There’s less than a fortnight to go until Doctor Strange opens here in the UK, but our friends across the Pond will have to wait until November 4th before they get to see Benedict Cumberbatch as the Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel’s latest superhero franchise. Deadline is reporting that with advance tickets going on sale this […]
Angelina Jolie to Shoot Like a Girl
Deadline is reporting that Angelina Jolie is in talks to star in TriStar’s upcoming war drama Shoot Like a Girl, which is based upon the upcoming memoir of U.S. Air Force Major Mary Jennings Hegar, a Purple Heart recipient who served as a helicopter pilot during three tours of Afghanistan. The project will follow Hegar […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote delayed again
In what is probably the least surprising piece of news this century, Terry Gilliam has revealed that his latest attempt at bringing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to the screen has been delayed, just days before production was set to begin. “I was supposed to start to be shooting it starting next Monday,” Gilliam […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character descriptions for Moroff, Pao and two new Stormtroopers
Thanks to the folks at Making Star Wars, we’ve got a few new character descriptions for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, featuring two of the film’s alien supporting characters, along with a couple of Imperial Stormtrooper classes; take a look… Moroff (Gigoran species) Moroff seeks out combat zones to sell his brawn and firepower to […]
Interview with Simon Barrett, screenwriter of Blair Witch
Flickering Myth’s Mark Bartlett chats with screenwriter Simon Barrett about Blair Witch… Director Adam Wingard’s surprise sequel Blair Witch is terrifying and something of a rebirth for the found footage format. It’s a welcome surprise and an excellent continuation of the lore established in the original Blair Witch Project. In this interview, writer Simon Barrett […]
Stanley Tucci cast in A Private War
Variety has reported that Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games) will be joining Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Freed) and Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) in the independent journalism biopic A Private War. The film is being directed by Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land, City of Ghosts) and stars Pike as American-born British war reporter Marie Colvin, exploring […]
Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was originally very different
The original vision for Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was much different in plot and tone to the final film. After the success of Burton’s first Batman film where Michael Keaton’s Caped Crusader did battle with Jack Nicholson’s Joker, Burton was tempted into returning for a sequel. And, as explained in the video below, the 1992 […]
Scoot McNairy reunites with Halt and Catch Fire showrunner for The Parts You Lose
The H Collective has announced that Scoot McNairy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) has signed on to reunite with his Halt and Catch Fire showrunner Christopher Cantwell on the upcoming dramatic thriller The Parts You Lose. Written by Darren Lemke, The Parts You Lose “follows the unlikely friendship that unfolds between a young deaf […]
Movie Review – Brimstone (2017)
Brimstone, 2017. Directed by Martin Koolhoven. Starring Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Carice Van Houten and Kit Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A frontier woman turns fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit and is hunted by a vengeful preacher. An ingenious conglomeration of narrative complexity, Koolhoven’s audacious film Brimstone is tense, authentic and absolutely […]
Exclusive: Kevin Conroy on the Batman stories he’d like to see adapted as animated movies
Kevin Conroy has been lending his voice to the Dark Knight for 25 years now, appearing in everything from Batman: The Animated Series to the acclaimed Arkham video games and a host of animated features, including last year’s Batman: The Killing Joke and this month’s Batman and Harley Quinn, which reunites him with Batman: TAS […]
