As Cersei Lannister once said, when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. And as fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga and the subsequent Game of Thrones television series will know, there’s a much greater chance of you dying. We’ve already seen numerous characters from […]
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror returning for Christmas special
Channel 4 has announced that Charlie Brooker’s Emmy Award-winning anthology series Black Mirror is to return for a one-off special this Christmas, which will feature three interwoven stories in a feature-length episode. “I always enjoy a good ghost story at Christmas, and I’m a sucker for the Amicus’ compendium horror movies of the 70s,” said […]
BBC announces Doctor Who companion series Doctor Who Extra
Ahead of the series eight premiere of Doctor Who tomorrow evening, the BBC has announced that it is launching a companion series entitled Doctor Who Extra, which will air exclusively on BBC iPlayer. The episodes will run for 10 minutes each, and delve behind the scenes of each episode from the eighth series, with “unparalleled […]
David Yates returning to the world of Harry Potter for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Once he finishes work on his upcoming Tarzan movie, it looks like David Yates will be heading back to the world of Harry Potter, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the director is in talks with Warner Bros. with a view to helming the upcoming spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Based on […]
Star-Crossed’s Greg Finley cast as Girder in The Flash
Back at the start of this month it was revealed that the DC villain Tony Woodward – a.k.a. Girder – would be making an appearance in The CW’s Arrow spin-off The Flash, and now Zap2It is reporting that Greg Finley (Star-Crossed, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) has secured the role of the Rogue. […]
Pierce Brosnan on turning down the role of Batman
Back in the 80s, as Warner Bros. prepared to bring The Dark Knight to the screen in Tim Burton’s Batman, a number of actors found themselves under consideration for the Caped Crusader prior to the casting of Michael Keaton, inlcuding Mel Gibson, Tom Selleck, Charlie Sheen, Kevin Costner and even Bill Murray. Another name on […]
Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and more join Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book: Origins
Coming hot on the heels of the news that Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) will lend his voice to Shere Khan in the upcoming Warner Bros. adaptation of The Jungle Book, it has now been revealed that Christian Bale (American Hustle), Cate Blanchett (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), Naomie Harris (Skyfall), Tom Hollander (About […]
Alfred Molina would return as Doctor Octopus in The Sinister Six “in a heartbeat”
As Sony prepares to bring its Spider-Man bad guys together for 2016’s supervillain ensemble The Sinister Six, Collider caught up with Spider-Man 2 star Alfred Molina, who portrayed Dr. Otto Octavius in the Sam Raimi-helmed Spidey sequel, with the British actor expressing his interest in returning to the role of Doc Ock in the rebooted […]
Second Opinion – The Rover (2014)
The Rover, 2014. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy and Tawanda Manyimo. SYNOPSIS: 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his only possession, his car. Along the way, he captures one of the thieves’ brother, and the duo form an uneasy bond during the […]
Preview of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2014
From co-creator Kevin Eastman comes the TMNT’s most epic adventure yet this week in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2014, as the Heroes in a Half-Shell are whisked away to another dimension by a stranger—Renet! Forced to fight for their survival in a tournament featuring the greatest warriors in the universe, the brothers will have […]
