UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June 2015… Universal Pictures continued its stellar box office run this past weekend with the release of the Despicable Me spinoff Minions, which dethroned Jurassic World at the top of the UK chart with a solid opening […]
Robin Hardy launches crowdfunding campaign for The Wicker Man follow-up Wrath of the Gods
The spirit of The Wicker Man is set once again to rise from the ashes, with director Robin Hardy launching a crowdfunding campaign for Wrath of the Gods, the climactic follow-up to the 1973 horror classic and its 2011 sequel The Wicker Tree. “I always planned for there to be a number of films in […]
Director Alan Taylor discusses Terminator Genisys’ spoilery marketing campaign, says experience on Thor: The Dark World was “wrenching”
If you’ve been paying close attention to the marketing campaign for Terminator Genisys, then you’ll know that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have given away a major plot point regarding Jason Clarke’s John Connor, both in the promotional trailers, and the character poster you can see to your left (apologies if you’d managed to avoid […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe could see a LGBT character “in the next decade or sooner”
Having come under criticism for a perceived lack of diversity, Marvel Studios looks to be taking steps to address that with Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which will include solo movies for Black Panther and Captain Marvel. However, while we may be seeing the expansion of black and female characters, the MCU is […]
Marvel announces ‘All New, All Different’ Extraordinary X-Men
Marvel has announced that Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeff Lemire (All-New Hawkeye, Sweet Tooth) is to join chart-topping artist Humberto Ramos (Amazing Spider-Man) for the flagship X-Men title of the post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe with an ‘All New, All Different’ series entitled Extraordinary X-Men. “The chance to write the flagship X-Men book is a once in […]
Evangeline Lilly wants to see Hope Van Dyne joining The Avengers
With Marvel’s Ant-Man now just over a couple of weeks away from release, the cast and crew of the superhero adventure are out doing the publicity rounds for the film, and SFX Magazine caught up with Evangeline Lilly to discuss her role as Hope Van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, […]
David Mazouz talks Gotham season 2, says Bruce Wayne “is going to start his dual personality into becoming Batman”
Last week we got a synopsis which suggests that we’ll start to explore the origins of the iconic Batman villains The Joker and Mr. Freeze in the upcoming second season of Gotham, and now actor David Mazouz has revealed that we’ll also see the young Bruce Wayne start to develop his dual identity which will […]
Kevin Feige on Black Panther’s role in Captain America: Civil War
There’s certainly a lot of excitement about next year’s Phase Three-launching Captain Amercia: Civil War. Not only is it adapting one of Marvel’s most acclaimed story arcs, but it’s also bringing together pretty much every character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as introducing Spider-Man! However, the wall-crawler won’t be the only new addition […]
Olivia Munn shows off Psylocke’s sword skills for X-Men: Apocalypse
Olivia Munn (Magic Mike) is set to take on the role of Psylocke in next year’s mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Apocalypse, and the actress has taken to Instagram to post a short video showing her demonstrating her sword-weilding skills in preparation for the part… https://instagram.com/p/4fPS83MmZ-/ SEE ALSO: It looks like Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine will […]
DreamWorks adapting Michael Crichton’s Micro
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that DreamWorks has picked up the movie rights to the late Michael Crichton’s (Jurasssic Park) techno-thriller novel Micro, which was published posthumously in 2011. “We are so pleased to have this opportunity to develop Micro,” said DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg. “For Michael, size did matter whether it was for Jurassic’s huge […]
