Despite its season seven ratings slide carrying over into the current eighth season, The Walking Dead remains the highest-rated drama on television, and AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan believes that the series has decades left at the top. “The use of the word ‘franchise,’ we don’t take lightly. It’s not a sloppy or casual word,” […]
Rumoured casting breakdown for Top Gun 2 reveals new characters, including Goose’s son
With the long-gestating Top Gun sequel seemingly moving forward at speed ahead of its 2019 release date, That Hashtag Show has posted a series of rumoured casting breakdowns for the supporting characters who’ll be joining the returning Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick. Included in the list of characters are Penny Benjamin, a new love […]
Thor: Ragnarok opens to $121 million, takes the MCU beyond $5 billion domestically and $13 billion worldwide
After starting its international roll out a week ago, Thor: Ragnarok made its way across the Pond this weekend, with the latest Marvel blockbuster exceeding expectations with a domestic opening haul of $121 million. The film, which had been tracking between $100 million and $110 million, was up 41% on its predecessor Thor: The Dark […]
Movie Review – Mayhem (2017)
Mayhem, 2017. Directed by Joe Lynch. Starring Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Caroline Chikezie, Kerry Fox, Mark Frost, Dallas Roberts, Claire Dellamar, André Eriksen, Nikola Kent, Lucy Chappell, Annamaria Serda, and Steven Brand. SYNOPSIS: A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses. Allow me to describe the opening […]
Paul Thomas Anderson says Phantom Thread is his attempt at Rebecca
Having been kept tightly under wraps during production, last week brought us our first real details on Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis’ latest (and final) collaboration Phantom Thread with the release of a poster, trailer and synopsis. Now, speaking to EW, Anderson has revealed that the film – set in the world of 1950s […]
Power Rangers and Stranger Things star sparks speculation that he has been cast as Nightwing
A couple of months ago we heard from The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay that he and Warner Bros. are “casting a wide net” in their search for an actor to take on the role of Dick Grayson in DC Film’s Nightwing solo movie, and now Power Rangers and Stranger Things star Dacre Montgomery […]
Five new Justice League clips arrive online, Danny Elfman’s Batman theme featured
Yesterday we brought you two Justice League clips [watch them here], and now Warner Bros. has released five more new clips from the upcoming DC blockbuster, the first of which features Danny Elfman’s classic Batman theme from Tim Burton’s 1989 movie; check them out below… SEE ALSO: Ben Affleck, Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven on Joss […]
Hela was almost the villain in Thor: The Dark World
Cate Blanchett has been earning rave reviews for her villainous turn as Hela in Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, but things could have worked out very differently had Marvel went with its original plan of utilising the villain in Thor: The Dark World. “Hela was almost the villain in Thor 2,” Marvel Studios chief […]
Disney’s Crazy Star Wars: The Last Jedi Demands Make Sense
Neil Calloway understands why Disney are demanding such a high percentage of the box office for the new Star Wars film… Early tracking (though how they work out how much a film is going to make more than a month before it’s out is beyond me) suggests that Star Wars: The Last Jedi will have an […]
A Beta Ray Bill cameo was cut from Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok
If you were looking closely, you may have noticed a statue of Beta Ray Bill on the giant tower on Sakaar in Thor: Ragnarok, and it turns out that the fan-favourite Karbonite was originally going to make a cameo in the film, but it was felt that such a quick appearance would not have done […]