Back in April it was announced that Crackle has placed an order for a TV adaptation of Guy Ritchie’s 2000 crime caper Snatch, and now Deadline is reporting that former Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has signed on to star, as well as executing producing. He will be joined in the cast by Dougray Scott […]
Billy Howle to star opposite Saoirse Ronan in On Chesil Beach
Number 9 Films has announced that Billy Howle (The Sense of an Ending, The Seagull) who will play the lead role of Edward Mayhew opposite Saoirse Ronan’s (Brooklyn, Atonement) Florence Ponting in On Chesil Beach. “I’m very excited about working with Billy on this brilliantly written role,” said director Dominic Cooke (The Hollow Crown). “He […]
Next two Avengers movies will mark an end and a new beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Fresh from Captain America: Civil War, directors Joe and Anthony Russo are presently hard at work developing Avengers: Infinity War and its now-untitled sequel, which will bring the curtain down on Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The two-part epic is set to serve as a culmination of everything we’ve been building towards from […]
Mission: Impossible 6 to go up against Aquaman with July 2018 release date
Paramount Pictures has announced that Mission: Impossible 6 is set to go head-to-head with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Aquaman, with the studio setting a July 28th 2017 release date for the latest instalment of the Tom Cruise spy series. Mission: Impossible 6 will see Cruise once again reprising the role of Ethan Hunt, while […]
DC tops Marvel for the first time since 2013 with July’s comic book sales chart
DC’s Rebirth relaunch and new pricing structure has helped the publisher to top Marvel in terms of dollar and market share for the first time since September 2013, with DC enjoying eight of the top ten bestselling comic books of July 2016. Topping the comic book chart was Justice League #1, while DC had another seven […]
Pre-production halted on Mission: Impossible 6 due to contractual disputes
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has halted early pre-production on M:I 6 Mission Impossible due to contractual disputes. The site suggests two possible reasons for the dispute: that Paramount wants Cruise and the rest of the film’s producers from Bad Robot and Skydance to trim their fees, or that Cruise is looking to exceed his […]
Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy for Avengers: Infinity War as Joe Russo explains Avengers 4 title change
It’s something we’ve all suspected, and now it seems that Vin Diesel has let the cat out of the bag, seemingly confirming that the Guardians of the Galaxy will be appearing alongside Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War. “Now, the Guardians will be included in Avengers: Infinity War and that’s incredibly exciting,” said Diesel […]
Ashley Rickards to play supervillain The Top in The Flash season 3
According to E! Online, Awkward star Ashley Rickards has signed on to play the DC supervillain The Top in the upcoming third season of The Flash. Rickards will appear as the character, Rosalind ‘Rosa’ Dillon – as opposed to the male Roscoe Dillon in the comic books – in the fourth episode of season three, […]
Hulu orders pilot for Marvel’s Runaways series from Gossip Girl creators
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is heading to Hulu, with the streaming service giving the green light to a pilot episode and additional scripts for a new series based upon Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways. The project comes by way of Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and follows a group of […]
American Honey wins big at the 2016 British Independent Film Awards
It was a good night for American Honey at the British Independent Film Awards 2016 last night, with the movie winning four awards in Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Andrea Arnold), Best Actress (Sasha Lane) and Outstanding Achievement in Craft (Robbie Ryan, Cinematography). There were also multiple wins for Under the Shadow (Best Screenplay, […]
