Despite speaking out in support of Grant Gustin when it was announced that Ezra Miller would be portraying Barry Allen in the DC Extended Universe, Stephen Amell has revealed that he “would not be upset” if another actor portrayed Oliver Queen on the big screen – although he’s heard that there are no plans to […]
Christina Hendricks and Gillian Anderson join Agatha Christie adaptation Crooked House
With filming getting underway today, it has been announced that Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, Terence Stamp, Stefanie Martini and Honor Keafsey have joined Max Irons and Glenn Close in director Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’s Key) adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House. Based on Christie’s 1949 detective novel and scripted by Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey), Crooked House […]
Suicide Squad passes Captain America: The Winter Solider and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the box office
Though it received some rather dreadful reviews and some pretty bad publicity following its release, Suicide Squad has earned another notch on its box office belt this weekend. Gorssing another $4 million from this weekend, Suicide Squad has now passed both Captain America: The Winter Solider ($714 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($708 million) at […]
Video game Firewatch heading to the big screen
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Good Universe is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo to develop both feature film and video game content, beginning with a big screen adaptation of Campo Santo’s critically acclaimed first-person mystery Firewatch. “When we met Good Universe we were floored by how they recognize, cultivate and produce […]
Dan Stevens to play Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas
Fresh from signing on to Gareth Evans’ new film Apostle, Dan Stevens has added another project to his upcoming slate, with the British actor set to play Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas. The project will explore how Dickens set out to write A Christmas Carol, and will see Stevens joined in the […]
Ewan McGregor almost turned down the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels
While George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy has come in for an enormous amount of criticism from fans of the saga, one aspect that most can agree is worthy of the Star Wars name is Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Well, as it turns out, despite being a huge fan of the franchise, McGregor almost […]
Director Tim Miller comments on his Deadpool 2 departure: “Don’t believe what you read on the internet”
Back in October came the rather surprising news that Deadpool director Tim Miller had left the sequel, with a subsequent report claiming that the departure was due to creative differences with star and producer Ryan Reynolds. According to rumour, Miller and Reynolds had “a contentious relationship”, with the director said to be keen on taking […]
Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena to star in The Pact
Universal has just gained its leads for the R-rated comedy The Pact. Leslie Mann (This is 40), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide Squad) and WWE star John Cena (Trainwreck) will star in the comedy as parents who discover each of their daughters have made a pact to lose their virginity at prom, and launch an operation to prevent […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger says Terminator 6 will keep it simple
While promoting his hitman comedy Killing Gunther, former T-800 and “pops”, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been talking about the Tim Miller (Deadpool) directed and James Cameron produced Terminator reboot. Set to begin production in March, Arnie told Business Insider that the much maligned Terminator: Genisys was simply too complicated, assuring fans burnt by the diminishing returns of […]
He’ll Be Back! Arnold Schwarzenegger to reunite with James Cameron on next Terminator movie
Paramount Pictures may have pulled the plug on its planned Terminator Genisys sequels in the wake of the poor box office performance of the 2015 sequel/reboot, but it seems we haven’t seen the last of Arnold Schwarznegger’s T-800 as the action icon has revealed that he’ll be reuniting with franchise creator James Cameron once the […]
