Last year it was announced that Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment and Chris Romero’s (former wife of the late George A. Romero) Sanibel Films were in development on a feature film adaptation of the 1999 Stephen King book The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and now comes word that a screenwriter has boarded the project. As […]
Gina Rodriguez to star in sci-fi stoner comedy The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed
Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has signed on to produce and star in The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed, a sci-fi stoner comedy which has been scripted by Ryan Firpo, co-writer on Marvel Studios’ upcoming superhero blockbuster Eternals. As revealed by Variety, the film will follow “Candice (Rodriguez) and Izzy, two hapless pot growers […]
Adam Driver teams with Jeff Nichols for Yankee Comandante
After finishing up in the galaxy far, far away with December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Adam Driver has now signed on to reunite with his Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols on Yankee Comandante. Variety reports that the project is based upon an article in The New Yorker from David Grann, which told the […]
Rumour: Hannah John-Kamen offered Jill Valentine role in Resident Evil movie reboot
The dust had barely settled on Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich’s Resident Evil movie series before rights holders Constantin Film announced that it would be rebooting the franchise, tapping director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) to launch a new series of films more in line with the survival horror aesthetic of the video game source […]
More alternate Dark Rey designs from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker revealed
Earlier this week we got a look at some alternate designs for ‘Dark Rey’ from December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and now some further concept art has arrived online courtesy of designer Adam Brockbank – the first of which pays tribute to Luke Skywalker’s vision in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire […]
HBO Max: A Real Threat to Every Streaming Service
EJ Moreno on HBO Max and the streaming wars… We’ve come to a time where streaming services are battling it out as networks did during television’s prime. After Disney+ launched last year, it felt like the reigning king of streamers Netflix finally met its match. While Netflix didn’t crash and burn on the launch of […]
Paramount dates new Transformers movie for June 2022
Just days after it was revealed that an animated prequel movie is in development at the studio, Paramount Pictures has announced that it has set a June 24th 2022 release date for the next live-action instalment of the Transformers movie franchise. Paramount and Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures are currently working on two different live-action Transformers movies. […]
Michael Rosenbaum had to turn down a role in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad
Having worked with James Gunn briefly on 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, making a cameo appearance as Martinex in the post-credits scene, it seems that former Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum was offered the opportunity to reunite with Gunn – and rejoin the DC universe – with a role in next year’s DCEU sequel […]
Hasbro unveils new Star Wars Black Series and Vintage Collection action figures, The Child Monopoly set
In celebration of Star Wars Day (May the 4th), Hasbro has unveiled a selection of new Star Wars merchandise which includes The Black Series, The Vintage Collection, and The Carbonized Collection action figures, a Black Series prototype armor Boba Fett electronic helmet, and – for that Baby Yoda fix – The Child edition of Monopoly; […]
John Wick: Chapter 4 has been delayed a year
We’re going to have to wait another year before we see Keanu Reeves’ master assassin back in action, as Lionsgate has announced that it has pushed back the release of John Wick: Chapter 4 by more than a year. The next instalment was originally set to open on May 21st of this year, the same […]
