Tom Holland made his long-awaited debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, and a previous Wall Crawler has officially passed the torch. Someone posted a video online of Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker watching Captain America: Civil War, which the actor found so funny he reposted it […]
Megan Fox would like to play Indiana Jones
Soon to be reprising her role as April O’Neill in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Megan Fox has been talking about other roles she’d like to play. A few years back, Fox was in the mix to play the role of Lara Croft in the reboot of Tomb Raider along with Kristen […]
The Week in Disappointment – Batman v Superman, Terminator, Watchmen TV Series, Nicolas Cage and The Lord of the Rings and more
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice rated PG-13 for ‘sensuality’” Makes perfect sense. You could feel the pulsing sexual tension emanating from the screen when he ripped the top off of the Batmobile. Matt Damon knows what I’m taking about. “Matt Damon says ‘it must […]
59th BFI London Film Festival announces 2015 award winners
Yesterday evening, the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express announced the 2015 award winners at a high profile ceremony in London’s Banqueting House in Whitehall. OFFICIAL COMPETITION WINNER – BEST FILM: CHEVALIER – Athina Rachel Tsangari Pawel Pawlikowski said “Chevalier is a study of male antagonism seen though the eyes of a […]
Sony working on a live-action/animation hybrid Peter Rabbit movie
The Tracking Board is reporting that Will Gluck (Easy A, Annie) has signed on to write and produce an adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, which has been set up at Sony as a live-action/animation hybrid film and is said to combine elements of several of the classic children’s stories. Gluck is set to rewrite […]
X-Men series Legion adds Amber Midthunder
According to Deadline, Amber Midthunder is the latest addition to the cast of FX’s Legion, an upcoming TV series set in the X-Men universe. The actress has joined the project to play Kerry, “a woman of action with a childlike sense of wonder.” The article also describes her as “a true savant,” who has lived […]
Producer Noah Hawley talks FX’s X-Men TV pilot Legion
Earlier this week it was announced that Fox has partnered up with Marvel Television for two X-Men-themed TV series in Legion and Hellfire, and now producer Noah Hawley (Fargo) has been speaking to TV Insider about the former, revealing how the deal came about, and what appeals to him about the project. “It’s been in […]
Jeremie Harris joins X-Men series Legion
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Jeremie Harris (The Get Down) has signed on to appear in FX’s X-Men TV series Legion, where he will play Ptonomy, “an outsider by nature, stand-offish and sardonic, who is a former child prodigy who feels trapped in the past”. Legion centres on David Haller, played by Dan Stevens […]
Laverne Cox to play Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show remake
Emmy Award-nominated transgender actress Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) has signed on to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Fox’s upcoming TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Announced back in April, the two-hour TV taped event special is being directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson’s This Is It) and is described as “a […]
Ludi Lin cast as the Black Ranger in Power Rangers
The cast of Lionsgate and Saban Entertainment’s upcoming big screen reboot of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers continues to come together, with the official Twitter site revealing that relative newcomer Ludi Lin (Marco Polo, Monster Hunt) has been cast as Zack Taylor, a.k.a. the Black Ranger. Lin is the third actor to join the film after Naomi […]
