The Leftovers and Fargo star Carrie Coon has become the latest addition to the cast of Widows, the next film from acclaimed director Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave). Coon will start work on the film once she completes production on The Papers for director Steven Spielberg. Widows is based upon the 1983 Lynda La Plante […]
Dazzler to appear in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
According to Entertainment Weekly, Dazzler is set to make her big screen debut in next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with the site reporting that the mutant pop star will feature in a small role in the next instalment of the main X-Men franchise. Dazzler was actually referenced in a deleted scene from X-Men: Apocalypse, with […]
Edgar Wright comments on the director situation on the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff
With his latest film Baby Driver set to arrive next week [read our review here], Edgar Wright has been chatting to Digital Spy about the director situation on Lucasfilm’s latest project, Han Solo: A Star Wars Story. For those not up to speed, it was announced this week that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been […]
Nightshade confirmed to appear in Marvel’s Black Panther
It looks like Erik Killmonger, M’Baku/Man-Ape and Ulysses Klaue won’t be the only villains that T’Challa has to contend with in Marvel’s Black Panther, as actress and singer Nabiyah Be has announced on Twitter that she is playing the character of Tilda Johnson, a.k.a. Nightshade. Never kept something for myself for so long! Check out Tilda […]
Michael Bay is a disgusting, deplorable director – and he should be ashamed of himself
Luke Owen is not a fan of Michael Bay and his Transformers movies… Last night I was unfortunate enough to stumble upon a film I’ve not seen in nearly a decade. It’s an epic failure of a movie, an odious mess of horribly-shot action, gross depictions of women, bizarrely-placed racism and woefully bad writing. The […]
Wonder Woman tops $600 million worldwide
Warner Bros.’ latest DC blockbuster has continued its impressive march at the global box office, with Wonder Woman pushing its worldwide haul to $601.6 million by close of play on Wednesday. Domestically, Wonder Woman has grossed $289.2 million, with a further $312.4 million from international markets. It will hit another milestone today, overtaking the $609.8 million […]
Tom Holland says Tom Hardy will bring “a lot of energy” to Venom role
In addition to relaunching the Spider-Man franchise with Marvel Studios and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sony is preparing to launch a series of spinoff movies, beginning with the R-rated Venom solo film, which will see Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer directing Tom Hardy in the lead role. Fan reaction to Hardy nabbing the role has been mostly positive, and Peter […]
Edgar Wright on exiting Marvel’s Ant-Man
It had seemed that writer/director Edgar Wright had caught a huge break back in 2006 when he was given the opportunity to helm Marvel’s Ant-Man, but apparently, it just wasn’t meant to be. Almost a decade later he left the project over creative differences while Peyton Reed went on to make the superhero blockbuster, which […]
David Fincher confirmed to direct World War Z 2 starring Brad Pitt
Recently, Paramount’s new studio chief Jim Gianopulos stated that he and Brad Pitt were trying to court director David Fincher (who has collaborated with Brad Pitt on a number of iconic films) into directing the long-gestating sequel to World War Z. Now, during an interview with THR, Gianopulos has confirmed that David Fincher will indeed […]
New Han Solo director, Jurassic World 2 title revealed, Avengers: Infinity War set photo and more – Daily News Roundup
GO DIRECT A STAR WAR After the shock news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been fired from their positions on the Han Solo spin-off movie, it was revealed yesterday by Disney and Lucasfilm that Ron Howard would be taking over. Ron Howard has a lot of connections to George Lucas, appearing in the director’s […]