Harrison Abbott chats with Avengers: Endgame Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn…Having contributed to the dazzling special effects of Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight, Stuart Penn is no stranger to big screen comic-book extravaganzas. That being said, he’s dipped his toes into plenty of other genres over the years, including […]
Elizabeth Olsen on her “terrible” audition to play Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones
While Game of Thrones has propelled Emilia Clarke into the A-list with her role as Daenerys Targaryen, it’s widely known that she wasn’t the first choice to play the Mad Queen, with Tamzin Merchant (Pride and Prejudice, The Tudors) actually portraying the character in the 2009 pilot.Merchant was ultimately dropped from the show once it […]
Paramount looking to get in on the superhero movie business with Atlas Comics
Paramount Pictures is looking to get itself in on the superhero business, with producer Steven Paul (Ghost Rider, Ghost in the Shell) announcing at Cannes that he has acquired a majority holding in Atlas Comics and signed a co-production and co-financing deal with the studio to develop, produce and distribute superhero movies based upon the […]
Comic Book Preview – The Secret Life of Pets #1
With The Secret Life of Pets 2 set for release in cinemas this week, Titan launches a brand new Secret Life of Pets comic book series on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here…Ever wonder what your pets get up to when you’re not home? Find out […]
Jemaine Clement joins Avatar sequels
The official Twitter account for the Avatar franchise has revealed that Flight of the Conchords and What We Do In the Shadows’ Jemaine Clement has become the latest addition to the cast of the sequels, with the New Zealand actor and comedian set to play Dr. Garvin, a marine biologist on Pandora. 📣 Casting announcement! […]
Masters of the Universe movie gets new March 2021 release date
Last month, Sony Pictures announced that it had pushed back the December 2019 release date for its long-planned Masters of the Universe movie to “some time in 2020”, and now comes word that we’ll actually have to wait a little longer than that.Variety is reporting that the studio has set an official release date of […]
Why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie
Luke Owen looks back at Attack of the Clones…The year is 1999. The excitement and buzz surrounding the release of the first Star Wars movie since 1983 is at an all-time high. We’d recently just relived our love of the original trilogy via the 1997 Special Edition re-releases, and now here we are with a […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix tracking record low box office opening for the X-Men franchise
UPDATE: Official tracking numbers are now in, with X-Men: Dark Phoenix said to be looking at a domestic opening weekend of $50 million – a series low for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. Original story follows…20th Century Fox pulls the curtain down on its near-20 year long X-Men franchise this June with the release of […]
Game of Thrones Season 8: How Is It Going to End?
Eammon Jacobs recaps Game of Thrones Season Eight’s fifth episode and looks ahead to the finale…*Spoiler Warning*We’re in the endgame now. After the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season 8 delivered a devastating blow to Cersei’s hold on Westeros, it’s become very clear that this has all been an origin story for the biggest […]
Watch an exclusive clip from people smuggling drama Cargo
Thanks to Artist Rights Distribution, we’ve got an exclusive clip from director Kareem Mortimer’s people smuggling drama Cargo, which features a cast that includes Warren Brown, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Gessica Geneus, and Persia White. Check it out below…When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human […]