Variety is reporting that two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey is set to portray the late American writer Gore Vidal in an upcoming biopic entitled Gore, which is being produced by Netflix. Gore is being directed by Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) and will explore the life of the author, playwright and political commentator during the […]
Suicide Squad director David Ayer on what drew him to Gotham City Sirens
Director David Ayer is at Comic-Con to promote his new movie Bright starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton [watch the trailer here], and IGN caught up with the Suicide Squad helmer to ask him about his next DCEU project, Gotham City Sirens, and what drew him to the movie. “It’s a story about three fantastic […]
Fox to “reassess” Alien franchise after Covenant disappointment
After the lackluster box office performance of Alien: Covenant, 20th Century Fox isn’t quite ready to give director Ridley Scott’s two proposed sequels the green light. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio will be taking steps to “reassess” the Alien series while Scott returns to the director’s seat for two upcoming feature films, All the […]
Sylvester Stallone completes Creed 2 script, confirms Drago’s return
Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone has revealed through an Instagram post that he has completed a draft of his script for Creed 2, the sequel to 2015’s Rocky spin-off Creed, which followed Michael B. Jordan as Apollo Creed’s son Adonis. He also revealed, through the handwritten notes he showed off, that we’ll be seeing the return of Rocky IV’s Ivan Drago, the […]
Geoff Johns says Joss Whedon will start work on Batgirl in 2018
Warner Bros. is set to host its DC Films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con later today, with the expectation that the studio will announce the next slate of DC Extended Universe movies following the upcoming Justice League and Aquaman. We’ve heard this week that Shazam! will be the next DC movie to go into […]
Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi books revealed at Comic-Con
Yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, Lucasfilm announced a host of new Star Wars books, novels, activity books and more set for release this year as part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi publishing initiative. We’ve posted a selection of the covers below, and head on over to the official Star Wars site […]
DC announces Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay and Death of Superman/Reign of the Supermen animated movies
Yesterday at the San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. hosted the world premiere of Batman and Harley Quinn, after which we got word on the next instalments of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line. First up is official confirmation of an adaptation of the DC Comics Elseworlds story Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, which reimagines the […]
Work is underway on the Teen Titans live-action series Titans
In April of this year, it was announced that Warner Bros. is pushing ahead with its long-planned live-action Teen Titans series as part of a new dedicated DC streaming service, and now DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns has revealed that work is underway on the series… Oh. This also started this week… @AkivaGoldsman #Titans […]
R.I.P. John Heard (1945 – 2017)
Actor John Heard, known for his iconic role as Macaulay Culkin’s oblivious father in the first two Home Alone films, has passed away. He was 72. A cause of death is yet to be revealed. Heard has been a veteran of the film and television industry since the 1980s, starring in a variety of films and television […]
Franchise Fixer: Why Sony needs to make a Superior Foes of Spider-Man movie
Anghus Houvouras wants to see a Superior Foes of Spider-Man movie… Sony owning the Spider-Man movie franchise is like watching eight orangutans running a McDonalds. It’s difficult to understand how it happened, they continually struggle with the basic operations, and the end result of their efforts falls somewhere between ‘hilarious’ and ‘stomach turning’. Marvel Studios […]