Michael Shannon has signed on to play George Westinghouse alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s Thomas Edison in The Weinstein Company’s upcoming drama The Current War. Jake Gyllenhaal had previously been in talks for the role. The Current War will see Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) directing from Michael Mitnick’s 2011 Black List script, […]
What We Do In the Shadows spinoff TV series secures financing
Back in August of last year, Jemaine Clement revealed that plans were underway for both a sequel and a TV spin-off to the 2014 vampire mockumentary What We Do In the Shadows, and now it has been revealed that the small screen project has secured financing from NZ On Air. The series, entitled Paranormal Event […]
Movie Review – Cardboard Boxer (2016)
Cardboard Boxer, 2016. Directed by Knate Lee. Starring Thomas Haden Church, Boyd Holbrook, Rhys Wakefield, Macy Gray and Terrence Howard. SYNOPSIS: A homeless man is recruited by a bunch of rich kids to fight other impoverished people. Cardboard Boxer stars Thomas Haden Church as Willie, a down on his luck homeless man who is a […]
Quentin Tarantino on what he’s hoping to see from Marvel’s Luke Cage series
In 2012, Quentin Tarantino revealed that back in the early 90s, he came close to bringing Power Man to the big screen, having toyed with the idea of directing a Luke Cage movie. And now, with Marvel’s latest TV series hitting Netflix, Yahoo! took the opportunity to ask the director what he’s hoping to see from […]
Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench and more board Murder on the Orient Express
Yesterday we brought word that Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer were circling director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery Murder on the Orient Express, and now 20th Century Fox has confirmed that both have officially boarded the project, along with Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Michael […]
Daniel Radcliffe wanted to play Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
During an interview with Metro (via Comic Book) to promote the release of his new film Swiss Army Man [read our review here], former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he would have loved to nab the role of Spider-Man for his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War. “I would’ve […]
Second Opinion – Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Deepwater Horizon, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriquez, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: On April 20th, 2010, the world’s largest man-made disaster occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor), this story honors the brave men and women whose […]
Bond producer says Daniel Craig is “absolutely still the first choice” for 007
Despite all the speculation surrounding his potential successor – which has been running rampant since the release of Spectre last year – James Bond producer Callum McDougall has told the BBC that Daniel Craig is still “absolutely the first choice” of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to play 007 in the super spy’s next […]
Second Opinion – Free State of Jones (2016)
Free State Of Jones, 2016. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Christopher Berry, Bill Tangradi and Keri Russell. SYNOPSIS: A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters, runaway slaves, and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government. Free State of Jones […]
Red Dwarf XI Episode 3 Review – ‘Give and Take’
Villordsutch reviews Red Dwarf XI Episode 3 – Give and Take… After the brilliant ‘Samsara‘ hopes are high that the rest of the Red Dwarf XI, including next week’s episode ‘Give and Take’, will follow suit. Red Dwarf has already returned to form and it was truly brilliant last night as it sang back to classic Dwarf fantastically well, […]
