If you’ve been watching Gotham on FOX (or Channel 5 in the U.K.) then you’ll already be familiar with Anthony Carrigan’s short but terrifying portrayal as the psycho henchmen of Don Carmine Falcone Victor Zsasz. Carrigan debuted his version of the murderous Zsasz in an episode called “Penguin’s Umbrella”. In an exclusive interview with Batman-News […]
Disney sets dates for Ghost In The Shell, The Jungle Book and Pete’s Dragon
Disney is set for a monumental couple of years at the box office through 2015, 2016 and beyond. This year sees both Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens debut, but that hasn’t stopped then from lining up some other big box-office treats for post-2015. With news over the last week that […]
Rumour: Possible new concept art description of Max Von Sydow’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character
Since the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast was officially announced last April the internet has been flooded with potential rumours and ramblings concerning who is playing who (or what). While most of these rumours haven’t been confirmed some concept art that was leaked in recent months can help add some depth to the early […]
Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes getting a miniseries courtesy of David E. Kelley
Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes is heading to the small screen, with Variety reporting that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) is writing a limited series based upon the book, with Jack Bender set to direct. “This is an amazing opportunity to adapt a script from material penned by one of the world’s […]
Wes Anderson, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Richard Linklater and Morten Tyldum nominated for the DGA Award
The Director’s Guild of America has announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, with Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) set to contest the award. “In a year full of excellent […]
Kevin Smith goes beardless again for Yoga Hosers prosthetics
Having wrapped principal photography on Yoga Hosers, Kevin Smith is currently shooting some visual effects for the second chapter of his True North Trilogy. With Smith himself portraying one of the film’s monsters, he’s had to shave his trademark beard in order for the necessary prosthetics to be applied, and the filmmaker has taken to […]
D.J. Caruso in talks to direct G.I. Joe 3
Paramount Pictures may have found a replacement for Jon M. Chu on G.I. Joe 3, with The Hollywood Reporter. revealing that D.J. Caruso is in talks to direct the film. Caruso is best know for directing Eagle Eye and I am Number Four, and has done his fair share of action so he would seem to […]
CBS chairman talks Supergirl TV series
There’s been a lot of DC news coming out of the Television Critics Association press tour this week – including news that Arrow and The Flash have been renewed, a spin-off centred on The Atom could be in the works, and a Vixen animated series is on the horizon. Now we have some details about […]
Gareth Edwards’ standalone Star Wars movie gets an Oscar nominated screenwriter
It looks like Disney and Lucasfilm have found a replacement screenwriter for Gary Whitta on Gareth Edwards’ upcoming standalone Star Wars movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Chris Weitz has signed on to the mystery project. Weitz’s credits include his Oscar-nominated script for About a Boy, in addition to the likes of Antz, Nutty […]
Simon Kinberg will reportedly take over writing duties on Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie
Last week it was revealed that Gary Whitta has stepped down from writing duties on the first Star Wars spin-off movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards. Slash Film has now learnt that Simon Kinberg will taking over writing duties for the upcoming movie. Kinberg is already executive producer on the animated show Star Wars: Rebels […]