The short form streaming service Quibi has renewed its action-thriller series Most Dangerous Game for a second season, while creator Nick Santora (Scorpion) is working on repackaging the first season as a standalone feature film. The first season of Most Dangerous Game saw Liam Hemsworth playing Dodge Maynard, a man with a terminal illness who […]
Transformers feels the need for speed with Top Gun mashup character Maverick
Earlier this month Hasbro unveiled its Transformers and Back to the Future mash-up character Gigawatt, and now the Robots in Disguise have turned their attention to another iconic 80s movie for the next entry in the Transformers Collaborative line – a new Autobot called Maverick, who transforms into the iconic F-14 Tomcat from the Tom […]
Bird Box sequel in development at Netflix
Given how successful the film proved to be for the streamer, having been viewed by more than 45 million accounts in its first week, it will come as little surprise to hear that Netflix is in early development on a sequel to the 2018 post-apocalyptic horror Bird Box. The news was revealed by Josh Malerman, […]
Award-winning dark comedy musical Redemption of a Rogue gets a trailer
Following on from its double success last night at the Galway Film Fleadh where it received the awards for Best Irish Film and Best Irish First Feature – Wildcard Distribution has unveiled a trailer for writer-director Philip Doherty’s acclaimed feature debut Redemption of a Rogue starring Aaron Monaghan (Maze, Assassin’s Creed). Watch the trailer for […]
Charlize Theron confirms Atomic Blonde 2 is in the works at Netflix
Back in April 2018, Charlize Theron confirmed that talks were happening for a follow-up to the action spy thriller Atomic Blonde, and now we have confirmation on the recent rumours that the project is in active development at Netflix. In an interview with Total Film, Theron confirmed that the script for the film is currently […]
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back returns to the top of the box office
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back found itself sitting atop the North American box office charts this weekend for the first time since the Special Edition arrived back in 1997, and 40 years on from its original release in 1980. With exhibitors relying on library titles as the industry begins to re-open […]
Insidious star Lin Shaye casts doubt on a fifth instalment
Lin Shaye, who is known for playing Elise Rainier in the Insidious franchise, has cast doubt that creator James Wan will develop the fifth instalment in the series, or at least her character won’t be appearing in future films. In a discussion on The Production Meeting podcast, Shaye claimed that Wan previously had an outline for […]
R.I.P. Kelly Preston (1962-2020)
American actress Kelly Preston has passed away aged just 57 after a battle with breast cancer, her husband John Travolta has revealed in a post on Instagram this morning. “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” wrote Travolta. […]
Vivica A. Fox endorses Zendaya to play her daughter in Kill Bill Vol. 3
Following the release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, director Quentin Tarantino announced Kill Bill Vol. 3 is still on the table and he has an idea on how to continue The Bride’s story following the death of Bill in the second instalment. Now, in a recent interview with NME, Kill Bill star Vivica A. Fox, who […]
Movie Review – The Sunlit Night (2020)
The Sunlit Night, 2020. Directed by David Wnendt. Starring Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson, Fridtjov Såheim, David Paymer, and Jessica Hecht. SYNOPSIS: Set between New York City and the far north of Norway, The Sunlit Night follows American painter Frances and émigré Yasha as an unlikely pair who find each other in […]