HELLO THERE After being rumoured for what feels like a decade, it was reported yesterday by The Hollywood Reporter that Disney and Lucasfilm are in talks with Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) about helming a spin-off movie for Obi-Wan Kenobi. The site reports that talks are at the earliest of stages, and there is currently no script […]
Marvel’s The Defenders gets another new trailer
Earlier in the week we brought you the “final” trailer for The Defenders [watch it here], and now ahead of its release tomorrow, Netflix has unveiled what we can only assume is the “final final” trailer for the Marvel team-up series. Watch it here… SEE ALSO: Charlie Cox on how The Defenders fit together as […]
Marvel’s The Defenders Teaches Us That Less Is More
Samuel Brace on Marvel’s The Defenders… Less is more. This is never truer than when it comes to TV content. Too much of something, even a good thing, can become damaging. Netflix has unfortunately ignored or just failed to understand this concept when it comes to its Marvel properties. However, with their latest series, The […]
George Lucas still involved in Star Wars, new Captain Marvel writer, Samuel L. Jackson offers MCU update – Daily News Roundup
LUCAS STILL INVOLVED IN STAR WARS? It has been reported many times that since George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, the man who created Star Wars has had very little involvement in the rebooted franchise. He did offer a potential storyline for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but nothing he suggested was ever used. In […]
Val Kilmer credits Kurt Russell with making Tombstone
Over the years, there’s been a lot of speculation surrounding Kurt Russell’s level of involvement behind the scenes of the classic 1993 western Tombstone, particularly following the firing of its original director Kevin Jarre a month into production, and the subsequent appointment of his replacement George P. Cosmatos. Well, in a lengthy blog post on his […]
James Cameron talks Aliens 3D and The Abyss and True Lies Blu-rays
Later this month, James Cameron’s sci-fi classic Terminator 2: Judgment Day makes its return to cinemas with the release of a special 3D conversion [read our review here], and it looks like Cameron has already set his mind as to which of his films is next in line for a 3D re-release. “We haven’t proven […]
Watch three brief new clips from Marvel’s The Defenders
Yesterday we got a final trailer The Defenders ahead of its premiere this Friday [watch it here], and now we have two very brief clips from Netflix’s upcoming Marvel team-up series featuring interactions between Luke Cage & Foggy Nelson and Misty Knight & Colleen Wing; take a look below… What kind of name is Foggy? #DEFEND pic.twitter.com/ToLfsbQmwT […]
First look image from Alexander Payne’s new film Downsizing
Entertainment Weekly has debuted the first image from director Alexander Payne’s upcoming sci-fi comedy drama Downsizing featuring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig; take a look below… “Downsizing imagines what might happen if overpopulation and climate change [prompt] Norwegian scientists to discover how to shrink people down to five inches tall and propose, very earnestly, the population’s […]
Phillip Noyce to direct World War II thriller The Devil’s Brigade
Foresight Unlimited has tapped Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce (Salt, The Bone Collector) to direct the World War II thriller The Devil’s Brigade, which is slated to go into production later this year and is currently in the casting stage. According to Coming Soon, The Devil’s Brigade “tells the true story of how Davie Berman, the […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson and Daisy Ridley on the importance of Rey’s parentage
It’s already been confirmed that this December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi will “absolutely address” the question of Rey’s parents, providing an answer to one of the biggest mysteries from 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But just how important will this reveal prove to be to the story? In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, […]