Deadline has revealed that Brittany Ishibashi (Bones) has signed on to play Karai – daughter of the Heroes in a Half-Shell’s arch-nemesis Shredder – in the currently in production Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. She will take over the role from Minae Noji, who briefly appeared as the character in last year’s reboot. SEE ALSO: […]
Tilda Swinton in talks to play the Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Snowpiercer) is in talks with Marvel Studios about taking on the role of the Ancient One in next year’s Doctor Strange. Initially Marvel had been looking for a male actor to portray Dr. Stephen Strange’s mentor, with Morgan Freeman (The Dark […]
Game of Thrones season 6 casting underway, character breakdowns released
We’ve still got three episodes of the fifth season to go, but it seems HBO is already casting next year’s sixth season of Game of Thrones, and thanks to Watchers on the Wall we’ve got some breakdowns for the new characters set to join the epic fantasy series. Pirate, man in his 40’s to late 50’s. […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron overtakes Iron Man 3 and Frozen to become sixth-biggest movie of all time
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has continued its climb up the all-time box office chart, overtaking fellow Disney released Iron Man 3 ($1.215 billion) and Frozen ($1.274 billion), having pulled in $1.278 billion by close of play on Monday. SEE ALSO: New featurette explores the opening sequence of Avengers: Age of Ultron The Joss Whedon-directed […]
Furious 7 becomes only the fourth film ever to pass $1.5 billion at the global box office
Fast & Furious 7 has just reached another box office milestone today, with the latest instalment of the high octane action franchise hitting $1.5 billion at the global box office, becoming just the fourth film to do so after Avatar, Titanic and The Avengers. The fourth-highest grossing movie of all time, Furious 7 has banked […]
IDW and Top Shelf adapting Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
IDW and Top Shelf Productions have today announced that Eisner-nominated artist Troy Little is set to adapt Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with a new graphic novel. “I’m so pleased that one of the first collaborative projects to come out of the Top Shelf / IDW relationship will be Troy Little’s […]
John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There may be a different studio and director behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but when Episode VII opens in cinemas this December one thing that will be very familiar is the music of John Williams. The composer, who has scored all six previous movies in the Star Wars saga, has been talking to Vanity […]
Interview: Jack Reher talks Into the Grizzly Maze
Zachary Leeman chats with Into the Grizzly Maze screenwriter Jack Reher… Predator and prey. It’s a frighteningly simple notion and one the movies have long exploited sometimes to great effect. Being hunted is scary, plain and simple and worse is not knowing whether you are the prey. Into the Grizzly Maze is a new film, […]
Robert Rodriguez directing a live-action Jonny Quest movie
Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Sin City) has signed on to direct a live-action version of Jonny Quest, the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a young boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. As well as directing the Warner Bros. project, Rodriguez is set to co-write alongside Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean), while Dan Lin […]
Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road remain strong at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 22nd May to Sunday 24th May 2015… Disney and director Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland scored a soft opening in the US over Memorial Day Weekend with just $40.7 million, and it hasn’t fared too well on these shores either, with the sci-fi blockbuster opening […]
