During an interview with Yahoo! Movies to promote the upcoming release of Bumblebee, director Travis Knight has credited Steven Spielberg, executive producer on all of the Transformers movies, for coming up with the concept for this first spinoff. “The original idea for this film actually was Steven [Spielberg’s],” said Knight. “We can thank him for […]
Amy Pascal talks Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel and female-led spinoff
Even before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse debuted to stellar reviews, Sony Pictures had announced that it will be fleshing out its new animated Spider-Verse with both a sequel and a Spider-Women spinoff, and now producer Amy Pascal has revealed some brief details about both projects. During an interview with Vanity Fair, former Sony chief Pascal […]
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan to play lovers in Ammonite
Deadline is reporting that Kate Winslet (The Mountain Between Us) and Saoirse Ronan (Mary, Queen of Scots) have signed on to star in the romantic drama Ammonite, which is being written and directed by Francis Lee (God’s Own Country). Ammonite will take place in the 1840s in a UK coastal town, and will follow “the […]
Benicio del Toro to voice Swiper in the Dora the Explorer movie
THR is reporting that Sicario star Benicio del Toro has signed on to lend his voice to Swiper, the villainous thieving fox, in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Dora the Explorer from director James Bobin (The Muppets). The film, which wrapped principal photography earlier this month, sees del Toro’s Sicario: Day of the Soldado co-star […]
Matt Smith stars in first trailer for Mapplethorpe
A new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming biographical drama Mapplethorpe. Written and directed by Ondi Timoner, the film stars Matt Smith as the controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe alongside Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Mark Moses, Carolyn McCormick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Kerry Butler; watch it here… Robert Mapplethorpe (Matt Smith) is arguably one of […]
Check out a batch of concept art from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A batch of concept art has arrived online for Sony Pictures’ acclaimed animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from Titan’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie which is set to hit stores on December 18th; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Doctor Strange featured in the first draft of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Phil […]
Sterling K. Brown to lead The Fence
Fresh from his SAG Awards nomination earlier this week, This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown has signed on to star in The Fence, a drama in the works at Fox Searchlight. Variety reports that the film will tell the true story of Michael Cox, an African-American undercover police officer who is mistaken for a […]
Venom writer: Spider-Man could play “a significant role” in a future Venom movie
When Sony first announced that it would be moving ahead with an interconnected Marvel universe beginning with a Venom movie, there were conflicting comments coming out of Sony and Marvel Studios as to if and how these films would be linked to the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland. While Marvel’s […]
Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)
Bumblebee. 2018. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Justin Theroux, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Pamela Adlon, and John Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her […]
DC’s Birds of Prey adds two more to its cast
With filming set to get underway next month, DC’s girl gang movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has made two more additions to its cast in comedian Ali Wong (Black Box) and Robert Catrini (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back). According to The Wrap, Wong will play an associate of Detective […]