Before Tom Holland was cast as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, there was a tonne of speculation suggesting that Marvel would cast a non-white actor in the role, and perhaps even go down the Miles Morales route as opposed to Peter Parker. Well, of course that never came to pass, but if Heroic Hollywood […]
Indiana Jones and the Future of the Franchise
Tony Black on Indiana Jones and the future of the franchise… Ask almost anyone what they thought of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the 2008 long-gestated sequel known forever and a day simply as ‘Indy IV’, and you’ll probably get much the same answer. “Awful!” “Rotten!” “Should never have made it!” […]
Charlie Cox thinks Daredevil would be “a perfect fit” alongside The Avengers
We’re just a few hours away from the arrival of Daredevil season two on Netflix, and the Man Without Fear himself Charlie Cox has been speaking to Comic Book about his character, stating that he believes Matt Murdock would be “a perfect fit” alongside The Avengers on the big screen side of the Marvel Cinematic […]
Trainspotting 2 is “a beautiful thing”, says Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle (The Legend of Barney Thomson) has praised the script for Danny Boyle’s (Steve Jobs) upcoming drama Trainspotting 2 in an interview with NME, calling it “one of the best scripts I’ve fucking read”. SEE ALSO: Danny Boyle says Trainspotting 2 will shoot in the summer, won’t adapt Porno The actor, who played Begbie […]
Ant-Man hits the half billion mark at the global box office
Thanks to a strong performance in China, Marvel’s newest superhero franchise Ant-Man has become the studio’s ninth movie to reach the half billion mark at the global box office, and its seventh consecutive release to reach that milestone. The Peyton Reed-directed movie has grossed $179 domestically and $321.6 million from international markets, for a total […]
Bryan Singer talks X-Men: Apocalypse run time and praises Michael Fassbender
During an appearance at the San Pedro International Film Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer has been speaking about his latest return to the X-Men universe for next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse (via CBM). “It cuts a little long,” said Singer. “I think it’s gonna be a longer X-Men movie. […]
UPDATE: George R.R. Martin says there will be a Game of Thrones movie
UPDATE: It seems that The Daily Star has been making Martin’s comments up, as the author has now posted on his official LiveJournal debunking the report. Either that, or he’s spoke too soon… Back in July, HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo revealed that the hugely-successful fantasy series Game of Thrones will run for at least […]
UPDATE: Sony developing new Labyrinth movie with Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Tri-Star has closed a deal with The Jim Henson Company for a reboot of the cult fantasy adventure Labyrinth, which will be written by Nicole Perlman, co-writer on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming Captain Marvel. Labyrinth was directed by Jim Henson, with George Lucas executive producing, […]
Rumour: Star Wars Rebels season 3 to introduce major Expanded Universe character
Here’s some news that is bound to excite fans of the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, and in particular Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire trilogy… Making Star Wars is reporting that Lucasfilm is set to bring the fan favourite Grand Admiral Thrawn into official Star Wars canon, with the character reportedly set to appear in the […]
Star Wars toys generated over $700 million in sales in 2015
This won’t come as much of a surprise given that the franchise has the highest grossing movie of 2015, and pulled in over $1 billion in video game revenue, but research company NPD Group has announced that Star Wars was the hottest movie toy property in the United States last year, generating $700 million in […]
