After a couple of delays, New Line Cinema has kicked off production on the long-gestating sequel / remake of National Lampoon’s Vacation, which sees Ed Helms (The Hangover) taking on the lead role of the now-adult Rusty Grisworld. Here’s the official press release, which includes a brief synopsis and cast list… The next generation of […]

The CW’s supervillain roster continues to grow, as EW is now reporting that Spartacus and Star Trek Into Darkness actor Nick Tarabay has joined Arrow as Digger Harkness, better known as the Flash supervillain Captain Boomerang. Harkness is described as “a former A.R.G.U.S. operative, highly skilled in martial arts and espionage, with a deadly thirst for vengeance against his former employers.” […]

Legendary Pictures announced today that Thor: The Dark World and Only Lovers Left Alive star Tom Hiddleston is in talks to star in the new King Kong film, Skull Island, with The Kings of Summer and You’re the Worst director Jordan Vogt-Roberts at the helm. Unfortunately we still don’t know much about the project, though it will explore the titular island that King Kong […]

Luke Owen looks back at Sonic the Hedgehog… During the early 90s, one blue hedgehog ruled pop culture with a string of successful video games for Sega’s flagship Genesis console (or Mega Drive if you’re in the UK). And while we never did get a live-action movie of Sonic the Hedgehog like Nintendo did with […]

Ever since the dawn of the Internet and the invention of the “comments section”, websites have been inundated with thoughts, opinions and views from those who previously never had a public platform to share their voice. What we have now in 2014 is a very large and thriving film community where people can give their […]

Sony Pictures is set to reboot the teen slasher series I Know What You Did Last Summer, with the studio tapping Oculus co-writer / director Mike Flanagan and partner Jeff Howard to pen the script for producer Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious). Released in 1997 off the back of the success of Scream and the […]

Chungking Express, 1994. Directed by Wong Kar Wai. Starring Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Brigette Lin. SYNOPSIS: Two stories reveal the love lives of two different policemen who struggle to find love in Hong Kong. Considered one of the greatest films of the 2000’s, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is […]

Contrary to reports citing that actresses like Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Rachel McAdams (About Time) were close to signing deals to appear on the hotly anticipated second season of True Detective, their names do not appear on a new shortlist released by TheWrap. Today the site revealed the names of seven actresses currently vying to fill one […]

Activision have revealed during their investors call that Bungie are already hard at work on their next full game release – a sequel to Destiny. Activision also boasted impressive numbers for Bungie’s shared world shooter, with more than 9.5 million registered players. Of course this doesn’t equate to sales necessarily, with gamers having multiple accounts, […]

Thomas Roach on whether Marvel Studios could follow the Civil War storyline for Avengers 3…. There has been a great deal of talk amongst fans recently about Marvel adapting Mark Millar’s Civil War to the big screen, with some offering criticism as to why it can’t happen, and others eager to see this story arc […]