Transformers: The Last Knight has got off to a solid start at the box office in its opening night.Tuesday night previews for the fifth film in sci-fi series came in at a healthy $5.5 million from about 3000 screens across North America.This figure matches that of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, […]
Seth Green to make directorial debut with Changeland
Seth Green is set to make his debut as a director with the film Changeland, which will also mark his first time writing a feature film. Green will star in the lead role alongside Breckin Meyer with Brenda Song, Clare Grant, Macaulay Culkin, Rose Williams, Kedar Williams-Stirling and WWE wrestler Randy Orton co-starring in the film. Changeland sees Green’s […]
Daniel Day-Lewis retires from acting
Three-time Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis has decided to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career, announcing that he will be retiring from acting following the release of his final film, an untitled collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson which is set for release on December 25th of this year. “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be […]
The fallout of Lord & Miller’s exit from the Galaxy Far, Far Away
Anghus Houvouras on the fallout of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s exit from the galaxy far, far away… Like most of you, I was relatively surprised by the news that directors Lord and Miller ended up parting ways with Disney/Lucasfilm on the Han Solo Star Wars movie. It’s still very early in the news cycle. […]
Rumour: Fox developing new “kid-centric” Fantastic Four movie
Although many fans had hoped that the failure of 20th Century Fox’s 2015 Fantastic Four reboot meant that Marvel’s First Family may potentially find itself heading back home to Marvel Studios, it seems that Fox isn’t looking to give up the rights to the potentially lucrative superhero franchise just yet.Now, take this as a rumour […]
Avatar sequels to officially begin production in September, story details revealed
It looks like the sequels to James Cameron’s 2009 fantasy Avatar will finally begin production this September after seemingly endless setbacks. As reported by ScreenRant, Avatar producer Jon Landau recently spoke at 20th Century Fox’s panel at the CineEurope Film Expo in Barcelona, where he revealed that filming for the Avatar sequels will begin September 25, 2017.The director shared his enthusiasm for […]
Spidey will team up with another MCU hero in Spider-Man 2 – but it won’t be Iron Man
Following on from the news that Carnage will be the villain in Venom and Sony’s plans for an expanded SpiderVerse with Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter spin-offs, The Hollywood Reporter also dropped a little nugget of information for Spider-Man 2.The site’s report says that Spider-Man 2 will see Tom Holland’s Spidey team-up with another MCU […]
Carnage will be the villain in Venom movie; Sony planning Kraven and Mysterio spin-offs before Sinister Six
Sony are continuing their SpiderVerse plans, which will kick off fully next year with Ruben Fleischer’s Venom starring Tom Hardy, and development is in place for Silver & Black. If rumours are to be believed, it won’t just be Black Cat and Silver Sable in the movie as it will also feature other Spider-Man characters like Jessica Drew.In […]
Lord and Miller spoke with Warner Bros. about directing The Flash during Han Solo production hiatus
Last night it was reported that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have exited the Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie due to “creative differences”, with the duo reportedly fired from the production after their vision clashed with that of screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan.Prior to their exit, production on Han Solo was put on hold in […]
Lord and Miller: 12 other directors who left/got fired from movies during production
Luke Owen looks at directors who left/got fired from movies during production…With the shocking news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller have vacated the director’s chairs for the yet-to-be-titled Han Solo movie over “creative differences” (some sources say they were forced out), I thought it was time to look at some other directors who faced […]
