Coinciding with the release of Captain America: Civil War, TinyCo and Marvel have announced a brand new limited time in-game event for the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game, with new Civil War content available now. Following MARVEL Avengers Academy’s Guardians of the Galaxy update last month, the Avengers Academy finds itself in a vulnerable state […]
Dwayne Johnson to take a Jungle Cruise with Disney
While he’s been attached to the project for a couple of years, THR is reporting that Dwayne Johnson has now officially closed a deal to star in Disney’s Jungle Cruise, based upon the company’s iconic theme park ride. He will also produce with Dany Garcia, his ex-wife, manager and producing partner. Disney has been developing […]
UPDATE: Dan Aykroyd blames Paul Feig for Ghostbusters reboot troubles
Although there was an incredible amount of hate thrown at Sony’s Ghostbusters reboot from the moment it was first announced, the resulting film did receive a fairly decent reception when it hit cinemas last year. However, a box office gross of just $229 million from a $144 million budget derailed the studio’s plans for a sequel, and […]
Ivan Reitman on the future of the Ghostbusters franchise
Although the poor box office performance of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call seems to have put the brakes on a sequel to the all-female relaunch, co-creator Ivan Reitman believes there’s plenty of life left in the Ghostbusters franchise, as he revealed during a recent interview with io9. “We certainly would’ve loved to have a larger hit,” […]
Brie Larson to play first female Presidential candidate in Victoria Woodhull
Oscar-winner Brie Larson (Room) has signed on to produce and star as the lead in Victoria Woodhull, which tells the story of the first female candidate for the President of the United States. The film is being written by Ben Kopit (Libertine) for Amazon Studios. The logline from Deadline reads: “Woodhull was a suffragist who […]
Lucifer’s final four season 2 episodes held back to season 3
Fox has announced that it is shuffling its plans for the DC/Vertigo adaptation Lucifer, with the show’s producers revealing that the final four episodes of the current second season will be held back until next season, bumping the total episode count for the third season to 26. ”We designed this season to be an 18 […]
The LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigures Wave 2 revealed
Last month it was revealed that a new wave of Collectible Minfigures based upon The LEGO Batman Movie is set for release in 2018, and while we don’t have any promotional images just yet, the folks at EuroBricks have revealed a list of the twenty LEGO Minifigures which will be included in the series: Friends […]
Jamie Bell would like to see Andy Serkis directing a Tintin movie
When a Tintin movie series was first officially announced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson back in 2007, the original plan was for Spielberg to direct the first – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – with Peter Jackson then helming a second movie after he completed work on The Hobbit. The […]
Daisy Ridley to shoot Daddio before Star Wars: Episode IX
Variety is reporting that Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in Daddio, a drama from screenwriter Christy Hall (Yours, Isabel, To Quiet the Quiet), which is looking to shoot prior to Ridley’s commitments to Star Wars: Episode IX next summer. The site reports that Daddio “follows a woman who is picked up by a […]
Sony snaps up the rights to Robin Hood reimagining Marian starring Margot Robbie
Sony has snapped up the rights to the hot spec script Marian from newcomer Pete Barry, which will reimagine the Robin Hood legend and sees Maid Marian succeeding Robin after the folk hero is killed in battle. Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie is attached to play Marian, and she is also producing through her LuckyChap […]
