Comic book legend Stan Lee is teaming up with Sky 1 to create a new superhero TV show entitled Lucky Man, which is being produced by Downton Abbey’s Carnival Films and Lee’s own POW! Entertainment. The 10-episode drama series will revolve around a down on his luck London policeman crippled by his gambling habbit and […]
How did the Hollywood studios shape up at the box office this year?
Now that the curtain is falling on 2014, Deadline has posted an in depth piece looking at how the Hollywood studios fared at the domestic U.S. box office these past twelve months, with hits such as X-Men: Days of Future Past and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes helping to propel 20th Century Fox […]
20th Century Fox records $5.5 billion global box office for 2014
One of Hollywood’s major studios, 20th Century Fox, has had a record-breaking year at the worldwide box office. Topping the previous record high set by Paramount Pictures in 2011 by over $350 million, 2014 saw the studio earn in excess of $5.5 billion at this years box office. Hitting it big for the studio in […]
John Krasinski to follow up A Quiet Place with Life on Mars
Though John Krasinski’s latest film A Quiet Place is fresh in theatres, The Hollywood Reporter has reported he is already planning his follow up in the director’s chair. He will team up again with his Platinum Dunes partners and Quiet Place producers – Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller – for the sci-fi film Life on Mars. Life on […]
Zack Snyder in talks with HBO about Watchmen TV series
According to Collider, Zack Snyder could be returning to the world of Watchmen, with the site reporting that the filmmaker has been having discussions with HBO about returning to the world of Alan Moore’s seminal superhero saga on the small screen. No further details are provided, although the report does go on to speculate that the TV series could […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to reunite with Liam Neeson on The Commuter
Back in September it was announced that Liam Neeson has signed on to star in The Commuter, a new thriller from Unknown and Non-Stop producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, and now it has been announced that Jaume Collet-Serra, director of the two aforementioned movies, has joined the reunion. The Commuter will see Neeson as […]
Star-Lord and Captain America make a Superbowl bet for charity
Star-Lord and Captain America will inevitably find themselves on the same side in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but for now the respective actors (Chris Pratt and Chris Evans) are enemies, having placed a bet on the February 1st Superbowl XLIX game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. The exchange of words took […]
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Splinter Cell special mission and free weekend
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands received the first update of the second year post launch content on 10th April. Titled Special Operation I, the update includes a Splinter Cell themed mission which features Sam Fisher voiced by the legendary Michael Ironside. Ubisoft have also announced the free weekend which takes place 12th April to the […]
Neill Blomkamp has had to change his Alien 5 story due to Prometheus 2
From what we’ve heard so far about Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, it’s going to take place after Aliens, but will not undo the work of Alien3 or Alien: Resurrection. According to Sigourney Weaver, she was convinced to do the movie while he told her the story he had planned out during the production of Chappie. […]
20th Century Fox wants more than just comic book movies
James Murdoch, the current co-COO of 20th Century Fox, made a statement at the most recent J P Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference about Fox’s plans for future franchise movies and stated that he wanted the studio to look for things other than comic book movies. “We don’t want to be a place where […]
