Samuel Brace on Batman v Superman, mystery and over promotion… Mystery is a great thing. Mystery is often the seed of both wonder and the desire to understand. What we don’t know, what we haven’t figured out, is what leads us to learn more. This mystery, this lack of knowledge, is the very thing that […]
Jena Malone, Scoot McNairy and Callan Mulvey’s Batman v Superman roles possibly revealed
Warning. Spoilers for Batman v Superman follow. Possibly… While the trailers would have us believe we know pretty much everything there is to know about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Bros. has so far kept the identities of the characters played by Jena Malone, Scoot McNairy and Callan Mulvey firmly under wraps. Well, […]
Emily Blunt to play Mary Poppins in Disney’s sequel
Having been rumoured back in September, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Into the Woods) is now in talks with Disney about portraying the magical nanny Mary Poppins in Disney’s upcoming sequel. The project will reunite Blunt with Into the Woods director Rob Marshall, and is said to be set in […]
Movie Review – Grimsby (2016)
Grimsby (aka The Brothers Grimsby), 2016. Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Isla Fisher and Ian McShane. SYNOPSIS: A football hooligan tracks down his long-lost brother, a spy for MI6, and they end up on the run from a terrorist organisation. Sacha Baron Cohen is a brave […]
Peyton Reed talks Ant-Man and the Wasp
Attending the 42nd Annual Saturn Awards – where Ant-Man was honoured with the award for Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture – director Peyton Reed offered up a few words on the 2018 sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, which will be the first Marvel movie to feature a female character in its title. “It’s something we’re excited […]
Anthony Mackie to play Johnnie Cochran in Signal Hill movie
Captain America: Civil War star has signed on to portray lawyer Johnnie Cochran in an as-yet-untitled legal drama based around the 1981 Signal Hill police brutality case, which has been scripted by David McMillan (Lucifer). Variety reports that the film will follow Cochran “as he takes on a police brutality case in 1981 in which a […]
Movie Review – Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Ice Age: Collision Course, 2016. Directed by Michael Thumeier and Galen T. Chu. Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Devine, Sean William Scott, Josh Peck, Jessie J and Simon Pegg. SYNOPSIS: Manny, Diego, and Sid join up with Buck to fend off a meteor strike that […]
Francis Lawrence to direct Battlestar Galactica
Months ago there was word that a Battlestar Galactica film was starting development over at Universal and now Deadline is reporting that movement on the project is finally picking up again. Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and both parts of Mockingjay, is being courted to direct while Westworld’s Lisa Joy is […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Maggie’s Plan (2016)
Maggie’s Plan, 2016. Directed by Rebecca Miller Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Wallace Shawn and Julianne Mooore. SYNOPSIS: Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette. If there’s […]
Deadpool 2 screenwriters on introducing Cable and setting up X-Force
Over the past week, Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have let slip some info on the upcoming sequel, confirming that it’s on track to shoot this year, as well as revealing that Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth will be reuniting with Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Dopinder. Now, speaking to Collider, the […]
