Back in March it was revealed that Steven Spielberg is to direct an adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult sci-fi book Ready Player One, and now its been revealed that Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and DreamWorks have set a December 15th 2017 release date for the film. “Any film from Steven Spielberg is an event film, […]
Fox in negotiations with Marvel for X-Men TV series
Back in October of last year it was rumoured that Fox was developing a TV series set in the X-Men universe, with the reports subsequently confirmed in January when it was revealed that Evan Katz and Manny Coto (24) would serve as showrunners and Star Trek 3 scribes Patrick McKay and JD Payne were tackling […]
Keiynan Lonsdale to play Wally West in The Flash season 2
Australian actor Keiynan Lonsdale has nabbed the role of Wally West for the upcoming second season of The CW’s hit DC series The Flash, where he’ll appear as a season regular. “Just like when we met Grant for the first time, we instantly knew Keiynan embodied all the heart and courage of a hero,” said […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow casts Casper Crump as Vandal Savage
Yesterday it was revealed that Falk Hentschel (Transcendence) has nabbed the role of Hawkman in The CW’s upcoming superhero series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and now it’s been announced that Casper Crump (The Killing) is set to play the supervillain Vandal Savage. Legends of Tomorrow’s incarnation of Savage is described as “immortal, having spent the […]
No Doctor Who series 10 in 2016?
With series nine of Doctor Who set to premiere on the BBC next month, a rumour has emerged from the British satirical magazine Private Eye suggesting that there will be no full series in 2016. The magazine claims that BBC staff have been informed that showrunner Steven Moffat’s commitments to Sherlock will delay the tenth […]
Robert Downey Jr. tops list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors for the third year in a row
For the third consecutive year, Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world, with his back-end deal for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron helping to propel the star to a whopping $80 million dollar haul over the past twelve months. And with Captain America: Civil War on the horizon, […]
Extended editions of The Hobbit trilogy heading to the big screen in October
If you’ve been itching to relive Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy on the big screen – and in their extended editions, no less – then you’re in luck, as The One Ring is reporting that An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies will be receiving a theatrical run […]
Hitler getting the Borat treatment with Look Who’s Back
Deadline is reporting that Constantin Film is about the go into production on an adaptation of Timur Vermes bestselling novel Look Who’s Back, which sees Adolf Hitler waking up alive and well in modern-day Germany. The film will adopt a similar approach to Borat, with David Wnendt (Combat Girls, Wetlands) directing German actor Oliver Masucci […]
ABC orders Monstropolis pilot from Saw writers
Deadline is reporting that ABC Studios has given a put pilot commitment to Monstropolis, a new genre-themed project from Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, the screenwriters behind the likes of the final four Saw movies and the Feast trilogy. The pilot will be produced by Aaron Kaplan (Secrets & Lies). The project takes place in a […]
Prometheus 2 to start shooting in January
According to a report in Total Film (via SciFied), cameras are set to roll on the follow-up to 2012’s Prometheus next year, with director Ridley Scott gearing up to start production on Prometheus 2 in January. Plot details for the sequel are being kept tightly under wraps, although we do know that Noomi Rapace and […]
