Luke Owen looks at the already troubled history of Ben Affleck’s The Batman… It was news that concerned fans of the faltering DCEU when it was confirmed that Ben Affleck will no longer direct The Batman, which is still supposed to be released next year. This bad news about The Batman follows rumours that Justice League is […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts on building “a new mythology” with Kong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts recently spoke with The Nerdist about the upcoming blockbuster epic, discussing how it will touch upon Kong’s origins, as well as creating “a new mythology”. “When you watch Predator 2 and you see that Xenomorph skull on the spaceship you’re like, ‘Oh my God!’ Your brain just goes crazy […]
Josh Gad continues pestering Daisy Ridley for Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers
It didn’t take long for Josh Gad to try and squeeze out some Star Wars spoilers from his Murder on the Orient Express co-star Daisy Ridley regarding the mystery surrounding the newly revealed title, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He was quickly shut down, but well, that’s not stopping him from trying again. Check out the […]
Common still interested in playing John Stewart in Green Lantern Corps
While doing interview rounds for the quickly approaching John Wick: Chapter 2, IGN asked rapper Common if he was still intrigued by potentially playing the role of John Stewart in Green Lantern Corps, despite his minor role in last year’s Suicide Squad. “I haven’t spoken to DC,” said Common. “John Stewart, the character, is amazing. […]
Hugh Jackman and James Mangold on aging Wolverine and Professor X in Logan
In a recent interview with Empire both Hugh Jackman and Logan director James Mangold talked about some of the meticulous little details that went into visually presenting both Wolverine and Patrick Stewart’s Professor X as much older and weaker mutants in the upcoming X-Men solo movie. Jackman explained how he received a tip from Jim […]
It’s official: Nintendo announces cancellation of Project: Giant Robot
You may remember, a few years back at E3 2014, that Shigeru Miyamoto was hyping a game codenamed Project: Giant Robot. The game was to take full advantage of the Wii U controller, allowing players to build, and customize giant robots in order to pit them against various robotic monstrosities. The game was never officially “scrapped”, […]
Mark Hamill “couldn’t believe” the backlash to the Star Wars prequels
Though the Star Wars saga is known and beloved throughout the world, there is a near universal dislike for George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith with most of the criticism levelled at Phantom Menace for its talk of politics, clunky dialogue Jar Jar Binks and Jake Lloyd’s performance as a […]
The Highest Grossing Video Game Movies of All-Time
Luke Owen keeps track of the biggest video game movies… To go along with our Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time list, I felt we should also keep tabs on the video game movie adaptation. Since their debut in 1993, they’ve mostly come with a bad reputation, bad reviews and often bad box office results. […]
HBO developing scripted behind-the-scenes Godfather movie
The Godfather is universally recognised as one of the greatest films of all time, and now HBO Films are developing a movie focusing on its production. Revealed by Variety, the film entitled Francis & The Godfather will be a scripted affair that documents the making of the seminal 1973 mafia adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel. The movie will […]
Emma Stone, Jonah Hill and Cary Fukunaga board Netflix’s Maniac
Netflix and Paramount have just acquired some high-profile talent for its upcoming series Maniac. According to Deadline, Emma Stone and Jonah Hill will star in the series with True Detective‘s Cary Fukunaga set to direct all 10 episodes of the dark comedy. Production will begin this summer. This will be the first time Hill and Stone have starred […]
