Warner Bros. is set to assemble the DC universe’s greatest heroes next month with the release of the Zack Snyder (and Joss Whedon)-directed Justice League, and with its release fast approaching, we now have details on the running time for the superhero blockbuster. As per Dark Horizons, Justice League is set to run for 121 […]
Karl Urban is unsure what’s happening with Star Trek 4
Back in July of last year, Paramount and producer J.J. Abrams officially announced that Star Trek 4 was in development, and would see the return of Chris Hemsworth’s George Kirk, the father of Chris Pine’s James T. Kirk, from the 2009 reboot. Since then, we’ve had little in the way of news on the project, […]
The Creativity of Sequels
George Chrysostomou on creativity in sequels… It has to be said, adaptations, sequels and soft reboots are dominating the box office year in and out and there’s no getting away from that. This is the most profitable way to produce films, having a pre-existing audience, an easy way into a new story, and most importantly […]
Mad Max: Fury Road costume designer joins Gambit movie
With a new director on board in Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) and a release date of Valentine’s Day 2019 set, it seems that 20th Century Fox’s long-delayed Gambit movie is really starting to pick up steam. According to Omega Underground, the project has now enlisted Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan, whose previous credits […]
Video Game Review – Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 2 ‘Brave New World’
Shaun Munro reviews Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 2 ‘Brave New World’… Though the middle chapter of Life is Strange‘s prequel series doesn’t feel hugely eventful in terms of the story’s bigger picture (and what exactly that is still remains pretty unclear), it does a mostly stellar job of deepening the characters of Chloe […]
Star Wars: Episode IX will “unite all three trilogies” and include Prequel elements
Earlier this week we brought you some comments from J.J. Abrams who revealed that he plans to the take Star Wars saga “elsewhere” with Star Wars: Episode IX, taking a different approach to the final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy to that of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which – as many have highlighted – […]
Star Wars Battlefront II campaign length revealed
One of the big complaints about Star Wars Battlefront was the lack of a single player campaign mode, but that’s something EA has rectified with the upcoming sequel Star Wars Battlefront II, including a new mode which puts us into the shoes of Iden Versio, an Imperial special forces commando out for revenge against the Rebellion […]
Blade Runner 2049’s Sylvia Hoeks joins The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Last month it was announced that The Crown’s Claire Foy has been cast as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Spider’s Web, and now comes word from Variety that Blade Runner 2049 star Sylvia Hoeks has signed on to play Lisbeth’s evil twin sister Camilla. Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) is directing the […]
Why David Fincher Is Right And Wrong About Marvel
Neil Calloway asks whether making movies for Marvel is what directors want… David Fincher has become the latest director to stick his oar in and have a slight pop at Marvel studios. Nothing surprising there, it’s sort of his job to fly the flag for grown up drama and it’s certainly his job to get […]
The Week in Star Wars – Han Solo movie gets a title, The Last Jedi tracking huge opening weekend, “Evil” Luke Skywalker theories and more
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features a big update from the Han Solo spin-off movie, The Last Jedi’s box office tracking (and new images), Mark Hamill talking fan theories and much more… We’ll kick off this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars with news from the Han Solo movie […]
