Disney-Pixar’s long-awaited superhero sequel Incredibles 2 has enjoyed a record-breaking launch at the North American box office as it pulled in the biggest debut of all time for an animated movie. The Brad Bird-directed sequel grossed $180 million domestically, shattering the previous animated record of $135 million set by fellow Pixar sequel Finding Dory in […]
Terry Gilliam loses the rights to The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Having taken him the best part of 30 years, filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally completed his passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote this year, only for the saga to have one final twist in the tale. In May, former producer Paulo Branco launched a legal dispute over the rights to the movie, which cost […]
Marvel’s Spider-Man season 2 gets a new poster and sneak peek clip
Ahead of its premiere on Disney XD on Monday evening, Marvel has unveiled a new poster for the second season of the animated series Marvel’s Spider-Man, as well as a sneak peek clip from the first episode of the one-hour double-bill premiere ‘How I Thwipped My Summer Vacation’. In “How I Thwipped My Summer Vacation,” […]
Evangeline Lilly is “pissed off” about Ant-Man and the Wasp’s UK release date
Here in the UK we’ve become accustomed to getting Marvel movies one or two weeks earlier than our friends across the Pond, but that isn’t going to be the case this summer with the studio’s latest superhero blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp. While the sequel is set to open in North America on July 6th, […]
Bryan Singer will receive directing credit on Bohemian Rhapsody despite his dismissal
Back in December 20th Century Fox announced that it had fired Bryan Singer from Bohemian Rhapsody with just two weeks of filming remaining on the biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, with Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) subsequently taking over to complete the picture. Singer was removed from the film amid rumours that he’d been […]
Danny McBride wanted to shoot two Halloween movies back-to-back
Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield this October some forty years after his original killing spree to face Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode for a final time in the new Halloween movie from director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly following the release of the first trailer, McBride has […]
Amazon Studios CEO on saving The Expanse
Last month, Syfy announced – rather surprisingly – that it had decided to cancel its acclaimed sci-fi series The Expanse after three seasons, only for Amazon Studios to swoop in and revive the show with a season four order. The move wasn’t entirely unexpected, given that Amazon already held the streaming rights to the first […]
Aquaman director James Wan discusses Patrick Wilson’s villain Ocean Master
This past week delivered a first look at Patrick Wilson’s villainous Orm / Ocean Master from Warner Bros. and DC Films’ next superhero offering Aquaman, and now director James Wan has given us some insight into the character and his motivations in the film during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “He’s kind of an eco-warrior,” […]
Former Daredevil showrunner discusses his interest in a Moon Knight series
During the promotional campaign for this year’s Pacific Rim Uprising, former Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight expressed his interest in returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a Moon Knight TV series. Fans of Marc Spector have long hoped to see the character make his MCU debut, and during an interview with ComicBook, DeKnight has […]
Jeremy Renner says the Russos received death threats over Hawkeye’s Avengers: Infinity War absence
Throughout the promotional campaign for Avengers: Infinity War, it became increasingly clear that Hawkeye would be sitting out the battle between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Thanos, and sure enough Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton was nowhere to be seen when the superhero blockbuster finally made its way into theaters. Naturally, Hawkeye’s absence left fans of the […]
