According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has tapped Snowfall actor and filmmaker Malcolm M. Mays to pen the script for a remake of the 1991 gangster film New Jack City. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, the original movie saw Wesley Snipes starring as Nino Brown, a Harlem drug lord who becomes the target of Ice-T’s NYPD […]
‘A Rogue’s End’ begins in preview of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #37
The new story arc ‘A Rogue’s End’ gets underway in Marvel’s Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #37 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… A BRAND NEW ARC STARTS HERE! After all she’s been through, professional disaster-zone DOCTOR APHRA is right back where she started: working for […]
Micronauts movie enlists How to Train Your Dragon director Dean DeBlois
Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker behind Lilo & Stitch and the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, is set to make his live-action feature directorial debut on Micronauts, the big screen adaptation of the classic Mego toy line from Paramount Pictures and Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures. Originally created by Japanese toy manufacturer Takara as the Microman line in 1974, Micronauts […]
Marvel unveils New York Comic Con giveaway variants, panels and signings
New York Comic Con takes place this coming weekend, and Marvel has unveiled four exclusive NYCC variants for Marvel Comics #1000, Powers of X #5, Daredevil #12 and Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #2, which will be given away at various panels and signings during the convention. Here’s details of Marvel’s panels and signings, where those […]
Five new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo posters released
Disney and Lucasfilm’s Triple Force Friday reveals weren’t limited to just toys, as a batch of promotional posters for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have also surfaced online and will be available to purchase in stores alongside the avalanche of tie-in merchandise for the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. Take a look at […]
First look preview of John Carpenter’s The Joker: Year of the Villain
Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter turns his hand to the DC universe and the iconic Clown Prince of Crime this October as writer on The Joker: Year of the Villain, and you can check out an unlettered first-lo0k preview here… “In this one-shot special, Lex Luthor – now a human-alien hybrid – has made his appeal […]
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review – The Pool
The Pool, 2018. Written and directed by Ping Lumpraploeng. Starring Theeradej Wongpuapan and Ratnamon Ratchiratham. SYNOPSIS: In an abandoned 6-meter deep pool, a couple is stranded there with a deadly predator. Sometimes all it takes is a simple premise, a single location, and a crocodile to sell you on a movie. Sure, a good story […]
New look at the Knights of Ren from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
After making a brief appearance in flashback/vision form in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Knights of Ren are set to make their return to the galaxy far, far away this December in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and thanks to Empire we’ve got a new look at the mysterious group of villains led […]
The Babysitter 2 brings back most of the cast (but no word on Samara Weaving)
Last month it was reported that Netflix and director McG are reuniting once again to fast track a sequel to the 2017 horror comedy The Babysitter, and now we have word on the returning cast members for the follow-up. Although there’s no confirmation as to whether Samara Weaving will be back as evil babysitter Bee, […]
First look at Batman in Superman: Red Son animated movie
Following on from last week’s official image and voice cast reveal, we’ve now got another still from the upcoming animated feature adaptation of Superman: Red Son, this time giving us a first look at the movie’s Batman, complete with ushanka cowl; check it out here… Based on the Mark Millar ‘Elseworlds’ comic book from 2003, […]