British actor Jack Lowden has joined the cast of Josie Rourke’s period piece Mary Queen of Scots. According to Deadline, he will play Lord Darnley, husband to Queen Mary. He joins Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, playing Mary and Queen Elizabeth I respectively, in the film.Mary Queen of Scots comes from a script by American House of Cards creator […]
The Cleaners comes to TV from Black Fawn Films
Black Fawn Films, the minds behind horror films Antisocial, Bed of the Dead and The Heretics, are moving into the television market with a series The Cleaners. The series is being shown to various networks during the Banff World Media Festival. The Cleaners follows a crime scene cleaner who mops up after supernatural killings, hiding the truth from the world […]
Morgan Spurlock producing MMA origins documentary Tough Guys
Documentary maker Morgan Spurlock is set to produce an MMA origins film entitled Tough Guys. Spurlock will executive produce the doc along with filmmaker Ross Kauffman which will tell the origins of Mixed Martial Arts. Tough Guys will be directed by Henry Roosevelt and W.B. Zullo, and will showcase the sport’s early days in 1979 Pittsburgh […]
Rumoured details on Thanos’ Black Order in Avengers: Infinity War
As we’ve already seen from spy photos from the Edinburgh set of Avengers: Infinity War, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes won’t just find themselves going up against Thanos in next year’s Marvel superhero epic.Several motion capture performers were spotted on set carrying weapons similar to that of the Black Order, the Mad Titan’s generals in the Marvel comic […]
The incredibly convoluted continuity of the Transformers franchise
Ricky Church on the incredibly convoluted continuity of the Transformers franchise… Since 2007, Michael Bay has been at the helm of the Transformers film franchise, delivering five instalments of Optimus Prime and his Autobot allies. Transformers: The Last Knight has promised to reveal the hidden history between the Cybertronian race and Earth and “why they […]
Jason David Frank and Amy Jo Johnson cameo in deleted Power Rangers scene
Former Green Ranger Jason David Frank has taken to Instagram to share a deleted scene from the big screen reboot of Power Rangers, which reveals the original cameo featuring himself and former Pink Ranger Amy Jo Johnson; take a look here…https://www.instagram.com/p/BVOdGPkAH_n/ SEE ALSO: Original Power Rangers stars share their issues with the big screen rebootSEE ALSO: Power […]
Michelle Monaghan returning for Mission: Impossible 6
Christopher McQuirrie’s Mission: Impossible 6 will see another returning face to the franchise. The director posted a picture of Michelle Monaghan to his Instagram account without a comment, but it’s quite clear she’s on the set of the latest film.Monaghan was introduced in J.J. Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3 as Julia Meade, the fiance to Tom Cruise’s then-retired IMF agent […]
In Defence of Conventional Storytelling
Henry Bevan defends conventional storytelling… One of the most annoying and backhanded critical compliments is “it’s great but conventional.” So many films met with critical acclaim are often simultaneously bashed for presenting their stories in a popular way. It is lazy and naive thinking to dismiss something as conventional without engaging with why it is. […]
Tom Holland confirms Spider-Man 2 and 3 from Marvel and Sony
With the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming just a few weeks away, there’s been a lot of speculation over his future within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The wall crawler will appear in Avengers: Infinity War and the as-yet-untitled Avengers 4, but as far as solo films go not much is known beyond the likelihood of a sequel to Homecoming, depending on how […]
Is James Gunn teasing Quasar for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3?
James Gunn has taken to social media, seemingly to tease Quasar’s appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.Gunn will be returning to direct the third instalment of Guardians of the Galaxy and if we can read anything into his tweets, he’s already planning which new characters will make an appearance.There were plenty of hints in […]
