It looks like Sony may have found its new Lisbeth Salander for The Girl in the Spider’s Web, with Variety reporting that The Crown star Claire Foy is the top choice to play the rogue hacker in the relaunched and rebooted second instalment of the Millennium movie series. Sony has reportedly met with dozens of […]
Movie Review – Whisky Galore! (2016)
Whisky Galore!, 2016. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, Starring Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Ellie Kendrick, Kevin Guthrie, Fenella Woolgar and James Cosmo. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1941, rationing is in force and the residents of the Scottish island of Todday are faced with a nightmare. Their supply of whisky has run out and the island is completely dry. […]
Julia Roberts cast in The Bookseller
THR has revealed that Julia Roberts is to headline The Bookseller, an adaptation of Cynthia Swanson’s bestselling novel about a woman in the 1960s who has to reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Roberts is set to play Kitty Miller, “a single woman who runs a bookshop, who finds herself […]
Modern Family renewed for two more seasons by ABC
It doesn’t appear that Modern Family is going anywhere any time soon, as ABC have unsurprisingly decided to renew their top rated comedy for seasons nine and 10. The show has picked up five Emmy’s during its run so far, and it is yet unclear if season 10 will be the series’ swansong. With 44 […]
Baby Driver announces a first-of-its-kind sponsored Geofilter Contest on Snapchat
As the release for Baby Driver draws near, Sony/Tristar Pictures have sent us the following press release for an upcoming art contest judged by writer/director Edgar Wright (The Cornetto Trilogy) himself. TriStar Pictures and MRC’s upcoming highly anticipated new film BABY DRIVER announced today a first-of-its-kind sponsored Fan Art Geofilter Contest on Snapchat. Since the film’s […]
Sega planning “revival of major IPs”
Sega has revealed that it is planning a “revival of major IPs” and the “reutilization of dormant” properties as part of its ‘Road to 2020’ business plans. Gamespot is reporting that Sega did not go into any specifics as to which titles could be set for a comeback, but the publisher does have a host of […]
Exclusive: Breaking down Showtime’s Dark Net score with composer Justin Melland
Justin Melland has scored documentaries that have been Oscar nominated, Sundance award winning and critically acclaimed, covering every topic from exposing the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease to people on spiritual journeys and the sacred spaces they are led to. So when Melland found out Vocativ, a media and technology company producing Showtime’s Dark Net, […]
Mass Effect, Hitman and Deus Ex franchises put on hold
Video game fans – if you’re eagerly awaiting word on the next instalment of BioWare’s Mass Effect or Square Enix’s Hitman and Deus Ex franchises, you may be disappointed to hear that the IPs have been put on hold for the foreseeable future. According to Kotaku, BioWare has decided to let the Mass Effect franchise […]
Master of None Season 2 Review
Liam Hoofe reviews Master of None season 2… Aziz Ansari has always been an affable presence on screen – his turn as Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec won him a huge audience and his consistent stand-up work helped solidify his name as one of the best comedic talents around. It wasn’t until he was given […]
Fox cancels Scream Queens after two seasons
Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman has announced that the network has cancelled the anthology horror comedy series Scream Queens after two seasons. “Over the course of the two seasons, it feels like it was a complete story,” said Newman during the network’s upfronts conference call (via TV Guide). “We have no plans to go […]
