Ahead of its US release next month, a trailer has arrived online for director Ruben Ostlund’s satirical drama The Square. The film made its world premiere earlier this year at Cannes to critical acclaim, and was awarded the festival’s highest honour, the Palme d’Or. It features a cast that includes Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic […]
Marvel’s first LGBT character, Shazam gets a release date, Blade Runner 2049’s disappointing box office performance and more – Daily News Roundup
SHE’S BI After years of campaigning and requests, Marvel Studios have their first official LGBT character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Tessa Thompson revealing her character Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok is bi-sexual. Check out her announcement here. THE RETURN OF ONE-SHOTS Something else that has often been requested by fans is the return of […]
Marvel returning to Scotland for Avengers 4
Having shot on location in Edinburgh and Glasgow for Avengers: Infinity War, The Daily Record is reporting that Marvel Studios is heading back to Scotland to film scenes for the currently-in-production – and as-yet-untitled – Avengers 4. “A second Avengers film is penciled in for filming in Scotland in 2018,” states the newspaper’s source. “People […]
Netflix orders Nurse Ratched origins series starring Sarah Paulson
A One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest prequel series starring Sarah Paulson as Nurse Ratched has been ordered by Netflix. The series comes via American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy who will be reuniting once again with Paulson. The prequel show that will focus on the origins of the notorious psychiatric administrator Nurse Ratched. The […]
Tomb Raider trailer classified as Alicia Vikander discusses the film
It looks like we won’t have very long to wait to get our first glimpse of Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft in action, as the British Board of Film Classification has classified the first trailer for the hotly-anticipated video game adaptation Tomb Raider, which is set to run for 2 minutes and 10 seconds. As yet, […]
Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft takes aim in new Tomb Raider image
A new image has been released from the upcoming big screen reboot of the classic video game franchise Tomb Raider featuring Alicia Vikander as adventurer Lara Croft; take a look at the still here… Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young […]
Blumhouse teams with John Ridley for superhero comic adaptation The American Way
Following on from Todd McFarlane’s Spawn, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions has added another comic book movie to its slate, with Deadline reporting that the company is teaming with Oscar-winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) for a feature adaptation of Ridley and artist George Jeanty’s superhero comic book series The American Way: Those […]
Jonathan Pryce to star as Pope Francis in Netflix’s The Pope
Netflix has acquired a new feature film along with some star talent. Deadline has revealed that Jonathan Pryce has been cast as the current Pope Francis in the feature film The Pope. The film will be directed by City of God’s Fernando Meirelles from a script by Anthony McCarten, who will adapt the script from his stage […]
New TV spot for comic book adaptation The Chair
Ahead of its home entertainment release this Halloween, a new TV spot has arrived online for the Alterna Comics graphic novel adaptation The Chair, which features a cast that includes Bill Oberst Jr. (Criminal Minds), Tim Muskatell (Deadgirl), Zach Galligan (Gremlins), Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), Noah Hathaway (The NeverEnding Story) and Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes), […]
Atari Speakerhats, the latest in wearable gaming tech
When you hear the word “Atari” you think, ‘Gaming!’. You may even think, ‘The spark that ignited console gaming to what we see today’. However, what you probably don’t think when you hear the word Atari is, ‘Speakerhats!’, but coming very soon to a head near you is just that. Arriving in selected email […]
