Variety is reporting that Alison Pill (The Newsroom) has signed on to appear in Miss Sloane, the upcoming gun control drama from director John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Miss Sloane stars Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak) as lobbyist seeking for tighter federal laws regulating firearms, who faces off against the powerful gun lobby. The […]
Marvel’s Star Wars #1 is the bestselling comic book of 2015
2015 was certainly a great year for Star Wars, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattering records at the box office, and the franchise’s various video games pulling in over $1 billion in revenue. Now it can add another success, with PREVIEWSworld revealing that Marvel’s Star Wars #1 was the bestselling comic book the year. Here’s the […]
Star Wars generates $1 billion of video game sales in 2015
It’s not just at the box office where Star Wars is generating huge sums of money, with Forbes reporting that the franchise has pulled in over $1 billion of revenue from video games in 2015, spurred on in no small part by the excitement over Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The site reports that 6 […]
Matt Letscher returning as Reverse-Flash in The Flash season 2
Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Matt Letscher is set to reprise the role of Eobard Thawne – a.k.a. Reverse-Flash – in the eleventh episode of The Flash season two, appropriately titled ‘The Reverse-Flash Returns’. “His impossible return to Central City puts a member of the S.T.A.R. Labs team in unexpected danger, forcing Barry to make a […]
Image Comics announces dark, seductive mystery The Discipline
Image Comics have announced that bestselling writer Peter Milligan (X-Force / X-Statix) and artist Leandro Fernandez (Queen & Country) are teaming up for the “dark, seductive mystery” series The Discipline. This might be the edgiest story I’ve written,” states Milligan. “In most ‘erotic thrillers’ sex is the end-game, the objective. In The Discipline the erotic charge […]
Kurt Russell confirms talks with Marvel for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Last week it was reported that Marvel and James Gunn are eyeing Kurt Russell for the role of Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and now The Hateful Eight star has confirmed that he has been having talks with the studio about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I literally got a phone […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens salary details revealed
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens having already smashed the global opening weekend record with $529 million by close of play on Sunday, the latest film in the saga is well on its way to becoming one of the biggest movies of all time and will likely challenge James Cameron’s Avatar for the number one spot. […]
Jeremy Renner to headline Undefeated: The Rocky Marciano Story
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Avenger star Jeremy Renner is set to get in the ring for the title role in Undefeated: The Rocky Marciano Story. The boxing biopic will follow Marciano from childhood until his death in a plane crash in 1969. Marciana is the only world heavyweight champion in history to retire […]
Studio Ghibli announces new animated film The Red Turtle
Legendary anime house Studio Ghibli has announced a new animated movie entitled The Red Turtle, which is being co-produced with Europe’s Wild Bunch. Japan Today reports that the new film is being directed by Academy Award-winning Dutch filmmaker Michael Dudok de Wit (Father and Daughter) from a script by French screenwriter Pascale Ferran (Bird People). […]
Bizarro to appear in Supergirl
During an appearance on Kevin Smith’s Fatman on Batman podcast, Supergirl executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has revealed that a version of the Bizarro character is coming to CBS’ hit DC television series. Kreisberg did not specify whether Melissa Benoist’s Kara would find herself going up against Bizarro Superman or Bizarro Supergirl, although speculation is pointing […]
