It looks like the long-rumoured follow-up to Trainspotting is finally set to become a reality, with director Danny Boyle telling The Hollywood Reporter he plans to shoot Trainspotting 2 in the summer ahead of a release later in 2016. “[Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle] only get this little window off [from their TV commitments], […]
Secret Cinema audience for Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back tops 100,000
With Secret Cinema presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back drawing to a close yesterday, the event organiser has announced that over 100,000 people attended the landmark show, which spent an impressive eleven weeks in the UK box office top ten this summer. A ten-acre site, formerly an abandoned factory in Southwark, was transformed into […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar penning Mycroft Holmes comic for Titan
Titan Comics has announced that it is teaming up with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for a new comic book adventure entitled Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook, which follows the exploits of Sherlock Holmes’ older brother. An all-new adventure, The Apocalypse Handbook sees the diffident, brilliant Mycroft pulled into a globe-spanning adventure at the behest […]
Adult Swim announces new Rob Corddry comedy pilot The Hindenberg Explodes!
Adult Swim has announced that it is continuing its successful partnership with Rob Corddry, the creator behind the Emmy-winning series Childrens Hospital, with The Hindenburg Explodes!. On May 6, 1937, the infamous Hindenburg zeppelin made its final voyage from Nazi Germany to New Jersey, where it exploded over a landing field. The Hindenburg Explodes! follows […]
Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie on whether they’d like to take over as Captain America
Poor Steve Rogers. Ever since he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been speculation about when Captain America is going to shuffle of this mortal coil and pass on the shield to his successor. Naturally, this has intensified now that both The Winter Soldier and Falcon are part of the MCU and Chris Evans is […]
Garrett Hedlund thinks TRON 3 may not be “totally dead”
Back in May, it was revealed that Walt Disney Pictures has decided to pull the plug on the third TRON movie, despite the fact that director Joseph Kosinski and TRON: Legacy stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde were both on board to return. This left a lot of fans disappointed, but according to Hedlund, TRON […]
Mark Millar talks Captain America: Civil War and how Fox could adapt Old Man Logan for Wolverine 3
Earlier today we brought you some comments from Mark Millar about the planned sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service, and now we have more from the comic book writer as he addresses the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of his Civil War series, along with Fox’s potential take on Old Man Logan for 2017’s Wolverine […]
BBC announces snooker comedy drama feature The Rack Pack for iPlayer
The BBC has announces its very first feature-length comedy drama film for iPlayer, entitled The Rack Pack, which is set to star Luke Treadaway (Fortitude, Clash of the Titans), Will Merrick (About Time, Skins), Kevin Bishop (The Kevin Bishop Show, A Few Best Men), Nichola Burley (Death Comes To Pemberley, Downton Abbey) and James Bailey […]
John Hyams to direct Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop remake
Twitch is reporting that John Hyams has signed on to direct the upcoming remake of the 80s cult classic Maniac Cop, which is being produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) from a script by celebrated comic book writer Ed Brubaker. Hyams’ previous directing credits include Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, along […]
Mark Millar on Colin Firth returning for Kingsman: The Secret Service 2
During a conversation with comic book writer Mark Millar, IGN got the chance to ask a couple of questions about the upcoming sequel to director Matthew Vaughn’s spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service – and specifically, the return of Colin Firth’s Galahad. Warning: spoilers for the first movie follow… “That’s the conversation everyone’s having right […]
