During the Warner Bros. panel at Comic-Con this past Saturday, we got the rather surprising news that The Flash solo movie is being retooled as Flashpoint, an adaptation of the DC Comics crossover arc from 2011. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, it sees The Flash waking up in a vastly different timeline: Barry doesn’t […]
John Carpenter recalls George A. Romero’s “profound impact”
Movie legend John Carpenter remembers the “profound impact” of George A. Romeo. With the recent passing of iconic director George A. Romero, many a star has come out with praise for the godfather of the zombie movie. It’s clear that Romero touched a lot people during his time on earth, and influenced untold numbers of […]
Is a spoiler the end of the world?
Henry Bevan on spoilers… I lasted five days. Five days without having someone spoil the new episode of Game of Thrones. Those days were spent in constant fear. I was like one of the journalists in All The Presidents Men, constantly looking over my shoulder for the innocent bystander who might tell me what the […]
New Line officially moving ahead with second It movie after bumper box office opening
With New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation It enjoying a rather impressive opening weekend at the box office, it has been announced that the studio is officially moving forward with the second chapter. THR reports that Gary Dauberman, one of the screenwriters on the first movie, has closed his deal to pen the second film, […]
Catfish directors sign on for Mega Man movie
It looks like the iconic video game franchise Mega Man is finally set to hit the big screen, with THR reporting that Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are in final negotiations to write and direct a movie adaptation. Mega Man launched in 1987 and follows an android called Rock, who is created as […]
Mads Mikkelsen open to playing Victor Von Doom in the Doctor Doom movie
During the San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Legion creator Noah Hawley is developing a Fantastic Four spinoff movie based around the iconic Marvel villain Doctor Doom, and now actor Mads Mikkelsen has revealed that – despite a rather negative experience with a past Fantastic Four audition – he would be open to taking on […]
Darren Aronofsky could direct A.I. courtroom drama
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has bought an untitled screenplay from Joe Epstein as a potential directing vehicle for Darren Aronofsky. Plot details are scarce, but it is said that it will revolve around an artificial intelligence court case. Following the announcement, Aronofsky took to Twitter to reveal that he is yet to officially […]
Ryan Coogler talks Marvel’s Black Panther and what makes the movie unique
We’re just a few weeks away from the launch of the 2018 superhero movie season, and with Marvel’s Black Panther currently outperforming every other MCU movie in terms of advance ticket sales, director Ryan Coogler has been chatting to Fandango about T’Challa’s solo movie, and what makes it unique compared to other superhero films. “There […]
Felicity Jones to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Felicity Jones has signed on to portray Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic On the Basis of Sex, which is being directed by Mimi Leder from Daniel Stiepleman’s Black List script. Variety reports that the film will tell the story of Ginsburg, who was appointed to […]
Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman gets the seal of approval from Stan Lee
Having made his debut in last year’s Captain America: Civil War, Chadwick Boseman will soon reprise the role of T’Challa for February’s Black Panther movie, and Marvel legend Stan Lee has taken to Twitter to give his seal of approval to the actor. “In 1966 we brought Black Panther to the pages of Marvel,” wrote […]
