Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming finally made its way to the Middle Kingdom this weekend, with the Sony and Marvel produced reboot enjoying a solid $22.2 million opening day, with a further $1.5 million in Friday previews. The wall-crawler’s solo MCU debut has now amassed a worldwide haul of $770 million, making it the highest-grossing reboot of […]
Will Smith shares Aladdin cast photo as production begins
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that casting on Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin is now complete, and that filming on the live-action remake of the animated classic is now underway at Longcross Studios outside London. Marking the occasion, Will Smith – who is portraying Genie – shared a selfie alongside his co-stars Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Naomi Scott […]
Gavin O’Connor to write and direct Suicide Squad 2
It seems Warner Bros. and DC’s search for a director to Suicide Squad 2 may be over. Deadline has reported that the studio has chosen Warrior and The Accountant director Gavin O’Connor to write and direct the supervillain sequel. He will write the script with Anthony Tambakis. There’s no word on when the pair will begin development, but it probably […]
Dome Karukoski to direct J.R.R. Tolkien biopic
According to Deadline, Finnish filmmaker Dome Karukoski (The Home of Dark Butterflies) is set to direct Tolkien, a biopic of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien. The project is being produced by Chernin Entertainment for Fox Searchlight, and is based on a script from David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. The film […]
Alyssa Milano on rumours of a Charmed revival
Earlier this month it was reported that Charmed stars Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs were in talks to reprise their roles from a reboot of the cult series, before Combs took to social media stating that: “I’m sorry to say that all the reboot rumors are just that… rumors.” CBS has been attempting […]
Charmed, Magnum P.I. and Cagney and Lacey reboots get pilot orders
A couple of days ago it was announced that a female-led revival of the U.S. sitcom The Greatest American Hero is moving forward, and now we have word on another three TV series set for the reboot treatment. First up is the news that The CW has handed out a pilot order to Charmed from […]
Kit Harington discusses the pressure on Game of Thrones season 8
With cameras currently rolling on the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, actor Kit Harington has been chatting to Deadline about the enormous anticipation for the final six episodes of HBO’s acclaimed adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga. “I think there’s a certain pressure I’ve not felt […]
Neill Blomkamp still planning to direct The Gone World
Back in 2015 it was announced that Neill Blomkamp had signed on to direct an adaptation of Thomas Sweterlitsch’s upcoming sci-fi novel The Gone World for 20th Century Fox. Since then, he’s set up an Alien project at Fox, only for the studio to pull the plug after Ridley Scott decided to return to the franchise […]
Skrulls in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Detective Pikachu casting, Thor: Ragnarok post-credits and more – Daily News Roundup
SKRULLS IN X-MEN DARK PHOENIX? There’s an interesting Quicksilver dynamic with The Skrulls, in that their both owned by X-Men and Marvel Studios. And in a new rumour from the previously-unheard-of Universo X-Men, the next entry in the mutant franchise will feature The Skrulls ahead of the shape-shifting race appearing in 2019’s Captain Marvel. According to […]
Flashpoint fan art imagines Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan as Batman and The Joker
While the box office underperformance of Justice League has raised some questions about the future of the DC Extended Universe, recent reports have suggested that Warner Bros. remains keen on moving forward with its Flashpoint movie. For those unfamiliar with Flashpoint, the original comic book storyline sees a powerless Barry Allen waking in a vastly […]
