Following on from the impressive first trailer for Mortal Kombat, the film’s director Simon McQuoid has been chatting to IGN about his take on two of the most iconic characters in the video game franchise in Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) and Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim). “We really wanted to be very true to his heritage and make […]
Samara Weaving to go Down the Rabbit Hole as Playboy Bunny Holly Madison
Ready or Not and Bill & Ted Face the Music star Samara Weaving is set to portray Holly Madison, former Playboy Bunny and ex-girlfriend of the late Hugh Hefner, in an adaptation of Madison’s memoir Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. As reported by THR, Sony has […]
Netflix announces DOTA: Dragon’s Blood anime series with teaser trailer
Netflix has released an announcement teaser for DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, a new eight-episode anime from Studio MIR (The Legend of Korra, Voltron: Legendary Defender), which is based upon the hugely popular video game franchise from Valve. DOTA: Dragon’s Blood follows Davion, “a renowned Dragon Knight devoted to wiping the scourge from the face of the […]
Zack Snyder felt it important for Batman and The Joker to share a scene in Justice League
This time last year, the prospect of seeing Ben Affleck’s Batman sharing the screen with Jared Leto’s Joker seemed like a pipe dream. Affleck was done as The Dark Knight, having walked away from both the Batsuit and director’s chair on The Batman, and Leto’s Clown Prince of Crime was quickly becoming a distant memory […]
The Mandalorian’s Boba Fett joins Hot Toys’ Star Wars Masterpiece Series line
Sideshow and Hot Toys have unveiled the Television Masterpiece Series Boba Fett deluxe 1:6 scale figure which is based on the appearance of Temuera Morrison in Disney+’s Star Wars series The Mandalorian and features the legendary bounty hunter both in and out of his iconic armor. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at […]
Daisy Ridley to lead The Marsh King’s Daughter
Deadline is reporting that Star Wars star Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in The Marsh King’s Daughter, an adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Karen Dionne, which has Neil Burger (Limitless) directing. The film will see Ridley taking on the role of Helena, “a woman living a seemingly ordinary […]
Zack Snyder’s zombie action movie Army of the Dead gets May release date
While Zack Snyder awaits his Justice League release this March, we are getting new information about his upcoming Netflix zombie movie as today we have learned that Snyder’s Army of the Dead will see its release on May 21st, 2021. The film is one part heist action movie, another part zombie thriller, and will see […]
Benedict Cumberbatch set for The 39 Steps limited series
Benedict Cumberbatch is about to find himself on the run as he teams with Patrick Melrose director Edward Berger and screenwriter Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) for a limited series TV adaptation of The 39 Steps. Based on the novel by John Buchan, which was famously adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock in […]
Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix team with A24 for Disappointment Blvd.
Deadline is reporting that Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster is set to team with Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for his next film Disappointment Blvd., which has been picked up by A24, the studio behind Aster’s first two movies. Plot details for Disappointment Blvd. are being kept under wraps, but Deadline describes the film as “an […]
Rumour: Aladdin’s Mena Massoud to play Rebels’ Ezra Bridger in Star Wars: Ahsoka
Given the name-dropping of Grand Admiral Thrawn in ‘The Jedi’ episode of The Mandalorian season two, fans of the animated series Star Wars Rebels likely have a pretty good idea which direction the story is heading with Disney and Lucasfilm’s live-action Star Wars: Ahsoka spinoff. The expectations are that the series will see Rosario Dawson’s […]
