We’ve been hearing talk of a new Gremlins movie for years now, with conflicting reports as to whether the third film would be a continuation of the franchise, or a full reboot. Well, according to Zach Gilligan, star of the original two movies, it is firmly the former. “It’s not going to be a reboot,” […]
Production halts on Mission: Impossible 5 to work out “a new and improved finale”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, production has been halted on the upcoming action sequel Mission: Impossible 5 to allow director Christopher McQuarrie time to come up with “a new and improved finale” after the original ending was deemed unsatisfactory by Paramount executives. The site goes on to report that there are no major concerns at […]
Michael Keaton on the uproar over his casting as Batman
When Ben Affleck was announced as taking on the role of The Dark Knight in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the negative reaction to the news wasn’t the first time that Warner Bros. had found itself under fire for its casting of the Caped Crusader. Michael Keaton suffered a similar fate as […]
Paramount officially moving forward with Transformers 5 and Cybertron animated movie
It looks like Paramount Pictures’ Transformers writers room has beared fruit, with the studio announcing today that it is officially moving forward with Transformers 5, as well as an as-yet-untitled animated origin movie focussing on Cybertron. Deadline is reporting that Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) will pen the fifth instalment in the live-action series, which […]
Anna Paquin open to X-Men return as Rogue
With Fox introducing younger versions of much of its X-Men roster with Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse and Hugh Jackman hanging up the claws with the third Wolverine movie, it looks like we may have seen the last of the original trilogy cast members in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Nevertheless, Anna Paquin has revealed that she’s interested […]
Run time revealed for X-Men: Days of Future Past Rogue Cut
This summer fans of Anna Paquin are in for a treat with the release of the Rogue Cut of X-Men: Days of Future Past, which restores the True Blood star’s action sequence which was cut from last year’s mutant superhero blockbuster, and now it has been revealed that the extended version will include 11 minutes […]
Universal set to adapt The Wicked + The Divine for the small screen
It looks like Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s Eisner Award-nominated The Wicked + The Divine could be the latest comic book series heading to the small screen, with Universal Television picking up the rights to the Image Comics title. Launching last June, The Wicked + The Divine tells the story of a group of individuals […]
Mark Ruffalo says tension between Marvel and Universal is “prohibitive” to a solo Hulk movie
Despite rumours for the past couple of years that Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk would get his own movie, it was revealed earlier this year that Universal still hold the distribution rights to a solo movie. Ruffalo has now been speaking about the situation to Yahoo!, stating that tensions between Marvel Studios and Universal means that it “doesn’t […]
Katherine Waterston joins the Steve Jobs biopic
It looks like director Danny Boyle’s (127 Hours) Steve Jobs biopic is picking up pace, with Deadline revealing that Inherent Vice star Katherine Waterston has joined the project in the role of Chrisann, the Apple co-founder’s first wife. Following the departure of Christian Bale from the lead, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) has […]
Director Justin Lin talks Star Trek 3, says it’s “all new and fresh”
With production on Star Trek 3 set to get underway later this month, Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) has been speaking to Deadline about taking over the director’s chair from J.J. Abrams and setting out to create strange new worlds and civilizations with next year’s threequel. “As great as J.J.’s films were, there’s still […]
