If you’ve been following the X-Men film franchise over the last few years, you may have noticed a new trend: Decade-long time jumps between installments. 2011’s X-Men: First Class took place in the 1960s, its 2014 follow-up X-Men: Days of Future Past jumped 10 years into the 1970s, and this year’s X-Men: Apocalypse is jumping to the 1980s. According to producer Simon Kinberg, […]
Adam McKay to direct film adaptation of Mark Waid’s Irredeemable
Adam McKay has slowly been working his way toward directing a superhero movie for a couple years now. He rewrote the Ant-Man script with Paul Rudd after Edgar Wright’s departure, and was even in line to direct before passing on the project (which then went to Peyton Reed). He was then rumored to be in the running to […]
Captain Marvel will be in Avengers: Infinity War, the Russo brothers accidentally confirm
While doing a press event at the Smithsonian Institute to promote the U.S. release of Captain America: Civil War, directors Anthony and Joe Russo let slip that a certain blonde Marvel heroine will soon make her debut – in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 (which we now know is not the official title).That’s right, Captain Marvel […]
Alden Ehrenreich is the new Han Solo
After several months of casting rumors and a search that included over 2,500 actors, we finally have our new Han Solo: Hail, Caesar! star Alden Ehrenreich.The news was first reported by PageSix, and then further confirmed by trades such as THR and TheWrap. Ehrenreich will of course fill the iconic shoes originally worn by Harrison Ford, and is actually […]
Director Josh Boone teases New Mutants lineup
While the world still basks in the greatness of Deadpool and the looks ahead to the release of X-Men: Apocalypse, a sprawling X-Men cinematic universe is still in the works behind the scenes at 20th Century Fox. Not only are we getting more sequels like Wolverine 3 and Deadpool 2 and a solo Gambit movie, but we’ll soon be introduced to another team of mutants as well, […]
James Wan reacts to rumours about his possible Aquaman departure
It sure was a long weekend for the DC Extended Universe. Not only have reviews for Captain America: Civil War reinvigorated a lot of the negative feelings that critics felt toward Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, but The Flash film lost its director on Friday, which in turn sparked rumours that Aquaman helmer James Wan was “feeling trepidation” about his own […]
Blake Lively and Jason Clarke to join Marc Forster’s All I See Is You
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, World War Z) has signed Blake Lively (Gossip Girl, The Age of Adaline) and Jason Clarke (Terminator: Genisys, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) to star in his latest film, All I See Is You.Forster and Sean Conway (Ray Donovan) have written the […]
Red Sonja reboot gets new screenwriter
Back in 2008, director Robert Rodriguez had plans for a remake of 80s actioner Red Sonja. The project, which was to star his then-girlfriend Rose McGowan (Planet Terror), was announced at Comic Con and Rodriguez even went so far as to release a teaser poster with McGowan, before the project fell apart.The Hollywood Reporter is […]
Roger Deakins to shoot Blade Runner sequel
Twelve-time Oscar nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins is set to reunite with Prisoners and Sicario director Denis Villeneuve for the upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner. “Roger is an extraordinary talent and we are very excited that Denis and Roger have chosen to continue their collaboration in bringing the sequel to Blade Runner […]
Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni and Dave Bautista join action thriller Marauders
According to Deadline, Bruce Willis (A Good Day to Die Hard), Christopher Meloni (Man of Steel) and Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) have signed on to star in Marauders, an action thriller from director Steven C. Miller (The Agressional Scale, Silent Night). The site reports that the film will revolve around “an FBI agent […]
