Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed to NME that their long-gestating movie adaptation of American Idiot has received the green light from HBO, and will see Armstrong reprising his role as St. Jimmy from the Broadway production. “That’s the plan right now, yeah,” said Armstrong. “We’ve got a green light from HBO, and the […]
Go Rogue with the second part of Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stop-motion animated series
Last week Disney and Lucasfilm launched a new fan-created stop-motion animated series for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story starring key toys from December’s hotly-anticipated Anthology movie, and now part two has arrived online, which picks up with Jyn Erso working together with an unlikely group of heroes to outsmart the Empire and prevent the completion of the LEGO […]
Ian McDiarmid on whether he’ll appear in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
From the moment the Emperor’s Royal Guard were spotted in the teaser trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, there’s been a tonne of speculation about whether we’ll see an appearance from Palpatine – and now thanks to actor Ian McDiarmid, it seems we have our answer. “Rogue One’s on its way, [and it’s […]
Transformers: The Last Knight gets an official synopsis, Michael Bay discusses the film
We saw a trailer back in December [watch it here], and now Paramount Pictures has released the official synopsis for Transformers: The Last Knight, while Michael Bay has spoken in depth about his fifth outing with the Robots in Disguise (and suggested once again that this time may be his last). The Last Knight shatters the […]
Michael Bay was pitched an R-rated, Tarantino-esque Bumblebee Transformers spinoff
This past weekend we got our first glimpse of the next phase of the Transformers saga with the trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight, the first offering to come out of Paramount’s ‘writers room’, which saw the studio assembling a team of top screenwriting talent to shape the future of the blockbuster franchise. We already […]
Marc Forster to direct Disney’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie Christopher Robin
Back in April of last year it was announced that among Disney’s numerous live-action remakes of its animated classics is a live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, and now comes word that Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, World War Z) is set to direct the project, entitled Christopher Robin. The film has been scripted by Alex Ross Perry […]
Billy Dee Williams voicing Two-Face in The LEGO Batman Movie
He may not have got to play Harvey Dent’s evil alter-ego in a sequel to Tim Burton’s Batman, but Billy Dee Williams is finally set to portray Two-Face on the big screen next year, with director Chris McKay revealing on Twitter that he’s lending his voice to the villain in February’s The LEGO Batman Movie! […]
David Yates to direct all five Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies
Last month it was announced by J.K. Rowling that the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has expanded from a trilogy to span five movies, and now director David Yates has revealed to THR that he has committed to direct the entire series. “I love making films, and I’ve got […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them tracking $75 million domestic opening weekend
Warner Bros. is set to take us back to the Wizarding World next month for J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spinoff prequel to the blockbuster Harry Potter series, which is itself being eyed as the first of a five-film franchise. With no new Potter movie on the horizon (until Warner Bros. […]
Max Landis writing Pepe Le Pew movie
During his appearance at Comic-Con to promote the upcoming TV series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency [watch the trailer here], Max Landis revealed that he’s currently writing the script for an animated Pepe Le Pew movie for Warner Bros. Created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese and first introduced in the Looney Tunes and Merrie […]
