Following the announcement of a standalone Wonder Woman movie, Gal Gadot has also been revealed to be in the running for the female lead of the Ben-Hur remake. Gadot will play Esther in the movie. Since being cast as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the actress has become highly sort after […]

Well, the rumours were true… the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight are set to be joined by the Amazon Princess in Warner Bros.’ upcoming superhero team-up Batman vs. Superman, with up-and-coming actress Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious, Date Night) securing the role of Wonder Woman in what will be the character’s first big […]

After his show-stealing turn in The Avengers, Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner / The Incredible Hulk is set to link up with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes again next year as cameras roll on Joss Whedon’s hotly-anticipated 2015 sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron.However, with Ruffalo tied down to a six-movie deal – including the two aforementioned Avengers […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the eighth episode of The Walking Dead season 4….I was *this* close on giving up on The Walking Dead. I had the same experience with Season 2 where I literally stopped watching it mid-way through. I came into work one day and my colleague was raving about the season’s finale. I told […]

Yesterday we heard from Superman himself Henry Cavill about Ben Affleck joining him as The Dark Knight in 2015 for Warner Bros.’ eagerly-anticipated DC Comics team-up Batman vs. Superman, and now Affleck has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about the release of the extended edition of Argo, during which the conversation shifted to the Man of […]

Chris Cooper reviews the final entry in IDW’s ‘Villains’ series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #8 – Shredder… “The Turtles’ greatest foe closes out the Villain Micro-series! A man of endless ambition, Oroku Saki harbors many secrets. This story delves into Shredder’s inner mind to reveal the demons he’s hidden from everyone. Will Shredder […]

Since the birth of cinema, the stars of the big screen have been drawn to poker and the evocative world that surrounds it. Suave and glamorous protagonists from James Bond to Justin Timberlake in the recent Runner Runner know their way around a deck of cards better than a Monte Carlo croupier with a coolness […]

In a sea of horror remakes and reboots, it was a change of pace to see Don Mancini carry on his Child’s Play series in the direct-to-DVD sixth entry Curse of Chucky. The reaction to the film was very positive from fans and critics (read Luke Owen’s ★★★★ review here and Thomas Harris’ ★★★ review […]

Anthony Stokes on The Amazing Spider-Man franchise…As a film blogger, sometimes I wonder “am I too cynical?”.  The sheer frustration I feel when reading certain things or watching certain trailers, like Michael Bay promising no goofiness in Transformers: Age of Extinction, is something that should belong to somebody past their mid-life crisis, not somebody in […]

Bleeding Cool has been dropping plenty of DC Comics stories today; we’ve already covered the rumoured Young Justice live-action series and potential plot details for Hourman and Gotham, and now we have something relating to Warner Bros.’ DC Cinematic Universe, with the site reporting that the studio is looking to adopt the Marvel Studios blueprint […]