Seeking to do what Red Sparrow, A Wrinkle in Time, and Tomb Raider have all failed to achieve, Pacific Rim Uprising is released next week hoping that it can take the box-office crown from Marvel’s all-conquering Black Panther.Variety is reporting that the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s underwhelming 2013 monster vs robots smackdown is tracking […]
Toronto Comicon Interview: John Welsey Shipp talks The Flash
Ricky Church chats with John Welsey Shipp about The Flash…Anyone who watches a lot of superhero TV series or films knows that the turnaround for actors portraying the heroes is fairly high. Every few years a new actor comes on board in either a reboot or a continuation of the series, much like the James Bond franchise.John […]
Steven Spielberg teases Star Wars references and Easter eggs in Ready Player One
With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios.“It was difficult because we were so greedy […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War breaks ticket pre-sales record in just six hours
Following the release of yesterday’s second trailer [which you can watch here], Disney and Marvel are celebrating a new record today, with Avengers: Infinity War shattering Fandango’s pre-sales record in just six hours.Variety reports that tickets for the hugely-anticipated blockbuster went on sale at 6am PDT yesterday, and by noon it had already surpassed the […]
Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Book of Revelations’
Red Stewart reviews the eighth episode of Black Lightning…“The Book of Revelations” opens up with scenes of Anissa and Jefferson training juxtaposed against news interviews with everyday people criticizing Black Lightning in the aftermath of Lady Eve’s murder. This is clearly meant to be a contrasting throwback to the third episode “LaWanda: The Book of […]
Ridley Scott in talks for comic book adaptation Queen and Country
According to The Wrap, Ridley Scott may have found a new project, with the filmmaker in talks to direct the comic book adaptation Queen and Country for 20th Century Fox.Based on Greg Rucka’s Eisner Award-winning series from Oni Press, Queen and Country follows British Secret Intelligence service operative Tara Chace, who is used as bait to […]
Melissa Joan Hart will Explain It All again in Clarissa revival
According to THR, Nickelodeon is in early development on a revival of the 90s teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, which will reunite actress Melissa Joan Hart with series creator Mitchell Kriegman.The potential show would see Hart back as Clarissa Darling, now the mother of the family, as well as executive producing the series through […]
The Lord of the Rings may dethrone The Crown as the most expensive TV show ever
Last year it was announced that Amazon will be developing a fantasy series based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, and now comes a report that the streaming service will be investing around half a billion dollars to bring Middle-earth to the small screen.Amazon reportedly spent $250 million to secure the rights […]
Trailer for werewolf thriller Wildling starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif
Following its world premiere at SXSW, IFC Films has released a trailer for director Fritz Böhm’s feature directorial debut Wildling. The werewolf horror is set for a theatrical and VOD release and stars Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, and Brad Dourif; check it out here…A teenage girl’s coming of age comes with a terrifying twist in this […]
First trailer for sci-fi thriller Higher Power
The first trailer has been revealed for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Higher Power. Directed by Matthew Santoro, the film features a cast that includes Ron Eldard, Jade Tailor, Austin Stowell, Jordan Hinson, Colm Feore, Tom Wright, and Laura Margolis; watch it here…When the Universe decides what it wants, it’s pointless to resist. With his family’s […]
