Protagonist Pictures has announced that Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) and Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) have joined Gemma Arterton (The Girl with All the Gifts) in the upcoming period drama Vita & Virginia, based on the love letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Arterton will take on the role of socialite […]
Universal’s Dark Universe to include Dracula, Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Universal Monsters make their return to the big screen today as the studio launches its shared Dark Universe with the release of The Mummy. As we already know, Universal plans to follow The Mummy with the likes of Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon, and […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi run time confirmed, longest Star Wars movie to date
Back in September it was rumoured that Star Wars: The Last Jedi will run for 150 minutes, and now with just a few short weeks to go until we return to the galaxy far, far away, director Rian Johnson has confirmed that run time is indeed accurate, making The Last Jedi the longest Star Wars […]
Early box office tracking suggests Star Wars: The Last Jedi will have second biggest opening weekend in history
We’re just under a couple of months away from the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and as excitement continues to grow for the middle chapter of Disney and Lucasfilm’s Sequel Trilogy, early box office tracking is pointing to an out of this world opening for the film. According to The Wrap, The Last […]
Mark Hamill addresses fan theory that Luke Skywalker is evil in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Throughout the marketing campaign for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there have been several pointers hinting at a turn to the Dark Side for Luke Skywalker; there’s the red theme, the lighting on his face on the theatrical poster, the fact a new IMAX theater standee has him alongside Kylo Ren, General Hux and Captain […]
Adam Driver teases an “unexpected” Kylo Ren development in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
With the marketing for Star Wars: The Last Jedi starting to heat up ahead of its December release, Adam Driver has been speaking about returning to the role of Ben Solo – a.k.a. Kylo Ren – teasing an “unexpected” development for the fallen Jedi. Asked by Sunday Today host Willie Geist (via THR) if fans “will […]
Watch the D23 sizzle reel for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, first synopsis released
During Disney’s live-action panel at D23 Expo this afternoon, Lucasfilm unveiled a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel for December’s massively-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Fortunately, for those of us not present in Anaheim, the sizzle reel has been released online, and you can watch it right here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Last Jedi has created […]
Hannah John-Kamen joins Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp
Variety is reporting that the upcoming Marvel sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp has found its first new cast addition, with Hannah John-Kamen (Game of Thrones, Killjoys) signing for an as-yet-unrevealed role in the film. The British actress joins the returning Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Evangeline Lilly (Hope Van Dyne), Michael Douglas (Hank Pym), Michael Pena […]
R.I.P. R. Lee Ermey (1944 – 2018)
Golden Globe-nominated American actor R. Lee Ermey – best known for his role as the no-nonsense Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war movie Full Metal Jacket – has passed away aged 74. The actor’s manager Bill Rogen shared the sad news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/RLeeErmey/status/985651917870202883 After a career in the United States Marine Corps, […]
The Defenders and Daredevil producer adapting The Witcher for Netflix
Back in May it was revealed that Netflix had snapped up the rights to Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga, and now comes word from Variety that the streaming service has tapped Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Defenders, Daredevil, Power) to adapt the material as a TV series. Launching as a series of short stories in the Polish […]
