American filmmaker John G. Avildsen has passed away aged 81, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Avildsen was best known for directing the 1976 classic Rocky, which saw him honoured with the Academy Award for Best director. He would receive a second Oscar nomination in 1983 for the Documentary Short Traveling Hopefully. Having begun his […]
Kevin Feige says no plans for Fantastic Four in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ever since the disastrous release of the Fantastic Four reboot back in 2015, there’s been rumours and speculation that Marvel’s First Family could be on their way back home to join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The speculation resurfaced backin May with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. […]
Black Lightning showrunner keen on Static appearance
The CW is set to add another DC show to its slate midseason with the arrival of Black Lightning, and according to showrunner Salim Akil, Jefferson Pierce may not be the only superhero we’ll be seeing the series. “I love the idea of Static Shock, and in success, hopefully, we’ll be able to pull other […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming tracking $100 million domestic opening weekend, first track from Michael Giacchino’s score released
With exactly three weeks to go until Spider-Man: Homecoming swings into U.S. theaters, the official tracking numbers for the Marvel and Sony-produced reboot are in, and according to box office analysts the wall-crawler is looking at a domestic opening weekend of between $90 million to $108 million. That’s down quite considerably from the $135 million […]
Adam West had completed work on his final Batman outing Batman vs. Two-Face
Following last weekend’s rather sad news about the passing of Adam West, io9 is reporting that we have one final appearance from the Bright Night to look forward to, with Warner Bros. confirming that the Batman TV star had completed his voice work on the animated movie Batman vs. Two-Face prior to his passing. The sequel […]
Nathan Fillion discusses his deleted cameo from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Although Nathan Fillion was cast as actor Simon Williams – better known to comic book fans as Wonder Man – in this year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, his cameo ended up on the cutting room floor. Nevertheless, writer-director James Gunn has expressed his hope of seeing Fillion’s Williams in the MCU at some point […]
James Gunn says the Scooby-Doo movie was originally R-rated
Long before he found himself exploring the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn got his big break penning the screenplay for the 2002 live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo. And, commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of its release, Gunn has taken to Facebook to reveal that it was originally slapped […]
Sony’s Venom movie to begin production this September
Having found a director and star last month in Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), it seems that Sony is moving full steam ahead with its Spider-Verse launching Venom solo movie. According to Omega Underground, production on the solo film is set to get underway on September 1st, and will shoot in […]
Alex Kurtzman says Star Trek: Discovery retains Bryan Fuller’s vision, explains reasons for delays
In 2016, CBS announced that Star Trek would be returning to the small screen with the brand new series, tapping Bryan Fuller – whose early writing credits included episodes of Deep Space Nine and Voyager – to serve as showrunner for Star Trek: Discovery. Sadly for many fans, Fuller was forced to drop out of the […]
Bryan Singer passes the torch to new X-Men director Simon Kinberg
Bryan Singer has given his blessing to the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix. News arrived yesterday that Simon Kinberg would be directing the next X-Men film in the franchise, Dark Phoenix. Singer has been perhaps the most influential person on this particular movie franchise, having directed all but two of the main team movies. But […]
