Deadline is reporting that Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner are in talks to play legendary lawmen Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, the two former Texas Rangers tasked with hunting down notorious outlaws Bonnie & Clyde, in the drama The Highwaymen.The site reports that Netflix is currently in talks to acquire the project from Universal Pictures, where […]
Meg author Steve Alten’s The Loch being developed as a feature film
Next year sees the release of a feature film adaptation of Steve Alten’s Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, after which it looks like we could be seeing another of the author’s books coming to the big screen, with Alten revealing to Bloody Disgusting that the producers behind Meg are also looking to adapt his […]
Wonder Woman becomes highest-grossing live-action movie from a female director
Having become the first female filmmaker to direct a movie with a budget of $100 million, and the first to have a movie debut with a domestic opening weekend of $100 million, Patty Jenkins has now added another feather to her cap with Wonder Woman’s latest box office milestone. The DC blockbuster has now reached […]
First Spider-Man: Homecoming reactions hit the web, suggest another winner for Marvel Studios
Marvel fans can breathe a sigh of relief! The first string of reactions from press members who have seen Spider-Man: Homecoming at an early screening have hit the web (no pun intended), and they claim that the summer blockbuster is a rip-roaring, crowd-pleasing good time.Praise, in particular, is being directed towards the film’s John Hughes-inspired tone, […]
How to Save the Dark Universe
Harrison Abbott on how Universal can save the Dark Universe…Whilst its international take is admittedly surpassing its domestic performance by quite some way, it is still reasonable to suggest that The Mummy hasn’t been the mega-hit that Universal were hoping for. Weighed down by astonishingly clunky exposition, countless instances of tonal whiplash and a certain […]
Lucasfilm were right to hire a new Han Solo director, but it’s their fault, not Lord and Miller’s
Samuel Brace on Lucasfilm’s director shake-up on the Han Solo Star Wars movie…Let’s start off by saying that no one likes to see people lose their jobs, and I’m sure that Phil Lord and Chris Miller did a very good job directing the movie they wanted to make. However, by looking at the evidence available, […]
Stephen King adaptation It receives R-rating from the MPAA
We’ve known for a good while now that New Line Cinema was aiming for an R-rating for its Stephen King adaptation It, but now it has been made official by the MPAA, who have classified the hotly-anticipated film as an R for “violence/horror, bloody images, and for language.” There’s certainly a lot of anticipation for […]
Christopher Nolan comments on Hans Zimmer’s Dunkirk score
With less than a month to go before the release of Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about Hans Zimmer’s score for the World War II epic, and how it helps to drive the narrative of the film.“Dunkirk is one of the greatest suspense stories of all time, and our film needed […]
The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man spinoffs in the MCU, Fantastic Four reboot, Wonder Woman 2 confirmed, Watchmen TV show announced
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Venom, Silver & Black, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man, The Defenders, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Fantastic Four, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Justice League, Gotham City Sirens, Aquaman, The Flash, The Batman, Batman and Harley Quinn, Batman: Mask […]
Movie Review – Okja (2017)
Okja, 2017. Directed by Bong Joon Ho. Starring: Seo-Hyun Ahn, Hee-Bong Byun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yeun and Lily Collins. SYNOPSIS: Meet Mija, a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named Okja. Okja is the latest original film […]
