With Sigourney Weaver and – potentially Michael Biehn – set to reprise the roles of Ripley and Hicks for Neill Blomkamp’s Alien sequel/reboot, it’s now been announced that Carrie Henn will be returning to the Alien universe for the unofficial fan film Alien Identity from director Adam Sonnet. Henn – who portrayed Newt in 1986’s […]
Disney snaps up live-action Prince Charming script
Having mined its catalogue of fairy tales for live-action adaptations, Disney is now looking to bring Prince Charming to the big screen, having snapped up a spec script from Matt Fogel, who previously served as an assistant to Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Described as a “revisionist take”, […]
Peyton Reed on replacing Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man
When Edgar Wright vacated the director’s chair on Ant-Man after close to a decade of being attached to the project, Marvel Studios found itself with the unenviable task of finding a suitable replacement for the fan favourite filmmaker. Step forward Peyton Reed (Down with Love), who has admitted in an interview with Uproxx this week […]
Rumour: Rachel McAdams offered female lead in Marvel’s Doctor Strange
With Marvel Studios skipping the San Diego Comic-Con International this year, it’s unlikely we’ll get any big Marvel news this week, but we do have a casting rumour to chew on for Doctor Strange. According to rumour specialists Heroic Hollywood, Rachel McAdams (True Detective) has been offered the female lead in the Phase Three release. […]
Andy Garcia, Michael K. Williams, Matt Walsh and Cecily Strong join Ghostbusters reboot
With filming underway on Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters, it’s being reported that Sony is filling out the supporting cast, with Andy Garcia (Goodfellas), Michael K. Williams (Boardwalk Empire), Matt Walsh (Veep) and Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) all signing on to the reboot. According to The Wrap, Garcia is set to play the Mayor of New […]
Josh Trank promises “multipower slugfest” with Fantastic Four, new TV spot released
With Comic-Con just around the corner, Entertainment Weekly has been working overtime to preview some of the big films set to be showcased in San Diego this week, and now the site has caught up with director Josh Trank, who spoke briefly about his upcoming superhero reboot Fantastic Four. “Chronicle was all about the discovery […]
Hayley Atwell talks Agent Carter season 2, confirms Dominic Cooper return as Howard Stark
Ahead of her appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con International this coming Friday, Hayley Atwell has been speaking to Den of Geek about the upcoming second season of Agent Carter, revealing a few details about what we can expect from the new season, as well as confirming the return of Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark. […]
Secret Wars #3 and Wytches Vol. 1 top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of June 2015
For the second month running, Marvel’s event series Secret Wars has topped the bestselling comics of the month, with the third issue of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s title topping the comic book chart for June. In total, Marvel had seven titles in the top ten, with DC filling out the remaining three spots. Meanwhile, […]
Ridley Scott talks Philip K. Dick adaptation The Man in the High Castle, new images released
Entertainment Weekly has debuted two new images from The Man in the High Castle, Amazon Studios’ adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 novel The Man in the High Castle, which takes place in an alternate history 20th Century where the Allies lost World War II and the globe is now split between German […]
Mark Wahlberg, Ronda Rousey and Iko Uwais join Peter Berg’s Mile 22
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Mark Wahlberg is to reunite with Lone Survivor director Peter Berg for the upcoming action film Mile 22, which is also set to feature UFC champ Ronda Rousey (Fast & Furious 7) and martial arts star Iko Uwais (The Raid). Scripted by Graham Roland (Prison Break), Mile 22 “tells […]