In the wake of the Friday the 13th reboot getting a brand new director, the TV spin-off has hit a rather large roadblock. At the Television Critics Association’s press tour, The CW president Mark Pedowitz confirmed they were moving away from Crystal Lake Chronicles as they had more appealing projects to work on. “We had better pilots,” explained Pedowitz […]
Suicide Squad crosses $300 million worldwide
Despite getting a bit of drumming by the critics (our own Oli Davis went nuts about on the Flickering Myth Podcast), Suicide Squad is pulling in money around the world. After a record breaking opening weekend, Suicide Squad has retained a lot of its audience and has now crossed $300 million worldwide. Its still a […]
Rumour: Spider-Man: Homecoming’s The Tinkerer has connections to an Avenger and another classic Spidey villain
It was announced just a few days ago that Orange is the New Black‘s Michael Chernus had been added to the rather large cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming as Phineas Mason aka The Tinkerer. Well Heroic Hollywood claim to have the scoop on the character, and his role in the movie. Warning – potential spoilers below. According […]
Young Lando Calrissian will feature in Han Solo movie – and Donald Glover is the rumoured front runner
Following on from the new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it was reported that Disney are currently on the look out to cast a young Lando Calrissian to feature in their second spin-off movie Han Solo: A Star Wars Story. The usually-reliable (but often not) Births.Movies.Death are now reporting that Spider-Man: Homecoming […]
Emily Carmichael to direct Lumberjanes adaptation
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that up-and-coming filmmaker Emily Carmichael has signed on to direct 20th Century Fox’s adaptation of the Boom! Studios comic book series Lumberjanes. Created by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Walters and Grace Ellis, Lumberjanes follows a group of teenage girls who spend their summer at scout camp, where they encounter strange creatures and […]
Jennifer Lopez to play The Cocaine Godmother for HBO
Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez has signed to to play Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco in HBO Films’ The Cocaine Godmother, which is set to explore the rise and fall of the female cartel boss, who revolutionzed the U.S. drug trade during the 1970s and 1980s. “I’ve been fascinated by the life of this corrupt […]
Captain Marvel movie will revamp Carol Danvers’ origin to avoid Green Lantern comparisons
During an appearance on the Any Time with Vin Forte Podcast, Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter Nicole Perlman has been chatting about her next foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Brie Larson-headlined Captain Marvel (which she’s co-writing with Inside Out’s Meg LeFauve). Although she wasn’t giving much away, Perlman did reveal that the 2019 […]
Margot Robbie is Queen of the Air
Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie has added another project to her upcoming slate, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the Australian actress has signed on to appear in Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Dean N. Jensen’s Queen of the Air. The story follows “Lillian Leitzel, a trapeze artist who in the early 20th century was one […]
Alexandra Daddario and Taissa Farmiga join Sebastian Stan in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Alexandra Daddario (San Andreas) and Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) have signed on to appear alongside Sebastian Stan (Captain America: Civil War) in the upcoming adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1962 thriller novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. The film tells the story of “an isolated family, which […]
James Wan says the Mortal Kombat reboot is still “cooking away”
We’ve not heard much from Aquaman and The Conjuring 2 director James Wan since he was announced as the new producer of the Mortal Kombat reboot, but he has finally broken his silence. “It’s still cooking away,” Wan told IGN. “With that particular project, that’s a really cool property that I loved growing up as a […]
