It’s Turtle Power once again as the Heroes in a Half-Shell have topped the US box office, but it’s not pizzas all round.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows [read our reviews here, here and here] opened against romance flick Me Before You and comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping to earn an estimated $35 […]
International screenings save X-Men: Apocalypse at the box office as it crosses $400 million worldwide
Among a sea of mediocre reviews [read ours here, here and here], Bryan Singer’s mutant movie X-Men: Apocalypse has not been performing too well in its domestic release. However its international screenings are really helping push the movie further up the success chart.Now in its second week, X-Men: Apocalypse dropped 66% to $22 million, losing […]
Warcraft movie earns $70 million at the box office ahead of its domestic release
Having opened in several territories last week to $31 million, Duncan Jones Warcraft (or Warcraft: The Beginning) [read our review here] has doubled its box office in its second week of release.The movie was released in several more international territories including Spain, Italy and a full release in the UK and brought its box office […]
Bill Hader hitman comedy Barry gets series order from HBO
Former Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader is returning to television, with Deadline revealing that HBO has given a series order to the half-hour hitman comedy series Barry. Hader will direct and star in the show, as well as co-writing and executive producing with Alec Berg (Silicon Valley). Barry follows “an ex-Marine (Hader) who works […]
Sam Raimi developing tornado action adventure film for Warner Bros.
Having signed on to direct World War 3 at Warner Bros. back in February, Sam Raimi has now set up another project at the studio, with Variety revealing that he’s developing an as-yet-untitled action-adventure film.Going by the working title of Stormfall, the project is is said to centre on a heist during a tornado in […]
Elizabeth Banks no longer directing Pitch Perfect 3
Having made her directorial debut on the second movie, Elizabeth Banks has now pulled out of directing Universal’s Pitch Perfect 3 citing parental responsibilities following a rescheduling for the production. “We’ve been in development and it’s taking longer than we thought,” said Banks. “I thought I was going to direct the movie in the summer. […]
Chris Hemsworth talks Thor: Ragnarok tone, Tom Hiddleston teases rematch between Loki and The Hulk
As Thor: Ragnarok gears up to go into production next month, both Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) have been discussing their upcoming return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Hemsworth discussing the film’s tone and Hiddleston teasing a rematch between the God of Mischief and The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) following their first […]
Disney’s Zootopia hits $1 billion at the worldwide box office
Disney is celebrating today, with the animated feature Zootopia (or Zootropolis, to us here in the UK) reaching the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office this weekend.Zootopia is the second film to hit the milestone this year after fellow Disney release Captain America: Civil War, and is also Disney Animation Studios’ second biggest […]
Two writers join the new Star Trek TV series
TrekMovie.com is reporting that Bryan Fuller has enlisted two more writers for CBS’ upcoming Star Trek TV series in Joe Menosky and Aron Coleite. Menosky has plenty of experience in the franchise, having written for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Voyager, while Coleite’s credits include Heroes and […]
James Franco set to star in adaptation of Stephen King short story Drunken Fireworks
Rabbit Bandini Productions and Rubicon Entertainment are teaming up to produce an adaptation of the Stephen King short story Drunken Fireworks, with Deadline reporting that James Franco (11.22.63) has signed on to star, and may also possibly direct.Drunken Fireworks is featured in King’s short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and “is set in […]
