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Splinter Cell will be a “badass Tom Hardy action movie”, confirmed as PG-13

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Splinter Cell franchise producer Basil Iwanyk recently spoke about the direction the film adaptation will be heading during an interview with Collider. “The challenge of making Splinter Cell interesting was we didn’t have this IP with a very specific backstory. That allowed us to make up our own world and really augment and fill out […]

Kong: Skull Island producer reveals Godzilla vs. Kong connections

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It seems John Goodman’s character in the upcoming Kong: Skull Island will play a critical role in bridging together the plot for the planned Godzilla vs. Kong movie in 2020. Speaking to Cinema Blend, Kong: Skull Island producer Alex Garcia reveals “It’s a landslide expedition, officially, but John Goodman, who plays the guy from Monarch, […]

Exclusive Interview: Director Tate Taylor on The Girl on the Train

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Ahead of the home-entertainment release of The Girl on the Train, which hits Blu-ray and DVD this coming Monday, February 6th, we’ve got an exclusive video interview with director Tate Taylor, which you can watch below or over on our YouTube channel… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHrz9dZcQUc Rachel, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasising about […]

Space Mullet creator launching new series Extremity

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Image Comics has announced that writer and artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Space Mullet) is joining forces with colorist Mike Spice and letterer Rus Wooton for Extremity, a post-apocalyptic tale of revenge, family and true strength. “EXTREMITY is a comic that I’ve been working out for over three years,” said Johnson. “It’s had many different variations […]

Fox gives pilot order to post-apocalyptic vampire drama The Passage

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Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Fox has given a pilot order for a TV adaptation of Justin Cronin’s post-apocalyptic vampire novel The Passage, which has Ridley Scott (Prometheus) and Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) executive producing and Elizabeth Heldens (Deception) penning the script. The official logline reads: “The Passage begins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller and […]

Robert Downey Jr. says Sherlock Holmes 3 could shoot this year

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It’s been five years since the second outing, but out and about on the press tour for Captain America: Civil War, Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that Sherlock Holmes 3 could shoot this year. “I know Guy Ritchie loves me as much as I love him – and he damn well should,” Downey tells Shortlist. “When […]

Marvel updates titles for Avengers: Infinity War

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Back in May the Russo brothers revealed that they planned to change the titles of Avengers: Infinity War – Part I and Part II, stating that it’s “misleading” as “the two movies are two very different movies”. Well, that’s been made official now, as Marvel has announced that the first film will be using the […]

Avengers: Infinity War screenwriters talk Thanos and character count

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Having tackled the Captain America trilogy, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are now turning their attention to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, and the duo have been speaking about the two-part superhero epic during an interview with The Huffington Post whilst out on the press tour for Captain America: Civil War. […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I would love to do another Predator”

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With the Terminator franchise terminated and Triplets and The Legend of Conan / Conan the Conqueror seemingly stuck in development hell, it looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger is becoming increasingly keen to return to another of his former glories. Back in March, Arnold suggested that he’d be meeting with Shane Black about a role in The […]