While we await the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, the director has been chatting to Empire Online about his hotly-anticipated adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi epic – specifically the film’s protagonist Paul Atreides, played by Oscar-nominated actor Timothee Chalamet, whom he compares to The Godfather’s Michael Corleone. “Paul has been raised in a […]
Video Review – Scoob! (2020)
EJ Moreno on the latest Scooby-Doo feature film, SCOOB!… In what EJ describes as a “love letter to all things Hanna-Barbera,” Scoob! is the perfect family film. Join our critic as he dives into the latest from the Warner Animation Group, the first Warner Bros project to head straight to VOD during the current theatrical […]
World War II drama Shepherd: The Hero Dog gets a UK trailer
Ahead of its release next month, Signature Entertainment has unveiled a UK trailer for the moving World War II drama Shepherd: The Hero Dog; check it out below, along with the official poster and synopsis… Shepherd the Hero Dog follows the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape […]
Funko celebrates 20 years of the X-Men movie franchise with new Pop! Vinyl figures
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Fox and Bryan Singer’s first X-Men movie, and Funko has announced that it will mark the occasion with a new wave of X-Men Pop! vinyl figures inspired by the original X-Men trilogy and including Wolverine, Storm, Mystique, Charles Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops, Phoenix, Beast, Rogue, and Nightcrawler; check them […]
HBO Max adapting Stephen King and Joe Hill’s Throttle
As revealed by Deadline, HBO Max is prepping a feature film adaptation of Throttle, the novella from Joe Hill and his father Stephen King, with Leigh Dana Jackson (Raising Dion) set to write the script. First published in the 2009 Richard Matheson tribute anthology He Is Legend, Throttle pits “a faceless trucker against a tribe […]
Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge loses summer release date
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge, initially set for a July 10th release date, is now pulled from the release calendar. The film was set to open before Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, making it one of the first significant releases after cinemas open (Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe movie Unhinged on July 1st remains the first […]
Movie Review – John Henry (2020)
John Henry, 2020. Directed by Will Forbes. Starring Terry Crews, Ken Foree, Ludacris, Joseph Julian Soria, and Jamil Valezquez. SYNOPSIS: A man hiding from his dark past sees it return to haunt him, leading to violent repercussions and a bloody conclusion. Terry Crews is an actor who can’t not be charismatic even if he tried. […]
Pirates of the Caribbean producer unsure about Johnny Depp’s involvement with next film
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is still one of Disney’s most lucrative properties, and the studio is not putting the series on the shelf as of yet as a sixth film is currently in development, with recent rumours claiming that Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji star Karen Gillan could be the new lead. However, […]
Black Widow enters Marvel Contest of Champions
The blockbuster movie may have been pushed back until later this year due to the ongoing health crisis, but Marvel fans can now get their Black Widow fix thanks to the mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions and its latest update, inspired by the upcoming Marvel Studios film. Check out Natasha’s gameplay trailer, bio, […]
Jason Isaacs offers his thoughts on whether Harry Potter should be remade
Recently, film franchises or beloved movies are receiving sequels or remakes to bring the classics back for a newer audience including Ghostbusters, The Matrix and Top Gun – to name a few. However, one franchise that has yet to receive this treatment is Harry Potter (not including the Fantastic Beasts prequel series) and according to Lucius […]
