Fresh from his adventures in Middle-earth, it has been reported today that Martin Freeman is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the star of The Hobbit joining the cast of the Phase Three launching Captain America: Civil War in an as-yet-unrevealed role. SEE ALSO: First promo art from Captain America: Civil War sees […]
Tom Hardy talks Suicide Squad, and reveals why he left the project
Back in December when we got the first casting news for Suicide Squad, it was announced that Tom Hardy would be set for a return to the DC universe, swapping The Dark Knight Rises‘ Bane for Rick Flagg, leader of Task Force X. However, barely a month later Hardy exited the film, with rumours suggesting […]
Tim Kring’s Imperative Entertainment adapting Black Mask Studios’ Mayday
Imperative Entertainment – which is run by Tim Kring, creator of Heroes – has teamed up with Black Mask Studios to adapt the comic book series Mayday as a scripted television series. MAYDAY lives in the underbelly of the Hollywood scene, where a washed-up, drug-addicted screenwriter and a transgender bartender stumble onto a Satanic cult’s […]
Will Poulter to play Pennywise in remake of Stephen King’s It
Back in March, director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) spoke about the challenges in finding the “perfect Pennywise” for the upcoming two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, and now it seems his search is over. Variety has broke the news that British actor Will Poulter has signed on to play the monster, having impressed […]
Star Wars: Episode VIII to shoot in the UK at Pinewood Studios
This won’t come as much of a surprise, but it has been announced that 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII is set to shoot at Pinewood Studios in the UK, and will presumably go into production once Gareth Edwards finishes up with the first standalone spin-off movie, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. The announcement was made […]
Gwendoline Christie’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character revealed as Captain Phasma
Following on from this morning’s new images of Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn) and Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Vanity Fair has continued its Star Wars Day celebrations by releasing an official first-look image from Star Wars: The Force Awakens of Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie […]
Gotham Season 1 Episode 21 Review – ‘The Anvil or the Hammer’
Martin Carr reviews the twenty-first episode of Gotham… I find myself between a rock and a hard place. With metaphorical marching bands and the news of another royal mouth to feed, we find ourselves at an end. Not in the biblical sense but more in a literal manner. Gotham has finished. If you could stop […]
DVD Review – World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen (2015)
World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen, 2015. Directed by Freddie Hutton-Mills & Bart Ruspoli. Starring Philip Barantini, Ray Panthaki, Kacey Barnfield, Robert Bladen, Wendy Glenn and Kyle Frank. SYNOPSIS: A documentary crew travel to the scene of a famous WWI battle to try and uncover what happened there only to discover that most of […]
Gotham Season 1 Episode 20 Review – ‘Under the Knife’
Martin Carr reviews the twentieth episode of Gotham… Unbalanced personalities, damaged psychosis and narrative conventions all jostle for position, in this penultimate portion of Gotham on Fox. Erin Richards, all but forgotten in the ebb and flow of events, comes to the fore opposite Ogre extraordinaire Milo Ventimigilia. Elsewhere Lord Taylor continues his plotting while […]
Fast & Furious 7 climbs to fourth in the all time box office chart
Despite losing its hold over the top of the box office charts in the wake of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s release, Universal’s blockbuster action sequel Fast & Furious 7 has continued its hugely-impressive run by overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 to become the fourth biggest film of all time. The […]
