This past Friday, Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling launched a new chapter of their Wizarding World with the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but it seems that moving forward we’ll see a shift in focus from Eddie Redmayne’s character Newt Scamander as the franchise delves instead into the story of Albus […]
James Remar joins Gotham as Frank Gordon
Deadline is reporting that James Remar (Dexter, The Shannara Chronicles) has joined the cast of Fox’s DC series Gotham in a recurring role as Frank Gordon, the uncle of Ben McKenzie’s Jim Gordon.The character is described as “a master at playing both sides and a man who knows how to keep a secret. Frank abandoned […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda would like to play Carnage in a Marvel film
It looks like Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is keen to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it seems he’s already got a good idea which character he’d like to play – the serial killer Cletus Kasady, a.k.a. Carnage!Speaking on the latest episode of Meet the Movie Press, reporter Simon Thompson said he’d recently interviewed Miranda, […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them passes $600 million at the worldwide box office
Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has crossed another box office milestone this past weekend, with the film cracking the $600 million mark around the globe.Fantastic Beasts has earned $608 million worldwide to date, including $72.5 million in China, where it is now the highest-grossing chapter of J.K. Rowling’s […]
Star Wars standalone movies were originally George Lucas’ idea
On top of having George Lucas to thank for the very existence of Star Wars, fans may also owe him some gratitude for December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and other future anthology movies set in the Star Wars universe.During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote Rogue One, Kathleen Kennedy revealed that before Lucas […]
Shannen Doherty joins the Heathers TV pilot
Shannen Doherty has taken to Instagram to announce that she’s set to appear in TV Land’s small screen adaptation of the cult 1988 dark comedy Heathers, posting the following image with the caption “sneak peek from the #Heathers set… jealous much?”. Deadline reporting that Doherty will play a “pivotal” unnamed character in the pilot episode. The […]
A deal between Marvel and Fox for X-Men and The Fantastic Four is “an impossibility”, says Kevin Feige
If you were hoping that the recent news about a deal between Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox to trade characters for Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 could mark the first step in a potential deal to bring the X-Men and the Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then I’m afraid […]
Zendaya denies that she’s playing Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Back in August, it was rumoured that Zendaya is portraying the iconic character of Mary Jane Watson in Marvel and Sony’s upcoming Spidey reboot Spider-Man: Homecoming, and that her true identity would be a big reveal in the film.The Disney Channel star has since suggested that she won’t be portraying a love-interest in the film, […]
Paul W.S. Anderson looking to launch Monster Hunter movie franchise
With the Resident Evil series set to draw to a close with the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Deadline is reporting that director Paul W.S. Anderson and his producing partner Jeremy Bolt are now looking to set the fantasy RPG Monster Hunter as their next potential franchise. Anderson has already penned the […]
Angela Bassett to play T’Challa’s mother in Marvel’s Black Panther
Marvel has announced that American Horror Story and What’s Love Got to Do With It star Angela Bassett has signed on to the cast of Black Panther, with the Oscar nominee set to play Ramonda, the mother of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Black Panther is slated to go into production in January, with Ryan Coogler (Creed) […]
