One of the best things about Jordan Peele’s film of the year contender, Get Out, was how Allison Williams (HBO’s Girls) lulled both Daniel Kaluuya and the audience into a false sense of security, before pulling the old switcheroo. She was integral to that film working. The good news is that according to Deadline, Williams […]
The Crow reboot to start pre-production in 2018
“It can’t rain all the time”. That is unless you’re trying to reboot cult Brandon Lee property The Crow, and the downpour in question is bad luck. There have been rights issues, the shutdown of Relativity Media, a revolving door of potential leads – Luke Evans, Jack Huston, Jason Momoa – and a roll-call of directors, […]
Quantum Leap creator talks potential jump to the big screen
With nostalgia all the rage these days, Quantum Leap creator Donald Bellisario has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about a script he has written which could potentially see Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) making one final leap onto cinema screens. Running for five seasons during the late 80’s, Quantum Leap was the story of a physicist […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi gets a Destiny TV spot
Lucasfilm and Disney have released a brand new TV spot for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Entitled ‘Destiny’, the promo debuted during the World Series and features a lot of the footage we’ve already seen, such as Rey (Daisy Ridley) performing some cracking lightsabre moves on Anch-To, Luke (Mark Hamill) looking as though he’s overdosed […]
Jaimie Alexander explains why Lady Sif is a Thor: Ragnarok no-show
Whilst Thor: Ragnarok brings back multiple characters from the franchise, as well as some from the wider MCU and a couple of stunt-casting cameos, there was one notable absence in the shape of Jaimie Alexander’s Lady Sif. Alexander played the battle hardened Asgardian in both Thor and Thor: The Dark World, and also made appearances […]
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective to return, Young Guns and Major League reboots also in development
Ace Ventura is definitely a character of his time, one who launched the 90’s success story that was Jim Carrey, while grossing over $100m worldwide and creating catchphrases that have echoed through to today. Now, off the back of the news that Morgan Creek Productions, the company behind the film and its sequel, When Nature […]
Thor: Ragnarok hammers out $28 million at the international box office
With the rest of the world getting a head start on their third trip to Asgard, audiences have been flocking to Thor: Ragnarok in the three days in which it has been playing in the international market. The Taika Waititi directed Marvel Studios threequel has grossed $28m from the first few days release in 28 markets. […]
Tom Hanks to star in sci-fi robo drama Bios
The nicest man on the planet, Mr. Tom Hanks, stepped into the sci-fi flecked world of The Circle earlier this year with pretty disastrous results. Now Variety are reporting that he is to have another crack at the genre with Bios. Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik is attached to direct the story of a robot that […]
Wonder Woman gets a Justice League character featurette
Let’s be honest here, ninety percent of the reason why we’re rooting for Justice League is because of how brilliant Gal Gadot was as Diana Prince, a.k.a. Wonder Woman, so with less than a month to go before the film hits cinema screens Warner Bros. are cranking up the marketing with their trailers and featurettes, the latest […]
Taika Waititi on his What We Do in the Shadows spin-off plans
He may have only just finished reinvigorating the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the kaleidoscopic brilliance of Thor: Raganrok, but Taika Waititi has been quick to reassure fans that one of his previous pieces of cinematic genius, What We Do in the Shadows, will still get its own proposed spin-off, and more. Speaking to Fandango, Waititi […]
