Many remember the long gap between Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin and Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, but few recall that Darren Aronofsky was once attached to helm a Batman film. Yes, the Black Swan and mother! director planned an adaptation of Frank Miller’s iconic Batman: Year One. When speaking with Empire Magazine, Aronofsky opened up […]
Johnny Flynn is David Bowie in first clip from Stardust
Coinciding with what would have been its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this week if not for the current health crisis gripping the globe, Film Constellation has unveiled the first clip from Stardust featuring Johnny Flynn (Emma.) as music icon David Bowie and Marc Maron (GLOW) as his publicist Ron Oberman. Stardust takes place […]
LEGO Star Wars A-Wing Starfighter Ultimate Collector Series set coming this Star Wars Day
The LEGO Group has unveiled its LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series A-Wing Starfighter from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The set goes on sale on May 1st, just in time for the annual Star Wars Day celebration on May 4th; check out the promotional image here… Star Wars fans can […]
Disney launches new Frozen short series At Home With Olaf
Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced the launch of At Home With Olaf, a new series of digital shorts featuring everyone’s favourite snowman Olaf. Created by Disney animator Hyrum Osmond (Frozen, Moana) and produced at home during lockdown, the shorts see Josh Gad reprising his role as the Frozen fan-favourite, and get underway this week […]
Dune image offers first look at Chang Chen’s Dr. Wellington Yueh
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have been beginning to pull back the curtain on Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of the sci-fi epic Dune this week with a first-look at the upcoming movie, and now we’ve got another image, this time offering a look at Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh; take a look here… SEE ALSO: […]
Mark Ruffalo says he tried to talk Marvel out of casting him as the Hulk
Mark Ruffalo, the actor behind the MCU’s Hulk, has revealed that he tried to talk Marvel out of casting him. Actors are a strange bunch. One would think you would jump at the chance to play a major Marvel hero on the big screen but Mark Ruffalo wasn’t too excited by the idea of playing […]
TRON: Legacy director thinks a sequel could still happen
Joseph Kosinski, the director of TRON: Legacy, thinks that a sequel is still possible at Disney. It took a while for TRON to finally receive a sequel, with TRON: Legacy arriving in cinemas 28 years later. Hopes for a third film in the series have existed ever since but what are the chances as of […]
Tara Reid joins psychological thriller Mixxer
Supple Films has announced that American Pie and Sharknado star Tara Reid has been cast alongside Thomas J. O’Brien (The Confined) and Paul Mormando (Bound By Debt) in Mixxer, a psychological thriller from filmmaker Caster Fagan (Subject a Male). The film will see O’Brien starring as Brian Weiland, an ex-military man who has settled into […]
Brian Herbert praises Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation
This week’s first-look reveal of Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded adaptation of sci-fi author Frank Herbert’s Dune impressed many fans of the franchise. One person in particular who is very happy with what they have seen is Herbert’s son Brian Herbert, who has continued writing Dune novels based off his father’s notes. With the release of the images, […]
San Diego Comic-Con International has been cancelled
It was only a matter of time before one of the most significant yearly events in pop culture fell to the on-going global health crisis. The 2020 San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, is now cancelled. The event that sees more than 130,000 participants each year was scheduled to be held […]
