Back in May it was announced that The X-Files creator Chris Carter will once again be reuniting with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson for an eleventh season of the paranormal series, set to premiere in 2018. During the Television Critics Association press tour this past week, Fox entertainment president David Madden revealed a little nugget […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Leonardo da Vinci biopic
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has beaten off competition from Universal for the rights to Walter Isaacson’s book Leonardo da Vinci, with plans to develop it as a star vehicle for for Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio – who was reportedly named after the legendary artist and scientist – will also produce the movie […]
Akiva Goldsman no longer involved with Transformers franchise
Back in 2015, Paramount Pictures set up a writer’s room spearheaded by Akiva Goldsman, with a view to working out the future direction of the Transformers franchise. Since then, we’ve had Transformers: The Last Knight, which was mauled by critics, and failed to match the box office performance of its predecessors, while production on the […]
20 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1997
Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1997… 1997. It doesn’t feel that distant but we’re now talking 20 years. This was the year I left school. That officially makes me old as fuck I believe. Lady Di passed, Tony Blair became PM, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule, Mike Tyson had a Holyfield Ear […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson and Daisy Ridley on the importance of Rey’s parentage
It’s already been confirmed that this December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi will “absolutely address” the question of Rey’s parents, providing an answer to one of the biggest mysteries from 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But just how important will this reveal prove to be to the story? In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 begins production, Justice League “unwatchable”, Deadpool 2 images and video, The Amazing Spider-Man 3 details and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Inhumans, The Defenders, Daredevil, Venom, Silver & Black, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Sinister Six, Deapdool 2, […]
Comic Book Review – First Strike #1
Ricky Church reviews First Strike #1… A Hasbro comic book event! A new era of peace is dawning as Earth formally joins the Cybertronian Council of Worlds. That is… until Baron Ironblood joins Destro, Storm Shadow and other nefarious villains in a terrorist attack on Iacon! As chaos takes hold on Cybertron, it will be left […]
Rumour: Early cut of Justice League deemed “unwatchable”, ending reportedly changed
Over the past couple of months, Justice League has been undergoing some expensive reshoots under director Joss Whedon, who stepped in to take over the DC blockbuster after Zack Snyder’s daughter passed away. As you’d expect with a film of this magnitude, there’s been plenty of rumour and speculation surrounding said reshoots, with reports claiming […]
Luc Besson is tired of superhero movies, calls Captain America “propaganda”
Fresh from the box office failure of his own comic book adaptation Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, French filmmaker Luc Besson has been sharing his thoughts on the superhero genre, revealing that he’s become bored of the films, and feels that the Captain America franchise in particular is little more than “propaganda”. […]
The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession
Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]
