After sinking Titanic last week, Marvel Studios’ superhero epic Avengers: Endgame has reached another box office milestone yesterday as it became only the second movie in history to hit the $2.5 billion mark worldwide.Domestically, Endgame has climbed to $728.4 million, making it the third-highest grossing North American release behind Avatar ($760.5 million) and Star Wars: […]
Filming begins on Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Jodie Comer and Joe Keery
Disney has announced that filming is now underway on Free Guy, director Shaun Levy’s (Night at the Museum) adventure comedy starring Ryan Reynolds (Pokemon: Detective Pikachu).The film will see Reynolds playing a a lonely bank teller who discovers he is actually an NPC, a background character, in the open-world videogame Free City.Production on Free Guy […]
Amazon picks up Star Trek: Picard for international distribution
CBS All Access’ upcoming Star Trek: Picard series has secured international distribution, but unlike Star Trek: Discovery, the Patrick Stewart show won’t be available to Netflix subscribers.Both CBS and Amazon have announced that the series, set some 20 years after Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been picked up internationally by Amazon Prime, with new […]
Josh Gad to shrink the kids in Shrunk
According to SlashFilm, Josh Gad is set to star in the lead role in Shrunk, a reboot/’legacy-quel’ to the Walt Disney Pictures 80s classic Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.Shrunk is said to take place in the same world as the original movies, albeit in the present day, with Gad portraying a grown up version of […]
TBS renews Snowpiercer for a second season
It’s still a year out from its series premiere, but TBS and WarnerMedia have renewed the upcoming small screen adaptation of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi Snowpiercer.Based on the acclaimed movie of the same name, Snowpiercer is set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland and centers on the remnants of humanity, […]
Marvel’s Power Pack returns for all-new adventure
Marvel Comics has announced that acclaimed creators Louise Simonson and June Brigman are bringing an all-new special story to the Marvel Universe this August, as Power Pack’s young super heroes return for a brand new adventure in Power Pack: Grow Up!.“I remember the joy I felt reading Power Pack #1 when it was first published, […]
Comic Book Preview – Marvel Action: Spider-Man #4
IDW Publishing releases Marvel Action: Spider-Man #4 on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here…Now that Peter, Miles, and Gwen have joined forces, nothing can stop them! Except maybe for homework and an internship at the Daily Bugle. Not to mention a new villain in their midst… All-new […]
Mel Gibson and Shia LaBeouf teaming for dark satire Rothchild
Mel Gibson’s upcoming schedule is rapidly filling up at Cannes this year, as coming hot on the heels of his casting in Fatman and Force of Nature, we now have word that he’s signed on to star alongside Shia LaBeouf in Rothchild.According to Deadline, the dark satire is being directed by Jon S. Baird (Stan […]
Exclusive clip from indie rom-com Say My Name
Thanks to Electric Entertainment, we’ve got an exclusive clip from director Jay Stern and writer Deborah Frances-White’s new indie rom-com Say My Name starring Lisa Brenner and Nick Blood. Check it out below, along with the official poster and synopsis…When a one-night stand gets interrupted by a robbery, two complete strangers are forced to navigate […]
This Is Us gets bumper three season renewal from NBC
NBC has renewed its hit drama series This Is Us for a further three seasons of 18 episode apiece, taking it though to season six. It’s rare for a network to order three seasons at once, the last instance being in 2014 when CBS granted a three-season renewal to The Big Bang Theory. Three years […]
