BAFTA has today announced the nominations for the 2017 British Academy Film Awards, with Netflix’s original drama The Crown leading the pack with five nods in total for Best Drama Series, Leading Actress (Claire Foy), Supporting Actress (Vanessa Kirby) and Supporting Actor (Jared Harris and John Lithgow). There are also multiple nominations for Damilola, Our […]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the most expensive French film ever
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is reportedly the most expensive film in French history, confirms Cineuropa. The upcoming summer tentpole blockbuster is said to cost around €197 million, which is over double the original record held by 2008’s Asterix at the Olympic Games at a €78 million budget. EuropaCorp is most likely comfortable with the budget […]
Ghost in the Shell anime reboot announced
Publisher Kodansha and Japanese animation company Production I.Gare collaborating to create a new Ghost in the Shell anime project. The film will serve as a reboot and is set to be co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed). This news follows on from the release of the live-action […]
Bill & Ted Save the Universe with Boom!’s most excellent new series
Boom! Studios has announced that everyone’s favourite time-travelling duo from San Dimas are set to return this June for the most excellent new series Bill & Ted Save the Universe from writer Brian Joines and artist Bachan, the creative team behind Bill & Ted Go To Hell. “In Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, the duo […]
Bryce Dallas Howard seems interested in playing Poison Ivy in Gotham City Sirens
A few weeks ago Jessica Chastain threw her hat into the ring for the role of Pamela Isley in Warner Bros.’ planned Suicide Squad spinoff Gotham City Sirens, and now it looks like Bryce Dallas Howard could also be eyeing the part of Poison Ivy, with the Jurassic World star sharing the following to Twitter… She's […]
Supernatural forces collide in Sacred Creatures
Image Comics has announced that Pablo Raimondi (Book of Doom) and Klaus Janson’s (Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns) all-new ongoing series Sacred Creatures is set to launch this July. In SACRED CREATURES, supernatural forces maintaining the fragile balance of power in this world begin to unravel. At the center of it all, readers meet Josh […]
Jeffrey Wright teases Felix Leiter return for Bond 25
While we still don’t officially have a 007 for the as-yet untitled Bond 25, it looks like a cast is indeed starting to assemble. Actor Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), whom you may remember played Felix “a friend from Langley” Leiter in Casino Royale, has just teased a possible return to the franchise. Okay, not that cryptic. […]
Joe Manganiello has written a Dungeons & Dragons movie
Warner Bros. has spent a number of years developing a Dungeons & Dragons reboot, with Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) attached to direct from a script by David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2). However, it seems that Joe Manganiello is also keen to take a stab as the role-playing fantasy, revealing to MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast that […]
Vin Diesel on the challenges of voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, says there’s a secret script
Vin Diesel is currently doing media rounds to promote this week’s release of The Fate of the Furious, and naturally he also found himself discussing his upcoming return as Groot in this summer’s hotly anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Speaking to Total Film, Diesel touched on how challenging the process , stating that: “It’s very, very […]
Chris Morgan on the future of the Universal Monsters universe after The Mummy
Universal is continuing to promote its upcoming Tom Cruise-led reboot of The Mummy ahead of its release this summer (in the past few days we’ve have had a TV spot, poster and an international trailer), and now producer Chris Morgan has been talking about their plans for the Universal Monsters shared universe moving foeward. Speaking to CinemaBlend, Morgan […]
