After a run of high profile flops such as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Men in Black: International, Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 4 injected some life into the box office this weekend with the sequel setting a new record for the biggest ever global opening for an animated movie.Domestically, Toy Story 4 […]
Shazam! sequel will shoot next year, reveals Zachary Levi
Shazam! may not have managed to replicate the runaway financial success of Aquaman, but given its modest budget (for a superhero movie, anyway) of $100 million, it proved to be a solid enough hit at the box office with $363 million to warrant a sequel.It was revealed following the movie’s opening weekend that Shazam! screenwriter […]
Exclusive poster for Bernard Rose’s Samurai Marathon
Ahead of its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival tomorrow, we’ve got an exclusive poster for Samurai Marathon, the new film from director Bernard Rose (Candyman).Samurai Marathon is inspired by the real-life race (still held annually in Japan) established in the 1850s by an ageing feudal lord who, in response to the arrival […]
Disney’s Aladdin passes $800 million at the global box office
Toy Story 4’s bumper opening wasn’t the only thing Disney has to celebrate this weekend, as Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin continues to bring in solid takings in its fifth weekend, the live-action adaptation having now pushed its global haul beyond the $800 million mark.Aladdin held onto third place in North America for the third week running […]
Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding adds two new projects to his slate
THR is reporting that Crazy Rich Asians and A Simple Favor star Henry Golding has signed on to star in two new projects in the adventure film The Inheritance and action thriller Harrington’s Greatest Hits.The Inheritance is an action adventure film which has been written by Alistair Hudson, from a story by Hudson and Golding. […]
Ron Howard to adapt The Shrinking of Treehorn as animated film
Filmmaker Ron Howard is set to turn his attention to the world of animation for the first time, with Variety reporting that he has signed on to direct a feature-length adaptation of Florence Parry Heide’s children’s book The Shrinking of Treehorn.The 1971 book follows a young man who begins shrinking in size after playing a […]
IDW’s new era of Transformers expands with new Transformers: Galaxies series
IDW is set to build upon this year’s Transformers comic book relaunch with the first spinoff series Transformers: Galaxies, which will get underway this September and promised to “delve deeper into the origins, motivations, and world-shattering machinations of the extended Transformers cast”, beginning with the story arc ‘Constructicons Rising’.Written by Tyler Bleszinski with art from […]
Space Jam 2 assembles its roster of basketball stars
With filming on the long-gestating Space Jam 2 set to get underway this year, ESPN is reporting that Warner Bros. has enlisted a number of basketball stars to feature alongside NBA superstar LeBron James.According to the report, the live-action/CG-hybrid animated sequel will see James lining up alongside his Los Angeles Lakers team-mate Anthony Davis, Damian […]
Marvel Studios returning to San Diego Comic-Con next month for MCU panel
After sitting out last year, Deadline is reporting that Marvel Studios is set to return to Hall H next month for what is sure to be a hugely-anticipated panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International.While details are being kept under wraps, one would assume that the panel could include some kind of celebration or tribute […]
Tom Holland would like to see Spider-Man teaming up with Doctor Strange
Having teamed up with Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio in next month’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, it seems that Tom Holland has already identified the next Marvel character he’d like to see tagging up with the web-slinger.“I’m really wanting to do a team-up with Doctor Strange, because we’re […]
