Before her casting was officially announced, all rumours pointed towards Jessica Chastain taking on the role of Lilandra, Empress of the Shi’ar Empire, in the next chapter of Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Chastain subsequently denied these rumours, while the first official image revealed her character was “an otherworldly shapeshifter”, leading to speculation that […]
Jon Hamm was reportedly going to appear as Mister Sinister in The New Mutants prior to the reshoots
Earlier this week it was revealed that 20th Century Fox has once again pushed back the release of The New Mutants, with the X-Men spinoff reportedly set to be completely “overhauled” with up to fifty percent of the movie reshot ahead of its latest release date in August 2019. We know that these reshoots will […]
Amazon is reportedly planning $1 billion Chinese sci-fi series
Earlier this month it was reported that Amazon is looking to spend around $500 million on two seasons of its Lord of the Rings TV adaptation, and now we have a report from the Financial Times which states that the streaming giant is looking to double that price tag for an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s […]
Amazon developing A League of Their Own TV series
1992’s baseball comedy-drama A League of Their Own looks set to become the latest movie to receive a small screen adaptation, with THR reporting that Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) are writing and executive producing a TV series for Amazon. Intended as a half-hour comedy series, the project is […]
True Detective season 3 changes up directors due to scheduling conflicts
Deadline is reporting that the third season of HBO and Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective has undergone a change of directors, with Daniel Sackheim coming in to replace Blue Ruin and Green Room’s Jeremy Saulnier. “Director and executive producer Jeremy Saulnier has completed the first two episodes of True Detective Season 3 and will be departing […]
Ron Howard reassures fans that Solo: A Star Wars Story is “right on schedule”
Given that original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired with just a couple of weeks of principal photography remaining, with Ron Howard subsequently coming on board to reshoot up to 80% of the movie, it’s a little surprising that Disney and Lucasfilm decided to hold firm with its May 2018 release date for […]
Black Panther composer to score Sony’s Venom movie
Fresh from scoring Marvel’s blockbuster superhero movie Black Panther, Deadline is reporting that composer Ludwig Goransson has signed on for another comic book related project in Sony’s Tom Hardy-headlined Venom movie. In addition to Black Panther, Goransson has scored director Ryan Coogler’s two previous movies Fruitvale Station and Creed, as well as Venom director Ruben […]
First look at Pixar’s new short film Bao
Disney-Pixar’s Incredibles 2 set to hit cinemas this summer, which means we also have a brand new Pixar short to look forward to, and thanks to Entertainment Weekly we now have our very first look at Bao, which the site describes as “a culinary fable about a Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from the depression of an […]
David Mazouz announces that Gotham season 4 has wrapped filming
Bruce Wayne actor David Mazouz has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has officially wrapped on the fourth season of Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham. Sharing a picture of himself and Robin Lord Taylor (The Penguin), Mazouz paid tribute to the show, stating that: “I am so crazy proud of what we have done […]
Frank Oz doesn’t understand the backlash against Star Wars: The Last Jedi
At this point, it seems fair to say that Star Wars: The Last Jedi has become the most divisive instalment of the Star Wars saga. While the film certainly has its fans, Episode VIII has also come in for some very heavy criticism from some Star Wars fans. However, that’s not a viewpoint shared by […]
