After dipping its toes into R-rated territory with the DC Universe live-action series Titans, it seems that DC will be continuing that trend with Epix’s Batman prequel series Pennyworth, with executive producer Danny Cannon (Gotham) revealing at the Television Critics Association press tour that the show will be “unhinged” and “R-rated”.“It’s twentysomething years before Gotham, […]
Rumour: Mad Max: Fury Road sequel may be revving its engine
During the lengthy development and production stage on Mad Max: Fury Road, franchise creator George Miller revealed that he’d also devised two further scripts for sequels, entitled Mad Max: Furiosa and Mad Max: The Wasteland.In the wake of Fury Road’s critical and commercial success, Miller announced his intention to move forward with The Wasteland, but […]
Blumhouse hires screenwriter for Halloween sequel
After scoring a huge success last year with its Halloween sequel/reboot, it seems that Blumhouse Productions is pushing ahead with its plans for a new instalment in the slasher series (Halloween II again?), with Collider reporting that Scott teems has been hired to write the script.Teems has previously worked with Blumhouse on the scripts for […]
Malin Akerman to lead Rashomon-style NBC pilot Prism
Watchmen and Rampage actress Malin Akerman has signed on to lead the cast of NBC’s Rashomon-style drama pilot Prism, which is being written, executive produced and directed by Daniel Barnz (Cake).The potential series will detail a murder trial, with each episode told from the perspective of a different key person. As per Variety, “each new […]
The Mummy director says the Dark Universe movie wasn’t what he wanted it to be
Alex Kurtzman, the director of The Mummy, has admitted that the film wasn’t what he “wanted it to be” and that he is no longer involved in the Dark Universe.Universal had some pretty grand designs for their Dark Universe, a shared film universe built around their classic monster movie properties. The Mummy was supposed to […]
The Expanse season 4 wraps filming, new cast additions announced
Having saved the acclaimed sci-fi series from cancellation last summer, Amazon has now made the first three seasons of The Expanse available to stream, as well as announcing that filming has wrapped on season four.The new season will see the return of cast members Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Frankie […]
Movie Review – Videoman (2018)
Videoman, 2018Directed by Kristian A. Söderström. Starring Stefan Sauk, Lena Nilsson, Morgan Alling, Martin Wallström, Sven Wollter.SYNOPSIS:Two middle-aged 1980’s obsessives begin a relationship, while negotiating personal demons and real life villains.Mixing Italian-style giallo horror with social issue elements, Videoman is a brilliantly imaginative debut feature from Kristian A. Söderström.Regaling in the delights of basement VHS rental […]
Movie Review – The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, 2019.Directed by Mike Mitchell. Featuring the voice talents of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day, Margot Robbie, Jason Momoa, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Cobie Smulders, Arturo Castro, Jadon Sand, Brooklynn Prince, Ben Schwartz, Noel Fielding, Ike Barinholtz, Will […]
Movie Review – Donnybrook (2018)
Donnybrook, 2018.Directed by Tim Sutton. Starring Jamie Bell, Margaret Qualley, Frank Grillo, Chris Browning, James Badge Dale, and Pat Healy.SYNOPSIS:An ex-marine desperate to provide for his young family is driven through lack of options towards the Donnybrook, an illicit backwards bare-knuckle cage fight with a prize of $100,000.Exploring a dark underworld of America and the […]
George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and Martin to receive new 4K restorations
The UK’s Second Sight Films has announced that it is working on brand new 4K restorations of George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn of the Dead and vampire horror Martin.Producer Richard P. Rubinstein has granted the company access to the films’ original elements, including an original camera negative for Dawn of the Deadand a dupe negative […]
