J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has teased the return of the saga’s main villain, Emperor Palpatine. Palpatine has been the arch-foe of our heroes throughout the Skywalker saga, manipulating events and causing destruction throughout both the original and prequel trilogies. And now we know with The Rise of Skywalker, […]
Beast Kingdom’s PREVIEWS exclusive Hulkbuster Egg Attack figure unveiled
Diamond Comics Distributors has unveiled promotional images for Beast Kingdom’s PREVIEWS exclusive Egg Attack Hulkbuster action figure from the 2015 Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron; check it out here… Based on the Mark 44 version of Tony Stark’s Iron Man Suit, the Hulkbuster was created originally for the sole purpose of restraining the Hulk. […]
Richard Linklater to spend 20 years making Merrily We Roll Along
After spending twelve years filming the Oscar-nominated coming of age drama Boyhood, it seems that director Richard Linklater is thinking even longer term for his next project, with Variety revealing that the filmmaker is teaming with Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect) and Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) for an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll […]
Rumour: Marvel Studios may be considering a reboot of Inhumans
Having originally planned to bring the group to the big screen as part of its Phase Three slate of theatrical films, Marvel Studios pulled the plug on Inhumans, instead passing the property over to Marvel Television which teamed up with IMAX and ABC to produce a rather poorly-received TV adaptation featuring Black Bolt and family. […]
J.J. Abrams on whether Kylo Ren is beyond redemption in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has addressed if Kylo Ren is beyond redemption. There are many questions that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be able to answer and one of them is if Kylo Ren is beyond redemption. The villain has done some truly heinous things in […]
Dylan O’Brien and Sophie Cookson join Mark Wahlberg in Infinite
The Maze Runner and American Assassin star Dylan O’Brien has signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Infinite from director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer), while Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) has also boarded the film. Based on D. Eric Maikranz’s novel The Reincarnationist Papers, Infinite revolves around a […]
Shailene Woodley joins Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro in After Exile
Divergent and Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley has signed on to the independent crime drama After Exile, where she joins the previously announced Shia La Beouf (The Peanut Butter Falcon) and Robert De Niro (The Irishman). The film sees LaBeouf portraying Mike Delaney, an ex-con who is released from prison and returns home only […]
Travis Fimmel to headline sci-fi thriller Zone 414
According to Deadline, former Vikings star Travis Fimmel is set to lead the cast of Zone 414, a sci-fi thriller from first time feature director Andrew Baird and screenwriter Bryan Edward Hill. Taking place in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art human robots, the film will see Fimmel playing David Carmichael, a private […]
Body horror Replace gets a poster, trailer and images
Ahead of its U.S. release this October, Uncork’d Entertainment has unveiled a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for writer-director Norbert Keil’s body horror Replace, which stars Rebecca Forsythe as Kira, a young woman suffering from a dermatological disease who discovers she can replace her skin with other women’s; take a look here… Afflicted […]
Marvel shares first look at Eternals’ cast of characters
During the Walt Disney Pictures Showcase at D23, Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige introduced the cast of 2020’s Eternals to the stage, as well as introducing concept art of their respective characters: Richard Madden, who portrays the all-powerful Ikaris; Kumail Nanjiani, who plays cosmic-powered Kingo; Lauren Ridloff, who portrays the super-fast Makkari, the first deaf hero […]
