Anghus Houvouras on the big Star Wars: Episode VII casting news… The internet was abuzz with activity over the official cast announcement for Star Wars: Episode VII.  There was a great deal of excitement, a whole lot of scrutiny, and a lot of armchair posturing on the future of the franchise.  Star Wars is still […]

After more than a year of speculation, Lucasfilm has announced the principal cast for J.J. Abrams’ eagerly-anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII following a table-read of the script in London today… Confirmed as reprising their roles from the Original Trilogy are Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), […]

Although we’re yet to have an announcement from Paramount Pictures on who will be directing Star Trek 3, it seems like it’s all but official that Roberto Orci will be taking up the director’s chair vacated by J.J. Abrams, and now star Simon Pegg has echoed that sentiment, sharing a few thoughts on the Star […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins about transforming a literary icon into a swashbuckling World War II hero… “My family is very musical, but I’m the only one who’s ever shown interest in creative writing,” explains Kurtis Wiebe (Green Wake) who won a Shuster Award for Outstanding Comic Book Writer in 2012.  […]

Ahead of its premiere next month, HBO has released the first trailer for the seventh and final season of the hit vampire series True Blood, which we’ve got for you right here….   True Blood season 7 premieres on HBO on June 22nd, with a cast that includes Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgard, Nelsan […]

Thomas Roach on why people really need to get over the destruction in Man of Steel…. One thing that has surprised me is that people are still really angry that Superman caused so much destruction in Man of Steel. Firstly I would say “it’s only a film, get over it”, but you can’t really say […]

Matt Smith reviews the seventeenth episode of Elementary season 2… Sherlock Holmes is a man who is all about secrets. Whether it’s deducting them, discovering them within the confines of a case and using them to find the truth, or if it’s keeping them himself, Sherlock Holmes is a man deep in the depths of […]

Anghus Houvouras on Legendary Pictures’ decision to double down on Pacific Rim 2… $400 million. That’s the line. The threshold your movie has to cross in order for your big budget studio tent-pole film to be considered for a franchise. The veritable break-even number for films that in this risk averse studio system will warrant […]

Last week, Marvel imprint Icon released issue #8 of Kick-Ass 3, bringing to a close the cult comic book series from writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr., and Comic Book Resources managed to nab an interview with the creators, during which Millar was asked about the chances of the latest series making it […]