According to Entertainment Weekly, Dazzler is set to make her big screen debut in next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with the site reporting that the mutant pop star will feature in a small role in the next instalment of the main X-Men franchise.Dazzler was actually referenced in a deleted scene from X-Men: Apocalypse, with Jean […]
Nightshade confirmed to appear in Marvel’s Black Panther
It looks like Erik Killmonger, M’Baku/Man-Ape and Ulysses Klaue won’t be the only villains that T’Challa has to contend with in Marvel’s Black Panther, as actress and singer Nabiyah Be has announced on Twitter that she is playing the character of Tilda Johnson, a.k.a. Nightshade. https://twitter.com/nabiyahbe/status/873594983881768960 In the comic books, Nightshade is a criminal scientist who […]
Wonder Woman tops $600 million worldwide
Warner Bros.’ latest DC blockbuster has continued its impressive march at the global box office, with Wonder Woman pushing its worldwide haul to $601.6 million by close of play on Wednesday.Domestically, Wonder Woman has grossed $289.2 million, with a further $312.4 million from international markets. It will hit another milestone today, overtaking the $609.8 million global […]
Simon Beaufoy adapting In the Skin of a Lion
Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) is set to adapt Michael Ondaatje’s 1987 novel In the Skin of a Lion for Serendipity Point Films, Film4 and Potboiler Films. The novel explores the lives of immigrants who played a large role in the building of the city of Toronto in the early 1900s and focuses on romance and […]
Transformers producer says Bumblebee movie will be “a very distinctive departure” from previous films
With the latest instalment in the franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, opening to near-universally negative reviews [read ours here and here] and a series-low start at the box office, it seems that audiences may finally be tiring of the Michael Bay brand of Transformers movie.At least, that’s what Paramount and Hasbro will presumably be hoping, given […]
Michael Beach joins Warner Bros.’ Aquaman movie
Warner Bros. has announced that Michael Beach (The 100) has joined the cast of the DC Extended Universe solo movie Aquaman, which is currently shooting in Australia under director James Wan.According to Deadline, Beach is portraying the character of Jesse Kane, who is said to be part of a group of high-seas hijackers who has a fateful interaction […]
Colin Trevorrow asked Rian Johnson to add “one little thing” to Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Back in May, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson revealed that he’d asked J.J. Abrams to make one small change to the ending of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in order to set the stage for Episode VIII, and now Star Wars: Episode IX helmer Colin Trevorrow has said that he’s asked a similar […]
Jack Black on how Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle connects to the Robin Williams movie
When it was first announced that a new Jumanji movie was in the works, it was assumed that it would be a reboot of the beloved 1995 movie, only for star Dwayne Johnson to confirm last summer that it is in fact a sequel to the original. Now, in an interview with THR, The Rock’s […]
Dunkirk will be Christopher Nolan’s shortest film since Following
The official running time for Christopher Nolan’s hotly-anticipated World War II epic Dunkirk has been revealed, and the film will run for just 107 minutes. That is the shortest of his career since his 1998 directorial debut Following, and the first of his films to be below two hours since Insomnia in 2002. It’s also […]
David Mamet to adapt The Force for James Mangold
Back in March it was announced that director James Mangold is set to follow up this year’s critically acclaimed superhero blockbuster Logan with an adaptation of Don Winslow’s latest novel The Force, and now Deadline is reporting that David Mamet (The Untouchables, Wag the Dog) is in talks to pen the script. The official description […]
