In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’re looking at the IMAX details for The Force Awakens, we’ve got details of LEGO sets for 2016 and the new Steelbook Blu-rays as well as some video game and comic book news… Kicking things off this week is some details about the IMAX screenings of […]
Fantastic Four sequel reportedly postponed in favour of Deadpool 2
Things are already pretty bad for Fantastic Four. It has rather poor reviews (read ours here and here), a war raging on between director and studio (with Josh Trank tweeting its their fault, and Fox saying it was his), and the film is only tracking to make $25 million by the end of its opening weekend. Fox had […]
Phil Lord and Chris Miller probably won’t direct 23 Jump Street
Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, arguably two of the busiest men in Hollywood, probably won’t be directing the next installment in the Jump Street franchise. While attending the Television Critics Association press tour to represent his show The Last Man on Earth, Miller said (via Slashfilm), “We are hard at work on 23 Jump Street, which I […]
The Week in Spandex – (Not So) Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Batman v Superman, Hellboy 3, The Crow and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Gambit, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen, Supergirl, Hellboy […]
Chris Miller talks Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo
As directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord prepare to venture to a galaxy far, far away for their Star Wars Anthology movie focussing on the adventures of a young Han Solo, IGN caught up with Miller at the Television Critics Association press tour, and managed to get a few words about the project. “It is […]
Movie Review – Dark Places (2015)
Dark Places, 2015. Written and Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Tye Sheridan, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll and Sterling Jerins. SYNOPSIS: Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers […]
Jim Parrack playing Jonny Frost in Suicide Squad
It looks like we have confirmation on the role set to be played by Jim Parrack (True Blood) in Suicide Squad, with actress Corina Calderon revealing on Instagram that as rumoured, Parrack will portray the Joker’s henchman Jonny Frost. The character is driver for the Clown Prince of Crime, who appeared in Brian Azzarello and […]
Sources say Josh Trank’s “combative behaviour” is to blame for Fantastic Four’s failings
Never has a film had so much bad press before its opening weekend is even over, but Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four is struggling to find a modicum of positivity at the moment. Amidst all its bad reviews (read ours here and here), it’s Thursday box office tracking was poor, and it’s only looking to make […]
Ant-Man hits $300 million at the worldwide box office
As it reaches its fourth weekend of release, Marvel Studios’ latest franchise Ant-Man has crossed the $300 million mark at the global box office, reaching the milestone on Friday. Ant-Man has surpassed the worldwide haul of 2008’s The Incredible Hulk ($263.4 million), but remains the second-lowest instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind 2011’s Captain […]
Lionsgate and Hasbro bringing My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to the screen, Kristin Chenoweth cast
Lionsgate and Hasbro have announced that they are teaming up for a big screen version of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which will be scripted by Meghan McCarthy, writer and producer of the animated series of the same name. Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies) has also signed […]