Filming on the pilot hasn’t even begun yet, but Hulu has already ordered a full 10 episode season for the Stephen King and J.J. Abrams anthology series Castle Rock. This comes after positive reception to the recently released teaser trailer. Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that many of Stephen Kings stories are set in and […]
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman bought by Netflix
Streaming giant Netflix has purchased the worldwide rights to Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, The Irishman. The long gestating movie which is to see the iconic director once again team up with Robert De Niro as the film’s star, will be the pair’s ninth collaboration together. Working on such iconic movies as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull […]
Andrew Garfield to produce and star in journalist drama Black Lion
Former Spider-Man Andrew Garfield has landed a new role in the film Black Lion, which is being produced by Stay Gold Features from a script by Alessandro Camon, co-writer of The Messenger. Garfield will produce alongside Stay Gold’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Rupert Fowler. Black Lion will tell the true story of Carlos Mavroleon, an English/Greek heir to a […]
Metal Gear Solid movie director weighs in on PG-13 v R-rating
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 […]
