Warren Beatty’s long gestating Howard Hughes film has finally got off the ground, with Deadline reporting that funding has been secured for the project and shooting is now underway. The film will focus on Hughes’ assistant, played by Alden Ehrenreich (Beautiful Creatures) and a young woman with whom he falls in love with, portrayed by […]

Last week, a report emerged suggesting that Marvel Studios had identified four potential directors for the long-awaited Doctor Strange movie in Mark Andrews (Brave), Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair), Dean Israelite (Welcome to Yesterday) and Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies), seemingly indicating that the Sorcerer Supreme is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as part […]

According to MarketSaw, Gary Oldman (RoboCop, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness) have signed onto star in the new Star Wars trilogy beginning with 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII. Last month, Oldman confirmed he’d had “conversations” with Lucasfilm but never indicated if he would be taking […]

With production set to get underway next month, The CW has added another name to the cast of The Flash pilot, with Michelle Harrison (Emily Owens, MD) signing on to play Barry Allen’s (Grant Gustin) mother Nora Allen in a guest star / recurring role. Along with Gustin and Harrison, the cast for the David […]

Matt Smith reviews the first episode of True Detective…. One of the keys to making great art is making something different to what’s come before. You must adhere to the most basic principles of your chosen form, but with everything being bought into context, you have to show your audience something new. Not to get […]

Joss Whedon is currently busy with production on the hotly-anticipated sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, but if Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce is to be believed, it seems that Whedon will be reuniting with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes once again in Phase Three for The Avengers 3… “One of the things when you’re a […]

Man of the moment Jack O’Connell has signed on to Universal’s spy thriller Section 6. The film will focus on the creation of MI6, the British intelligence agency founded during the First World War. Penned by Aaron Berg, Section 6 will be produced by Mark Platt alongside Adam Siegel for Marc Platt Productions. A director […]

Matt Smith reviews the fifth episode of The Following season 2… With last week’s episode feeling like a bit of a filler, with moments that could’ve been powerful or important seemingly sucked dry of major significance, The Following had to up its game. In terms of important moments and, perhaps, imagination. With an episode featuring […]

Meryl Streep has signed on to play famed suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst alongside Carey Mulligan (Shame), Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Romola Garai (Amazing Grace), Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless), Natalie Press (Ill Manors), Ben Wishaw (Skyfall) and Brandan Gleeson (In Bruges) in Suffragette. The film will chart the early activists for womens’ liberation and their run-ins […]