After abandoning its ambitions to launch a shared ‘Dark Universe’ with the Tom Cruise-headlined reboot of The Mummy, Universal Pictures has switched up its strategy for the classic Universal Monsters properties, moving away from plans for an interconnected universe and handing the keys to The Invisible Man to Blumhouse Productions and writer-director Leigh Whannell (Upgrade). […]
Zack Snyder thanks Ben Affleck for blessing Batman “with that f*cking glorious chin”
After the best part of two years of rumour and speculation, it was finally confirmed last month that Ben Affleck has decided to hang up the cape and cowl, stepping down from the role of the DC Extended Universe’s Dark Knight as he makes way for a young actor in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Affleck […]
UPDATE: Armie Hammer debunks rumour he’s in “advanced talks” to star in Matt Reeves’ The Batman
UPDATE: Armie Hammer has now debunked the report himself, telling Yahoo! UK that: “No one who can actually give me the job has asked me if I’m interested. I don’t even know if they’re done – I think they’re still working on a script. I don’t think that they’re close to production but I can […]
First poster and trailer for Motley Crue biopic The Dirt
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released the first poster and trailer for the Motley Crue biopic The Dirt. Based upon the bestselling autobiography by Motley Crue and Neil Strauss, the film is directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass) and stars Daniel Webber as frontman Vince Neil, Iwan Rheon as […]
Shazam! director talks about the step up from low budget movies
David F. Sandberg, the director of Shazam!, has discussed what it was like moving from low budget movies to a DC blockbuster. It doesn’t get much bigger than a directing gig for one of DC’s superhero blockbusters and this is exactly where David F. Sandberg finds himself with Shazam!, starring Zachary Levi and Mark Strong. […]
Pixar’s latest short Kitbull is available to watch now
Disney-Pixar has unveiled its third SparkShorts film, the 2D animated Kitbull, which is directed by Rosana Sullivan and reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time. Watch the short here, followed by two behind-the-scenes videos exploring the making […]
Watch Pixar’s latest animated short Smash and Grab
Last week, Disney-Pixar unveiled Purl, the first in a series of animated short films from SparkShorts – an initiative designed to allow artists at the studio to tell their own unique short tales – and now we have the second offering, entitled Smash and Grab. Directed by Brian Larsen and produced by David Lally, Smash […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Bohemian Rhapsody win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, the most divisive nominee as Queen hits the big screen in Bohemian Rhapsody… This year, box office has made a big impression in the Best Picture shortlist. […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige discusses his favourite Black Panther scene
Having managed to achieve what has eluded every other comic book movie before it by earning a nomination, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther will look to go one step further this weekend by taking home the Oscar for Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards. In the lead up to the ceremony, Marvel Studios president Kevin […]
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw wraps filming
Dwayne Johnson has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has wrapped on Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, the first spinoff from the blockbuster action series, which sees Johnson’s Luke Hobbs sharing centre stage with Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw. “Hobbs & Shaw is officially wrapped,” writes The Rock. “Easily the most challenging film […]
