With filming on Doctor Strange now well underway, Rachel McAdams (True Detective) has spoken briefly about the Phase Three movie, praising director Scott Derrickson and suggesting that it will be a unique entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I just love the director,” McAdams tells MTV. “I met with Scott Derrickson] and loved his vision, […]
Thor: Ragnarok gets a new screenwriter
Having found itself a director in Taika Waititi, it looks like the script for Thor: Ragnarok is set for a rewrite, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Stephany Folsom has signed on to the threequel. Folsom’s penned the 2013 Black List script 1969: A Space Odyssey or How Kubrick Learned to Stop Worrying and Land on […]
Trailers for Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse and Independence Day: Resurgence rated
We’ve just seen the new trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [watch it here], and it looks like Warner Bros. will close out 2015 by giving us another look at its second DC movie of 2016, with the British Board of Film Classification officially rating a second trailer for Suicide Squad with a 15 […]
James Gunn: The Hateful Eight is “perhaps Quentin Tarantino’s best film”
I really don’t think any of us here need the approval of critics and various other filmmakers to know that Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie, titled The Hateful Eight, will be one of the best of the year. Nevertheless, here is a post the Guardians of the Galaxy director made on his Facebook page gushing over […]
2015 Awards Race Update: Carol named Best Picture by New York Film Critics Circle
Last night I jotted down some thoughts on the National Board of Review unexpectedly giving audience and critical darling Mad Max: Fury Road the top honor (alongside a look at the other categories and their respective winners), and now we have the New York Film Critics Circle getting in on the action. Following in line […]
Best Documentary Feature Oscar shortlist down to fifteen films
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced that it has narrowed the 124 eligible features for the Best Documentary Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards to a shortlist of fifteen, of which five will be selected for nominations. The remaining contenders are… “Amy,” On the Corner Films and Universal Music “Best of […]
Pixar dominates the 2016 Annie Award nominations
The nominations for the 43rd annual Annie Awards have been announced, with Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur dominating the field with 34 nominations between them (14 for Inside Out and 10 for The Good Dinosaur). Both films will contest the Best Animated Feature Award alongside Shaun the Sheep Movie, The Peanuts Movie and […]
Chris Hemsworth on Thor: Ragnarok and a possible rematch with The Hulk
During an interview with NY Daily News to promote the release of his new film In the Heart of the Sea, Chris Hemsworth has briefly spoken about his return as the God of Thunder for 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, and how a rematch between Thor and Mark Ruffalo’s Incredible Hulk might go down. “I’d like to […]
Marco Grazzini to play Tar Pit in The Flash
Comic Book is reporting that Marco Grazzini (Heroes Reborn) is set for a guest appearance in The Flash as the DC villain Joey Montelone, a.k.a. Tar Pit. The Flash’s incarnation of the character – who was introduced to the comic book universe in The Flash #174 in 2001 – is described as “a vengeful meta-human with […]
Simon Kinberg gives update on Wolverine 3 and New Mutants
During an interview with Collider, writer-producer Simon Kinberg has given an update on two of 20th Century Fox’s upcoming X-Men projects in Hugh Jackman’s Logan swansong Wolverine 3, along with Josh Boone’s New Mutants. “We’re pretty close to a script that everyone’s excited about, and I don’t know when the start date is, but we […]
