As Lucasfilm gears up to expand the Star Wars franchise with its first Anthology movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story this December, Collider asked Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams which spinoff movie he’d like to see in the future.“I gotta say Kathy Kennedy, who’s running it all, she seems to be […]
Mark Rylance praises Christopher Nolan’s “pure war film” Dunkirk
Fan favourite filmmaker Christopher Nolan is currently hard at work on production of Dunkirk, a World War II epic which chronicles Operation Dynamo – the 1940 evacuation of 330,000 Allied soldiers surrounded by advancing German forces on the beaches of Dunkirk.During an appearance on the Empire Podcast (via Collider), Oscar-winning Mark Rylance has offered some praise […]
Sony executive has “no doubt” that we’ll see a Ghostbusters sequel
Well, it wasn’t quite the unmitigated disaster many were predicting, with Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot opening to a decent enough $46 million in its domestic opening weekend (albeit in second place behind The Secret Life of Pets). International takings from a few major markets including the UK and Australia weren’t too strong though, adding just […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger producing Pump, a TV drama about his Venice Beach bodybuilding days
Deadline is reporting that Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to produce a new eight-episode drama series entitled Pump, which will explore the action icon’s early days bodybuilding at Venice Beach during the 1970s. Created by Michael Konyves (Barney’s Version), the series “is set in 1973, as a small group of bodybuilders birthed the physical fitness industry and […]
Darth Maul’s original fate in Star Wars Rebels revealed
Star Wars Rebels second season finale, ‘Twilight of the Apprentice’, ended with ex-Jedi Ahsoka Tano facing off against her former master/turned Sith Lord Darth Vader in an epic and emotional battle. It was also notable for the return of the former Sith apprentice Darth Maul as he met Ezra, Kanan and Ahsoka to take control […]
The BFG London Press Conference Report
The organisers of the London press conference for Spielberg’s The BFG must have had a Jaws moment early on, realising they were “gonna need a bigger room”. Not that it was any surprise the event was packed. When the line-up includes the legendary director himself, as well as Oscar winner Mark Rylance and recently appointed […]
Rumour: The CW wants Constantine, Batwoman, Oracle and even Batman for the Arrowverse
With the San Diego Comic-Con fast approaching, it’s only natural for rumours to start popping up suggesting what big announcements could be in store from the studios and networks at the pop culture event. Well, here’s a rather huge one concerning The CW’s Arrowverse, which comes by way of Bleeding Cool, who have a decent(ish) track […]
Rumour: Batman solo movie will take place in Arkham Asylum
Despite the fact it still doesn’t have a completed script, the rumour sites have already tossed up plenty of speculation about Ben Affleck’s solo Batman movie, with previous reports claiming that it will incorporate elements of the comic book stories A Death in the Family and Under the Red Hood, and / or feature “most” of […]
Karl Urban is sure we’ll get more Dredd, with or without him
Over the past few months the fan campaign to bring back Dredd has shifted gears from a sequel to the cult 2012 movie to a TV series featuring the return of Karl Urban as the Mega-City One lawman. Urban has previously that “it would be a privilege to make another Dredd“, and he’s reiterated his interest in […]
The Walking Dead’s Benedict Samuel to play The Mad Hatter in Gotham season 3
The Mad Hatter is coming to Gotham, with Deadline reporting that former The Walking Dead star Benedict Samuel has signed on to Fox’s Batman prequel series in the role of Jervis Tetch.Gotham’s incarnation of the Mad Hatter is “a talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness. He arrives in Gotham with an unwavering desire […]
