George Chrysostomou on Marvel One Shots… With the news that a brand new short film, featuring the Grandmaster and Thor’s roommate Darryl, will be attached to the Blu-ray release of Thor: Ragnarok, the question is raised again as to whether Marvel should invest in more short films to continue to expand its universe. Known as Marvel One-Shots, […]
The Week in Star Wars – More Solo: A Star Wars Story reshoots, The Force Awakens original ending, The Last Jedi passes $1.2 billion and more
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has the latest on those Solo reshoot rumours, the original ending for The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi’s box office performance and more… Let’s kick things off with the latest rumours from the troubled Solo: A Star Wars Story. The film hit a nasty bump in […]
Tatiana Maslany, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Elizabeth Debicki wanted for female lead in Gemini Man
According to THR, Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo) and Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) are testing for the female lead opposite Will Smith in Ang Lee’s upcoming action sci-fi movie Gemini Man. The actresses are reportedly in contention for the role of Danny, an operative tasked with surveilling Smith’s […]
Halloween begins filming, new cast members announced
Blumhouse Productions has officially announced that filming is now underway on the new Halloween movie, which is being directed by David Gordon Green from a script he’s written with Danny McBride. Original Halloween director John Carpenter serves as executive producer, and will compose the score, while the film also sees the return of original stars […]
Tom Cruise is back in action in latest Mission: Impossible 6 set video
Well, it looks like Tom Cruise has fully recovered from the ankle injury he suffered whilst performing a stunt on Mission: Impossible 6 last August, as the action star was spotted shooting scenes for the latest chapter of the blockbuster spy sequel in London this Saturday. The below video shows Cruise in action as Ethan […]
Disney’s Aladdin criticised for “browning up” white extras
As filming continues on Disney’s Aladdin, the Guy Ritchie-directed live-action adaptation has now come under fire due to reports that the production has been “browning up” extras. According to the Sunday Times (via Deadline), the film has around 500 extras on set, with 400 of the background performers from Indian, Middle Eastern, African, Medierranean or […]
Movie Review – Surviving the Wild (2018)
Surviving the Wild, 2018. Directed by Patrick Alessandrin. Starring Jon Voight, Jamie Kennedy, Vail Bloom, and Aidan Cullen. SYNOPSIS: After the death of his grandfather Shaun (Aidan Cullen) hikes into the mountains to escape his bickering parents followed by a benevolent guardian angel. With only a black Labrador for company Shaun soon discovers there are […]
Mark Wahlberg donates his All the Money in the World reshoot salary to #TimesUp legal fund
Mark Wahlberg found himself the centre of some controversy this week when it was announced that he’d been paid $1.5 million for the reshoots to remove Kevin Spacey from Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, whereas the rest of the cast worked per diem, with top-billed Michelle Williams being paid less than $1000 […]
Animated comedy Monster Family gets a new poster and trailer
A UK poster and trailer have arrived online for director Holger Tappe’s upcoming upcoming animated comedy Monster Family which features a voice cast that includes Emily Watson, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, Celia Imrie, and Catherine Tate; check them out here… Based on David Safier’s best-selling novel, MONSTER FAMILY follows the very much unhappy Wishbone clan, Frank, […]
Game of Thrones’ Carice van Houten to star in The Glass Room
According to Variety, Game of Thrones actress Carice van Houten has signed on to star in a big screen adaptation of Simon Mawer’s Man Booker Prize finalist novel The Glass Room. Described as “a love story about the relationship between two women set in an iconic modernist house in Czechoslovakia built by celebrity architect Ludwig […]
