For the fifth straight weekend, Marvel’s Black Panther has held firm at the top of the domestic box office, adding a further $27 million to push its North American haul to $605.4 million. The Ryan Coogler-directed superhero blockbuster is the seventh film to pass $600 million domestically after Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($619 million), […]
What Will Constitute Success and Failure for Avengers: Infinity War?
Samuel Brace on Avengers: Infinity War… Avengers: Infinity War has an unenviable task ahead of it. On one hand it has a decade of marketing behind it and will undoubtedly reap a huge sum once it makes its long awaited bow at the box office; on the other, the metric for success regarding this Marvel […]
AMC bringing The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead to theaters
Good news for The Walking Dead fans in the United States, as AMC Network and Fathom Events have announced that they are bringing the season eight finale of The Walking Dead and the season four premiere of companion series Fear the Walking Dead to the big screen for one night only on ‘Survival Sunday’. The […]
Tim Blake Nelson to direct sci-fi film Michael Zero
Actor and filmmaker Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Incredible Hulk) has signed on to direct the sci-fi film Michael Zero for Millennium Media and Eclectic Pictures, THR is reporting. Based on a spec script by Adam Alleca, Michael Zero revolves around “a man who has to hunt down clones of himself […]
Shout! Factory acquires Roger Corman’s New Horizons Pictures film library
Shout! Company has teamed up with China-based Ace Film HK Company Limited to acquire Roger Corman’s New Horizons Pictures library, which includes the rights to 270 films. According to Deadline, the two companies are looking to develop remakes and other new content opportunities from the library of titles, which includes the likes of Piranha, Bloodfist, […]
Rumour: The Batman to go into production in 2019
While backstage drama, rumour and speculation seems to be par for the course for the DC Extended Universe, one project that has really taken it to the extreme is the planned Dark Knight solo movie The Batman. From the moment it was first announced, we had incessant speculation over Ben Affleck’s status as director, until […]
The Leprechaun returns with first teaser for Leprechaun Returns
Following 2014’s WWE Studios-produced reboot, the Leprechaun franchise is set to return to its roots next year with a new instalment in the original horror series. Entitled Leprechaun Returns, the new film is being directed by Steven Kostanski (The Void) from a script by Suzanne Keilly (Ash vs Evil Dead), while Lindo Porco takes over […]
Chris Evans on Captain America’s relationship with Iron Man going into Avengers: Infinity War
As we saw in Captain America: Civil War, things didn’t exactly go too well for the Avengers the last time Marvel’s superhero team were together. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes were left fractured and split in two following the events of the 2016 blockbuster, although Captain America did extend an olive branch to Tony Stark at the […]
Denis Villeneuve plans to make at least two Dune movies
Having tackled Ridley Scott’s neon-soaked future Los Angeles with last year’s Blade Runner 2049, director Denis Villeneuve is currently prepping his next sci-fi epic as he explores the world of Frank Herbert’s Dune. The dense source material has proven to be notoriously difficult to adapt for the screen, as the likes of Alejandro Jodorowsky and […]
Toronto Comicon Interview: Megan Follows talks Reign, Wynonna Earp and Anne of Green Gables
Ricky Church chats with Megan Follows at Toronto Comicon… Megan Follows has had a long career in television, starring as Anne of Green Gables in several miniseries and went on to play Queen Catherine de Medici in The CW’s Reign. Earlier this year she was cast in the supernatural modern-day western Wynonna Earp as the title character’s mother, […]
