Disney is facing calls to recast the role of General Leia Organa in the upcoming animated series Star Wars Resistance following a tweet posted by voice actress Rachel Butera. Butera, whose credits include The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Family Guy, posted a video where she imitated the voice of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who had […]
Kathleen Kennedy signs 3-year contract extension at Lucasfilm
Well, we can lay to rest those rumours about Kathleen Kennedy’s tenure at Lucasfilm coming to an end, as Deadline is reporting that Kennedy has just signed a three-year contract extension to remain as president of the company through to 2021. Kennedy took over Lucasfilm from George Lucas following the company’s sale to Disney, and […]
Gal Gadot joins Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has become the first addition to the cast of Death on the Nile, 20th Century Fox’s follow-up to last year’s hit Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, Deadline has revealed. The new film, based on Christie’s 1937 novel, will see Kenneth Branagh back behind the camera, and he […]
Fox delays X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Gambit, sets untitled Deadpool movie for this December
Just a day after the arrival of the first trailer, 20th Century Fox has announced that it has decided to push back the release of X-Men: Dark Phoenix for a second time, with the film now slated to open on June 7th 2019. Dark Phoenix was originally supposed to arrive this November, but it was […]
This year’s Arrowverse crossover is titled ‘Elseworlds’
The CW is set to bring The Flash, Arrow and Supergirl together once more this December for the network’s annual DC crossover, and it has now been revealed that this year’s superhero event is going by the title ‘Elseworlds’. The term ‘Elseworlds’ will be familiar to fans of DC Comics, being the term that the […]
Bruce Dern replaces Burt Reynolds in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Deadline is reporting that Bruce Dern is set to reunite with his The Hateful Eight director Quentin Tarantino on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with Dern taking over the role originally earmarked for his long time friend, the late Burt Reynolds. Reynolds originally signed on to portray George Spahn, the owner of the ranch where […]
Doctor Who series 11 premiere to screen theatrically in the U.S.
BBC Studios American and Fathom Events have announced that they will be screening the upcoming series eleven premiere of Doctor Who in U.S. theaters on October 10th and October 11th. The series premiere, ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’, sees Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch) take on the iconic role of the Doctor, along with a new line-up of […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first teaser trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix… Having pushed back the release of the movie from its original November 2018 date to accommodate reshoots – allegedly off the back of a rather negative reaction to a test screening – 20th Century Fox gave us our […]
Fantasy horror The Book of Birdie comes to VOD, watch the trailer here
Distributors Real Suspects has announced that Elizabeth E. Schuch’s acclaimed fantasy horror The Book of Birdie is coming to North America this October; check out the trailer and synopsis here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBENr78fRk Introverted Birdie is sent to live in a quaint and isolated convent by her concerned grandmother, in an attempt to change her sobering outlook […]
First trailer for Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old
Ahead of its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October, the first trailer has been released for Peter Jackson’s First World War documentary They Shall Not Grow Old, which brings to life The Great War using original footage from Imperial War Museums’ film archive, remastered, colourised and converted into 3D. Check out the […]
