Last month it was announced that J.K. Simmons is set to portray Commissioner Gordon in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie, and with production now underway on the DC team-up, the Oscar-winning actor has been speaking to Collider about his preparations for the role. “Obviously, a lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, […]
FrightFest Presents Review – AfterDeath (2015)
AfterDeath, 2015. Directed by Gez Medinger & Robin Schmidt. Starring Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Daniella Kertesz, Elarica Gallacher and Lorna Nickson Brown. SYNOPSIS: Five strangers wake up on a beach in some sort of netherworld and have to figure out why they are there and what is the mysterious creature that is tormenting them. Another […]
Blu-ray Review – It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night, 1934. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Kerns and Jameson Thomas. SYNOPSIS: Ellen ‘Ellie’ Andrews, a spoiled heiress, runs away to elope with her handsome pilot fiancee. Along the way, she meets down on his luck reporter Peter Warne, and realises maybe her future isn’t […]
Elvis Presley to fight crime in The Asylum’s Elvis Lives!
The Asylum, the production company behind Syfy’s Sharknado franchise and countless low-budget mockbusters, has announced that it is in development on the TV movie Elvis Lives!, which will take place in a world where Elvis Presley is still alive, and has taken to a life of crime-fighting. Here’s the official synopsis for the film, which […]
Legendary announces Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood original graphic novel
Legendary has announced that its comic division is set to publish the original graphic novel Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood, which will serve as a prequel to Duncan Jones’ big screen fantasy. Check out the cover art and solicitation here… Discover how three of Azeroth’s greatest champions forged their first alliance, in the official graphic prequel […]
Courtney B. Vance joins Tom Cruise in The Mummy reboot
Fresh from his role as Johnnie Cochran in FX’s TV series American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson, Deadline is reporting that Courtney B. Vance has signed on to appear in Universal’s reboot of The Mummy. Vance will join a cast that includes Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), Jake […]
Sam Mendes to direct The Voyeur’s Motel
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes has signed on for his first post-Bond offering, with Deadline reporting that he is set to direct an adaptation of Gay Talese’s upcoming non-fiction book The Voyeur’s Motel for DreamWorks. The book, which is set for publication on July 12th, tells the story of Colorado man Gerald Foos, “a lifelong voyeur […]
Rumour: Next X-Men film could revisit the Dark Phoenix Saga
Get your pinch of salt at the ready, as Heroic Hollywood claims to have the inside scoop on the storyline being considered for the next X-Men film after X-Men: Apocalypse. According to the site, “studio sources” have revealed that Fox is mulling over the possibility of revisiting the seminal Dark Phoenix Saga for the as-yet-unannounced seventh […]
Samuel L. Jackson reveals when Nick Fury will return to Marvel films
Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury is one of most veteran members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in 2008’s Iron Man and popping up in six other films since then. While he started off as one of the most important members of the franchise, being the lead recruiter of the Avengers, following Phase One of […]
Gary Oldman to play Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour
According to Deadline, Gary Oldman is in talks to play British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, an epic drama from Working Title and director Joe Wright (Pan). The project, which has been scripted by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), takes place in 1940 as Churchill becomes Prime Minister in the midst of […]