After lots of talk from both Channing Tatum and Lauren Shuler Donner linking Tatum to the role of Gambit in Fox’s X-Men universe, last week saw the producer announcing that the 21 Jump Street star had signed on to play the card-throwing mutant in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. However, it appears that Shuler Donner may have […]

As Paramount Pictures prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry’s seminal sci-fi franchise Star Trek in 2016 with the release of the third movie in the rebooted series, Zachary Quinto (Spock) has spoken about the threequel during an appearance at the Television Critics Press Tour to promote his new reality series The Chair… […]

With director James Wan abandoning the horror genre for pastures new with Fast & Furious 7, Focus Features and Blumhouse Productions have turned to Wan’s pal and regular collaborator Leigh Whannell to helm the third instalment in the Insidious franchise, appropriately entitled Insidious: Chapter 3. Whannell will be making his directorial debut on the film, […]

Warner Bros. is bringing The Flintstones back to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are executive producing a feature-length animated movie through their Gary Sanchez Productions company, with Chris Henchy (The Campaign) penning the script. As it happens, this isn’t the only Flintstones movie in the works […]

Liam Neeson has signed on to play the titular monster in director Juan Antonio Bayona’s (The Impossible) A Monster Calls. Adapted from the award winning children’s fantasy novel by Patrick Ness, the film centres on a young boy who attempts to deal with his mother’s illness and bullying within school by escaping into a fantasy […]

Matt Smith reviews episode 21 of Elementary season 2… Family is a tricky thing at times. You can’t choose them, and yet they’re supposed to be the most trustworthy people you’ll ever know. Always there for you, never the ones to lie, cheat or steal. Supposedly there for the long haul, even if personalities clash […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

Alice Rush reviews the season 2 finale of Bates Motel… The finale of season 2 of Bates Motel has me very torn. On one hand I’m frustrated at the lack of drama and tension that seems to have characterised most of this season. For a thriller style show there seems to be a deficiency of […]

It looks like the planned remake of the 80s exploitation classic Maniac Cop has taken a step closer to becoming a reality, with Screen Daily revealed that acclaimed comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) has signed on to pen the script. The new version of Maniac Cop is being spearheaded by […]

Trevor Hogg takes a look at the four-part miniseries where saving the world from all hell breaking loose is just part of job for the scorching hot Apocalypse Al… All too often, private investigator Allison Carter is the only one who stands between the rest of us and the end of the world. In her […]