UPDATE: According to CNBC, The Walt Disney Company is now closing in on a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox assets, and an announcement could happen as soon as next week with estimates putting the price at around $75 billion. Original story follows… Earlier this month it was revealed that The Walt Disney Company had […]
Exclusive Interview – Screenwriter William Wisher on Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Coinciding with the home-entertainment release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D, Flickering Myth’s Martin Carr chats with screenwriter William Wisher about the 1991 sci-fi action classic… Martin Carr: Hi William. How did you and James Cameron first meet and subsequently get involved with the Terminator franchise? William Wisher: Well the short version is I first […]
Quentin Tarantino has pitched J.J. Abrams a Star Trek movie, may direct
Back in September, during preparation for his upcoming Manson Family film #9, Quentin Tarantino revealed that he had an idea for a Star Trek movie, and that it “would be worth having a meeting about”. Well, it seems he has had a meeting about it, with Deadline revealing that Tarantino has shared his idea with […]
X-Men spinoff The New Mutants gets a poster and teaser promo
20th Century Fox has released a new poster for director Josh Boone’s upcoming horror-themed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, along with a mysterious teaser promo; check them out below… SEE ALSO: The New Mutants director talks horror tone, trilogy plans, and new characters Nature never nurtured. #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/lDw5vrqF03 — New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 4, 2017 SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer […]
James Franco to direct and star in A Boy Named Shel
Coming off the critically acclaimed The Disaster Artist, which details the making of Tommy Wiseau’s infamous The Room, James Franco has found his next directorial project, signing on to helm and star in A Boy Named Shel. Based on Lisa Rogak’s biography, the film will see Franco taking on the role of American writer, singer-songwriter, […]
20 films in contention for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the twenty films which remain in content for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards. Check out the longlist here… SEE ALSO: 26 films in the running for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the Academy Awards Alien: Covenant Beauty and the […]
First Solo: A Star Wars Story teaser poster surfaces
While director Ron Howard delivered regular social media updates and teases from the set of the film, we’ve had very little in the way of marketing material for next year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, save for the official title and logo reveal back in October. Obviously Disney and Lucasfilm are focussing their marketing efforts […]
Mark Hamill on disagreeing with Rian Johnson over Luke Skywalker’s role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
It looks like Mark Hamill, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson had very different views for Luke Skywalker’s arc in the film. Speaking to Screen Rant at a Last Jedi press junket, the Star Wars icon gave a firm “No” when asked if his vision for Luke’s role in the film matched […]
Is this the first look at Tom Hardy’s Venom costume?
Anyone following Tom Hardy’s Instagram account will be well aware of the actor’s penchant for sharing behind-the-scenes production pictures for his forthcoming superhero outing as Venom. His latest photo might be the clearest indication yet of the kind of Venom storyline we’re going to get, with many speculating that the military style garb that Hardy’s […]
Bryan Singer releases statement in response to his firing from Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody
Bryan Singer has released a statement in response to the news of his removal as director of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. According to the director, the claims against him have gotten way out of hand. Here is his statement in full, courtesy of THR: “I wanted nothing more than to be able to […]
