Back in May it was announced that Amazon has given an eight-episode order to Carnival Row, a new fantasy-noir series from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), and now comes word that Orlando Bloom has signed on to lead the cast of the show. Variety reports that […]
Transformers: Bumblebee set photo features the classic VW Beetle
As production on Paramount Pictures and Habsro’s Transformers spinoff movie Bumblebee continues in California, a set photo has arrived online showing the fan favourite Autobot is his classic 80s VW Beetle design; check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BYHf2fUjdNt/ On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian […]
The LEGO Ninjago Movie promo features Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Unikitty cameos
With less than a month to go until The LEGO Ninjago Movie arrives in cinemas, Warner Bros. has released three promos for the upcoming animated feature, the first of which contains brief cameos/Easter eggs from Unikitty, Batgirl and Wonder Woman; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Jackie Chan explains the fight choreography in The LEGO […]
Starz picks up Black Samurai from Common and RZA
Last year it was announced that Common (John Wick: Chapter 2) and RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) are producing a TV adaptation of Marc Olden’s novel Black Samurai, with Common set to take on the lead role of Robert Sand, and now Starz has announced that it has boarded the action-drama series. “We […]
Second Opinion – American Made (2017)
American Made, 2017. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Caleb Landry Jones, and Alejandro Edda. SYNOPSIS: A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s. American Made is the best performance from Tom Cruise in a long time. Reteaming with Live […]
Video Game Review – Nidhogg 2
Sam Thorne reviews Nidhogg 2… Nidhogg is a pick-up-and-play 2D fencer that harps back to the nostalgic days of 80’s arcade and NES games. It offers an enjoyable local multiplayer alternative to fighting games, primarily because your friends won’t need to know button layouts or move sets and the controls are incredibly simple. That being […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War adds another Black Panther cast member
Just in case the cast of Avengers: Infinity War wasn’t big enough already, IMDb is reporting that we can add another Black Panther star to the roster of the Marvel superhero epic, with Letitia Wright set to reprise the role of Shuri, the sister of T’Challa. Wright will feature alongside the previously announced Danai Gurira […]
Donald Glover wraps shooting on Han Solo: A Star Wars Story
Two months after stepping in as director following the firing of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Ron Howard has taken to Twitter to announce that the “wildly impressive” Donald Glover has wrapped his scenes as Lando Calrissian on the as-yet-untitled Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie. Howard marked the occasion with the following image, which […]
Rumour: Fantastic Four “kid-centric” reboot will rework Mark Millar’s Kindergarten Heroes
Back in June it was rumoured that 20th Century Fox has decided to take another stab at the Fantastic Four franchise with a “kid-centric” reboot focussing on the characters of Franklin and Valeria, the children of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Well, according to Bleeding Cool, the project remains in development, and has been merged with […]
Movie Review – The Basement (2017)
The Basement, 2017. Directed by László Illés. Starring Caroline Boulton, Takács Zalán, Richard Rifkin, Marina Gera, Sherin Bors, Varga Csenge Boglárka, Gergo Szekér and Laci Gondor. SYNOPSIS: When their rowdy party is called-off after receiving a warning from the police, a group of international students decide to hold a seance instead. This inadvertently sets in motion a series of ominous events, leading the […]