Luke Owen on Logan’s “Oscar chances”… Amidst all the news and rumours of a possible Deadpool cameo in Logan [see here, here and here], Ryan Reynolds announced that he had seen some of the film and praised what he saw. “Logan looks like a movie that might break that [Oscars] glass ceiling,” he told Variety. “I […]
Movie Review – A Monster Calls (2016)
A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell and Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: A young boy struggling to come to terms with his mother’s terminal illness is visited by a talking yew tree that tells him stories. With his first two films (The Orphanage and The Impossible) […]
Willem Dafoe joins the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express
John Wick and The Grand Budapest Hotel actor Willem Dafoe has become the latest addition to the all-star cast of this year’s Murder on the Orient Express. The news about the Kenneth Branagh-directed film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic 1934 murder-mystery novel comes from Deadline, who claims that Dafoe will play Gerhard Hardman, an undercover detective. […]
Rumored X-Men: The New Mutants actress says James McAvoy’s Charles Xavier will appear
We know that 20th Century Fox is working on a big screen adaptation of The New Mutants from director Josh Boone (The Fault in our Stars), but not much concrete information has been announced. Boone himself says he envisions a trilogy of films, and rumors indicate that Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), […]
Marvel’s Black Panther adds The People v. O.J. Simpson actor Sterling K. Brown
Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther solo film has added another actor to its expansive supporting cast, this time in the form of Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor Sterling K. Brown as N’Jobu, “a figure from T’Challa aka Black Panther’s past.” Marvel Studios itself announced the news via its website. Brown is best known for his award-winning role as […]
Moonlight actor Trevante Rhodes joins Shane Black’s The Predator
It’s been several months since we’ve heard anything new about Shane Black’s upcoming reboot of The Predator, and while plot details are still being kept under wraps, THR is now reporting that there’s a new addition to the cast: Moonlight breakout star Trevante Rhodes. Rhodes will play the best friend of Narcos and Logan actor Boyd Holbrook, the film’s lead protagonist. The report […]
Jamie Foxx describes 2018’s Robin Hood: Origins as gritty and real
Among the key players set to appear in 2018’s Otto Bathurst-directed Robin Hood adaptation, Robin Hood: Origins, it’s Jamie Foxx’s casting as Little John that has most fans clamoring to see the film. After taking a bit of a break from acting after 2014’s Annie, the actor will be back in full force this year with Sleepless, Baby […]
Disney meeting to discuss how to handle Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode IX
As Star Wars fans continue to mourn the loss of the beloved actress Carrie Fisher, it seems that Disney is starting to give some thought as to how to handle her character Princess Leia in the remaining chapters of the Sequel Trilogy. According to THR, two major sequences were planned for Leia in Star Wars: Episode […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #2
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #2… NEW CYBERTRON! A massive corkscrew-shaped space ship has drilled into Earth, bringing with it a surprising disruption to OPTIMUS PRIME’s plans. Meanwhile—ARCEE fields a dangerous offer that may be too good to resist! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Optimus Prime #2 here While Optimus Prime #2 continued […]
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren reunite for Black Water
Action icons Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are set to reunite for the upcoming action thriller Black Water, THR is reporting. The new film has been scripted by Chad Law (6 Bullets, Drive Hard) and follows “a deep cover operative (Van Damme) who awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on […]
