Creed star Tessa Thompson joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe this November as she takes on the role of the Asgardian warrior Valkyrie in the Marvel Studios threequel Thor: Ragnarok, but whatever you do, don’t describe her character as a “badass”! During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Thompson has criticised male screenwriters for the […]
New poster and trailer for anime feature A Silent Voice
Ahead of its US release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming anime feature A Silent Voice. Directed by Naoko Yamada, the film is based on Yoshitoki Ōima’s manga of the same name; take a look below… “A Silent Voice” follows the poignant and moving story of Shōya Ishida, a […]
Classic board game Catan coming to VR later this year
Indie developer Experiment 7 and Asmodee Digital have announced that they have joined forces with Catan Studio, creators of the Catan board game, to bring Catan VR to gamers and fans on the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR later this year with other VR platforms to come later. A video to accompany this announcement […]
Justified producers option Elmore Leonard’s Detroit novels for TV
Deadline is reporting that Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman, executive producers of Justified, have optioned three of Elmore Leonard’s Detroit novels – Unknown Man #89, Pagan Babies and Mr. Paradise – with plans to develop them as a TV series for cable and streaming networks. According to the site, the series is being written by […]
Hot Toys unveils new Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cosbaby Bobble-Heads
Hot Toys has revealed its third series of Cosbaby Bobble-Heads for Star Wars: The Force Awakens which includes three collectible sets – Han Solo & Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker & Rey, and Rey & BB-8 along with three large sized Cosbabies of Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, and a First Order Stormtrooper Officer; check them out here…. […]
Lily Collins joins Nicholas Hoult in J.R.R. Tolkien biopic
According to Variety, Lily Collins (To the Bone) has signed on to star opposite Nicholas Hoult in Tolkien, a biopic of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien is being directed by Dome Karukoski from a script by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford, and explores Tolkien’s early life s he […]
Sam Rockwell to play George W. Bush in Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic
Sam Rockwell is in final talks to take on the role of President George W. Bush in Backseat, writer-director Adam McKay’s upcoming biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney. The film will see Christian Bale leading the cast a Cheney, as it chronicles his life from avoiding the draft for the Vietnam War through his […]
Bad Boys 3 still alive, new screenwriter on board
A few years back, it looked highly likely that Martin Lawrence and Will Smith would be reuniting for a third instalment in the Bad Boys franchise. The threequel had a title (Bad Boys for Life), a writer and potential director in Joe Carnahan, and a planned release date of July 2017, which was pushed back […]
Warner Bros. developing all-female Lord of the Flies
Deadline is reporting that What Maisie Knew directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel are developing a new version of William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies for Warner Bros., which will feature a cast made entirely of girls. “We want to do a very faithful but contemporized adaptation of the book, but our idea […]
Cara Delevingne joins Orlando Bloom in Carnival Row
Last week it was announced that Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) is set to lead the cast of Amazon’s Carnival Row, and now comes word that Cara Delevingne (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) has also signed on to star in the fantasy-noir series. Carnival Row has […]
