Fans of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow have been calling for a solo movie for the former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Avenger for several years now, and after the news back in January that Marvel had hired a screenwriter, it seems that one may finally be on the horizon. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight during its Avengers: Infinity […]
Taika Waititi to play Adolf Hitler in WWII satire Jojo Rabbit
Back in November, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi revealed that his next project would be a Nazi-themed comedy, and now comes word from The Wrap that the film – Jojo Rabbit – will see Waititi taking on the role of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit will revolved around a young 10-year-old boy who is desperate to […]
Dwayne Johnson’s Red Notice gets summer 2020 release
Among the many projects that Dwayne Johnson has on the horizon is Red Notice, which will reunite him with his Central Intelligence and Skyscraper director Rawson Marshall Thurber, and now comes word that Universal Pictures has set a June 12th 2020 release date for the movie. Described as “a globe-trotting heist thriller”, Red Notice will […]
Smallville and Daredevil’s Steven S. DeKnight praises Zack Snyder’s Superman
Before he got to play with giant monsters and machines with the upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising, former Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight spent several years working as a co-executive producer on the fan favourite Superman prequel series Smallville. During an interview with Screen Rant to promote the release of the Pacific Rim sequel, DeKnight has been […]
Kyle MacLachlan, Matt Dillon, Linda Cardellini and Kathrine Narducci join Tom Hardy in Fonzo
With filming on the Tom Hardy-headlined Al Capone biopic Fonzo set to get underway next month, THR is reporting that Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Matt Dillon (Wayward Pines), Linda Cardellini (Bloodline) and Kathrine Narducci (The Sopranos) have joined the cast of the gangster drama. Fonzo is being directed by Josh Trank (Fantastic Four), and will […]
Lucas Hedges to play Shia LaBeouf in biopic Honey Boy, with LaBeouf as his father
THR is reporting that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a drama exploring LaBeouf’s relationship with his father. Transformers star LaBeouf has penned the script under the pseudonym Otis Lort, and will also appear in the film as his father, while Hedges […]
Jurassic World’s Owen and Blue get the BrickHeadz treatment from LEGO
A batch of promotional images have arrived online for the LEGO’s Jurassic World Brickheadz set which contains Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady and velociraptor Blue; check it out here… SEE ALSO: LEGO unveils new Jurassic Park and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs […]
Pacific Rim Uprising tracking suggests it will dethrone Black Panther
Seeking to do what Red Sparrow, A Wrinkle in Time, and Tomb Raider have all failed to achieve, Pacific Rim Uprising is released next week hoping that it can take the box-office crown from Marvel’s all-conquering Black Panther. Variety is reporting that the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s underwhelming 2013 monster vs robots smackdown is […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War breaks ticket pre-sales record in just six hours
Following the release of yesterday’s second trailer [which you can watch here], Disney and Marvel are celebrating a new record today, with Avengers: Infinity War shattering Fandango’s pre-sales record in just six hours. Variety reports that tickets for the hugely-anticipated blockbuster went on sale at 6am PDT yesterday, and by noon it had already surpassed […]
Steven Spielberg teases Star Wars references and Easter eggs in Ready Player One
With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios. “It was difficult because we were so […]
