Gavin Logan on Hugh Jackman’s legacy and the future of Wolverine… Let’s face it, Wolverine is a little bit like marmite isn’t he. But love him or hate him there’s no denying he has been one of, if not the most important characters to help raise the bar for superhero movies and establish comic book […]
Rumoured subtitle for Star Wars: Episode VII…?
May the 4th has been and gone and if like me you are reeling in disappointment at the lack of news following the recent cast announcement then this rumour might perk you up a little. Aint It Cool News are reporting that their source within the Star Wars camp – the same person who told them about […]
Dissecting the new Star Wars cast
Gavin Logan dissects the new Star Wars cast for Episode VII…. It seems like an age ago when Disney announced the acquisition of LucasFilm for a whopping $4 billion and with it the exciting news that we would be getting more Star Wars movies. Since then exactly 2446 actors have been linked with possible roles […]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb speaks out on Mary Jane, Sinister Six and more
It may just have been an ironic coincidence that Marc Webb got the job to reboot The Amazing Spider-Man or it may have been fate. Either way he has taken the ball and is running full steam ahead with it. In a recent interview with Movies.com the director opened up about his decision to cut love […]
The Phantom movie reboot rumoured to be in development
Black mask and purple tights, what could go wrong? In 1996 lots of things went wrong for the big screen adaptation of Lee Falk’s beloved superhero The Phantom. It totally bombed at the box office regaining a measly $17 million of it’s reported $45 million budget. This was a time when superheroes weren’t greeted with […]
Josh Gad to write sci-fi comedy for Disney
Having been bitten by the Disney bug whilst playing Olaf the Snowman in their most recent billion dollar blockbuster Frozen, it looks like Josh Gad will be re-teaming with the studio to work on an as yet untitled project. No details have been revealed yet but the project is set to be a live action […]
Lupita Nyong’o and Scarlett Johansson in talks for The Jungle Book
The live action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale is set to add two huge names to its cast. Disney wants Lupita Nyong’o to voice the maternal wolf Rakcha and Scarlett Johansson to voice Kaa, the python who uses her hypnotic eyes to control its prey. Idris Elba has already signed on to voice main […]
HBO turning J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy into a mini-series
In case you didn’t know J.K. Rowling wrote some fairly successful children’s books that went on to become an even more successful film franchise. The Harry Potter series grossed approximately $7.7 billion worldwide at the box office sprouting a theme park, various spin-off books and a recently announced spin-off trilogy of movies. So yeah, J.K. […]
Disney announces It’s A Small World to become a movie
One of the oldest and most famous theme park rides ever is set to become a movie. Disney announced yesterday that it would be developing the movie with Jon Turtletaub (National Treasure) signing on as director, Jared Stern (Wreck-It Ralph) to write the script and Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie) producing. The announcement comes on […]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon prequel ready to shoot in New Zealand
The prequel to the hugely successful epic martial arts Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – entitled The Green Destiny – has been in the works for some time now but production has stalled due to complications with filming schedules and locations. However the ball is now firmly set to roll with the news that new regulations […]
