This Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony is quickly approaching, and to promote the festivities Jimmy Kimmel took part in an interview with Variety. One of the topics touched upon was the Academy’s lack of nominating bigger budget films and under appreciation of the comedy genre, specifically Deadpool. Kimmel stated: “I would have liked to have seen Deadpool […]
Game of Thrones’ Alfie Allen joins Shane Black’s The Predator
As Shane Black prepares his Vancouver shoot of The Predator, he’s just made another addition to the cast of the reboot. Game of Thrones‘ Alfie Allen, who plays Theon Greyjoy in the series, has been cast as an ex-Marine helping the main group in their attempt to kill the Predator. Earlier this week, Black released a picture of […]
First look at Han Solo movie, new images from Pacific Rim 2 and Wonder Woman, Hellboy 3 cancelled and more – Daily News Roundup
SMUGGLER’S PHOTO With the film now in production, the official Star Wars Twitter account released an image from the set of the Han Solo spin-off movie, featuring directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller alongside stars Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. “Watching such inspired people from all over the world, with […]
James McAvoy seemingly confirms Xavier return, Simon Kinberg rumoured to direct next X-Men instalment
With the contracts for the main players of the First Class cast expiring after last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, there’s been a lot of rumour and speculation about the next instalment of the main X-Men franchise, with one report even suggesting that 20th Century Fox is prepared for a soft reboot, should it not be able […]
Justice League cinematographer inspired by the visual style of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Back in April of last year it was announced that Zack Snyder’s frequent collaborator Larry Fong would not be behind the camera on Justice League due to a scheduling conflict with Kong: Skull Island, with Snyder then enlisting Game of Thrones cinematographer Fabian Wagner to shoot the DC team-up. Posting on his Instagram page, Wagner has […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Good Night, and Good Luck. for Best Picture over Crash
Graeme Robertson on why Good Night, and Good Luck. should have won Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 2005 are probably among the most controversial and divisive on record. For it was Paul Haggis’s race-based ensemble drama Crash that received the Best Picture trophy, beating the favourite to win […]
Joss Whedon talks about his rejected Wonder Woman movie
Back before Joss Whedon hit the big time with his colossal Marvel hits The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, the director had his heart set on helming a Wonder Woman movie which Warner Bros. ultimately rejected. One can’t imagine Whedon gets many projects rejected nowadays, considering the considerable success of his work on Marvel’s […]
It’s official: Hellboy 3 is NOT happening
Where do you even begin with this story? Over the last few years we’ve heard from Ron Pearlman and director Guillermo del Toro about a third movie in their Hellboy series. Sometimes its moving forward, sometimes its not. Sometimes Pearlman wants to do it, sometimes he doesn’t. Well, we can now officially say that it’s done […]
Blu-ray Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: The World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a conscientious objector, Desmond Doss, who achieved heroic feats on the battlefield as a medic despite not carrying a […]
Metal Gear Solid movie director weighs in on PG-13 v R-rating
Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is beginning the interview rounds for the fast approaching early March release of the monster epic, and during a chat with Collider, he’s also been discussing his upcoming adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s best-selling video game franchise Metal Gear Solid – specifically, whether it should aim for a PG-13 or R-Rating. “I think that for me, […]