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 sci-fi […]
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 effects, […]
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 within […]
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 Midwestern […]
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, having […]
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 minutes, […]
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 include […]
Star Wars Battlefront II campaign length revealed
One of the big complaints about Star Wars Battlefront was the lack of a single player campaign mode, but that’s something EA has rectified with the upcoming sequel Star Wars Battlefront II, including a new mode which puts us into the shoes of Iden Versio, an Imperial special forces commando out for revenge against the Rebellion […]
Blade Runner 2049’s Sylvia Hoeks joins The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Last month it was announced that The Crown’s Claire Foy has been cast as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Spider’s Web, and now comes word from Variety that Blade Runner 2049 star Sylvia Hoeks has signed on to play Lisbeth’s evil twin sister Camilla.Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) is directing the film, […]
Iron Man 3’s Ty Simpkins returning for Avengers 4
Over the past few weeks we’ve had several Marvel superheroes confirmed for the cast of the currently in production Avengers 4, and now we have word of a supporting character set to make his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with IMDb reporting that Ty Simpkins is set to reprise his Iron Man 3 role […]
