With several of Marvel’s Phase Three movies yet to be announced, there’s been some speculation as to whether The Incredible Hulk could find himself heading up another solo movie following his showstealing turn in 2012’s The Avengers. The character is said to have an expanded role in next year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now […]
Robert Downey Jr. to play Leonardo da Vinci in Assassin’s Creed?
According to rumours, Robert Downey Jr. may have joined the cast of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed movie, with Moviepilot reporting that the Iron Man star is set to play Leonardo da Vinci in the big screen adaptation of the bestselling Ubisoft video game series. Assassin’s Creed has Michael Fassbender attached to co-produce, as well as […]
J.J. Abrams casts his pal Greg Grunberg in Star Wars: Episode VII
It looks like J.J. Abrams has cast his childhood pal Greg Gunberg in the eagerly-anticipated sequel Star Wars: Episode VII, with the Heroes and Masters of Sex star taking to Twitter to reveal that he has a role in the film, stating that, “If I say more than that, JJ will have me killed.” The […]
FMTV Movie Myths – Is Cannibal Holocaust a snuff film?!
It’s one of the most graphic and depraved films in all of cinema history, but was Italian filmmaker Ruggero Deodato’s notorious 1980 video nasty Cannibal Holocaust actually a snuff film? In this week’s episode of FMTV’s Movie Myths, Oliver Davis takes a trip deep into the heart of the Amazon (okay, not really) to unearth […]
Andrew Garfield says studio interference hurt The Amazing Spider-Man 2
It was meant to expand Sony’s Spidey franchise into a fully-fledged cinematic universe, but instead The Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappointed fans and critics, as well as underperforming at the box office, becoming the lowest-grossing instalment in the series, and trailing behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past in terms of […]
Nightwing to lead a live-action Teen Titans TV series
This upcoming TV season will see DC Comics’ live-action output expanding to four shows, with The Flash, Constantine and Gotham set to join Arrow. Warner Bros. also has Supergirl at the development stage, and now we can add another potential show to that list with Deadline revealing that a live-action Teen Titans adaptation, Titans, is […]
Stephen Amell says Arrow and The Flash “are creating a Justice League on TV”
It’s looking all but certain that DC Comics’ various TV offerings will be kept entirely separate from Warner Bros.’ DC Cinematic Universe, but it seems that Stephen Amell is more than happy to be part of The CW’s expanding DC world, with the Arrow star stating at Fan Expo Canda (via CBR) that “we are […]
Josh Boone provides an update on The Stand
The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is currently busy developing Warner Bros.’ long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s epic post-apocalyptic novel The Stand, and during a chat with Collider he has now provided an update on his progress, confirming that the script is complete, and that it will remain faithful to King’s original novel […]
The Simpsons to cross over with the Tracey Ullman Simpsons
Not content with crossovers with fellow Matt Groening show Futurama and rival FOX animated series Family Guy, it has now been announced that The Simpsons will be meeting up with their original counterparts from The Tracey Ullman Show shorts as part of the annual ‘Treehouse of Horror’ Halloween special… According to Entertainment Weekly, the October […]
R.I.P. Richard Kiel (1939 – 2014)
American actor Richard Kiel – best known for his role as the towering steel-toothed henchman Jaws in the James Bond movie series – has passed away yesterday, aged 74. No cause of death has been released. Born in Detroit in 1939, Kiel began his career in 1960 with a role in an episode of Laramie, […]
