Following last week’s viral teaser [watch it here], Michael Bay has taken to Instagram to share a brief teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight, confirming that the Decepticon leader Megatron will be back for the fifth instalment of the blockbuster franchise… https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFEZ9vIWv1/ Transformers: The Last Knight reunites Michael Bay with Transformers: Age of Extinction star […]
The Wolverine star Rila Fukushima joins Ghost in the Shell
DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell movie has added Japanese actress Rila Fukushima (The Wolverine, Arrow) to its cast, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The film, which is being directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman), has come in for criticism for “whitewashing”, having cast Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: Civil War) and other white actors […]
Director Roland Emmerich says Independence Day 3 would be “an intergalactic journey”
Be warned. The following post contains spoilers for Independence Day: Resurgence… After a disappointing weekend at the US box office, a sequel to Independence Day: Resurgence is already looking unlikely, but, if the international numbers come in stronger than expected, all hope is not lost yet. At the very least, one person is preparing for that scenario, as […]
Roland Emmerich’s next sci-fi Moonfall lands at Universal
Fresh from destroying the world again with Independence Day: Resurgence, Roland Emmerich will be at it once more with next project Moonfall, with Deadline reporting that Universal has snapped up his spec script for a seven-figure sum. Written by Emmerich, his regular collaborator and destroyer of worlds Harald Kloser, and Spencer Cohen (Extinction), Moonfall “is […]
Roland Emmerich shares unused plot for Independence Day sequel
It’s taken director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin two decades to get their Independence Day sequel off the ground, and with the release of Independence Day: Resurgence fast approaching, Emmerich has shared an unused plot for the follow-up during an interview with Empire. “It was after 9/11 and Dean and I wanted to make […]
Movie Review – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence, 2016. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Joey King, Sela Ward, Vivica A. Fox, Angelababy, Nicolas Wright, Travis Tope, Judd Hirsch, and Deobia Opare. SYNOPSIS: Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with […]
Exclusive: The Heretics Set Visit & Interviews
Ricky Church pays a visit to the set of the horror film The Heretics… Last week I was invited out to the set of Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment’s, the people who developed Antisocial, The Drownsman and Bite, latest endeavor: The Heretics, an upcoming horror film that focuses on a woman who was kidnapped by […]
The Most Disappointing – Independence Day: Resurgence
Anghus Houvouras shares his disappointment with Independence Day: Resurgence… Terrible movies are fascinating and this day and age seem far more frequent. I don’t want to be one of these bandwagon hopping pitchfork wielding mob types who screams bloody murder over the terrible amount of sequels, prequels, and reboots happening in Hollywood right now. Not […]
Independence Day: Resurgence underwhelms at the box office
It may have had a positive review from us here at Flickering Myth, but the domestic performance of Roland Emmerich’s big budget sci-fi sequel Independence Day: Resurgence is nothing to boast about. Opening on over 4,000 screens, Independece Day: Resurgence earned an estimated $41.6 million, placing it second behind the animated behemoth Finding Dory. With a […]
Michael Fassbender on reuniting with Ridley Scott for Alien: Covenant
With Ridley Scott deep in post-production on Alien: Covenant, star Michael Fassbender has been talking to Collider about working with the legendary filmmaker and reuniting with the Prometheus director on the latest chapter in the Alien franchise. “I just love Ridley,” states Fassbender. “You know, he’s become a really good friend, and he’s just a natural, he’s one […]
