After more than a decade serving as writer and producer on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, Simon Kinberg now finds himself behind the camera for the latest chapter of the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Earlier in the week we saw some first look images from the movie – Fox’s second attempt at adapting The […]
The Defenders and Daredevil producer adapting The Witcher for Netflix
Back in May it was revealed that Netflix had snapped up the rights to Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga, and now comes word from Variety that the streaming service has tapped Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Defenders, Daredevil, Power) to adapt the material as a TV series. Launching as a series of short stories in the Polish […]
Video Game Review – LocoRoco 2 Remastered
Shaun Munro reviews LocoRoco 2 Remastered… Cult classic PSP platformer LocoRoco was given a superbly shiny new 4K PS4 port back in May, and now its 2008 sequel has also gotten the glossy makeover treatment to similarly dazzling effect. LocoRoco 2 Remastered may not deviate much from the formula firmly established by its predecessor, largely succeeding and […]
Hot Toys’ Justice League Movie Masterpiece Batman collectible figure available to pre-order now
Sideshow has revealed a batch of promotional images for Hot Toys’ sixth scale Movie Masterpiece Series Batman figure which is based on the likeness of Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight in the DC superhero team-up Justice League. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $266 and is expected to ship October-December 2018; check it […]
Second Opinion – Stronger (2017)
Stronger, 2017. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr, Nate Richman, Lenny Clarke, Carlos Sanz, and Clancy Brown. SYNOPSIS: Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of […]
Universal developing Slaughterhouse-Five TV series
Variety is reporting that Universal Cable Productions is developing an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, which is being written and executive produced by Patrick Macmanus, showrunner on Happy!. The 1969 book tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain’s assistant in the U.S. Army survives the firebombing of Dresden during World War II, only […]
Steampunk western series That Dirty Black Bag in development
Deadline is reporting that Franc’s Federation Entertainment (Marseille) and Italy’s Palomar (Inspector Montalbano) are teaming up for the steampunk western series That Dirty Black Bag, which is currently in development under creator Mauro Aragoni. The eight-episode series will be shot in English, and takes place on a savage, scorched and deserted world where resources are […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 to shoot in June, casting reportedly underway for Gwen Stacy
Following on from official confirmation at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige that Jon Watts will return to the director’s chair, we now have a report from Omega Underground about the production dates for the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel. According to the report, filming on the Marvel and Sony co-production will get underway […]
Patrick Stewart keen on Jean-Luc Picard return for Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek
Earlier in the week came the rather surprising news that Quentin Tarantino had pitched an idea for a Star Trek movie to J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures, with the studio now said to be moving ahead at warp speed on the project. As yet, we have no idea what Tarantino has in store for the […]
Justice League passes $600 million worldwide but still the lowest-grossing superhero movie of the year (for now)
It may not have been the box office smash that Warner Bros. would have been hoping for (which, reportedly, has led to a major shakeup at DC Films), but Justice League has ticked off another milestone this weekend with the DC blockbuster passing the $600 million mark worldwide. By close of play this weekend, Justice […]
