Marvel Studios finally put an end to the speculation surrounding the casting of Dr. Stephen Strange last week when Benedict Cumberbatch was announced as having secured the role of the Sorcerer Supreme in 2016’s Doctor Strange. Cumberbatch was at the British Independent Film Awards last night, where he was receiving the Variety Award, and HeyUGuys […]
Memories of Middle-earth featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
As we prepare to venture back to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world one last time with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a new featurette has arrived online which sees the cast and crew sharing their memories of Middle-earth; check it out below… The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies crosses the $700 million mark worldwide
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has become the eighth movie of 2014 to cross $700 million at the global box office, with the epic conclusion to Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy pushing its worldwide haul to $722.9 million this weekend. The Battle of the Five Armies is now the fifth-highest grossing movie […]
Movie Review – The Pyramid (2014)
The Pyramid, 2014. Directed by Grégory Levasseur. Starring Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare, James Buckley, Christa Nicola and Amir K. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film crew follows a team of archaeologists into a newly-discovered and completely unmapped pyramid near Cairo, only for things to quickly start going very wrong… Well, what have we got here? Is it another found footage horror movie? Of […]
Josh Brolin says “it’s Thanos against everyone” in Avengers: Infinity War
Following Josh Brolin’s casting as Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy, fans are eager to see when the character will next appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and with the announcement of Avengers: Infinity War we know that we will see the Mad Titan take on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes across two movies. Speaking to Coming Soon […]
Filming on SPECTRE gets underway
After unveiling the title and cast last week, EON Productions has now marked the start of production on the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE by releasing the first set photo… A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret […]
Suicide Squad creator shares his thoughts on the casting for Warner Bros.’ movie
Last week, Warner Bros. announced the star-studded cast for its second DC movie of 2016, Suicide Squad, with the DC supervillain ensemble set to feature Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) as Rick Flagg, Will Smith (Hancock) as Deadshot, Cara Delevingne (Pan) as Enchantress, Jai Courtney (Terminator: Genisys) as Boomerang, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of […]
Official website for Avengers: Age of Ultron launches
With a little less than five months to go before its release, Marvel Studios has launched the official website for Joss Whedon’s eagerly-anticipated superhero team-up Avengers: Age of Ultron, which you can find here. The site is pretty much devoid of content at present, barring a possible snippet of composer Brian Tyler’s (Thor: The Dark […]
George Lucas tops the list of the richest Hollywood movie moguls
This will come as little surprise given his $4 billion sale of Lucasfilm to Disney back in 2012, but George Lucas has topped the list of richest Hollywood movie moguls with an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion. Lucas, whose former company produced the likes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, narrowly takes first place […]
Hornby acquires James Bond license for Corgi and Scalextric products to tie in with SPECTRE
Following on from the official announcement of 007’s 24th adventure SPECTRE last week, Hornby has announced that it has secured a worldwide license for Corgi and Scalextric-branded James Bond products, including the upcoming movie and – presumably – Bond’s new Aston Martin DB10. “James Bond has been a fantastic licensed partnership for our brands going […]
