Mad Max: Fury Road has passed $300 million at the global box office, with the fourth instalment of George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action franchise having pulled in $130.8 million domestically and $177 million from international markets for a global haul of $307.8 million and counting. Miller has already revealed that he’s completed a screenplay for a […]
Joss Whedon on Agent Coulson: “As far as I’m concerned in the films, yes he’s dead”
As Marvel likes to remind us, when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everything is connected… except, it seems, when it comes to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – or more specifically, Agent Phil Coulson and his resurrection on the small screen. Last week Joss Whedon was quoted as stating that “as far as the fiction […]
Sesame Street parodies Avengers: Age of Ultron
With Avengers: Age of Ultron smashing box office records internationally as it gears up for its U.S. release this Friday, Sesame Street has put together its own parody of the Marvel blockbuster enetitled ‘Aveggies: Age of Bon Bon’, which we have for you here… A super villain was prepared to destroy all the healthy foods […]
Super Troopers 2 to shoot this summer after crowdfunding success
Having reached its initial target of $2 million in just 24 hours, the IndieGogo campaign for Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 2 has now closed, with the sequel to the cult 2001 comedy clearing over $4.4 million in total. The sum is the second-buggest total for a crowdfunded film after Veronica Mars, which received pledges of […]
2015 Tribeca Film Festival announces Audience Award winners
The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival announced its Audience Award winners over the weekend in New York City. Two awards are given for the audience choices – the narrative award and the documentary award. King Jack, directed by Felix Thompson, was awarded the narrative prize this year, sponsored by AT&T. Jack is a scrappy 15-year-old kid […]
The Deep Blue Good-By halted due to Christian Bale’s injury
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed The Deep Blue Good-By has been delayed due to a knee injury to its star Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Trilogy). Bale tore his ACL in this knee just prior to shooting his latest film, The Big Short. However, the physical demands that would have come from Good-By were too […]
Marvel and Telltale Games teaming up for video game series in 2017
Marvel is partnering up with Telltale Games, the company behind episodic adventures The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones, has announced that it is partnering up with Marvel for new console and PC project, due to land in 2017. “Announced this evening in San Francisco, we’re excited […]
DC announces Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight III: The Master Race
DC Entertainment has announced that Frank Miller is set to pen the concluding chapter to his Dark Knight Returns saga with an eight-issue comic book series entitled The Dark Knight III: The Master Race. The follow-up to the seminal Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and its sequel Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again will see […]
Terminator Genisys a victim of box office fraud, China film execs claim
With the welcome news for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions that its sci-fi blockbuster sequel/reboot Terminator Genisys had become a big hit at the Chinese box office over the past couple of weeks, news today claims the film may be a victim of box office fraud. When Genisys was released in China on August 28th, […]
Franz Drameh joins The CW’s Arrow/Flash spinoff
The CW has added another new addition to its DC universe, with Franz Drameh (Attack the Block, Edge of Tomorrow) set to play the character of Jay Jackson in the upcoming Arrow/Flash spinoff, which is rumoured to be titled Legends of Tomorrow. The original character is described as “a former high school athlete, whose pro-career […]
