No matter how bad the critical reception dips there is no arguing that the Transformers movies are anything but hugely successful at the box office. That trend will likely continue this summer with the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, before Paramount Pictures extends the franchise with the fruits of its Transformers writers room, beginning with a […]
Daniel Craig “just about persuaded” to do Bond 25, Tom Hiddleston “too smug and not tough enough” for 007
The million-dollar question of whether Daniel Craig will or won’t return as James Bond for the 25th entry in the long-running spy franchise continues to roll on, with Page Six reporting that producer Barbara Broccoli has “just about persuaded Daniel Craig to do one more Bond movie.” This comes after Daniel Craig reportedly turned down a […]
Marvel’s New Warriors gets straight-to-series order from Freeform
Back in August it was reported that Marvel and ABC Studios were developing a New Warriors half-hour comedy series with Squirrel Girl taking centre stage. Well, now it has been announced that Freeform has given the show a ten-episode straight-to-series order, becoming the network’s second Marvel property after the currently in production Cloak & Dagger. “Freeform’s […]
Exclusive Interview – Owen Michael Johnson and John Pearson discuss Beast Wagon
With their critically acclaimed series wrapping up with latest issue, “Finale”, Beast Wagon creators Owen Michael Johnson and John Pearson discuss their unique vision and inspirations… Like a stampede running rampant in a public zoo, the arrival of Beast Wagon two years ago took comic fans with surprise – and it’s one they won’t soon forget. […]
John Travolta set to headline Speed Kills
According to Deadline, John Travolta has signed in to portray speedboat racing champion Don Aronow in Speed Kills, a new drama from director John Luessenhop (Texas Chainsaw 3D, Takers) and screenwriter David Aaron Cohen (Friday Night Lights). The film will see Travolta as Aronow, “a womanizing multimillionaire who created the Cigarette and other speedboats and […]
Prison Break Season 5 Episode 1 Review – ‘Ogygia’
Shaun Munro reviews the first episode of Prison Break season 5… Some eight years after the show’s original run wrapped up, Prison Break has been resurrected by Fox amid their current obsession with nostalgic retreads, reuniting most of the principal cast members with series creator and writer Paul Scheuring. For better and indeed for worse, the new limited […]
Drake to appear in third series of UK crime drama Top Boy
Having picked up the rights to the series after it was dropped by Channel 4, it looks like Canadian rapper Drake is set to appear in the third series of the UK crime drama Top Boy, which is set to hit Netflix in 2018. “We met up to start talking about the show and we […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Finale Review – ‘Aruba’
Jessie Robertson reviews the season 2 finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… Okay, the Legends all die (except Sara)……. …..the future selves, at least. The ones we’ve gotten to know over the past two seasons, all dead. Luckily, the Legends decided to break the time rules and go back to a time they’ve already been […]
Sam Mendes in talks to direct My Favorite Thing is Monsters
Having passed on the opportunity to direct Bond 25, it looks like Sam Mendes may have lined up his next project, with Deadline reporting that the filmmaker is in talks with Sony to develop and potentially direct an adaptation of Emil Ferris’ graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters, which the studio acquired last week […]
Michael Keaton could reunite with Tim Burton on Dumbo
Tim Burton is already set to reunite with Eva Green (Dark Shadows, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) and Danny DeVito (Batman Returns) on his upcoming live-action remake of Dumbo, and now Variety is reporting that Beetlejuice, Batman and Batman Returns star Michael Keaton is also in talks. According to the site, Keaton is in […]