After a legal dispute between star Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions and production company Voltage, Deadline is reporting that the period drama The Professor and the Madman will receive a theatrical release in the U.S. later this year courtesy of Voltage Pictures. An international poster for the film, which details the origins of the Oxford International […]
Original Ghostbusters cast returning for new movie, says Ernie Hudson
Ghostbusters fans got a pleasant surprise this week when it was announced that Jason Reitman, son of director Ivan Reitman, is set to helm a new film set in the same continuity as the first two movies, and now it seems we may have confirmation that the surviving members of the original cast will also […]
Fantastic Beasts 3 production pushed back to late 2019
The next instalment of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts franchise has faced a delay in production, according to Deadline. Instead of beginning its shoot in July as was the original plan, Warner Bros. has now pushed production on Fantastic Beasts 3 back to late fall this year. The delay comes after Warner Bros. determined the film needed more prep-time before […]
Rumoured details on the Supergirl movie’s setting and villain
Superman’s DC Extended Universe status may be up in the air at the moment following last year’s conflicting reports about Henry Cavill’s exit, but we may soon be seeing Kal-El’s cousin Kara Zor-El on the big screen, with Warner Bros. and DC Films busy developing a Supergirl movie as part of the DCEU. So far, […]
Alex Kurtzman discusses his disastrous Batman movie pitch to Warner Bros.
After Joel Schumacher brought the franchise to its knees with 1997’s Batman & Robin, Warner Bros. spent several years attempting to relaunch the Batman franchise – most notably under director Darren Aronofsky and writer Frank Miller with their Batman: Year One take – before Christopher Nolan came in and struck gold with 2005’s Batman Begins. […]
Jon Bernthal “at peace” with the prospect of The Punisher being axed
The second season of The Punisher arrived on Netflix yesterday, which means that fans of the Marvel series are now waiting with bated breath for the announcement that the streaming service has swung the axe on the show, much like it did with Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil last year. Speaking to Variety, actor […]
Steven Knight says Eastern Promises sequel could shoot this year
It’s been talked about for several years now, but according to screenwriter Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders), the long-promised sequel to David Cronenberg’s crime thriller Eastern Promises has a completed screenplay, and may well go into production before the end of the year. “It is like fishing, where you leave it out there,” Knight tells […]
Space roguelite Fission Superstar X pushed back, will now release in Spring
Indie developer Turbo Pelvis 3000 inc. has announced that the release date for their upcoming space roguelite game Fission Superstar X has been pushed back from January to this Spring. This adjustment in the release date is to enable the developers to provide a more polished product to gamers on Xbox One and Windows PC. […]
Hulu’s new comedy series PEN15 gets a trailer
Ahead of its premiere next month, Hulu has released a new poster and trailer for its upcoming comedy series PEN15 which sees series creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle playing 13-year-old versions of themselves; take a look here… PEN15 is middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult […]
Rob Liefeld to introduce mysterious new Marvel character in Major X
A mysterious new player has entered the Marvel Universe in Major X, and the truth behind their identity will be revealed revealed in an all-new, six issue mini-series from Rob Liefeld, co-creator of Deadpool, Cable and X-Force. “To me, the X-Men have always thrived on big ideas, crazy ideas,” states Liefeld. “Major X introduces a […]
