In news coming out of Cannes, Don Johnson (Django Unchained) and Deborah Kara Unger (The Game) have signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in the upcoming thriller Vengeance: A Love Story. Also featuring in the cast are Anna Hutchison (The Cabin in the Woods) and Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave). Back in March, it […]
Jennifer Lawrence in talks to join Sandra Bullock for Ocean’s 11 reboot
With the release of her new film X-Men: Apocalypse only a few days away, The Tracking Board is reporting that Jennifer Lawrence has lined up a new project, with the Oscar winner in talks to join the all-female reboot of Ocean’s 11. Gary Ross, who directed Lawrence in the first Hunger Games film, is attached to direct the reboot […]
Michael Douglas and Halle Berry join Adrian Lyne’s Silence
Adrian Lyne, director of such hits as Fatal Attraction and 9 1/2 Weeks, is returning behind the camera for the first time in fourteen years to helm Silence. Lyne, whose last effort was 2002’s Unfaithful, is reuniting with his Fatal Activation star Michael Douglas for the new film, while Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past, […]
Michael B. Jordan joins Marvel’s Black Panther, possibly as the villain
Yesterday news hit that Lupita Nyong’o was in talks to join Marvel’s Black Panther, and now we have another piece of exciting casting, as Creed star Michael B. Jordan has joined the upcoming superhero film as well. It’s not yet clear who Jordan will be playing, but THR‘s sources say that it could be the film’s villain. Considering we’ve […]
Godzilla 2 has lost director Gareth Edwards
Just this week, Warner Bros. announced that Godzilla 2, the sequel to the 2014 reboot of the popular monster franchise, had been delayed nine months. Now, the reason for that delay appears to have been revealed: director Gareth Edwards has left the project. The news comes from Deadline, who claim that Edwards’ exit was decided before the […]
Did the geeks really win the culture war?
Anghus Houvouras on whether the geeks have really won the culture war… I don’t know how long the online film community has been patting themselves on the back over the current state of pop culture. It feels like a god damned eternity. Countless pieces being written about how geek friendly fare like Star Wars & […]
Movie Review – Money Monster (2016)
Money Monster, 2016. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham, Emily Meade, and Dominic West. SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show find themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the […]
Spider-Man was “in and out” of Captain America: Civil War says writers
Rumours of Spidey joining the MCU went back as far as December 2014 when the Sony Hack revealed emails that then-chairman Amy Pascal was in talks with Marvel Studios about a joint deal where the Wall Crawler would feature in Captain America: Civil War. This was confirmed in early 2015, but of course Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus […]
Tom Hardy is still attached to the Splinter Cell video game movie
Back in 2012, it was announced that Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road) had signed on to play Sam Fisher in a big screen version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. The project went quiet until 2014 when Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was announced to direct, but he left the project and Frank John (Dark Tourist) […]
Martin Freeman to join zombie thriller Cargo
Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman is set to join the cast of upcoming zombie thriller Cargo, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The film is based on a short made by directors Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling which was a viral hit back in 2013. In the feature version, Freeman is set to play “a father […]
