Variety is reporting that Universal Cable Productions is developing an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, which is being written and executive produced by Patrick Macmanus, showrunner on Happy!. The 1969 book tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain’s assistant in the U.S. Army survives the firebombing of Dresden during World War II, only […]
Steampunk western series That Dirty Black Bag in development
Deadline is reporting that Franc’s Federation Entertainment (Marseille) and Italy’s Palomar (Inspector Montalbano) are teaming up for the steampunk western series That Dirty Black Bag, which is currently in development under creator Mauro Aragoni. The eight-episode series will be shot in English, and takes place on a savage, scorched and deserted world where resources are […]
Justice League passes $600 million worldwide but still the lowest-grossing superhero movie of the year (for now)
It may not have been the box office smash that Warner Bros. would have been hoping for (which, reportedly, has led to a major shakeup at DC Films), but Justice League has ticked off another milestone this weekend with the DC blockbuster passing the $600 million mark worldwide. By close of play this weekend, Justice […]
Patrick Stewart keen on Jean-Luc Picard return for Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek
Earlier in the week came the rather surprising news that Quentin Tarantino had pitched an idea for a Star Trek movie to J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures, with the studio now said to be moving ahead at warp speed on the project. As yet, we have no idea what Tarantino has in store for the […]
God’s Own Country takes top prize at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards
God’s Own Country, Lady Macbeth and The Death of Stalin were the big winners of the 2017 British Independent Film Awards tonight. God’s Own Country won four BIFAs – Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Josh O’Connor), Best Debut Screenwriter (Francis Lee) and the previously announced Best Sound award – while Lady Macbeth won Best Screenplay (Alice Birch), Best […]
Watch highlights from the Star Wars: The Last Jedi World Premiere
The stars of the galaxy far, far away assembled in Los Angeles last night for the world premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi ahead of its release this coming week, and we have a featurette for you here featuring highlights from the red carpet, while you may also want to head on over to […]
Miles Morales swings into action in first trailer for Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse animated movie
Earlier today we brought you the news that Sony’s Animated Spider-Man movie is going by the title of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and now we have the very first trailer for the film, which features the big screen debut of Miles Morales! Check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuuV0ZAE4U Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds […]
Marvel’s Jessica Jones season 2 gets first trailer and premiere date
Following on from this week’s first look image, Netflix has now announced that the 13-episode second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones is set to land on the streaming service on March 8th 2018. Check out the first trailer here… Try not to get in the way. pic.twitter.com/ABVluVN7El — Jessica Jones (@JessicaJones) December 9, 2017 The […]
Steppenwolf actor Ciaran Hinds reportedly unhappy with theatrical cut of Justice League, wants to see Zack Snyder’s version
Since the release of Justice League, Warner Bros. has come in for a lot of criticism for its “Frankenstein” cut of the DC blockbuster, with Joss Whedon having been brought in to oversee extensive reshoots after Zack Snyder was forced to leave the project due to a family tragedy. So far, a petition for the […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige compares Chris Evans’ Captain America to Christopher Reeve’s Superman
It’s fair to say that a few eyebrows were raised when Marvel first announced that the former Human Torch Chris Evans would be taking on the role of Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, Evans has since won over any critics with his superb performances in the Captain America and […]
