The Super Bowl provided plenty of goodies for movie fans as Hollywood rolled out its customary TV spots, providing a glimpse at some of the biggest movies of the year courtesy of $4.5 million advertisements for the likes of Fifty Shades of Grey, Furious 7, Jurassic World, Pitch Perfect 2, Ted 2, Terminator: Genisys, Tomorrowland, […]
Harper Lee to publish To Kill a Mockingbird sequel Go Set a Watchman
Well, here’s a shocker. Some 55 years after the publication of her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Harper Lee is set to release her second novel, a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird entitled Go Set a Watchman. “In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set a Watchman,’” said Lee in a statement released today. […]
Felicity Jones to star in Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie, Edgar Ramirez and Aaron Paul also in contention
Over the weekend it was rumoured that Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) was in talks for Gareth Edwards’ (Godzilla) standalone Star Wars movie, and now THR is reporting that Disney and Lucasfilm have found their female lead for the 2016 release. According to the site, Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) is in advanced talks for […]
Rockstar “have got some ideas” for Grand Theft Auto VI
It looks like Grand Theft Auto VI is in the works, with Rockstar Games president Leslie Benzies revealing that the developers have “some ideas” about the sixth instalment of the smash hit video game series during an interview with Develop. “We’ve got about 45 years worth of ideas we want to do. We don’t know […]
Bryan Cranston wanted for Star Trek 3; more new female characters
Star Trek 3 (really, Star Trek 13) is well into development now that Simon Pegg and Doug Jung are writing the script with Justin Lin (Fast and Furious) in the director’s chair. It’s believed that the story put forward by Roberto Orci has now been pushed aside, but that’s not 100% confirmed. According to our friends over […]
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan want pay increase for Fifty Shades sequels
After conquering the world this year with a whopping $550 million worldwide to date, it is no surprise that Universal Pictures and Focus Features are fast-tracking plans to bring the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels to the screen. But while fans can’t wait to see the return of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, the films […]
Henry Cavill talks Warner Bros’ plans for the DC Cinematic Universe, “They’re not thinking from movie to movie”
The DC Cinematic Universe has faced an uphill battle against critics, who have either compared them to Marvel or have claimed they ‘don’t know what they’re doing’. But someone who reckons the studio has their finger on the pulse is Superman himself, Henry Cavill. “There’s a big plan in place at WB for the whole […]
R.I.P “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (1954 – 2015)
The wrestling world is shocked this evening as TMZ reports the death of sports entertainment legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Piper was a key figure in the growth of the WWF, particularly the first WrestleMania which was a make or break event for the company. Despite his long stint in the company, he was only a […]
Colin Trevorrow talks Star Wars: Episode IX and “universe building”
While Rian Johnson is in Ireland to start production on Star Wars: Episode VIII, focus has of course shifted on to the future of the Star Wars franchise, with Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) taking the reigns on Star Wars: Episode IX. SEE ALSO: Colin Trevorrow discusses Jurassic World 2 plot details Speaking with our friends over at […]
POSSIBLE SPOILER: Major character spotted on set of Star Wars: Episode VIII
Warning: There could be major spoilers in this news item… It looks like the bad weather in Skellig Michael, Ireland have halted the shooting of Star Wars: Episode VIII. It was reported yesterday that Rian Johnson was set to start filming, but the poor weather and sea swells have made the area inaccessible to the […]
