Variety is reporting that Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades Freed) and Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) are in talks to join Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) in an as-yet-untitled thriller at Annapurna Pictures. The film is being written and directed by Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow) and sees Hammer as a New Orleans bartender whose life […]
Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson join HBO’s Chernobyl
HBO and Sky have announced that Stellan Skarsgard (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything) have joined Jared Harris (Mad Men) in the cast of Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries detailing the devastating 1986 nuclear power plant disaster. Skarsgard is set to play Boris Shcherbina, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of […]
Avengers: Infinity War directors considered using The Defenders, but it was “practically impossible”
Way back when Avengers: Infinity War was first announced, there was a huge amount of speculation as to whether the Marvel blockbuster would see its big screen heroes joined by characters from the likes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the various Marvel Netflix shows. Sadly for fans of the shows, it was later announced that […]
THQ and Nickelodeon reviving a host of properties for new video games
THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon have announced the global revival of several game titles connected with classic Nickelodeon properties, with release dates set to be announced over the coming months. The full list of game titles are: Avatar: The Last Airbender Back At The Barnyard Catscratch Danny Phantom El Tigre Invader Zim Jimmy Neutron My Life […]
Captain Marvel screenwriter on bringing Carol Danvers to the big screen, new set photos arrive online
Marvel’s first female-led superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel kicked off principal photography in Los Angeles this week, and sure enough a selection of photos and videos have arrived online showing Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers suited up and in action; check them out here… Get ready and KICK ASS! #CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/zIhjf1z1Mh — Captain Marvel News (@CaptMarvelNews) March […]
Rumour: We won’t be seeing much of Venom in the Venom movie
If you were wondering why we never got to see Venom in all of his symbiote-suit glory in the first trailer for Sony’s Tom Hardy-headlined Spider-Man spinoff, a new rumour doing the rounds may have the answer. According to Manabyte, for most of the movie, the symbiote will “manifest itself via veins on Brock’s arms, […]
Deadpool 2 reportedly outscoring the first movie in test screenings as reshoots add secret cameo
A few days ago a rumour surfaced online claiming that Deadpool 2 had been testing “really poorly” and that Fox had been taken aback by audience reactions to the sequel to the 2016 box office smash. Almost immediately, conflicting reports started doing the rounds claiming that Deadpool 2 had actually been scoring close to full […]
Exclusive: Steven S. DeKnight on the advice he received from Guillermo del Toro for Pacific Rim Uprising
Having worked on the likes of Angel, Smallville, Spartacus and Daredevil, Steven S. DeKnight makes the jump to the big screen this week with the release of the blockbuster sequel Pacific Rim Uprising. Uprising sees DeKnight stepping into the shoes of Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, who directed the first movie back in 2013, and speaking […]
Image announces brutal revenge thriller Shanghai Red
Image Comics has announces that Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back), artist Joshua Hixson (The Black Woods), and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Felix & Macabber) are teaming up for the brutal revenge thriller Shanghai Red, set to launch this June. “Moving to Portland, Oregon was the thing that jump-started my comics career, so […]
Stranger Things stars receiving major pay rises for season 3
With Stranger Things proving to be a huge success for Netflix, Deadline is reporting that the cast of the supernatural drama series are in line for major salary increases for the third season and beyond. According to the site, child stars Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and Millie Bobby Brown are expected […]
