A few days ago, it was reported that Warner Bros. had decided to push back production on The Batman to 2018, owing to director Matt Reeves’ ongoing commitments to this summer’s War for the Planet of the Apes. Coinciding with the news was a rumour that the screenplay for the Dark Knight solo movie would […]
Disney provides updates on live-action Aladdin and Mulan adaptations
With Beauty and the Beast raking in the cash at the box office and The Lion King gearing up to go into production this Spring, Disney’s president of Motion Picture Production Sean Bailey has been chatting to Vulture about the studio’s live-action adaptations of its animated classics, focussing on two projects in particular in Aladdin and […]
The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One’s original ending, Yoda and The Last Jedi, Darth Vader vs Darth Maul and more
In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, Gareth Edwards has been talking about the original Rogue One ending, Frank Oz has seemingly let slip Yoda’s inclusion in The Last Jedi, and Dave Filoni has revealed that Darth Vader and Darth Maul were going to go head-to-head in Star Wars Rebels… With the home-entertainment […]
Marvel’s Iron Fist: A Reasonable Response to a Very Reasonable Show
Samuel Brace on Marvel’s Iron Fist… Iron Fist is not good. That’s what you’ve been hearing in the build up to Netflix’s new Marvel series. You’ve been hearing that it is the first misfire from Marvel’s Netflix venture, a flop, a bag full of nothing good. Reviews have been indifferent to bad, its metacritic score […]
Six video game worlds that would likely smell terrible on the Nosulus Rift
Jordan Jones with six video game worlds that would likely smell terrible on the Nosulus Rift… If you haven’t heard, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is going to introduce a cutting-edge peripheral to market: the Nosulus Rift. What does this magical device do, you ask? The Nosulus Rift will allow players to actually smell the […]
Alicia Vikander to hunt monsters in Ben Wheatley’s Freakshift
With his latest film Free Fire currently earning rave reviews from critics ahead of its release at the end of this month [read our reviews here and here], British filmmaker Ben Wheatley is now prepping his next project Freakshift, and it looks like he may have found an Oscar-winning star for the lead. According to […]
Ridley Scott says there will definitely be four more Alien movies after Covenant
Earlier this month, Ridley Scott revealed that he already has a script for another Alien movie to follow this year’s Alien: Covenant, and that we could get a further six movies in the franchise before he decides to call it a day. Although that sounded like hyperbole from Scott, the filmmaker has now revealed to […]
Groot will be a “better-written character” in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
It seems that Marvel was caught a little by surprise with the fan reaction to Groot in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy (which explains why it took so long for those Dancing Baby Groot toys to hit the shelves), and speaking to Comic Book, director James Gunn has revealed that his breakout popularity has ensured […]
Why We Don’t Need More Matrix Movies
This week, Neil Calloway argues against a return for The Matrix… So, we’re getting another load of Matrix films. Or we will be if Warner Bros get their way. It would be easy just to throw my hands up in the air and go “Oh, I’m sick of reboots, can’t we have something original?” but […]
Rumour: The new Matrix movie could be a Morpheus prequel
Last week it was announced that Warner Bros. is rebooting The Matrix with a new movie based upon the classic sci-fi action series, with Michael B. Jordan wanted for the lead role. Writer Zak Penn subsequently took to Twitter to confirm that the new project is not a reboot of the property, and now Birth.Movies.Death […]
