When it was confirmed that Will Smith was not set to return for Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to 1996’s Independence Day, many were left wondering if/how the filmmakers would explain his character’s absence in the film. However, when a viral website for the film launched online only a day after the first official trailer […]
Independence Day: Resurgence War of 1996 viral site reveals the fate of Will Smith’s Steven Hiller
Following on from yesterday’s first trailer [watch it here], 20th Century Fox has launched a new viral site for the sequel entitled ‘War of 1996‘. https://youtu.be/-CbVSZpht8E Included on the site is a breaking news item which reveals the fate of Will Smith’s character Steven Hiller; entitled ‘Alien Tech Malfunction Kills Col. Hiller’, the report reads: […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters a host of records at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 18th December to Sunday 20th December 2015… This won’t really come as much of a surprise, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens has shattered a host of records at the UK box office. Debuting on Thursday, the film pulled in the biggest ever opening day […]
Dark Knight III and The Sandman Overture top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of November 2015
Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of November 2015. On the comic book front, DC claimed top spot for the first time since December 2014 thanks to in Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson’s Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1, although Marvel filled […]
The Hunger Games tops U.S. box office for fourth weekend
With In the Heart of the Sea sinking at the North American box office, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 remained defiant at the top of the charts for a fourth consecutive weekend. Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch and the rest of the gang pulled in another $11.3 million, according to estimates. That brings the domestic […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, The Defenders, Iron Fist, Batman v Superman, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Powers and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War, The Defenders, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]
Jennifer Lawrence confirms that we’ll see “a little bit” of blue Mystique in X-Men: Apocalypse
Judging from the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, 20th Century Fox is trying to capitalise as much as possible on Jennifer Lawrence’s superstardom for her third – and possibly final – appearance in the X-Men franchise. Not only is her character Mystique seemingly now an integral member of the X-Men, but it seems that Raven […]
The new series of Terrahawks will see art imitating life
Currently there is a new series of Terrahawks in co-production between Anderson Entertainment, the creators of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Stingray the list goes on and on, along with Big Finish Productions Ltd, who are award winners for their audio productions of Doctor Who along with other productions of Blakes 7, The Avengers and the up and […]
Matt Damon, Julianne Moore & Josh Brolin in talks for George Clooney-directed, Coen brothers-scripted Suburbicon
With George Clooney now officially committed to directing Suburbicon, it’s time to start talking about the cast of his forthcoming film. At the moment, several A-list actors including Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Josh Brolin are in negotiations for starring roles in the picture. It was announced back in October that Clooney was in talks […]
Ex Machina the big winner at 2015 Moet British Independent Film Awards
The 2015 Moet British Independent Film Awards took place in London tonight, with Alex Garland’s Ex Machina taking home four awards in Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Garland), and Outstanding Achievement in Craft (Visual Effects: Andrew Whitehurst). In the acting categories, Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) and Tom Hardy (Legend) won Best Actress […]
