British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, best known for mad bullet ballet Free Fire, has reportedly been offered a “big Marvel film”, according to a passing comment on The Adam Buxton Podcast. Buxton was interviewing comedian and actor Bob Mortimer, who suggested a road trip movie project had been scuppered by the offer to Wheatley, though Mortimer […]
First trailer for sci-fi thriller Astro starring Gary Daniels
Ahead of its premiere at Cannes later this month, a poster, trailer and batch of images have arrived online for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Astro. Directed by Asif Akbar and shot in Roswell, New Mexico, the film sees Gary Daniels leading a cast that includes Dominique Swain, Marshal Hilton, Gianni Capaldi, Louis Mandylor, Max Wasa, Omi Vaidya, […]
John Cena lands lead in The Janson Directive for producer Dwayne Johnson
John Cena has lined up a new leading man role – and he’s teaming up with old WWE rival Dwayne Johnson to do it – as he joins action-thriller The Janson Directive. The Blockers actor will play former Navy SEAL Paul Janson, who works as a private security consultant while experiencing troubling flashbacks of the […]
Ron Howard to direct The Warehouse
After what must have been a tumultuous stint on Solo: A Star Wars Story, having been something of a directorial Millennium Falcon himself, as he dropped in at the last minute to save the day, Ron Howard is now lining up his first post-Star Wars directing gig, and with the help of his long-time producer, […]
Adam Warlock was considered for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War
Given the key role that the character plays in The Infinity Gauntlet comic book storyline, there was some expectation that Adam Warlock would be introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe during Phase Three, paving the way for him to appear in Avengers: Infinity War and/or its as-yet-untitled sequel. While he was teased in one of […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige thanks fans for making Avengers: Infinity War a huge success
Marvel Studios unleashed the hugely-anticipated superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War this past weekend, with audiences embracing the film to the tune of a $630 million opening weekend – shattering the previous record of $541.9 million set by The Fate of the Furious last year. In the wake of the monster opening, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige […]
Avengers: Infinity War 4K Ultra HD Steelbook cover revealed
It may have just opened in theaters – smashing records with an enormous $630 million global opening weekend in the process – but we’ve already got a look at the Best Buy exclusive cover artwork for the 4K Ultra HD release of Avengers: Infinity War, which features the Mad Titan Thanos and his completed Infinity […]
Urban legend horror The Rake gets a release date
Red Band Films and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced that urban legend horror feature film, The Rake, starring Rachel Melvin (Dumb and Dumber To), Sheane Grime-Beech (Scream 4), and Joey Bicicchi (Rudderless), is set for release on DVD and Digital this June. Directed by award-winning horror filmmaker Tony Wash, the film follows Ashley and […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Beast
As Beast goes on the question shifts from “is Pascal a serial killer?” to “if Pascal is a serial killer, are these two perfect for each other in a demented Natural Born Killers kind of way?”, which is where Michael Pearce likes to repeatedly flip the motives and truth on the audience. The trick never fully wears thin, but […]
Joss Whedon on why he left DC’s Batgirl movie
Last March, before he was announced as taking over from Zack Snyder on Justice League, it was revealed that Joss Whedon had signed on to develop and direct a Batgirl solo movie for Warner Bros. and DC Films. However, some eleven months later Whedon announced that he was no longer attached to the project, having […]
