After standing in for his late brother Paul Walker in this year’s box office smash Fast & Furious 7, Cody Walker has secured his first major film role, signing on to appear in the World War II drama USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. According to Variety, the film will see Nicolas Cage as “Capt. Charles […]
Batman: The Killing Joke given go ahead for R rating by DC Comics
Producer James Tucker (Justice League: War) has been given the green light by DC Comics and Warner Bros. to make an R-rated film version of Batman: The Killing Joke. SEE ALSO: Mark Hamill will voice The Joker for Batman: The Killing Joke film Stitch Kingdom, reporting from New York Comic-Con, said that Tucker had stated […]
Blu-ray Review – The Gunman (2015)
The Gunman, 2015. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance and Peter Franzen. SYNOPSIS: Eight years after a hit on the Congo mining minister, the assassin finds that he is now the target in a game of cat and mouse. Spurred on by the inexplicable success of […]
Mark Hamill has his fingers crossed for Joker role in Batman: The Killing Joke
During the San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. announced that Alan Moore’s classic Batman tale The Killing Joke is set for an animated adaptation next year. Following the news, many fans expressed their hope that Warner Bros. would enlist Mark Hamill to portray the Clown Prince of Crime in what is widely-regarded as the definitive Joker […]
We Are Your Friends has one of the worst openings of all time
Zac Efron’s new film We Are Your Friends has found itself in the Hollywood record books for all the wrong reasons as it suffered one of the worst opening weekends of all time. Grossing a pretty dismal $1.8 million over the last weekend (good enough to scrape into the Top 15 and a result of […]
Star Wars’ John Boyega among nominees for BAFTA Rising Star Award
As Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to smash box office records, one of the film’s breakout actors is also generating award buzz. John Boyega, who plays Finn – the Stormtrooper on the run, has been nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. The 23-year-old’s previous credits include Attack the Block and Half of a […]
Sony wins bidding war for Emoji animated movie
Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures Animation has won a hotly-contested bidding war for an animated pitch based around Emoji, the little character pictures that plague social media. According tot he site, the project will be co-written by Eric Siegel and Anthony Leondis, with the latter also directing. Leondis’ previous directing credits include Kung Fu […]
Rob McElhenney to direct Minecraft movie
Warner Bros. and Mojang have secured a director for their upcoming Minecraft movie, with It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-creator and star Rob McElhenny signing on to helm the video game adaptation. McElhenny will replace Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum), who was announced as attached to the project back in October. McElhenny is yet […]
Brie Larson joins Kong: Skull Island, Russell Crowe wanted for role
Legendary’s King Kong movie Kong: Skull Island may have lost two of its male stars earlier this month in Michael Keaton (Birdman) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), but the project has now secured its female lead, with Deadline revealing that Brie Larson (Trainwreck) has signed on to the film. Larson will join Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers) […]
The Actors Who Could Have Starred In Films, But Didn’t
Star Wars famously takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and this week we found out about a parallel universe of casting in the film series. Neil Calloway looks at the actors who didn’t star in films, but could have… The news that Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar […]
