Despite heavy marketing and a lot of buzz coming from its surprise announcement at San Diego Comic Con, Adam Wingard’s sequel Blair Witch has fallen below expectations. Showing on over 3,100 screens, Blair Witch managed just $9 million domestically coming second to Sully in its second week of release. It did fend off Bridget Jones’s […]
Suicide Squad passes Captain America: The Winter Solider and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the box office
Though it received some rather dreadful reviews and some pretty bad publicity following its release, Suicide Squad has earned another notch on its box office belt this weekend. Gorssing another $4 million from this weekend, Suicide Squad has now passed both Captain America: The Winter Solider ($714 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($708 million) at […]
Mad Max: Fury Road prequel rumoured to be in pre-production in Australia
In the build up to the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, director George Miller revealed that he was developing a further two instalments of the post-apocalyptic action franchise, and would be looking to move ahead with the next, Mad Max: The Wasteland, as soon as possible. Since then, we’ve heard little in the way […]
Rumoured details on LEGO’s DC Super Hero Girls sets
Back in April of 2015, Warner Bros. announced the launch of DC Super Hero Girls, a new female-centred line of animated projects, toys, books and apparel; the original announcement also included a range of LEGO sets, and now thanks to Eurobricks user CM4Sci (via The Brick Fan) it seems we have details on said sets, which […]
The Secret Life of Pets hits $800 million worldwide, Illumination Entertainment passes $4 billion
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s animated comedy The Secret Life of Pets has hit another box office milestone today, with the film pushing its worldwide haul to $805 million. The Secret Life of Pets has now climbed to sixth in the list of the highest grossing movies of the year, as well as propelling Illumination’s […]
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn doesn’t care about Marvel vs DC rivalry
We may be experiencing the Golden Age of the superhero movie, but there are a large number of fans who remain loyal to their respective brand, be it Marvel or DC, and are fiercely critical of anything put out by the “other side”. Occasionally, the fires of this “rivalry” are stoked by someone involved with either the Marvel […]
Why Batman?
Anghus Houvouras on The Dark Knight… Yesterday was Batman Day, an annual celebration of the Caped Crusader allowing the world to pay homage to the world’s most popular superhero. How did that happen? It seems like such a strange question to ask as we celebrate three-quarters of a century of the character who would come […]
Knightmare Flash and Cyborg costume designs from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hollywood costume design company Ironhead Studio has shared an image of two maquettes it created for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, featuring The Flash’s prototype suit glimpsed ever-so-briefly during the Knightmare dream sequence, along with an unused design for Cyborg; check them out here… What do you make of the costumes? How does Cyborg’s […]
When Will Shared Universes End?
This week Neil Calloway questions how long cinematic shared universes can last… It was announced on Thursday that Margot Robbie – given the sweetener of an Executive Producer to boot – had signed on for a Harley Quinn solo movie. This followed hot on the heels of the news that Anne Hathaway would be open […]
The Week in Star Wars – Episode VIII compared to Empire Strikes Back, Rogue One gets a new composer, Fifty Shades of Grey beats The Force Awakens and more
The Week in Star Wars returns with Adam Driver talking Episode VIII, a load of new posters for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as well as a load of merch, a returning character for Star Wars Rebels, a beating by Fifty Shades of Grey and more… We’ll kick things off this week by looking […]
