Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has a some details of what we can expect from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Han Solo anthology movie and more… With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away, director Gareth Edwards has been telling us about what we […]
Sacha Baron Cohen set for remake of Danish comedy Klown
Screen Daily is reporting that Annapurna Pictures has snapped up the rights to an English-language remake of the 2010 Danish comedy Klown, with Sacha Baron Cohen (Grimsby) attached to star. The original film was directed by Mikkel Norgaard and “follows a man who tries to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend by ‘kidnapping’ […]
Image to release new English translation of Beowulf
Image Comics has announced that Santiago García and David Rubín have teamed up to put a fresh—and wholly blood-soaked—spin on the violent and savage tale of Beowulf in a new English translation of the 1,000-year-old myth, which will be released in a lush, full-colour hardcover this December. BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian […]
Abbie Cornish set for female lead in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan TV series
Deadline is reporting that Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch, Limitless) has nabbed the female lead in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, the upcoming Amazon series from Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Graham Roland (Fringe). Jack Ryan stars John Krasinski (The Office, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi) as Clancy’s CIA analyst, who finds himself on field assignment for […]
Norman Reedus says Daryl will never forgive himself after The Walking Dead’s season 7 premiere
Warning: Spoilers for The Walking Dead season 7’s premiere follow, although if you don’t already know what’s happened, you’re probably not going to be interested in this post anyway… Tomorrow’s episode of The Walking Dead will see us catching up with Daryl for the first time following the events of the season 7 premiere, where […]
Quentin Tarantino still planning to “drop the mic” after ten movies
During production on his eighth film The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino revealed that he plans to call time on his directing career after ten movies, stating that “I don’t believe you should stay on stage until people are begging you to get off.” Over the past couple of years, the acclaimed filmmaker has reiterated that stance […]
Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek to play Freddie Mercury in biopic of the Queen frontman, Bryan Singer in talks to direct
It looks like the long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is back on track, with Deadline reporting that Mr. Robot star Rami Malek is set to play the Queen frontman in the film, and Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) is in talks to direct. 20th Century Fox and New Regency are now steering the project, which […]
The Simpsons renewed through to season 30, Fox wants another movie
It’s already the longest running sitcom in history, and now The Simpsons is set to enter the record books once more, with Fox renewing the show for a 29th and 30th season, which will take it to 669 episodes in total, shattering the record of 635 set by Gunsmoke. “This is yet another record-setting moment […]
The Week in Spandex – Doctor Strange box office, Wonder Woman trailer and reshoots, The Batman rumoured to have “serious problems”, The Flash loses another director
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Inhumans, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Defenders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6: The Series, Deadpool 2, Logan, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Justice League, The Batman, Suicide Squad, The Batman, The LEGO Batman […]
Wonder Woman going back for reshoots
One of the biggest stories that perhaps overshadowed Suicide Squad earlier this year was the revelation that the film went back to last-hour reshoots after the reaction to the trailer. Well, it looks like Wonder Woman could be getting the same treatment. According to FlickReel (who Flickering Myth are friends with and trust), Wonder Woman is […]