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Colony showrunner Ryan Condal to rewrite Logan’s Run remake

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Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has brought in Colony showrunner Ryan Condal to write a new draft of the script for Logan’s Run, the long-gestating remake of the 1976 sci-fi film.Condal will be basing his script on a treatment from writer-producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Apocalypse), who was brought onto the project last year. The […]

UPDATE: Disney are very unhappy with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; expensive reshoots ordered

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Time to get your pinch of salt at the ready.Page Six is reporting that Disney are very unhappy with the first cut of Gareth Edward’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and have gone into crisis mode ahead of its December 16th release.“One Hollywood source told us, ‘The execs at Disney are not happy with […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).Directed by Bryan Singer.Starring James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Sophie Turner, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, Lana Condor and Evan Peters.SYNOPSIS:Apocalypse, the world’s first mutant, awakes from a centuries-long slumber. The X-Men must reunite to stop him from destroying the world.Since Bryan Singer […]

With Gareth gone, where does Godzilla go next?

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With Gareth Edwards exiting the Godzilla sequel, Tony Black asks what is next for the King of the Monsters…When Godzilla returned in 2014, the odds were stacked against him. The last time Hollywood had seen everyone’s favourite movie monster, he was ignominiously handled by the Roland Emmerich/Dean Devlin popcorn machine in 1997’s hokey version. Nobody […]

Nicolas Winding Refn moving ahead with Maniac Cop remake

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Nicolas Winding Refn has been talking about the prospect of a Maniac Cop remake for years now.  Well, now it looks like it’s finally going ahead.According to Variety, Vendian Entertainment has teamed up with Wild Bunch and Refn’s Space Rocket on a multi-year first look deal. The slasher Maniac Cop will be the first project produced and financed as part of […]

Tom Hiddleston now bookmakers’ favourite for next James Bond

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Over the past year or so, there’s been a tonne of speculation as to the future of James Bond, with Daniel Craig suggesting on several occasions that his time as 007 could have come to an end following last year’s Spectre. As you’d expect, numerous actors have been mentioned as a possible successor to Craig, […]

Chloe Bennet says Marvel “don’t seem to care” about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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As Marvel likes to remind us, when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everything is connected. However, that isn’t always apparent when it comes to ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with the show having enjoyed relatively few cameo appearances from the big screen side of the MCU, and the movies yet to reference any of the […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story artwork, character details and more

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There’s just seven months to go until we return to the galaxy far, far away with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and an official preview of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: The Official Visual Story Guide has arrived online, offering up some new artwork, character names and details, and information […]

Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book both hit $800 million at the global box office

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It’s a double celebration for Disney today, as both Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book have crossed the $800 million mark at the worldwide box office. Civil War has already overtaken Deadpool ($762 million) and is expected to add around $70 million domestically this weekend, so when you throw in the international numbers, there’s […]