Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe suffered another setback this week as Ben Affleck became the latest director to bail on a DC Films project, with Affleck opting against helming The Batman in order to “find a partner in a director who will collaborate with me on this massive film.” With the official announcement came reports […]
5 Directors Who Could Replace Ben Affleck On The Batman
Tai Freligh looks at five directors who could replace Ben Affleck on The Batman… It’s no secret that Ben Affleck’s solo Batman film, The Batman, has had its ups and downs. Starting with script rewrites and tinkering and then moving on to the intense pressure Affleck felt to make the best possible film he could […]
Veep to end with Season 7
HBO’s political comedy Veep is coming to an end. The network announced yesterday that the Julia Louis-Dreyfus-led series will conclude with its seventh season next year. The series follows Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, the U.S. Vice President who aspires to become President herself, but keeps finding herself in controversies she and her staff create. “The decision to […]
Paramount has 14 more Transformers stories written, Michael Bay interested in directing one
No matter how bad the critical reception dips there is no arguing that the Transformers movies are anything but hugely successful at the box office. That trend will likely continue this summer with the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, before Paramount Pictures extends the franchise with the fruits of its Transformers writers room, beginning with a […]
Finn Jones blames Donald Trump for Iron Fist’s bad reviews
A few days ago, Iron Fist star Finn Jones spoke about the bad reviews for Netflix’s latest Marvel series, pulling out the old “we made it for the fans, not the critics” line, and now he’s shifted his focus, blaming Donald Trump for viewers’ inability to connect to Danny Rand. “I think the world has changed […]
Finn Jones responds to negative reviews for Marvel’s Iron Fist
Netflix’s latest Marvel series Iron Fist hits the streaming service this coming Friday, but if early reviews of the first half of the season are any indication, it falls well short of its predecessors in Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. In fact, at one point after the embargo lifted, the series had the lowest Rotten […]
Samuel L. Jackson reportedly wants role in John Wick: Chapter 3
For now, take this news with a grain of salt as there is no direct quote, but there are reports that Samuel L. Jackson desperately wants a role in the inevitable John Wick: Chapter 3 as apparently he is a huge fan of the gun-fu action ballet franchise. The rumor comes from journalist Simon Thompson […]
Samuel L. Jackson joins Sebastian Stan in The Last Full Measure
Nick Fury is teaming up with The Winter Soldier, with Foresight Unlimited announcing that Samuel L. Jackson has joined his joined his Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Infinity War co-star Sebastian Stan in director Todd Robinson’s (Lonely Hearts) upcoming political drama The Last Full Measure. THR reports that the film is based on […]
Uma Thurman joins the cast of Lars Von Trier’s serial killer thriller The House That Jack Built
The latest effort from maverick filmmaker Lars Von Trier has cast actress Uma Thurman as a co-star. The film titled The House That Jack Built is headlined by Matt Dillon as a serial killer and now Thurman has joined proceedings too, reuniting with her Nymphomaniac director. This much anticipated thriller by the director of Melancholia, […]
Star Trek: Discovery gets five new cast additions
As we await word on a premiere date, CBS has announced five new additions to the cast of Star Trek: Discovery, the upcoming TV series set ten years prior to the events of Star Trek: The Original Series. Shazad Latif (Penny Dreadful) is set to play Starfleet officer Lieutenant Tyler, Rekha Sharma (The 100) will […]
