Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has secured the rights to Willy Wonka from the estate of Roald Dahl, and has tapped Harry Potter producer David Heyman to develop a new movie, which is being scripted by Simon Rich (The Secret Life of Pets). According to the site, rather than an adaptation of Dahl’s two Wonka […]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham VR
Tom Powter reviews Batman: Arkham VR… Rocksteady’s acclaimed Arkham series managed to elevate Batman to a status not many licensed characters have achieved in the gaming industry. Adaptations of other material, such as movie tie-in games, have often been terrible and met with the appropriate reception. Rocksteady’s Arkham Asylum, while not a direct adaptation of […]
Tom Hiddleston joins Aardman’s Early Man
Aardman Animation and StudioCanal have announced that Tom Hiddleston has signed on to the cast of Nick Park’s prehistoric comedy adventure Early Man, where he is set to voice the villain, he ridiculously pompous Lord Nooth, governor of the Bronze Age town – a money-loving tyrant and rival to the film’s Stone Age hero, Dug […]
Exclusive Interview with Star Wars: Ahsoka author E.K. Johnston
Ricky Church chats with Star Wars: Ahsoka author E.K. Johnston… Last week the highly anticipated book Star Wars: Ahsoka was released, telling a story of Ahsoka’s time following Order 66 but before she became Star Wars Rebels‘ mysterious rebel organizer Fulcrum. Flickering Myth recently got the chance to ask author E.K. Johnston a few questions about the book […]
Video Game Review – Batman: Return to Arkham
Thomas Roach reviews Batman: Return to Arkham… Batman: Return to Arkham bundles together the acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City full remasters for the current generation. Having been disappointed with Batman: Arkham Knight it has certainly been nice to return to what I consider superior games, and if it were not for the remaster it […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 4 Review – ‘Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire’
Danny Hale reviews the fourth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… “We’re making a comeback”. Coulson’s statement this week to Eli regarding the state of S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn’t have been more accurate; ‘Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire’ did a great job of humanising Ghost Rider, reconnecting Daisy with her old team and tying […]
Interview: Composer Kris Dirksen on creating the right score for Cinemax’s Quarry & Banshee
We chat to Composer Kris Dirksen about creating the right score for Cinemax’s Quarry & Banshee… As with a lot of television shows, the score that accompanies it can easily make or break the show. The most recent example being Kyle Dixon & Michael Steins’ much buzzed about score to Netflix’s Stranger Things which has […]
October Horrors Day 20 – Army of Darkness (1992)
Army of Darkness, 1992. Directed by Sam Raimi Starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert and Ian Abercrombe. SYNOPSIS: Following on from the events of Evil Dead II (1987) which saw Ash vanquish the demonic force before being sucked through a time portal to the Dark Ages, we now find our wise-cracking hero having to seek […]
South Park Season 20 Episode 5 Review- ‘Douche and a Danish’
Liam Hoofe reviews the fifth episode of South Park season 20… After totally ignoring the election last week South Park season 20 shifted its focus back onto the race for the White House this week as the season’s bigger picture began to become clearer. After last week’s episode focused solely on the trolling story line […]
Colin Firth joins the cast of Mary Poppins Returns
Colin Firth has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel, with Variety reporting that the Oscar-winner has signed on to play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, in Mary Poppins Returns. The sequel, which takes place 25 years after the original, will reunite Into the Woods director Rob […]
