Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming drama Wizard of Lies, based on the story of money fraudster Bernie Madoff. Directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man), the film stars Robert De Niro in the lead title role as Madoff, the disgraced financer behind a Ponzi scheme […]
Gideon Emery and Autumn Withers join Stelio Savante in Avalanche
Gideon Emery (Teen Wolf, Daredevil) and Autumn Withers (Any Day) have joined Stelio Savante (Eisenstein In Guanajuato, The Making Of The Mob: New York) in Todd L. Green’s Avalanche. Avalanche tells the story of a librarian (Savante), his wife (Withers) and her lover (Emery) who after becoming trapped in a house together must navigate the […]
Rocket Raccoon and Groot reunite for new Marvel ongoing series
Guardians of the Galaxy duo Rocket Raccoon and Groot are set to reunite later this year for a new ongoing series from writer Skottie Young and artist Filipe Andrade. “The first time around, I started [Rocket Raccoon] out with a four-issue story arc; I enjoyed doing that but also felt antsy to tell more stories,” […]
Zack Snyder keen on seeing a George Miller-directed DC movie
After addressing the all the rumours doing the rounds on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and reports that the studio wants to make the film more Batman-centric, director Zack Snyder has now spoken of his excitement about the prospect of George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) taking on a DC film. Miller is no […]
Universal bringing Animorphs to the big screen
According to The Tracking Board, Universal Pictures is looking to adapt the 90s book series Animorphs by K. A. Applegate, with the studio currently seeking a writer for the project. Published by Scholastic and launching in 1996, Animorphs revolves around five teens who are granted the ability to transform into any animal they touch and […]
Listen to Radiohead’s unused Spectre theme
Radiohead front man Thom Yorke has given fans of the band a little Christmas present in the form of their rejected theme for this year’s 24th Bond outing Spectre. “Last year we were asked to write a theme tune for the Bond movie Spectre,” states Yorke. “Yes we were. It didn’t work out, but […]
Spectre makes it three in a row at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th November to Sunday 15th November 2015… Spectre has made it three weeks in a row atop the UK box office, with 007’s 24th outing pulling in £7.83 million over the Friday to Sunday period to push its total haul to £77.6 million. […]
Spectre becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 6th November to Sunday 8th November 2015… Spectre has wasted little time in overtaking Jurassic World to become the highest-grossing movie of the year at the UK box office, with 007’s 24th adventure posting a second weekend haul of £13.15 million to push […]
Spectre shatters box office records with $80.4 million from six markets, including biggest ever UK debut
James Bond’s 24th official adventure has been shattering box office records in its first week of release, with Spectre pulling in $80.4 million from six markets, including a historic performance in the UK. Released here on Monday, Spectre has amassed £41.7 million ($63.8 million) in its first seven days of release, eclipsing the previous seven-day opening record […]
Frank Whaley joins Marvel’s Luke Cage as Detective Scarfe
Deadline is reporting that Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction, The Following) has become the latest addition to the cast of Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage. Whaley – who appeared in a guest role in the first season of the DC series Gotham – is set to play Detective Scarfe, a character who made his first comic […]
