Despite being labelled as a risky proposition, Guardians of the Galaxy has contineud Marvel Studios’ fine run of form at the box office, pulling in almost $620 million since its release at the start of August. And with that return, it has also helped Marvel to reach a landmark by pushing the cumulative worldwide gross […]
Watch Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye animation test
Having made the jump to features with Hotel Transylvania back in 2012, animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) was tasked by Sony Pictures Animation with realising the studio’s plans for a new movie based around the classic cartoon character Popeye. Despite pushing the film back twice from 2014 to 2015 and then […]
Guy Ritchie finds his Guinevere for Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur
Despite earlier reports that Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla) was in talks for the role, Deadline has revealed that Guy Ritchie has found his Guinevere for his planned King Arthur franchise, with French actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) signing on to portray Arthur’s Queen consort in Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur. Berges-Frisbey […]
Ryan Reynolds on the reaction to the leaked Deadpool footage
Back in July, some early concept footage for a standalone Deadpool movie from Tim Miller and Blur Studio leaked online, which was met with near-universal praise from fans of the Merc with the Mouth. While it doesn’t quite seem to have convinced 20th Century Fox to give the go-ahead to the long-gestating solo movie just […]
Comic Book Review – Translucid #6
Zeb Larson reviews Translucid #6… The Horse’s final play is here. He and The Navigator enter their final battle, and it takes place on a plane no one would expect! The most personal battle of all is here in the finale to this series and only one person is walking away from it! This has […]
Machinima to air digital animated series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles
During the San Diego Comic-Con International back in July, it was announced that Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Bruce Timm is set to return to the DC animated universe for an original feature entitled Justice League: Gods and Monsters, and now it has been revealed that Machinima has picked up the three part digital series […]
Blu-ray Review – Frank (2014)
Frank, 2014. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Starring Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Scoot McNairy and Maggie Gyllenhaal. SYNOPSIS: Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank. What is true creative genius and where do the boundaries […]
Jack Huston set for title role in Ben-Hur remake
Last week it was announced that Morgan Freeman (Now You See Me) has signed on to the cast of MGM and Paramount Pictures upcoming Ben-Hur remake, and now Deadline is reporting that British actor Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) will take on the title role, which was famously filled by Charlton Heston back in the 1959 […]
Anthony Daniels on returning as C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode VII
Having portrayed the protocol droid C-3PO in all six Star Wars movies, as well as the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special and the animated shows Droids, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Yoda Chronicles and the upcoming Star Wars Rebels, there was never any doubt about Anthony Daniels donning the gold […]
Producer Frank Marshall says the Bourne franchise is now on “two tracks”
Earlier in the week it was reported that Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are returning to the Bourne franchise for another instalment in the spy series, suggesting that the film would take on the 2016 release date slated for the sequel to the Jeremy Renner-led The Bourne Legacy. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, producer […]
