Much has been made of the “rivalry” between Marvel and DC this year, which isn’t too surprising given that we’ve seen Warner Bros. fleshing out the DC Extended Universe with the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, while Marvel Studios launched Phase Three with Captain America: Civil War and the […]
Watch the unofficial The Adventures of Indiana Jones animated short
Back around the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, artist Patrick Schoenmaker was commissioned by Lucasfilm and ACME Archives to create a special print which envisioned the adventurer and archaeologist as an animated cartoon. This sparked Schoenmaker’s imagination, and he’s spent the past five years working on an unofficial animated […]
Should We Care That Actors Lie About Their Age?
This week, Neil Calloway argues that it doesn’t matter how old an actor is… On Tuesday it was reported that, from next year, websites like the IMDb will have to remove details of people mentioned on the site when requested. The Customer Records bill AB-1687 might not sound like much (I thought AB-1687 was a […]
The Week in Star Wars – Force Friday toy images, Warwick Davis set for Episode VIII, more Star Wars films confirmed
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars sees LOADS of promotional images from toys being released from Force Friday, a returning actor from the original trilogy, more Star Wars films on the way and more… Let’s kick things off with the latest updates from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and thanks to the […]
Duncan Jones’ Mute picked up by Netflix, will be related to Moon
With production now underway on Warcraft hemer Duncan Jones’ long-gestating sci-fi project Mute, star Alexander Skarsgard has revealed on the Empire podcast that the film is set to be distributed by Netflix. “I think they’ll do what they did with Beasts Of No Nation,” where they do a theatrical simultaneously to a Netflix release,” said Skarsgard. […]
Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon to wage war against the Taliban in Horse Soldiers
Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon have signed on to appear in Horse Soldiers, which is based upon Doug Stanton’s book of the same name and will be directed by Nicolai Fuglsig, with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. The film tells “the tense true story of a U.S. Special Forces team and their untested captain sent to a […]
Roy Orbison biopic The Big O in development
Legendary American musician Roy Orbison is set to receive an official biopic, with his estate pledging their cooperation to The Big O: Roy Orbison, which is being scripted by Ray Gideon and Bruce Evans (Stand By Me, Starman). The film will follow the Texan singer’s life, from his breakthrough single ‘Ooby Dooby’ and subsequent hits […]
Lee Daniels developing Lee Daniels biopic
Precious and The Butler director Lee Daniels has revealed that he’s in talks to direct a musical biopic based upon his own life, which he’s comparing to Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 and Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz. “My publicist will kill me, but I’m in talks about doing a musical film about my life,” Daniels […]
Jason Momoa announces that Justice League has wrapped filming
Jason Momoa has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has wrapped on Warner Bros.’ next DC ensemble Justice League, with the actor posting a shirtless photo of himself in the gym with the caption: “There’s [too] many people to thank for all their hard work [on] JL, Tonight is our wrap party. I am so […]
Donnie Yen announces Ip Man 4
Following his adventure in the galaxy far, far away in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Donnie Yen will be returning to the role of Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, with the martial arts superstar announcing on Instagram that he’ll be reuniting with director Wilson Yip for Ip Man 4. View this post on Instagram I […]