The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Belle director Amma Asante has signed on to director A United Kingdom, which tells the story of Botswana’s first president Seretse Khama and his 1948 wedding to a white woman, which sparked international outrage. The site reports that David Oyelowo (Selma) will star as Khama, with Rosamund Pike (Gone […]
Transformers prequel movie set on Cybertron in development with Ant-Man writers
It was revealed last week that several new writers had been hired by Paramount to expand out their Transformers franchise and universe, including sequels, prequels and spin-offs. Among the names were Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2) and Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), and […]
Frank Grillo talks Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War
When he was first spotted in his full Crossbones outfit on the set of Captain America: Civil War, the Twitter-verse lost their minds with the new design. Some people liked it, some people loved it and there was those (of course) who weren’t keen. SEE ALSO: Robert Downey Jr. and Paul Rudd visit Captain America: […]
Chris Pine in talks to play Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman
It looks like Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman has found a love interested for her upcoming solo movie, with Variety reporting that Chris Pine (Star Trek Into Darkness) is in talks with Warner Bros. about taking on the role of Steve Trevor in the 2017 release. SEE ALSO: Wonder Woman promo art from Batman v Superman: […]
The Most Disappointing: Our Insatiable Appetite for More
Anghus Houvouras on our insatiable appetite for more… Like any good column, I was hoping to create a discussion on the topic of our collective box office obsession. Something that has seeped into the groundwater of film fanaticism and poisoned the well. It’s not enough for our movies to be great anymore. They must also […]
Brittany Ishibashi to play Karai in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Deadline has revealed that Brittany Ishibashi (Bones) has signed on to play Karai – daughter of the Heroes in a Half-Shell’s arch-nemesis Shredder – in the currently in production Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. She will take over the role from Minae Noji, who briefly appeared as the character in last year’s reboot. SEE ALSO: […]
Tilda Swinton in talks to play the Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Snowpiercer) is in talks with Marvel Studios about taking on the role of the Ancient One in next year’s Doctor Strange. Initially Marvel had been looking for a male actor to portray Dr. Stephen Strange’s mentor, with Morgan Freeman (The Dark […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron overtakes Iron Man 3 and Frozen to become sixth-biggest movie of all time
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has continued its climb up the all-time box office chart, overtaking fellow Disney released Iron Man 3 ($1.215 billion) and Frozen ($1.274 billion), having pulled in $1.278 billion by close of play on Monday. SEE ALSO: New featurette explores the opening sequence of Avengers: Age of Ultron The Joss Whedon-directed […]
Furious 7 becomes only the fourth film ever to pass $1.5 billion at the global box office
Fast & Furious 7 has just reached another box office milestone today, with the latest instalment of the high octane action franchise hitting $1.5 billion at the global box office, becoming just the fourth film to do so after Avatar, Titanic and The Avengers. The fourth-highest grossing movie of all time, Furious 7 has banked […]
John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There may be a different studio and director behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but when Episode VII opens in cinemas this December one thing that will be very familiar is the music of John Williams. The composer, who has scored all six previous movies in the Star Wars saga, has been talking to Vanity […]