According to The Wrap, Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother, The Avengers) is in early talks for the female lead in Jack Reacher 2, director Ed Zwick’s follow-up to the Christopher McQuarrie-directed thriller. Smulders will reportedly play the character of Danika in the sequel, which will see Tom Cruise reprising the title role of […]
Blu-ray Review – Blood Bath (1966)
Blood Bath, 1966. Directed by Jack Hill & Stephanie Rothman. Starring William Campbell, Marissa Mathes, Lori Saunders, Sid Haig, Roger Corman, Biff Elliot, Carl Schanzer and Patrick Magee. SYNOPSIS: A crazed artist believes himself to be the descendant of a vampire and goes on a killing spree murdering young women and drinking their blood. You’ve got […]
The Crow remake to begin production in March; Corin Hardy will direct
The long-gestating remake of cult classic 90s movie The Crow looks to finally be moving forward (again) as The Wrap are reporting that Relativity Media are making the remake its first post-bankruptcy project. The movie looked to be all-but-done a couple of months ago as news came out that director Corin Hardy was going to […]
Troubled reboot of The Crow could lose fourth director Corin Hardy
Director Corin Hardy (The Hallow) is set to become the fourth director to pull out of the upcoming remake of 1994 comic book adaptation The Crow, according to The Wrap. SEE ALSO: The Crow creator James O’Barr says the remake “definitely will happen” The director looks likely to exit the film, which is in turmoil […]
The Crow creator James O’Barr says the remake “definitely will happen”
Having gone through a number of directors and leading men over the past few years, production on Relativity Media’s long-gestating remake of The Crow was suspended earlier this month, owing to the company’s bankruptcy. However, according to The Crow creator James O’Barr, the film could find itself resurrected elsewhere, and “definitely will happen.” “It’s still […]
Jeremy Irons says Batman v Superman was “overstuffed” and “very muddled”
It’s probably pretty safe to say that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice wasn’t the rip-roaring success that Warner Bros. wanted to kickstart its DC Extended Universe. The film took a bashing from critics, as well as a large section of fans, and it seems that Alfred Pennyworth actor Jeremy Irons shares many of the […]
Nicolas Winding Refn to produce remake of What Have You Done to Solange?
Nicolas Winding Refn has already added two remakes to his upcoming slate this month in Maniac Cop and The Witchfinder General, and now we have a third, with Deadline reporting that the Danish filmmaker is set to produce a new version of Massimo Dallamano’s 1972 giallo What Have You Done to Solange?. The Los Angeles-set […]
Jeff Bridges joins Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Jeff Bridges has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s joined the cast of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, director Matthew Vaughn’s follow-up to the hit 2014 spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service. #Kingsman pic.twitter.com/MrwRI6ZMrm — Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) May 28, 2016 Kingsman: The Secret Service will reunite Vaughn with stars Taron Egerton, Mark Strong and […]
X-Men: Apocalypse enjoys $80 million domestic opening weekend as Alice Through the Looking Glass bombs
X-Men: Apocalypse debuted in the States this past Friday, with the latest instalment of Fox’s mutant superhero franchise enjoying an $80 million domestic opening over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, with $65.3 million of that coming from the Friday-Sunday period. “We’re very happy with this result as we introduce new characters in the X-Men universe,” […]
Sam Mendes confirms that he’s finished with the James Bond franchise
While Daniel Craig’s future as 007 remains unclear – with rumours suggesting that Tom Hiddleston and Jamie Bell have been having talks about taking on the role of the super spy – director Sam Mendes has officially confirmed that he won’t be returning to the franchise. “It was an incredible adventure, I loved every second of […]
