Well, we can now safely discount those rumours about Marvel scrapping Iron Fist, as the official site has announced that Scott Buck (Dexter) has signed on to serve as showrunner on the fourth Netflix series. “Scott came in with a take on Iron Fist that quite simply knocked us off our feet,” said Executive Producer/Head […]
Marvel’s Joe Quesada dismisses rumours that Iron Fist has been scrapped
Last month, a rumour emerged over at Bleeding Cool suggesting that Marvel is going to pull Iron Fist from its Netflix slate, with a subsequent report claiming it would be replaced by a Punisher series. Well, according to Joe Quesada, that’s simply not the case, with Marvel’s CCO brushing aside the rumour when asked by IGN about the […]
Rumour: Rachel McAdams playing Night Nurse in Doctor Strange
Last month it was confirmed that Rachel McAdams (True Detective) is set to appear as the female lead in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, and while her role is being kept under wraps, there was speculation suggesting that she’d be playing Clea, love interest to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sorcerer Supreme. Well, not so according to Latino-Review, with the […]
Rumour: Sony planning Silver Sable movie
Yesterday we brought you some comments from Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tom Rothman, who stated that Sony plans to build a “whole Spider-Man universe” alongside the upcoming Spidey reboot which the studio is co-producing with Marvel Studios. Well, it’s only taken a few hours for us to get our first rumour as to what that universe […]
The Martian returns to top of the US box office while new releases flounder
The wave of new films at multiplexes this weekend failed to make much of an impact on the US box office chart, giving previous releases a chance to stand their ground. The Martian edged out last week’s number one, Goosebumps, to return to the top spot. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi adventure raked in another $15.9 million […]
Bryan Fuller discusses the upcoming Star Trek TV series
As CBS gears up to go into production on its new Star Trek series this September, showrunner Bryan Fuller has been talking to Collider about the franchise’s latest foray onto the small screen, sharing his excitement over the project, and providing an update on their progress. “It’s wonderful,” states Fuller. “It’s surreal. I didn’t want to be […]
Jason Blum has seen the new Halloween, and here’s what he thought…
On the press tour for his latest micro-budget high grossing horror movie Truth or Dare [read our review here], super producer Jason Blum revealed that he’d recently watched a first cut of David Gordon Green’s Halloween sequel, and here’s what he had to say to Digital Spy about it: “I feel really good about it, I […]
Rosario Dawson to voice Batgirl in The LEGO Batman Movie
Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) is the latest addition to the cast of The LEGO Movie spinoff The LEGO Batman Movie, with the actress set to voice Batgirl, a.k.a. Barbara Gordon. Dawson joins Will Arnett ,who reprises his role as Batman from The LEGO Movie, with Michael Cera playing Robin and Zach Galifianakis as The Joker. The film is being produced […]
David Ayer announces that Suicide Squad is complete, says “it is a beast”
With just six weeks to go until it opens in cinemas around the globe, director David Ayer has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s completed post-production on Warner Bros.’ hotly-anticipated DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. Squad is completed! Finished final mix and coloring. Now it's off to the lab and then the world. Nothing like […]
John Boyega joins Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit riots film
Earlier this year it was revealed that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are reuniting for a new film exploring the 1967 Detroit race riots, and now Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s joined the cast of the project. https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/745324400078106626 https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/745327661971542020 The film […]
