Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is beginning the interview rounds for the fast approaching early March release of the monster epic, and during a chat with Collider, he’s also been discussing his upcoming adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s best-selling video game franchise Metal Gear Solid – specifically, whether it should aim for a PG-13 or R-Rating. “I think that for me, […]
Holly to return to Red Dwarf, Norman Lovett confirms
As reported over on Chortle our favourite balding Jupiter Mining Core Computer, who has been going Computer Senile for the past 3 million years or so, is due to make a return to Red Dwarf Series XII in 2017. This news was let slip by the floating head himself – Norman Lovett – at a […]
Cristal Pictures picks up action thriller The Steward from John Wick creator
Variety is reporting that Cristal Pictures has picked up The Steward, an action-thriller from John Wick creator Derek Kolstad. According to the site, the project will feature on an original character, and is being planned as a potential franchise launcher with worldwide appeal, including China. “Derek is a terrific writer and masterful at creating original, […]
Amblin picks up “female John Wick” project Ruthless
Following the box office success of Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 2, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is getting into the assassin game, picking up the script for the action thriller Ruthless. The project is being dubbed a “female John Wick” and follows “a retired assassin who returns to the game after being diagnosed with terminal brain […]
James Mangold talks Logan’s “happy ending”, Hugh Jackman was reluctant to introduce X-24
Warning. Major Logan spoilers follow… With this year’s Logan, director James Mangold and star Hugh Jackman delivered a rather fantastic end to Jackman’s 17-year stint as the fan favourite mutant superhero Wolverine, culminating in an emotional climax where Logan makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his clone/daughter Laura and her young mutant friends from his […]
Logan tracking a $60 million domestic opening weekend
The reviews are in, with many hailing it as one of the best superhero movies of all time (read Rob Kojder’s ★★★★ review here), and with just two weeks to go before it opens in cinemas, the first box office tracking numbers for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine swan song Logan have now arrived online. According to Forbes, […]
New poster and trailer for Mary Poppins Returns starring Emily Blunt
Walt Disney Pictures has debuted the a teaser trailer and a new poster for Mary Poppins Returns, director Rob Marshall’s upcoming sequel to the classic 1964 film, which sees Emily Blunt following in the footsteps of Julie Andrews as the magical nanny; take a look below… Mary Poppins Returns is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period […]
New image from Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns released
USA Today has unveiled a new image from Disney’s upcoming sequel Mary Poppins Returns featuring Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt), Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda), Georgie (Joel Dawson), Jane (Emily Mortimer), John (Nathanael Saleh), Annabel (Pixie Davies), and Ellen (Julie Walters); take a look here… Mary Poppins Returns is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original […]
Angela Lansbury joins Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns
Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that legendary actress Angela Lansbury is set to appear in Disney’s upcoming sequel Mary Poppins Returns. Lansbury, who has previously worked with Disney on Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Beauty and the Beast, is set to portray the Balloon Lady, a character “who wreaks helium havoc in the park during one of Mary […]
Jar Jar Binks lobbies Ron Howard for role in the Han Solo Stars Wars spinoff in latest Funny or Die video
Earlier in the week it was announced that Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been fired from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff film due to creative differences. Essentially, they had gone way too far down the comedic route, which honestly should have been expected when they were hired, but I digress. Everyone on the Internet […]
