Big changes are afoot in the upcoming ninth season of The Walking Dead, with both Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes and Lauren Cohan’s Maggie Rhee set to make their exit, and new showrunner Angela Kang taking over from the outgoing Scott M. Gimple.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Kang has described the upcoming season as “the start of […]
The Meg gets a Jaws-inspired poster
With its release date fast approaching, Warner Bros. has unveiled a new poster for the Jason Statham-headlined shark thriller The Meg, which recreates the iconic Jaws poster, albeit with a giant Megalodon and a poor little dog; check it out here…SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for The Meg hereA deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea […]
Platinum Dunes still hoping to produce a new Friday the 13th movie
With original screenwriter Victor Miller and producer Sean Cunningham currently embroiled in a legal battle over the rights to the Friday the 13th franchise, the future of Jason Voorhees remains up in the air at the moment. However, despite several aborted efforts over the past few years, production company Platinum Dunes hasn’t given up hope […]
Sylvester Stallone receives a beat down in exclusive clip from Escape Plan 2
Ahead of its UK release next week, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the action sequel Escape Plan 2, which sees Sylvester Stallone’s Ray Breslin receiving a beat down from the inmates of the brutal prison Hades. Check it out here…SEE ALSO: Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista get into a shoot out in Escape Plan 2: […]
Book Review – The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente
Ricky Church reviews The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente…With the San Diego Comic Con just around the corner, every fan, nerd and geek has nearly hit the height of their excitement for the annual event. This makes Fred Van Lente’s novel The Con Artist as good a time as any to read as he blends […]
Game of Thrones prequel spinoff to shoot in October
Well, it seems HBO isn’t hanging around with its first Game of Thrones spinoff, as Deadline is reporting that filming will get underway in October at The Paint Hall in Belfast’s Titanic Quarters – home to the now wrapped main series.The spinoff, which was announced in June, has been created by A Song of Ice […]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout tracking franchise best opening weekend
Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt returns for his latest impossible mission later this month, and according to tracking estimates, the spy sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout is looking to set a domestic opening weekend record for the franchise.Box office projects for Fallout are suggesting that the film is looking at a North American opening weekend of […]
James Hawes replaces Scott Derrickson as director on Snowpiercer pilot
A couple of weeks ago director Scott Derrickson revealed that he has exited TNT’s Snowpiercer TV series due to having “a radically different vision” to new showrunner Graeme Manson (Orphan Black) for the snall screen adaptation of Bong Joon Ho’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi film.Well, The Wrap has now revealed that British TV director James Hawes has now […]
Preview of Star Wars #51
Marvel releases Star Wars #51 this coming Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; check it out…The MILLENNIUM FALCON – alone – versus an entire IMPERIAL FLEET. Can LEIA discover the cause of this disaster? And even if she can, is it too late?Star Wars #51 is out on July 18th, […]
Unnecessary Reboots, Remakes and Sequels
Tom Jolliffe looks at Hollywood’s preoccupation with reboots, remakes and sequels…I sit here in the year 2018. Suddenly I find myself compelled to moan about the unimaginative approach to greenlighting Hollywood studio pictures. This is not a new phenomenon, it’s old hat. As of now the vast majority of greenlit, large studio films are adaptations, […]
