According to The Wrap, Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Friday Night Lights) has been offered the lead role in the upcoming English-language remake of The Raid from Screen Gems. The remake of Gareth Evans’ martial arts epic has been written by Brad Ingelsby (Run All Night), with Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3) set to direct. It […]
Vince Vaughn in talks with HBO for True Detective season 2
Last month it was revealed that Colin Farrell (Winter’s Tale) and Taylor Kitsch (John Carter) were in negotiations with HBO about joining the cast of True Detective, and now TV Line is reporting that Vince Vaughn (Delivery Man) has also started talks with a view to filling one of lead roles in the second season […]
David Cubitt to play Manhunter in Arrow
The CW has added yet another DC Comics character to the upcoming third season of Arrow, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Medium star David Cubitt has joined The CW superhero show in the role of Mark Shaw, a.k.a. Manhunter, who will be portrayed as “an A.R.G.U.S. operative in Corto Maltese who crosses paths with […]
Interview: Scott Adkins talks about The Legend of Hercules
Ray Willmott chats with Scott Adkins about his latest film, The Legend of Hercules… Ray Willmott: What does the Legend of Hercules mean to you? Is it a Greek legend you’ve always enjoyed? Are there other Greek legends that you enjoy? Scott Adkins: To be honest, I haven’t seen any of the previous Hercules films […]
The Strain – Episode 4 Review
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Strain… The body of Captain Redfern (Jonathan Potts) lays prostrate in the basement of Saint Sebastian’s Hospital. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) is breathing hard having dispatched him with a fire extinguisher, while Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) and Jim Kent (Sean Astin) deal with the fallout. Second survivor […]
Disney announces start of production and full cast for Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass
Walt Disney Pictures has today announced that production is underway on the sequel to Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, with James Bobin (The Muppets) taking over the director’s chair for Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass. According to the official press release, the “film revisits Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories with an all-new new tale […]
SDCC Interview: Jay Oliva, director of Batman: Assault on Arkham
david j. moore chats with Jay Oliva, director of Batman: Assault on Arkham, at the San Diego Comic-Con International… Fans of Marvel’s and DC’s recent animated feature films should be familiar with director Jay Oliva’s work. Among other projects, he’s helmed Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2007) and The Invincible Iron Man (2007), DC’s Batman: The Dark […]
DVD Review – A Certain Justice (2014)
A Certain Justice (a.k.a. Puncture Wounds), 2014. Directed by James Coyne and Giorgio Serafini. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Cung Le, Vinnie Jones, James C. Burn, Gianni Capaldi and Briana Evigan. SYNOPSIS: After returning home from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, John finds himself struggling with PTSD. What little peace he had managed to build […]
Anthony Mackie on the possibility of Sam Wilson taking over as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Last month, Marvel Comics announced that Sam Wilson would be taking over the mantle of Captain America in a new series entitled All-New Captain America, and during an interview with Comic Book, Anthony Mackie – who played Wilson, a.k.a. The Falcon, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier – has spoken about the possibility of the […]
Blu-ray Review – The Double (2013)
The Double, 2013. Directed by Richard Ayoade. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Rade Serbedzija, Cathy Moriarty, Noah Taylor, Gemma Chan and James Fox. SYNOPSIS: A clerk in a government agency finds his unenviable life takes a turn for the horrific with the arrival of a new co-worker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite – confident, charismatic and […]
