Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media have announced that principal photography is underway on Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the sequel to 2012’s Lee Child adaptation, which sees Tom Cruise returning to the title role. Based on the 18th book in the bestselling series, Never Go Back is being directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai), […]
Laverne Cox to play Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show remake
Emmy Award-nominated transgender actress Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) has signed on to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Fox’s upcoming TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Announced back in April, the two-hour TV taped event special is being directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson’s This Is It) and is described as “a […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October 2015… The UK box office chart received a shakeup this past weekend with five new entries all cracking the top ten, the best of which was Hotel Transylvania 2, with the Sony animated sequel pulling in a […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters UK records with highest number of ticket sales in 24 hours
Star Wars mania swept the globe this week as Disney and Lucasfilm unleashed the theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and advance tickets for the December release became available, crashing theater websites around the world as fans clamored to make sure they’d be among the first to see the hotly-anticipated film. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel […]
Marvel Cinematic Universe crosses $9 billion at the global box office
Thanks to Ant-Man’s success in China, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the first franchise in history to cross $9 billion at the worldwide box office, with its twelve releases having pulled in a whopping $9.0186 billion and counting. Via Box Office Mojo, here’s the list of MCU films, ranked by highest grossing: The […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team discuss the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Disney and Lucasfilm sent the internet into meltdown yesterday by releasing the full theatrical trailer for December’s massively-anticipated blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The latest glimpse at the film seemed to get the whole world talking, and of course […]
A very special message from Doc Brown on Back to the Future Day
As we all celebrate Back to the Future Day, Doc Brown has taken a moment to mark the occasion with a very special message for fans… https://www.facebook.com/BTTF/videos/1041479309197239/ SEE ALSO: October 21st 2015 – How Much Did Back to the Future Part II Get Right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=C_zu6XuI_g4
The Horror Channel revives Hammer double bills
This November, The Horror Channel is reviving its Hammer Horror double-bills with a series of eight unmissable classic films that will be screened on Saturday nights throughout the month. Sat 7 Nov @ 9pm – THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961) *Network Premiere In Oliver Reed’s first film role, he excels as Leon Corledo, a […]
Vin Diesel says Marvel will have to “woo” him for Black Bolt role in Inhumans
Over the past year or so, Vin Diesel has taken every opportunity to hint at a potential role in Marvel’s upcoming Inhumans movie, with the actor seemingly lobbying hard for the part of Black Bolt. Now, speaking to MTV, the Guardians of the Galaxy star has now changed his tune somewhat, suggesting that the role is his […]
Rumour: Christopher McQuarrie polishing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story script
If rumours are to be believed, Gareth Edwards’ upcoming Star Wars anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has enlisted some Oscar-winning talent to polish its script. According to Latino-Review, Lucasfilm has brought in Christopher McQuarrie, screenwriter of The Usual Suspects and director of this year’s box office hit Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, […]
