The Dark Tower, 2017. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert, Claudia Kimm, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, and Katheryn Winnick. SYNOPSIS: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from […]
St. Vincent to direct female-led The Picture of Dorian Gray
According to Variety, Grammy Award-winning musician St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) has signed on to direct a female-led adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray for Lionsgate. The new adaptation of the classic tale will see Dorian Gray – a hedonist who remains eternally young while their self-portrait ages and grows […]
First-look preview of Batman: The Murder Machine #1
DC Comics has unveiled a first-look preview of its Dark Nights: Metal tie-in Batman: The Murder Machine #1 ahead of its release next month; check it out here… As the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL rock the DC Universe, the creatures of the Dark Multiverse stand ready to invade our world! How can even the […]
Chris Columbus says Gremlins 3 script is “twisted and dark”
Over the past few years there’s been a lot of talk about Gremlins 3, and now it seems the project may finally be moving forward as original screenwriter Chris Columbus has revealed to SlashFilm that he’s completed a screenplay for a third instalment in the comedy-horror series. “I’m really proud of the script,” said Columbus. […]
Game of Thrones season 8 to begin production in October
We still don’t know exactly when the final season of Game of Thrones will air – with HBO hinting that we may have to wait until 2019 – but we do now know when filming on season eight is set to get underway thanks to Jaime Lannister himself. During an interview with Collider, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau […]
Five actors who should play Obi-Wan Kenobi (who aren’t Ewan McGregor)
Anghus Houvouras with a satirical take on five actors who could replace Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi… Star Wars is back, baby! And better than ever. There’s a new Obi-Wan Kenobi movie in the works over at Disney, and I thought it was time to chime in with five actors who could easily step into […]
Hear what the Porgs from Star Wars: The Last Jedi sound like
Earlier this month we got our first look at the Porgs – small, puffin-like creatures who live with Luke Skywalker on the planet of Ahch-To in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Reaction to the new creatures was somewhat mixed – “they’re the new Ewoks!” – and now we have a video of a Porg toy […]
Tom Holland to star in Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland is set to reunite with producer Amy Pascal on an adaptation of Mark Sullivan’s novel Beneath a Scarlet Sky, which has been acquired by Pascal Pictures. The bestselling book is described as “triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.” Here’s […]
Geena Davis has spoken to Patty Jenkins about a role in Wonder Woman 2
With Patty Jenkins close to signing her bumper deal to return to the director’s chair for Wonder Woman 2, actress Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise, The Exorcist) has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she’s already been lobbying the filmmaker to cast her in the DC sequel. “I met Patty Jenkins and I told her, ‘I’m […]
2017 Has Been A Bad Year For Blockbusters, And That’s No Surprise
If Hollywood had stopped making bad films, they would have made more money… 2017 probably isn’t the year to say that the HL Mencken line about nobody losing money underestimating the public isn’t true, but it certainly looks like it no longer holds for the film industry. Amidst the wailing and gnashing of teeth from […]
