The Walking Dead returned from its midseason break last night as the second half of season eight got underway, with the zombie drama now moving full steam ahead towards the climax of the ‘All Out War’ story arc. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Scott M. Gimple has teased the season 8 finale, describing it as […]
Alex Garland “couldn’t give a sh*t” about Annihilation being “too intellectual” for test audiences
Alex Garland’s second feature Annihilation opened in the U.S. this past weekend off the back of rave reviews from critics, including our own Robert Kojder who gave the film a ★★★★ review and described it as a “superbly crafted sci-fi designed to get viewers contemplating its themes rather than give a cut-and-dry story depicting what weirdness […]
Final Fantasy Awakening launches on iOS
Two weeks after it hit Android, where it has already reached an incredible 137,000 downloads, the mobile game Final Fantasy Awakening is now available for iOS gamers. Final Fantasy Awakening bases its story and gameplay on the world established in Final Fantasy Type-0, and features the previous game’s 14 classic characters along with well-known story […]
Watch an exclusive clip from the foley artist documentary Actors of Sound
Following a successful festival run, director Lalo Molina’s documentary Actors of Sound – which explores the work of the foley artist – is released this Tuesday, February 27th, and we have a clip for you here courtesy of Freestyle Digital Media. Watch it below, or over on our YouTube channel… From footsteps to bone cracks, […]
Matt Reeves gets a Life Sentence at Netflix
Deadline is reporting that Netflix has won a heated bidding war for the rights to Life Sentence, a short story by Matthew Baker, fending off competition from Amazon, Apple, Warner Bros., Universal, Fox 2000, New Regency, Gaumont and MWM Studios. The short revolves around “a futuristic program where the memories of criminals are erased, instead […]
Supergirl casts Angela Zhou as possible third Worldkiller
Supergirl.tv is reporting that Hell on Wheels actress Angela Zhou has joined the third season of The CW’s DC superhero show, and is set to play a character called Dr. Grace Parker. The character is described as “a renowned surgeon in National City and has had quite a career in healing the sick and injured.” […]
Alex Garland suggests that a new adaptation of The Beach is in the works
Before he made the jump to movies, directing the likes of Ex Machina and Annihilation, Alex Garland first rose to prominence through his 1996 debut novel The Beach, which was based upon his own exploits travelling across Europe and the Phillippines. The novel was adapted for the screen in 2000, with Danny Boyle directing Leonardo […]
Action Lab announces The Ghost, The Owl hardcover
Action Lab Entertainment has announced the upcoming release of the illustrated hardcover graphic novel The Ghost, The Owl from writer Franco and artist Sara Richard; check out a preview here… An Owl encounters a Ghost and they embark on a path to solve a mystery and forge a friendship that bridges the world of the […]
Mark Millar explains why he thinks Marvel movies are more successful than DC films
In the ten years since the release of Iron Man back in 2008, Marvel Studios has enjoyed enormous, unprecedented success with its Cinematic Universe, both in terms of critical acclaim and box office (it’s the highest grossing franchise in history, with over $14 billion in receipts). DC on the other hand hasn’t had the easiest […]
48 Meters Down director describes the sequel as “The Descent underwater”
Director Johannes Roberts scored a surprise hit last year with his shark thriller 47 Meters Down, which pulled in over $60 million worldwide from a budget of $5.5 million, and prompted production company The Fyzz Studio to greenlight a sequel, 48 Meters Down, for release next year. The sequel will feature an entirely new story, […]
