While making Dunkirk, director Christopher Nolan consulted with Steven Spielberg. When most war films arrive in cinemas they end up being compared to Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, particularly in reference to that film’s classic and shocking opening sequence. This was also true for Nolan’s first effort in the genre, and according to a recent feature […]
Christopher Nolan flying to China to support Dunkirk release
Christopher Nolan is jetting off to China to the support the release of Dunkirk. The WWII drama has been performing above expectations during its run so far, having accumulated $366 million worldwide, including $156.3 million in the US, and a mighty $58 million in the UK. However, Nolan’s latest has yet to be released in […]
Dunkirk beats Wonder Woman and Spider-Man: Homecoming at the UK box office
Dunkirk has managed to earn more money at the UK box office than both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Wonder Woman. This year’s box office has been dominated by superhero behemoths and Disney family movies, not unlike most years in recent memory. The picture isn’t that different in the UK, with Beauty and the Beast sitting at […]
Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface gets a new trailer
Ahead of the release of Leatherface next month, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming prequel to the 1974 classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre which stars Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse, James Bloor, Jessica Madsen, Sam Coleman, Chris Adamson, and Finn Jones; watch it below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENrekRWa8OY This is the origin story for […]
Flashpoint fan art features Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Batman alongside Ezra Miller’s Flash
Following the recent announcement at Comic-Con that DC’s solo Flash movie would be an adaptation of the Flashpoint comic book storyline, some fan art has arrived online from George Evangelista depicting what a Thomas Wayne Batman would look like as played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He is drawn prepped for battle alongside Ezra Miller’s Flash. […]
Matt Reeves clarifies comments on The Batman not being part of the DCEU
Yesterday some comments from The Batman director Matt Reeves surfaced, where the filmmaker stated that the upcoming Dark Knight movie would be “standalone” and not “part of the DC Extended Universe.” The Hollywood Reporter followed this up with a report claiming The Batman would be part of Warner’s new non-DCEU division alongside the newly-announced Joker […]
UPDATE: Matt Reeves says The Batman is “standalone” and “isn’t part of the DC Extended Universe”
Ever since Ben Affleck stepped down as director of The Batman, there’s been a tonne of rumours and speculation surrounding The Dark Knight’s next solo movie, as well as Ben Affleck’s continued involvement with the project and the wider DC Extended Universe as a whole. While Affleck has since committed his future to the DCEU, […]
Ben Affleck leaving Batman, Aquaman footage, huge Captain Marvel news and more – Weekend News Roundup
AFFLECK BATMAN WOES? Over the San Diego Comic Con weekend, there were reports that Warner Bros. were reconsidering the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in their DC Extended Universe, possibly before his solo movie The Batman. However during DC’s panel in Hall H, Affleck reassured fans that he was sticking with the cowl in […]
Work is underway on the Teen Titans live-action series Titans
In April of this year, it was announced that Warner Bros. is pushing ahead with its long-planned live-action Teen Titans series as part of a new dedicated DC streaming service, and now DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns has revealed that work is underway on the series… Oh. This also started this week… @AkivaGoldsman #Titans […]
Thor: Ragnarok’s “he’s a friend from work” line came from a Make-A-Wish kid
A couple of weeks ago, director Taika Waititi suggested that up to a whopping 80% of Thor: Ragnarok is improvisation, and now Chris Hemsworth has revealed that one of – if not the – most memorable moments from the first trailer falls into that category, and it seems we have a child from the Make-A-Wish […]
