Despite reviews that were decidedly mixed (or should that be ‘split’?), M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass proved to be a hit at the box office this past weekend, with the Unbreakable and Split follow-up opening to $89 million worldwide.Produced on a budget of just $20 million, Glass grossed $40.5 million across the Friday to Sunday period […]
Rumour: Pokemon Red and Blue and Mewtwo movies in development
With buzz for the franchise’s first live action adventure Pokemon: Detective Pikachu building ahead of the film’s May release, rumour from We Got This Covered claims that Legendary Pictures is already working on developing two additional movies in the Pokemon universe.According to the site, Legendary is in the early stages of development on a film […]
Watch an exclusive clip from fantasy comedy horror Dave Made a Maze
Director Bill Watterson’s acclaimed fantasy horror comedy Dave Made a Maze is set for a UK release this month courtesy of Arrow Video, and we’ve got an exclusive clip from the movie which you can watch right here…Meet Dave. Dave is stuck in a maze. A maze he made. Out of cardboard. In his living […]
The Batman Who Laughs and Paper Girls lead December 2018’s bestselling comic book and graphic novel charts
Diamond Comic Distributors have announced details of the top comic book and graphic novel sales for December 2018, with DC’s Dark Knights: Metal spinoff The Batman Who Laughs leading the comic book chart for the month and Images Comics’ Paper Girls Vol. 5 emerging as the bestselling graphic novel title.SEE ALSO: Action Comics #1000 and […]
Arrow enlists Kelsey Grammer for mockumentary episode
Kelsey Grammer is heading to Star City for a guest role in the 150th episode of The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow, titled ‘Emerald Archer’.As per TV Line, the special episode will present a faux documentary entitled ‘The Hood and the Rise of Vigilantism”, which will be narrated by Grammer and feature “behind-the-scenes documentary footage” […]
Alien: Covenant star Katherine Waterston “absolutely game” for another Alien instalment
In the build up to the release of Alien: Covenant, director Ridley Scott revealed that he had plans for up to SIX more instalments in the sci-fi horror series, only for 20th Century Fox to apply the brakes when Covenant failed to perform at the box office.Given the impending Disney acquisition of Fox, the future […]
Marvel “ready to go” on The Punisher season 3, but the decision rests with Netflix
With the second season of The Punisher hitting Netflix this past Friday, Marvel fans are waiting on the expected announcement that the Jon Bernthal-headlined series is going the same way as Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil with confirmation of its cancellation.Yesterday we brought you some comments from Bernthal who said that he’s “at peace” with […]
Michael Rooker and more check in to Fantasy Island
Sony Pictures and Blumhouse’s big screen adaptation of the hit ABC TV series Fantasy Island is filling out its cast, with Deadline reporting that Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), Charlotte McKinney (Baywatch), Parisa Fitz-Henley (Luke Cage) and Austin Stowell (Catch 22) have joined the film.Fantasy Island is being directed by Jeff Wadlow (Truth or […]
Green Book wins top honour at the 2019 PGA Awards
Well, it looks like we may have a new front runner for the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards, with the Producer’s Guild of America honouring the Peter Farrelly-directed Green Book with the top honour, The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, at the 2019 PGA Awards.Over the past […]
Roma named Film of the Year at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
The 39th annual London Critics Circle Film Awards took place in the capital this evening, with Alfonso’s Cuaran’s Mexican drama Roma named as Film of the Year and Cuaron collecting the Director of the Year award.Yorgos Lantimos’ blackly comical period film The Favourite won four awards including British/Irish Film and Screenwriter, Best Actress (Olivia Colman) […]