its annual list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood, with Johnny Depp dethroning Adam Sander (who topped the list for both 2013 and 2014) for the unenviable title. According to Forbes’ ranking, the poor performance of The Lone Ranger, Mortdecai and […]
Disney crosses $5 billion at the global box office for 2015
For the first time in its history, Walt Disney Pictures has crossed $5 billion in global box office receipts in a single year, thanks in no small part to its big three brands in Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm. Topping Disney’s list of big earners this year are Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4 billion), Inside Out […]
IDW announces Jack Kirby’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition
IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to release its very first Marvel Comics Artist’s Edition featuring work from the legendary Jack Kirby this coming May with Jack Kirby’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition. “I’ve had the great pleasure of working with one of the most creative men in comics—the great Jack Kirby, whose […]
SPOILERS: J.J. Abrams discusses Kylo Ren’s big scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Warning. Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens follow. You have been warned…With Star Wars: The Force Awakens breaking box office records across the globe, director J.J. Abrams has been discussing some of the more spoilery aspects of the film, including Rey’s backstory [see here], surprise cameos [see here] and R2-D2’s role [see here].Well, Abrams […]
