Back at the start of last month it was announced that Grammy-nominated R&B artist Halle Bailey has been cast in the title role in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. As is often the case when it comes to beloved characters, reaction to the casting was mixed, and sadly included a vocal minority who […]
Sci-fi thriller Empathy, Inc. gets a trailer and poster
Ahead of its release this September, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Yedidya Gorsetman’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Empathy, Inc.; take a look here… Hotshot venture capitalist Joel has a multimillion-dollar deal go up in smoke, and he and his actress wife Jessica are forced to move in with her parents and start […]
Neil Marshall fills out the cast of horror The Reckoning
Following the disappointing Hellboy reboot (where he reportedly endured a rather torrid time), Dog Soldiers and The Descent director Neil Marshall is going back to his roots for his next project, the low-budget period horror The Reckoning, and Deadline has revealed that the British filmmaker has filled out the cast of the movie. Set to […]
Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin set for Concrete Cowboys
Deadline is reporting that Idris Elba (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) and Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things) are set to star alongside Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), Lorraine Toussaint (The Village) and Byron Bowers (The Chi) in the feature film Concrete Cowboys. Inspired by the Fletcher Street Stables, a real life black urban […]
Movie Review – The VelociPastor (2019)
The VelociPastor, 2019. Written and directed by Brendan Steere. Starring Gregory James Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski, Claire Hsu, Daniel Steere, Yang Jiechang, Jesse Turits, Fernando Pacheco de Castro, and Aurelio Voltaire. SYNOPSIS: After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At […]
Video Nasties – The Beyond (1981)
The Beyond, 1981. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona McCall, David Warbeck, Ciniza Monreale and Antoine St John. SYNOPSIS: In New Orleans in the 1920s, an artist is gruesomely killed by an angry mob who believe he is a warlock. Several decades later, a young woman named Liza acquires the hotel where the artist was killed […]
Video Nasties – Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Zombie Flesh Eaters, 1979 Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring Ian Mculloch, Tisa Farrow, Richard Johnson and Al Cliver SYNOPSIS: A seemingly abandoned sailboat arrives in New York City; however, when police check it out they are attacked by an assailant of the not quite dead variety. Soon after, reporter Peter West comes into contact with […]
Joker tracking bigger domestic box office opening than Aquaman and Shazam!
Although its still a few months out from release, Box Office Pro is reporting that Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker standalone movie is tracking a domestic opening weekend of around $77 million this October, with low estimates on the $60 million mark and a high of $90 million. Should the $77 million estimate prove […]
Guillermo del Toro says he’s “not a superhero guy” but still open to more comic book movies
Guilermo del Toro has certainly built up plenty of comic book experience over the years, with Blade II, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army on his C.V., not to mention several years of development on both an Incredible Hulk TV series and Justice League Dark movie, both of which ultimately failed to come to fruition. […]
It director to produce adaptation of Stephen King’s Roadwork
Having enjoyed huge success with 2017’s It, filmmaker Andy Muschietti looks set to follow next month’s It Chapter Two with another Stephen King adaptation, albeit in a producing capacity. According to Radio Cantilo (via DreadCentral), Muschietti and his producing partner Barbera Muschietti are set to produce a feature film based upon King’s 1981 novel Roadwork, with […]
