Disney and Lucasfilm have released the first episode of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, the new animated series focussing on the female heroes of the galaxy far, far away. In the episode, titled ‘Sands of Jakku’, Rey (voiced by Daisy Ridley) and BB-8 find themselves pursued by a hungry Night Watcher worm; check it out […]
Wonder Woman passes $700 million at the global box office
Having become the highest-grossing instalment of the DC Extended Universe domestically this past week, Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman has now reached another box office milestone, with the film passing $700 million worldwide this weekend.After a month on screens, the Gal Gadot-headlined solo movie has pulled in an impressive $708.4 million around the globe, leaving it […]
Fantastic Beasts 2 starts filming, story details and new cast members revealed
Warner Bros. has announced that filming has now commenced on the as-yet-untitled sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the latest instalment in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Eddie Redmayne stars once more as wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, alongside Katherine Waterston as Auror Tina Goldstein, Alison Sudol as her sister Queenie Goldstein, and […]
Marvel Games on creating a video game universe to mirror the MCU
Marvel is finally taking an honest stab at making a truly great video games set in the Marvel Universe. Instead of quick cash-grabs riding on the coattails of the on-screen adaptations, the company is trying something different: an entirely separate video game universe that can stand on its own.Speaking to Gamespot during E3 last month, Marvel […]
Game of Thrones season 8 may feature “movie-long” episodes
While season 8 of HBO’s Game of Thrones may feature disappointingly few episodes (only six), the length of the episodes themselves may very well make up for it.According to Game of Thrones’ sound designer Paula Fairfield, season 8 could have “feature-length” episodes. At the recent Con of Thrones, Fairfield told convention attendees that season 8 may […]
Edgar Wright is not opposed to the idea of directing a DCEU movie
Given all of the drama surrounding Marvel’s Ant-Man a few years ago, one would be forgiven to assume that director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) is out of the comic-book adaptation game for good. Well, maybe not.Screen Geek recently interviewed Edgar Wright, and asked the director if he would consider helming a movie in the DC Extended […]
Robert Downey Jr. explains why Tom Holland is a perfect Spider-Man
Robert Downey Jr. and Spider-Man actor Tom Holland seem to share a lot of chemistry in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. Not surprisingly, it looks like that comradery translates off-screen as well. In a recent interview with News Corp Australia Network, the Iron Man actor gushed over co-star Tom Holland and his portrayal of Spider-Man:“Tom is the […]
Jerry O’Connell and Sydney Poitier to headline police procedural Carter
Variety is reporting that Jerry O’Connell and Sydney Poitier have signed on to headline Carter, a new police procedural series from Sony Pictures Television Networks.The series will see O’Connell starring as “a detective on a hit American TV show who is forced to return to his hometown after an embarrassing public meltdown in Hollywood. Once […]
Naomi Watts to star in Penguin Bloom
Deadline is reporting that Naomi Watts is set to star in Penguin Bloom, an adaptation of Bradley Trevor Greive’s bestselling Australian book. Watts is also producing the film with Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea, while Shaun Grant (Snowtown, Berlin Syndrome) will pen the screenplay. Penguin Bloom (published in the U.S.) tells the true story of […]
Tyler Perry to play filmmaker Oscar Micheaux in HBO biopic
According to Variety, HBO has set Tyler Perry to portray pioneering African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux in an upcoming biopic, which is based upon film historian Patrick McGilligan’s 2007 biography Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker. Novelist turned filmmaker Micheaux made his directorial debut in 1919 with an adaptation […]
