Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, 2016. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Following a family tragedy, lonely teenager Jake decides to travel to Wales in order to search for answers that his grandfather has told […]
Legendary sets Justin Lin to direct Hot Wheels movie
It seems like forever since we last heard about the planned big screen adaptation of Hot Wheels, but now it looks like Legendary Pictures is revving up its engines on the Mattel toy adaptation with Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) signing on to produce and direct the film. Lin – who may also co-finance the […]
Zack Snyder wears Batman’s gauntlet while working on Deathstroke storyboard
Justice League director Zack Snyder has taken to Twitter to share on image of himself working on a storyboard whilst “cosplaying” by wearing Batman’s gauntlet; take a look at the image here… Batman-News zoomed in on the storyboard itself, revealing that Snyder is actually working on a scene featuring Deathstroke (and what looks like it […]
Batman v Superman and Man of Steel limited edition box set arriving in December
If you’re a fan of the DC Extended Universe but you’re yet to pick up Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, then you may be interested in Amazon’s exclusive limited edition gift set, which is set for release this December. As you can see, the box set features both Man of […]
Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer reportedly wanted for Murder on the Orient Express
Back in November of last year, Kenneth Branagh boarded 20th Century Fox’s Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, with the studio setting a release date of November 10th 2017. The project seemed to be coming together earlier this year when Angelina Jolie joined the project, only to drop out last month, and now THR […]
Movie Review – Masterminds (2016)
Masterminds, 2016. Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis. SYNOPSIS: A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Masterminds was originally set to release in August of last year, but those […]
Why is everyone so upset about the live-action Lion King remake?
Luke Owen looks at the backlash to Disney’s live-action Lion King remake… Since Tim Burton re-imagined Alice in Wonderland in a live-action format in 2010 to an incredible box office return (the film earned over $1 billion), Disney have their new mission statement: re-telling animated classics for a new generation in live-action. This success continued with […]
J.J. Abrams hopes to make a Portal movie announcement soon
Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal. There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now […]
Winston Duke joins Marvel’s Black Panther as villain Man-Ape
Marvel’s Black Panther has added another villain to its ranks, with Variety reporting that Person of Interest star Winston Duke is set to play the character of M’Baku, a.k.a. Man-Ape. Created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, M’Baku made his comic book debut in Avengers #62 in 1969 and is one of Wakanda’s most powerful […]
Movie Review – Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Deepwater Horizon, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriquez, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. By all accounts, it would have been far easier for […]
