Coinciding with the start of production on Bumblebee, Paramount Pictures has announced that WWE Superstar John Cena has signed on for a lead role in the Transformers spinoff. According to the THR, the film “in the year 1987, where Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on […]
Harold Ramis’ daughter on the possibility of a CGI Egon in Ghostbusters 3
While it seemed that the passing of Harold Ramis in 2014 had put an end to any hope of a new Ghostbusters movie featuring the original cast, director Ivan Reitman teased the possibility of a new live-action feature last weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con, as well as suggesting Ramis’ Egon Spengler could feature through […]
Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Queen’s Justice’
Villordsutch reviews Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 3 – ‘The Queen’s Justice’… Written By David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed By Mark Mylod Olenna Tyrell- That was Joffrey’s sword wasn’t it? Not that he ever used it. What did he call it? Jaime Lannister- Widow’s Wail. Olenna Tyrell- He really was a cunt, wasn’t he. With the opening two […]
Josh Brolin confirms Thanos return for Avengers 4
Since Marvel Studios decided to rejig the titles of the next two Avengers movies from Avengers: Infinity War Parts I and II to Avengers: Infinity War and (the as-yet) Untitled Avengers, there’s been a lot of speculation as to what Marvel could have in store for this second movie. While most have expected the two-part […]
Arrow’s J.R. Ramirez joins Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Arrow and Power star J.R. Ramirez has signed on to the cast of Marvel’s Jessica Jones for its second season, where he is set for a recurring guest role. Ramirez, who played the vigilante Ted Grant/Wildcat on Arrow, will portray Oscar, the new superintendent of Jessica’s (Krysten Ritter) apartment building, and a devoted single father […]
TNT could revisit Tales from the Crypt if and when the rights issues are sorted
Back in 2016, TNT announced that it was teaming up with M. Night Shyamalan for a new horror-themed program block, with a reboot of the classic anthology series Tales from the Crypt as its centrepiece. Unfortunately, the network hadn’t counted on a rather complex scenario with regards to the rights, leading to several delays before […]
The Female Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]
Rebel Wilson and Josh Gad reportedly wanted for Little Shop of Horrors
In December of last year, it was announced that Warner Bros. had tapped Arrowverse supremo Greg Berlanti to direct a feature remake of Little Shop of Horrors, and now comes word that we may be close to casting. According to The Hashtag Show, the studio is looking at Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) and Josh Gad […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Dwayne Johnson in Jungle Cruise, passes on Suicide Squad 2
Deadline is reporting that director Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) has signed on to direct Disney’s upcoming action adventure Jungle Cruise, which is based on the classic theme park attraction and will be headlined by Dwayne Johnson. As a result, Collet-Serra is now out of contention for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe sequel Suicide Squad 2, having […]
Star Trek: Discovery will be “hard PG-13”, but no nudity
Star Trek: Discovery will be going where no Trek series has gone before this September as it returns to the small screen on the streaming service CBS All Access, free of the restrictions of broadcast television. Which means, according to showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg, that Discovery will be going “hard PG-13”, although it […]
