It looks like Oliver Queen’s skills are going to be put to the test by his first super-powered villain this season, with IGN reporting that Doug Jones is set to appear in Arrow as Jake Simmons, a.k.a. Deathbolt. Making his debut in 1983 in All-Star Squadron #21, Deathbolt was the result of an experiment by […]
Amazon Studios orders five pilots to series
Amazon has today announced that based upon customer feedback on its 2015 pilots, it has placed orders for full seasons of The Man in the High Castle (which happens to be Amazon’s most-viewed pilot of all-time), Mad Dogs, The New Yorker Presents, Just Add Magic and The Stinky & Dirty Show. “During the latest pilot […]
Fifty Shades of Grey shatters records at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th February to Sunday 15th February 2015… Well, given its colossal worldwide opening, this won’t come as a surprise at all, but Fifty Shades of Grey has shattered records here in the UK with its debut weekend of £13,550,290 giving it the biggest […]
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson reportedly wants to pull out of Fifty Shades of Grey sequels
Given the spectacular box office performance of Fifty Shades of Grey, Universal Pictures must surely be keen to get the second instalment going, but if The Sun is to be believed (and that’s generally a big “if”), the studio may have to do so without director Sam Taylor-Johnson. According to the paper, Taylor-Johnson is contracted […]
Daniel Cudmore reveals that Colossus will be recast in Deadpool
Last week when it was announced that Gina Carano (Fast & Furious 6) had signed on to join Ryan Reynolds in the cast of Deadpool, it was also revealed that Colossus will feature as a character in the Merc With the Mouth’s solo movie. Naturally this led many to assume than Daniel Cudmore would be […]
Kingsman: The Perfect Pairing Between Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar
Anthony Stokes on why Kingsman is the perfect pairing between Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar… I want to start out by saying I love Kick-Ass. It’s in my top 5 favorite comic book movies and it along with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are two of the most underrated movies of the last five years. […]
Kevin Michael Richardson and Trevor Devall join Guardians of the Galaxy animated series
Last night the official Marvel Twitter account revealed that a series of announcements about the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy animated show will be make this week, and now we have our first piece of news, with Kevin Michael Richardson set to step into Vin Diesel’s shoes by lending his voice to Groot. Richardson has […]
Marvel reimagines The Infinity Gauntlet with new Secret Wars tie-in
Prior to the big Secret Wars announcement, Marvel dropped a series of posters revealing that we’d be revisiting some of the publisher’s best-loved story arcs this summer – which of course we now know will pave the way for a reboot of the Marvel universe. We’ve already seen previews for the reimagined Inferno, Planet Hulk […]
Scarlett Johansson talks Black Widow and Avengers: Age of Ultron
In the build up to the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, we’ve heard on several occasions that Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff will play a primary role in the hotly-anticpated Marvel sequel. Judging by her scenes in the first trailer, it looks like we’ll be delving into the Black Widow’s backstory somewhat, and Johansson has […]
Jedward join Tara Reid in Sharknado 3
It looks like Syfy is starting to fill out its cast of z-list celebrity cameos for Sharknado 3, with Tara Reid revealing via her Instagram that Jedward – a.k.a. former X-Factor contestents John and Edward Grimes – are set to appear in the threequel. Reid met the duo back in 2011 during Celebrity Big Brother, […]
