Anghus Houvouras on the Derivative Age… de·riv·a·tive adjective 1. imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason. synonyms: imitative, unoriginal, uninventive, unimaginative, uninspired originating from, based on, or influenced by. 2. something that is based on another source. I struggled over the last week trying to give it a […]

Following on from the epic third trailer [see here], Warner Bros. has now launched the next phase of its marketing blitz for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies by releasing the first TV spot for the concluding chapter of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy; check it out below… SEE ALSO: Has The Hobbit deviated […]

As is customary, the upcoming home-entertainment release of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is set to give us a preview of the studio’s next release, which happens to be the hugely-anticipated sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, and if you can’t wait until Guardians hits the shelves to get yourself a peek, then you’re in luck […]

Variety has revealed that Dwayne Johnson (Pain & Gain, Hercules) will team-up with Kevin Hart (Think Like a Man Too, Ride Along) for the buddy action-comedy Central Intelligence, which is to be directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Dodgeball, We’re the Millers). According to the site, “the story begins with a class reunion approaching, as a […]

A couple of years ago, Quentin Tarantino suggested that he’d hang up his directing gloves after reaching ten films, stating that he didn’t want his filmography to suffer as he became an “old-man filmmaker”. Well, he’s now reiterated those thoughts during a Q&A at the American Film Market, where he was promoting his upcoming western […]

Following on from yesterday’s news that Telltale’s upcoming Game of Thrones will be spread out across six episodes, the developers have now released more information about the hotly-anticipated video game on their official site… Getting underway towards the end of season three of the hit HBO show and ending right before the beginning of season […]

Disney has set a release date of January 23rd, 2015 for Lucasfilm’s upcoming animated musical Strange Magic, which is directed by Gary Rydstrom (Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation) from a story by George Lucas. According to Variety, the film is “described as a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with popular […]

Coinciding with its release today, Warner Bros. Games has dropped a launch trailer for LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the latest instalment of Traveller’s Tales’ video game franchise; check it out below… The best-selling LEGO Batman videogame franchise returns in an out-of-this-world, action-packed adventure! In LEGO Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham, the Caped Crusader joins forces […]

Following on from the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered animated special on Cartoon Network, it has now been revealed that Warner Bros. is to release the feature-length LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, which will come with a limited edition ‘Batzarro’ minifig… Check out the trailer here…   LEGO […]

Marvel Comics has announced that a new creator has joined the House of Ideas, with former WWE star CM Punk set to pen February’s Thor Annual #1, which will be drawn by Eisner Award-winning artist Rob Guillory (Chew). “The idea was, let’s do a story about young Thor as kind of a brash, bratty teenager […]