If reports are to be believed, this week is shaping up to be a big one for Marvel fans, with Marvel Studios said to be releasing a new trailer for Captain Marvel during Monday Night Football, followed by the very first Avengers 4 trailer on Wednesday during Good Morning America. As if that’s not enough […]
Watch the first six Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures animated shorts
After its official announcement last week, Disney and Lucasfilm have now released the first Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures animated shorts, which are designed to reimagine classic moments from the Star Wars saga for a new generation of fans. The six shorts include Darth Vader’s corridor scene from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, C3PO […]
Preview of George A. Romero’s Road of the Dead: Highway to Hell #1
Prior to his death last year, George A. Romero announced that he’d been developing a new instalment in his Dead series, Road of the Dead, which he described as “The Fast and the Furious with zombies”. The film was to be directed by Romero’s longtime collaborator Matt Birman, but sadly he passed away soon after, leaving the […]
Eric Bana to star in The Dry
Eric Bana is set to reunite with his Romulus, My Father producer Robert Connolly for an adaptation of Jane Harper’s bestselling novel The Dry. According to If Magazine (via Dark Horizons), the film will see Bana portraying Aaron Falk, a federal police officer who returns to his drought-ravaged hometown after a 20 year absence for […]
The Favourite sets a record at the British Independent Film Awards 2018
After leading the pack at the Craft Awards last month, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite continued its dominance at the British Independent Film Awards as it added a further five gongs for a record-setting 10 BIFAs in total. In addition to Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Lanthimos) and Best Screenplay (Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara), The […]
Rupert Grint joins M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple thriller series
Harry Potter and Snatch star Rupert Grint has become the latest addition to the cast of M. Night Shyamalan’s as-yet-untitled thriller series set up at Apple. Shyamalan is executive producing the ten-part series with creator and writer Tony Basgallop, as well as directing the first episode, while Grint joins the previously cast Nell Tiger Free (Game […]
DC Universe’s Stargirl adds two to its cast
DC Universe’s upcoming Stargirl series has added two more names to its cast, with Yvette Monreal (Matador) and Christopher James Baker (True Detective) signing on as series regulars. Details on Monreal and Baker’s roles are being kept under wraps, with Deadline reporting that both are described only as “undisclosed DC characters”. Stargirl follows High School sophomore […]
Guillermo del Toro lists his many unproduced projects
If you’ve kept a close on eye the career of Guillermo del Toro over the past twenty-five years, you’ll be well aware that the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s list of unproduced projects outweighs his actual filmography, with many of his planned movies finding themselves stuck in development hell before fizzling out. Posting on social media, del Toro […]
Bohemian Rhapsody passes $500 million worldwide
The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has hit two major box office milestones this weekend, soaring past the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office as well as overtaking the $161 million domestic haul of 2015’s Straight Outta Compton to become the highest-grossing music biopic in history. The film, which sees Mr. Robot’s Rami […]
The Russo Brothers would like to direct Marvel’s Secret Wars
Having directed the Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, directors Anthony and Joe Russo were entrusted by Marvel to bring the studio’s two-part Avengers epic to the big screen with Avengers: Infinity War and next year’s hugely anticipated sequel. By the time Avengers 4 releases, the Russos will have spent almost […]
