It looks like Warner Bros.’ planned live-action Akira adaptation is back on, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that new Daredevil co-showrunner Marco J. Ramirez (Sons of Anarchy) has signed on to write a script for the studio’s take on the anime classic. Warner Bros. has been mulling over an Akira movie since the early 2000s, […]
Marvel absent from Comic-Con this year, but Warner Bros. planning a “significant presentation” for its DC movies
Back in March of this year, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn suggested that Marvel Studios would be absent from the San Diego-Comic Con International this July, and now Deadline is reporting that the Marvel has indeed decided to skip Hall H this year. However, if you’re worried that there’ll be a lack of […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt gives an update on Sandman
During an interview with MTV at Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards this past weekend, Joseph Gordon-Levitt offered an update on his planned big screen take on Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed DC/Vertigo comic book series The Sandman and the challenges of adapting the epic story. “It’s slow but steady. It’s a really complicated adaptation because those comics, […]
Dwayne Johnson responds to backlash against Big Trouble in Little China remake, wants John Carpenter involved
Last week it was announced that Dwayne Johnson is set to produce and star in an adaptation of the 80s cult classic Big Trouble in Little China – news that wasn’t exactly met with the most positive of reactions from the original’s fanbase. During an interview with EW, Johnson has spoken about the mixed reaction, […]
Former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight joins Transformers writers room
Fresh from his exploits in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it has been announced that former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight has become the latest name to join the Transformers writers room over at Paramount Pictures. Headed up by Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), the studio’s writers room now includes Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum […]
Watch Batman vs. Harley Quinn in first episode of Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles – ‘Twisted’
Machinima has released the first episode of its animated series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, the latest offering from DC animation legend Bruce Timm. Check it out here… https://youtu.be/tpu6yPAFHrs In an alternative history Zod is Superman’s father, Batman is a vampiric Man-Bat, and Wonder Woman is the child of Ares, God of War. When […]
Mad Max: Fury Road crosses $300 million worldwide
Mad Max: Fury Road has passed $300 million at the global box office, with the fourth instalment of George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action franchise having pulled in $130.8 million domestically and $177 million from international markets for a global haul of $307.8 million and counting. Miller has already revealed that he’s completed a screenplay for a […]
Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror director to helm Robin Hood: Origins
With no less than FOUR Robin Hood movies in development, it looks like Lionsgate has got a head start on its rivals, with Deadline revealing that Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror) has signed on to direct Robin Hood: Origins. Likened to The Dark Knight Trilogy and described as a “gritty take” on the legend, […]
Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s A Deadly Adoption to air on Lifetime this month
Back in April it was revealed that Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig were working on a top secret project for Lifetime, with the duo subsequently indicating that they’d scrapped their plans for the TV movie A Deadly Adoption as a result of details leaking online. Well, it seems that the movie has gone ahead, and […]
Blu-ray Review – Society (1989)
Society, 1989. Directed by Brian Yuzna. Starring Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Evan Richards, Ben Meyerson, Charles Lucia and Heidi Kozak. SYNOPSIS: A young man thinks he doesn’t quite fit in with his family and friends, and then he discovers why… Society is one of those surreal horror oddities that the late 1980s/ early 1990s seemed […]
