John Barrowman has revealed that he’ll be sitting out of the Arrowverse this coming year, with the actor revealing at the Planet Comicon Kansas City that he won’t be reprising the role of Malcolm Merlyn for the next seasons of The CW’s DC shows. Alongside Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) and Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart), Barrowman […]
Nominations announced for the British Independent Film Awards 2017
Lady Macbeth topped the list of nominations for the 2017 British Independent Film Awards, which announced this morning by Maisie Williams and Hayley Squires. Among its nominations are Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Debut Screenwriter, Breakthrough Producer, Debut Director, Best Actress (Florence Pugh), Best Supporting Actress (Naomi Ackie) and Most Promising Newcomer […]
Steven Ogg, Katelyn Nacon and Pollyanna McIntosh promoted to series regulars for The Walking Dead season 8
The Walking Dead has bolstered its main cast for the upcoming eighth season, with TV Line reporting that Steven Ogg (Simon), Katelyn Nacon (Enid) and Pollyanna McIntosh (Jadis) have all been promoted to series regulars. The promotions come in the wake of several big departures, with Steven Yuen (Glenn), Michael Cudlitz (Abraham) and Sonequea Martin-Green (Sasha) […]
Hugh Jackman said goodbye to Wolverine with “tears” in his eyes
Hugh Jackman has commented on the emotions he felt when saying goodbye to Wolverine. This year Hugh Jackman finally said goodbye to the character Wolverine, giving his final performance as the mutant in the critically acclaimed Logan. The actor had portrayed the fan favourite X-Man for 17 years so it was no easy thing to […]
Hugh Jackman turned down Bond role over “unbelievable and crazy” scripts
Hugh Jackman has revealed he was offered the role of James Bond more than a decade ago, but turned it down after being told he would have no say in changing the “unbelievable and crazy” direction of the franchise at that time. The star, who has sparked awards season buzz for all-singing, all dancing musical […]
Logan is the first Academy screener sent to Oscar voters
The 90th Academy Awards are still a while away, but with plenty of high quality movies already on voters’ radars, now is the time for studios to start making moves to ensure that their films are given the recognition they deserve. According to Deadline the first DVD screener sent to the Academy voters is the Fox […]
Black & White ‘Noir’ version of Logan confirmed, will get one-night only theatrical release
Last month, Logan director James Mangold revealed that he was working on a black and white edition of Hugh Jackman’s X-Men swansong, a la the Black and Chrome version of Mad Max: Fury Road. Well, it now looks like we have confirmation that this cut will be included on the home-entertainment release of the solo […]
DC launching its own digital service with Titans live-action series and Young Justice season 3
DC Entertainment has announced that it is launching its very own digital service in 2018 and that it will include a live-action Teen Titans series. Variety reports that the service is being set up with Warner Bros. Television and that the platform will provide an “an immersive experience designed just for DC fans.” And the green […]
Vince McMahon biopic Pandemonium gets the green light
The life of WWE Chairman and sports entertainment legend Vince McMahon is heading to the big screen, with THR reporting that Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) are set to direct the biopic Pandemonium for TriStar Pictures. The script by Craig A. Williams has been generating interest since last year, although studios were […]
Strike averted as Writers Guild and studios reach last minute deal
Panic over, everyone. The dreaded writer’s strike – which would have been the first since 2007 — has been averted as the WGA and major studios managed to reach a deal at the eleventh hour. It had been festering for a while now, the negations over new contracts between the Writers Guild of America and […]
