It looks like Fox is confident that it has a hit on its hands with Deadpool, as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the studio has tapped screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to start working on a script for a sequel, which already has the green light. Directed Tim Miller is yet to officially […]
BFI Review – The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve, 1941. Directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. SYNOPSIS: A con-woman, and her family, have their eyes on a rich man who joins their cruise ship. But love is in the air… We know Eve. The temptress seducing Adam to take a bite out of the apple in the Garden of Eden. […]
Johnny Depp to star in The Invisible Man reboot
Having brought in Tom Cruise a couple of weeks back to star in The Mummy, it looks like Universal are looking to go after Hollywood’s ‘big guns’ for their Monsters Universe, as Deadline are reporting that Johnny Depp has signed to star in The Invisible Man. There’s no word yet on a director for the movie, […]
Ryan Reynolds on Deadpool’s place in the X-Men timeline, and the chances of an X-Force movie
With Deadpool set to open in the UK tomorrow and in the States on Friday, Ryan Reynolds is out on the press tour for the film, and during an interview with Filmstarts, the actor was asked about trivia on IMDB claiming that the film’s incarnation of the Merc with a Mouth differs from X-Men Origins: Wolverine due […]
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One pushed back to avoid Star Wars: Episode VIII, The Flash moved up a week
The domino effect of Disney’s decision to push Star Wars: Episode VIII back to December 2017 continues, with Warner Bros. announcing that it has moved Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One to March 30th 2018. The Ready Player One adaptation was originally set for release on December 15th 2017, a date now occupied by Rian Johnson’s Episode VIII. To make room […]
Nicolas Cage to star in Vengeance: A Love Story
Variety is reporting that Nicolas Cage is set to star in the thriller Vengeance: A Love Story from Hannibal Classics, who produced Cage’s upcoming World War II Movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. The project “centers on the aftermath of a victim of gang rape, left for dead in a park boathouse. The victim is […]
Saw 8 is actually happening; new writers hired
Well, despite 2010’s Saw 3D marking the ‘end’ of the franchise, it didn’t stay dead for long. Like Friday the 13th finishing with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984 and then another eight movies got made, Saw 8 has been officially announced by Lionsgate. Saw 8 – which will be titled Saw: Legacy – will be […]
Rumour: Ewan McGregor in talks to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode VIII
If there has been one name that has bounded around rumour mills for roles in the new Disney Star Wars Universe, it’s Ewan McGregor. It was first rumoured that the man who took over from Alec Guinness to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy was going to feature in Star Wars: The Force […]
Movie Review – Point Break (2016)
Point Break, 2016. Directed by Ericson Core. Starring Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer and Delroy Lindo. SYNOPSIS: A young FBI agent infiltrates a group of athletes he believes is responsible for a series of intricate robberies around the world. Many of us have fond memories of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 thriller-slash-bromance (not least […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Ricky Church begins his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns… In the 75+ years the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight have existed, there has been a wealth of stories involving two of the world’s greatest heroes. With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice arriving in […]
