Last month it was announced that Paramount Pictures is to reboot The Naked Gun, with Ed Helms taking on the role of Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad, made famous of course by the legendary Leslie Nielsen in the 80s TV series Police Squad! and its subsequent movie trilogy. But, according to co-writer Ben […]

20th Century Fox’s The Fantastic Four is finally starting to move forward, with Fox and director Josh Trank (Chronicle) said to be testing several actors this month ahead of principal photography starting at the back end of March, and now we may have a plot synopsis for the reboot, which suggests radically different origins for […]

The story of Philippe Petit’s attempt to tightrope across the twin towers in 1974 was most recently captured in the Oscar winning documentary Man on Wire. This is about to change, as Twitch are reporting that Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Flight) plans to adapt the autobiography Petit’s tale, known as To Reach the […]

The Terminator franchise is one that’s mostly forgotten since its glory days of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day; perhaps that’s why several compaies were involved with the resurrection of said franchise with the anticipated Terminator: Genesis reboot. Well, until recently that is, as Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures has now dropped out of the project, leaving it to Skydance […]

Piers McCarthy chats with Ian Nathan, author of Masters of Cinema: Ethan and Joel Coen… With Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest – Inside Llewyn Davis – due out today, I’ve returned to the filmography of the two enigmatic brothers, and a Masters of Cinema book dedicated to them. The author of said book is Ian […]

Robb Ghag reviews All-New X-Men #22… “The arrival of the original X-Men in the present sent shockwaves through the Marvel Universe, but we’ve only seen the effects on Earth. When alien races learn that Jean Grey, host of the destructive Phoenix Force, is back on earth, they do something about it. Now it’s up to […]

Marvel Studios has decided to take advantage of Warner Bros.’ decision to push Batman vs. Superman back to May 2016 by moving forward the release of its first Phase Three offering Ant-Man, with the film now set to arrive on occupy the Man of Steel sequel’s slot on July 17th 2015, as opposed to its […]

Anghus Houvouras on Jonah Hill’s ‘pay cut’ Oscar campaign… Jonah Hill really wants to win an Academy Award. That statement seems pretty obvious at first. Most actors want to achieve the highest possible honor that can be bestowed upon them and be recognized by their peers. But Jonah Hill wants it a little bit more […]

Warner Bros. Peter Pan origin story Pan has secured its first cast member, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy, Inside Llewyn Davis) has joined the project as in the role of Captain Hook. Hook will be reimagined in the film, starting out as a friend of Pan’s and a crew member […]

Alice Rush reviews the twelfth episode of American Horror Story: Coven… It’s the penultimate episode of American Horror Story: Coven and the story is gearing towards the discovery of the next Supreme being the climax of the season. I must say as finales go it doesn’t seem to grab me as much as violent devil […]