After deciding to move into the television market with a Purge television series, Blumhouse has a new feature film lined up that will star Selma’s David Oyelowo. Per Deadline, he’ll be the lead in Only You, a time travel thriller that will will be written and directed by Jacob Estes. Not much known is beyond the sci-fi setting, but […]
Ben Wheatley compares Alicia Vikander-led Freakshift to “50s B-Movie”
Over the past decade, through such films as Kill List, High-Rise and Sightseers, it’s become quite clear that Wheatley has no interest in giving audiences the same film they’ve seen a dozen times before. Each one of his films is something idiosyncratic, bold and impossible for any other filmmaker to recreate. With his next film Freakshift, which […]
Captain Marvel directors revealed, Aladdin casting update, Spider-Man in Avengers 4 and more – Daily News Roundup
MARVELOUS Peyton Reed had let it slip earlier in the day, but Marvel and Disney officially announced Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) are set to helm Captain Marvel. The script for the movie, written by Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out), has been praised by Marvel Studios and it was […]
SNES Classic Mini rumoured to be in the works at Nintendo
Following last year’s NES Classic Mini, it seems that Nintendo are gearing up for a 16-bit version, with rumours suggesting that a SNES Classic Mini is slated for release later this year. According to Eurogamer, the SNES Classic Mini is the reason that Nintendo has decided to discontinue the NES Edition despite its popularity, and […]
James Gunn reveals how he pitched Ego the Living Planet to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige
When Guardians of the Galaxy was first announced, many were sceptical that such a bizarre idea could achieve success in mainstream cinema. It took Marvel a long time to build up to The Avengers, and for the general public to root for the likes of Thor and Iron Man. So, how were they going to […]
Logan Marshall-Green’s Spider-Man: Homecoming villain role revealed
We’re just a few months away from the release of Sony and Marvel’s Spidey reboot Spider-Man: Homecoming, and thanks MCU Exchange we now have some details on another comic book villain set to do battle with Tom Holland’s webslinger in the hotly-anticipated movie. We already know that Peter Parker will be going up against The Vulture (Michael Keaton), Shocker […]
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to direct Captain Marvel
Yesterday Ant-Man helmer Peyton Reed revealed that Marvel had found its director for the Brie Larson-headlined Captain Marvel movie, and now Variety has revealed that we’ll have not one but two people behind the camera, with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) set to direct the studio’s first female-led superhero movie. According to the […]
Han Solo won’t be going by a different name in Star Wars spinoff, new alien character revealed
We had heard some weeks ago that the young Han Solo anthology movie would reveal the true name behind the legendary character before he took up the moniker he would become famous for. But apparently Disney CEO Bob Iger’s comments weren’t correct – or rather they were just misunderstood. That is according to Lucasfilm President Kathleen […]
Will Smith could play Genie in Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin
It was a little while ago that we heard Will Smith was up for a role in Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo and while that may have fallen through, it seems he could appear in another live-action Disney project. Deadline has reported the actor may join Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin for Disney, taking on the role that was […]
IDW to publish Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the first Star Wars film this May, IDW Publishing and the multi award-winning imprint, Library of American Comics present Volume One of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics which contains 575 sequential strips from its premiere run March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980. Star Wars: The Classic […]
