This Is Us star Justin Hartley has become the first new addition to the cast of the upcoming comedy sequel A Bad Moms Christmas, joining returning stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn. Deadline reports that Hartley will play Ty Swindle, a fit and handsome firefighter by day, who doubles as an erotic dancer […]
Sci-Fi London announces 2017 festival line-up
Sci-Fi London has announced the programme for its 17th annual festival, which is taking place across London between April 27th and May 6th, offering ten days of film, live music, immersive experiences and more. This year’s festival showcases a fantastic lineup with 6 world film premieres, 13 UK film premieres, 11 world short premieres and 13 […]
Ryan Reynolds welcomes Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2
20th Century Fox’s search for its Cable came to an end yesterday as the studio announced that Josh Brolin will be taking on the role of Nathan Summers in Deadpool 2 (along with, potentially, the X-Force film and third Deadpool). Following the announcement Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to jokingly share his thoughts on Brolin’s […]
Future DC movies to have both flashbacks and flashforwards
A DC Films producer has said that future solo movies in the universe will contain both flashforwards and flashbacks. 2017 will be a big year for the DC Extended Universe; with the already troubled development of The Batman staining the first part of their year, the studio has two very important films in their slate incoming in Wonder […]
Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)
Eric Bay-Andersen on making sense of the X-Men movie timeline(s)… To say that the X-Men movies are convoluted and confusing would be an understatement – over the past 17 years the franchise has seen multiple spin-offs, re-boots and re-castings, making any hope of coherence impossible. But there is a way to make (partial) sense out […]
The Creativity of Sequels
George Chrysostomou on creativity in sequels… It has to be said, adaptations, sequels and soft reboots are dominating the box office year in and out and there’s no getting away from that. This is the most profitable way to produce films, having a pre-existing audience, an easy way into a new story, and most importantly […]
Edward James Olmos says Shane Black’s The Predator “is gonna be funny”
While doing the press rounds for Pixar’s Coco, Edward James Olmos has backed up Thomas Jane’s comments from a couple of weeks ago by stating that Shane Black’s The Predator ‘is gonna be funny’. The Blade Runner and Battlestar Gallactica veteran was talking to Cinema Blend when he spilled the following details: “That’s an interesting […]
Logan Lerman enlists for animated movie Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Fun Academy Motion Pictures today announced that Logan Lerman has enlisted for the upcoming animated feature Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, which tells the incredible true story of the United States Army’s most decorated dog. Lerman will voice Robert Conroy, a WWI “doughboy” whose life is forever changed when a little dog with a stubby […]
Chris Hemsworth thought he was fired after Captain America: Civil War absence
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth thought that his absence from Captain America: Civil War meant he was fired. Civil War was huge, the superhero team up flick included a who’s who of Marvel characters, and everyone was there. Well, everyone that is except for Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner. And Hemsworth has now revealed […]
Colin Trevorrow says Jurassic World sequel will be scarier than Jurassic World
Colin Trevorrow may have handed over directing duties on the Jurassic World sequel to J.A. Bayona in order to concentrate on Star Wars: Episode IX, but he does remain heavily involved with the project, having co-written the screenplay and serving as executive producer on the film. Speaking to CinemaBlend, Trevorrow has revealed that he believes […]