With filming on the sixth instalment in the Terminator franchise slated to get underway in March, Variety is reporting that Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Captain Phillips) has been brought in to polish the script. The as-yet-untitled Terminator sequel/reboot is based on an idea from producer James Cameron, director Tim Miller and Skydance founder David […]
Fede Alvarez, Jason Eisener and Simon Barrett developing techno thriller
THR is reporting that Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) new genre production company Bad Hombre has announced its first project, an as-yet-untitled techno thriller. Plot details on the film are being kept under wraps, but we do know that it has been scripted by Simon Barrett (The Guest, Blair Witch) and will be directed […]
The Defenders is Netflix’s least-watched Marvel series in its first month
After more than two years of build, Netflix brought its four street-level Marvel heroes together last month as the streaming service assembled Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Iron Fist for The Defenders. While Marvel and Netflix were surely hoping this would be their small screen version […]
Chris Hemsworth on the huge scale of Avengers: Infinity War, end of his Marvel contract
Earlier today we brought you some comments from Chris Evans about Avengers: Infinity War, and now it’s the turn of Chris Hemsworth, who has been chatting to The Toronto Sun about the sheer scale of the highly-anticipated superhero blockbuster and its as-yet-untitled sequel. “This is one of the biggest things in film history and to […]
Chris Hemsworth on the Avengers: Infinity War trailer and Thor’s eyepatch
At the back end of November, we got our very first look at what is sure to be this year’s biggest hit, the Marvel superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War, and during an interview with IGN to promote his new movie 12 Strong, actor Chris Hemsworth has been chatting about the trailer and his reaction to […]
UPDATE: HBO announces Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition
HBO has announced that it is partnering up with GES Events to launch Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition, which will showcase the costumes, artifacts and set decorations from the hit fantasy series, including the upcoming seventh season. In collaboration with HBO Global Licensing, global events provider GES is designing and building the new 10,000-square-foot […]
John Landis advised Max Landis not to remake An American Werewolf in London
Filmmaker John Landis has been quite outspoken as of late, criticising Marvel Studios, Universal’s Dark Universe, and Lucasfilm’s stifling on creative talent on the Star Wars saga. And now he’s turned his attention a little closer to home, revealing to Collider that he tried to dissuade his son Max Landis from remaking his 1981 cult […]
James Gunn explains Groot’s appearance in Avengers: Infinity War
Following on from Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War reveal, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken to Twitter to discuss Groot’s appearance in the superhero ensemble, explaining why he looks the same as he did as ‘Adolescent Groot’ in the post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, despite an in-universe time gap […]
Sandra Bullock to star in Let Her Speak
According to Variety, Oscar winner Sandra Bullock has signed on to play Texas senator Wendy Davis in Let Her Speak, a drama penned by Mario Correa, which has Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal on board to produce through their Escape Artists banner. The film will tell the story of Davis, a little known senator who […]
Ric Roman Waugh to direct Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen
It looks like the Millennium Films action threequel Angel Has Fallen has found its director, with Variety reporting that Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch, Shot Caller) has signed on to helm the film. Angel Has Fallen is the follow-up to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen and 2016’s London Has Fallen, and will see the return of Gerard […]
