Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… BE CAREFUL NOT TO CHOKE ON YOUR ASPIRATIONS Disney and Lucasfilm delivered one of – if not the – greatest Darth Vader moments with his final scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and screenwriter Gary Whitta has revealed that his original draft of the script featured an […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix adds two new cast members, Toad and Ink may also return
It looks like we may have two new additions to the supporting cast of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with The Hashtag Show reporting that Kota Eberhardt (The Persian Connection) and Scott Shepherd (The Young Pope) have joined the cast of the mutant superhero sequel. The site reports that Eberhardt has been cast as Luna, who is described […]
Rumour: Angelina Jolie and Jessica Chastain wanted for X-Men: Dark Phoenix
With pre-production on X-Men: Dark Phoenix in full swing, it should only be a matter of time before we get some official casting news on the latest instalment in 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men series. However, in the meantime, Jeff Sneider has popped up with a casting rumour on Meet the Movie Press, claiming that […]
The Fast and the Furious director to helm Chinese action thriller Speedhunters
According to Variety, China’s Jiaflix Pictures and 1905 Pictures have enlisted The Fast and the Furious and xXx director Rob Cohen to direct a new $100 million-budgeted car-racing action thriller entitled Speedhunters. The site reports that the film “is set in the near future and rooted in the world of Formula racing. A colorful team […]
Nickelodeon reviving Invader Zim for TV movie
Invader Zim is set to become the latest revival over at Nickelodeon, with the critically acclaimed cult animated series set for a feature-length TV movie, which will reunite original cast members Richard Horvitz (Zim), Rikki Simons (GIR), Andy Berman (Dib), and Melissa Fahn (Gaz) along with creator Jhonen Vasquez. The show aired for two seasons […]
Gail Simone and Cat Staggs launch new series Crosswind this June
Image Comics have announced the upcoming launch of Crosswind, a new ongoing thriller series from Gail Simone (Red Sonja, Secret Six) and Cat Staggs (Wonder Woman ’77, Smallville Season 11), which will get underway in June. “This is possibly the most thrilling project of my career, and Cat Staggs brought her best stomping boots to […]
Sylvester Stallone’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 role may have been revealed
While we know from director James Gunn that Sylvester Stallone will be playing a “very important” Marvel character in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, all we’ve had to go on are various rumours pointing from the likes of Nova – or a member of the Nova Corps – to one of Yondu’s […]
Darth Vader was originally going to kill a major character in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Dark Lord of the Sith made his return to the big screen this past December in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and while he only appeared in two scenes, the final sequence where he massacred a bunch of Rebel Troopers is arguably Darth Vader’s finest moment from the entire saga. As we’ve already […]
The Fate of the Furious tops $900 million worldwide
Having topped Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the biggest worldwide opening of all time last weekend, Universal Pictures’ The Fate of the Furious has now pushed its worldwide haul to $908.4 million in its second weekend. Domestically, The Fate of the Furious retained top spot at the box office with $38.7 million – down […]
The Fate of the Furious tracking $400 million plus worldwide opening weekend
Despite reaching its eighth instalment, the Fast & Furious franchise shows no signs of slowing down, with box office tracking for The Fate of the Furious predicting a whopping global opening weekend of between $375 million and $440 million. Should it break the $400 million mark, it would surpass the franchise’s current record set by […]
