Following on from this week’s single player campaign trailer [watch it here], Electronic Arts has released a new promotional gameplay video for Star Wars: Battlefront II, this time showcasing the fearsome special abilities of Emperor Palpatine. As you’d expect, we’ve got his trademark Force Lightning, along with Electrocute, Chain Lightning and Dark Aura for when […]
CBS renews Star Trek: Discovery for a second season
CBS has announced that is has renewed its new Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery for a second season, which will once again air on CBS All Access in the United States and on Netflix internationally. Star Trek: Discovery follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and […]
Rumoured character breakdown offers details on Justice League villain Steppenwolf
A few weeks ago a rumour emerged suggesting that the DC Extended Universe incarnation of Steppenwolf would be receiving a bit of a revamp from the comic books for his role in Justice League, with the character said to have been changed to the nephew of Darkseid, as opposed to his uncle. Well, if a […]
Denis Villeneuve comments on Blade Runner 2049’s disappointing box office performance
Despite near-universal stellar reviews, the acclaimed sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 failed to set the box office alight, with the $155 million-budgeted blockbuster having grossed just $194 million globally since it opened at the start of October. While it still has China to come this Friday, it’s looking likely that the sequel to Ridley Scott’s […]
Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book adaptation going by the title Mowgli: Tales from the Jungle Book
Way back in 2014 it was announced that Andy Serkis had signed on to direct an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book for Warner Bros. Pictures. Despite shooting in 2015, the film – originally titled Jungle Book: Origins was pushed back to 2017 and then 2018, allowing more time to work on the visual […]
Stranger Things’ Shawn Levy developing Epiphany for The CW
THR is reporting that The CW has tapped Stranger Things executive producer Shawn Levy to develop a new psychological thriller series entitled Epiphany. Described as “being in the vein of Stanley Kubrick and Agatha Christie”, the project follows a group of gifted strangers recruited to a Gilded Age mansion to solve a complex code that lies […]
Brenton Thwaites and Ben Robson join A Violent Separation
According to Variety, Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Ben Robson (Animal Kingdom) have joined the cast of A Violent Separation, which is currently in production in Louisiana, with Kevin and Michael Goetz (Martyrs) directing from a script by Michael Arkof. A Violent Separation takes place in a quiet […]
Geostorm is a washout at the U.S. box office, fails to recoup reshoot costs
Coming off the back of disastrous reviews [read ours here] director Dean Devlin’s Geostorm has bombed at the domestic box office, with the $120 million budgeted blockbuster grossing just $13.3 million in its opening weekend in North America – less than the $15 million spent on its extensive reshoots. Geostorm has performed somewhat better internationally, […]
Justice League runtime revealed, shortest DCEU movie to date
Warner Bros. is set to assemble the DC universe’s greatest heroes next month with the release of the Zack Snyder (and Joss Whedon)-directed Justice League, and with its release fast approaching, we now have details on the running time for the superhero blockbuster. As per Dark Horizons, Justice League is set to run for 121 […]
Mad Max: Fury Road costume designer joins Gambit movie
With a new director on board in Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) and a release date of Valentine’s Day 2019 set, it seems that 20th Century Fox’s long-delayed Gambit movie is really starting to pick up steam. According to Omega Underground, the project has now enlisted Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan, whose previous credits […]
