A few days ago Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, said he and his niece Billie Lourd had given their permission to Disney and Lucasfilm to use pre-existing footage of the late actress for use in Star Wars: Episode IX. However, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has now revealed that Fisher will not appear in Episode IX after all. Speaking with Good […]
Lucasfilm won’t alter Star Wars: The Last Jedi as a result of Carrie Fisher’s passing
Following the tragic passing of Carrie Fisher in December, there has been some speculation as to what effect this may have on the remaining two instalments of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. Fisher had already completed production on Star Wars: The Last Jedi prior to her death, and now Disney’s Bob Iger has confirmed that no […]
East Loves West: The ever growing Chinese interest in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the ever-growing Chinese interest in Hollywood… It used to be that the success or failure of a Hollywood film rested on its domestic box office results. In fact success or failure was often established by the time the opening weekend results had come in, and even further you could say by the […]
Blu-ray Review – Sing (2016)
Sing, 2016. Directed by Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet. Featuring the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Saunders, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Offerman, Peter Serafinowicz, and Nick Kroll. SYNOPSIS: Sing is now available on home video in a Blu-ray + DVD + digital […]
Marvel’s Black Panther gets a new poster and TV spot
With Marvel’s Black Panther set to open in a couple of weeks, Dolby Cinema has unveiled its exclusive artwork featuring Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa, as well as announcing that anyone who sees the movie in a Dolby Cinema at AMC between February 15th and February 18th will receive an exclusive reprint of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther […]
Andy Serkis explains what Ulysses Klaue has been up to between Age of Ultron and Black Panther
Having made his debut with a supporting role in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Andy Serkis is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe this February as he reprises the role of Ulysses Klaue – a.k.a. Klaw – for Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Black Panther. And, during an interview with Collider, Serkis has explained what Klaue […]
New stills and behind-the-scenes images from Marvel’s Black Panther
With just three weeks to go until the release of Black Panther, a batch of stills and behind the scenes images have arrived online from Ryan Coogler’s hotly-anticipated Marvel superhero blockbuster; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Action-packed first clip and new featurette for Marvel’s Black Panther After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King […]
Forest Whitaker suggests that Black Panther could go into outer space?
We know that Marvel has plans to further explore the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe during Phase Four, but could we be heading into outer space this February with the studio’s next release Black Panther? Well, the latest comments from Forest Whitaker seem to suggest that is a possibility… “I think people are […]
Black Panther opening weekend box office predictions rise to $120 million, new TV spots released
Last month the first early box office predictions for Black Panther’s opening weekend suggested that the next Marvel blockbuster would debut to around $90 million. However, with the Ryan Coogler-directed solo movie setting a new MCU record for presale tickets sold in the first 24 hours last week, those predictions have now been revised upward, […]
Stan Lee “disappointed” with his Black Panther cameo
There’s less than a month to go until the release of Marvel’s Black Panther, which means that we’re just weeks away from the next cameo from Marvel legend Stan Lee. However, it seems that Stan is a little disappointed with this one, as he was hoping to see himself battling Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa one-on-one. “I’m […]
