Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that legendary actress Angela Lansbury is set to appear in Disney’s upcoming sequel Mary Poppins Returns. Lansbury, who has previously worked with Disney on Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Beauty and the Beast, is set to portray the Balloon Lady, a character “who wreaks helium havoc in the park during one of Mary […]
Jar Jar Binks lobbies Ron Howard for role in the Han Solo Stars Wars spinoff in latest Funny or Die video
Earlier in the week it was announced that Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been fired from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff film due to creative differences. Essentially, they had gone way too far down the comedic route, which honestly should have been expected when they were hired, but I digress. Everyone on the Internet […]
The fate of Jar Jar Binks revealed in Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End
Tuesday sees the release of the third and final chapter of Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath book trilogy, which serves as a bridge between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and Mashable is reporting that the novel will reveal the fate of one of the most reviled characters from the galaxy far, […]
Frank Grillo and Mel Gibson to star in Groundhog Day-inspired action thriller Boss Level
Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mel Gibson (Daddy’s Home 2) are set to star in the action thriller Boss Level from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey), according to Deadline. The film will be a Groundhog Day-inspired action thriller from a script Carnahan also wrote. The film’s premise reads: “Every day, a retired special forces veteran […]
Mel Gibson sues Voltage Pictures over The Professor and the Madman
A lawsuit has been filed by Mel Gibson against Voltage Pictures over the movie The Professor and the Madman. The movie, which revolves around the creation of the Oxford Dictionary, has been in development by Gibson for years. Based on the book by Simon Winchester, the film sees Gibson as the professor, James Murray – […]
Mel Gibson Directing Suicide Squad 2? So Crazy It Might Just Work
Anghus Houvouras on the possibility of Mel Gibson directing Suicide Squad 2… Recently I wrote a column about the inherent struggles that come with separating the art from the artist. Most of the time this isn’t a problem as even the most educated film fans probably don’t know the intimate personal details of the writers, […]
Ben Affleck welcomes The Batman director Matt Reeves to the Batcave
After a whirlwind of mostly negative rumors and news for Batman’s solo film titled (officially now) The Batman, recently the DCEU blockbuster entry found a replacement for Ben Affleck (who decided to step down from steering the ship). As most of you probably know now, Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) is […]
Matt Reeves exits talks to direct The Batman
Dear, or dear… Things really just don’t seem to be going right for Warner Bros. with The Batman at the moment. After Ben Affleck decided to walk away from directing duties on the next Dark Knight solo movie, the studio moved quickly to secure a replacement, offering the gig to Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet […]
New Pacific Rim Uprising trailer released
After the release of the new poster for Pacific Rim Uprising yesterday, the latest trailer for the sequel has now been released online. Starring John Boyega (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), the world is once again threatened by Kaiju monsters and it’s up to Boyega’s Jake Pentecost and other Jaeger pilots to save mankind. Watch the new […]
Gipsy Danger featured on new Pacific Rim Uprising international poster
A new Japanese poster has been released for director Steven S. DeKnight’s upcoming sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising featuring Gipsy Danger; check it out here… SEE ALSO: How Guillermo del Toro’s version of Pacific Rim 2 was originally going to end The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish […]
