Given the key role he plays in The Infinity Gauntlet storyline of Marvel Comics, there’s been a lot of speculation as to whether Adam Warlock would have been introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe prior to next year’s Avengers: Infinity War, with many expecting him to have featured in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Well, […]
Chris Pratt was surprised by the criticism for Passengers
Star Chris Pratt was apparently caught by surprise upon hearing the criticism for his 2016 movie Passengers. The sci-fi drama, starring himself and Jennifer Lawrence, had a lot of buzz behind it, but ultimately was scorned by critics and never really caught fire with fans. Passengers was set aboard a massive space vessel where Pratt […]
Movie Review – Free Fire (2016)
Free Fire, 2016. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Noah Taylor, and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: 1978, Boston, Massachusetts. Justine has brokered a meeting between two Irishmen and a gang selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are […]
Mads Mikkelsen to star in survival thriller Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen has been cast as the lead in a survival thriller movie entitled Arctic, as reported by Deadline. Enjoying the most successful spell of his career — all starting with the title role in NBC’s Hannibal, and continuing that success with last year’s high profile roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Doctor […]
Marvel Studios won’t go down the R-rated superhero movie route with the MCU
After years of watering down its blockbusters to ensure a PG-13 rating, it seems Hollywood is falling over itself to go R-rated following the box office success of 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool and Logan. Rumours have suggested that Warner Bros. is open to going down the R-rated road with the DC Extended Universe (they’ve already […]
HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 to star Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon
The HBO adaptation of Fahrenheit 451 has cast actors Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. Based on the classic novel by Ray Bradbury, HBO is currently developing a movie adaptation of the property that tells the story of a dystopian future where books are outlawed and ‘firemen’ burn any that are found. Jordan is set […]
Why Spider-Man will stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyond 2019
Henry Bevan on Spider-Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Some things in Hollywood are inevitable. One, Tom Cruise will do a ridiculous stunt. Two, James Bond will return. Three, the weird Sony-Marvel Spider-Man adoption deal is going to be hit with some studio politics. It happened this week with Kevin Feige telling the Hollywood Reporter […]
The next Star Wars Anthology film could be announced by the summer
The next anthology film in the Star Wars universe could very well be announced as soon as this summer. We’ve known for a while now that the young Han Solo movie is coming our way, and we of course know all about the upcoming Episode VIII and IX to finish off the new trilogy which […]
Movie adaptation of Mark Millar’s Chrononauts finds a screenwriter
Way back in March 2015 it was announced that Universal Pictures had picked up the rights to Mark Millar and Sean Gordon Murphy’s Chrononauts comic book series, and now it looks like we may finally have some movement on the big screen adaptation. Deadline is reporting that playwright and screenwriter Philip Gawthorne has signed on […]
Dave Filoni expresses his interest in directing a live-action Star Wars movie
As Lucasfilm begins to plan out the next decade and a half of Star Wars movies, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels creator Dave Filoni has been chatting to Coming Soon about whether he has any aspirations to make the jump to live-action and get behind the camera for a Star Wars […]