Hustlers, 2019. Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B, Lizzo, Madeline Brewer, Mette Towley, and Trace Lysette. SYNOPSIS: When the dollar bills dry up in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, a group of savvy strip-club employees group together in order to turn-the-tables on […]
Paramount Pictures rebooting Face/Off
Paramount Pictures has tapped screenwriter Oren Uziel (The Cloverfield Paradox, Sonic the Hedgehog) to script a reboot of the 1997 John Woo action thriller Face/Off. The original film pitted John Travolta’s FBI agent Sean Archer and Nicolas Cage’s homicidal sociopath Castor Troy – with the actors switching up roles as their characters undergo surgery which […]
Joaquin Phoenix says playing Joker was “one of the greatest experiences” of his career
Joaquin Phoenix has admitted during his time of portraying the Joker was “one of the greatest experiences” of his career. In a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival (via @RaminSetoodeh), Pheonix had nothing but praise for playing the Clown Prince of Crime. “There was something that was drawing me towards it, and it […]
Sony has “five or six” Spider-Man TV shows in development
Having successfully launched its ‘Universe of Marvel Characters’ franchise on the big screen last year with Venom, and reacquired full control of the Spider-Man rights after failing to reach a new deal with Disney, Sony’s Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra has been chatting to Variety about the studio’s future plans for the web-slinger. As well […]
Comic Book Preview – Chastity #1
Chaos! Comics’ Chastity returns to comic books this Wednesday as Dynamite Entertainment launches a brand new series from writer Leah Williams (Gwenpool) and artist Daniel Maine (Robyn Hood), and you can check out a preview of the first issue here… Chastity Jack has been kidnapped, to the great misfortune of her kidnappers. She, along with […]
Video Game Review – Gears 5
Shaun Munro reviews Gears 5… The importance of the Gears of War franchise in shaping the modern third-person shooter cannot be overstated, but it’s also fair to say that the series has been wanting for a truly great entry in many a year, between the competent yet uninspired spin-off Judgment and the workmanlike, underwhelming Gears of War 4. And […]
Byron Mann’s Yao Fei returning to Arrow for final season
Oliver Queen’s first mentor Yao Fei is set to make his return to Arrow for the DC superhero show’s upcoming eighth and final season, with Wu Assassins star Byron Mann set to reprise the role he portrayed in the first season. Mann joins an ever-growing list of actors who’ll be back for the Green Arrow’s […]
World War II thriller The Birdcatcher gets a UK trailer
Signature Entertainment releases the tense World War II thriller The Birdcatcher in the UK next month, and you can take a look at the poster, trailer and synopsis here… “Norway, 1942. During her attempt to flee Nazi persecution, 14-year-old Jewish girl Esther finds herself alone and forced to conceal her identity on a Nazi sympathiser […]
HBO renews The Righteous Gemstones for second season
Less than a month after its premiere, HBO has announced that it has renewed Danny McBride’s televangelist comedy series The Righteous Gemstones for a second season. “Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green are among our favorite collaborators and we’re thrilled that their take on a family comedy has been met with such enthusiasm,” […]
The Muppets Disney+ series with Josh Gad has been scrapped
Although the project was never officially announced, Disney+ has decided to scrap the upcoming The Muppets comedy series, Muppets Live Another Day, as creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis (Once Upon a Time) and Josh Gad (Frozen) have walked away from the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the trio left the series as a […]
