Alicia Vikander has signed on to star in Passengers director Morten Tyldum’s adaptation of best-selling novel The Marsh King’s Daughter. The story focuses on Helena, a woman hiding a terrible secret that she’s forced to confront when her father, who kept her captive since birth, escapes from prison. The Tomb Raider actress will play the […]
Watch the first clip from Eli Roth’s Death Wish starring Bruce Willis
Following a red band trailer for Death Wish [watch it here], IGN has revealed the first clip from Eli Roth’s upcoming remake of the 1974 revenge thriller which sees Bruce Willis’ Paul Kersey bracing himself for an attack from home invaders; check it out below along with two new TV spots…. Bruce Willis braces for home invaders […]
Deadpool celebrates Josh Brolin’s birthday with Goonies portrait
Actor Josh Brolin is celebrating his 50th birthday today, and Ryan Reynolds has taken to Instagram to share an amusing Happy Birthday post for his Deadpool 2 co-star, which sees the Merc with a Mouth painting a portrait of his fellow mutant Cable, albeit from back in his younger days when he bore an uncanny […]
Iron Man featured on new Avengers: Infinity War promo art
With Black Panther set to open in cinemas around the world this week, Marvel will soon be turning its full attention to the marketing campaign for Avengers: Infinity War, and today we’ve got a new piece of promotional artwork for the hugely-anticipated superhero event, which gives us another look at Iron Man in his latest […]
Sebastian Stan would like to play The Riddler in a DC movie
Given that he’s currently midway through a nine-film contract with Marvel Studios to play Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier, it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing actor Sebastian Stan popping up in a DC movie any time soon. Nevertheless, should the opportunity arise, it seems he has a particular character in mind. During a Q&A at Wizard […]
The Limitless Promise of Ryan Coogler
Tom Jolliffe looks at Ryan Coogler’s career as a writer/director and the possibilities (and importance) of what comes next… When you breakout in a big way as an independent film-maker, in a small film that manages to hook in a fairly large audience, the expectation for what comes next, begins. Everyone is always billed as […]
Movie Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, and David Hewlett. SYNOPSIS: At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Not […]
J.J. Abrams talks The Cloverfield Paradox and future of the franchise
Last Sunday, Netflix dropped a major surprise when it released The Cloverfield Paradox – the third instalment in Paramount and Bad Robot Productions’ Cloverfield cinematic universe. The film, originally going by the title God Particle, had been pushed back from its planned theatrical release on several occasions – with subsequent reports claiming that Paramount believed […]
Rumour: Zack Snyder was reportedly fired from DC Films prior to his Justice League exit
Back in May of last year it was announced that Zack Snyder had decided to step down from as director of Justice League owing to the tragic suicide of his daughter, with Warner Bros. enlisting Joss Whedon to come in and complete the DC superhero blockbuster. Well, if a new report from Mashable editor Josh […]
Coco, Black Panther, and why representation in tentpole films matter
Rafael Motamayor on the impact Pixar’s Coco had on him, and the overwhelming anticipation for Black Panther.. When Coco came out, it quickly became the highest grossing film of all time in Mexico, and it’s easy to see why. Asides from being beautifully made, it’s a film that respects and honours the culture it’s presenting […]
