Some progress has been made on the sequel to 2014’s Godzilla reboot, with Variety reporting that – following earlier rumors – acclaimed horror director Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat and Krampus) is set to direct Godzilla: King of Monsters. The director has been known to collaborate with Legendary Pictures and even has one of his writing […]
Thomas Jane in talks for Shane Black’s The Predator
Get ready for a showdown between the Punisher and the Predator! Sort of. According to THR, Hung and The Punisher star Thomas Jane is in final negotiations to join Shane Black’s The Predator reboot. Details on Jane’s role have yet to be revealed, so it’s anyone’s guess on how he could be playing. He joins recent cast additions Sterling K. Brown (This […]
Image and Top Cow launching Holy warrior epic Magdalena
Image and Top Cow have announced that writer Tini Howard and artist Ryan Cady are to launch an all-new series this March for Magdalena, the popular Top Cow superheroine known for her early appearances in The Darkness and Witchblade. MAGDALENA follows “The Magdalena” a powerful individual who has always defended the world from demonic evil, […]
Mark Hamill shares his thoughts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi title
Lucasfilm dropped some major Star Wars: Episode VIII news today, revealing the title for the Rian Johnson-directed sequel to be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and in a case of rather great timing, the Associated Press were interviewing Mark Hamill just after the reveal. So, what does the last Jedi think of The Last Jedi […]
Video Game Review – Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Emma Cockroft reviews Resident Evil 7: Biohazard… I have been a long term fan of Resident Evil since its origins in the 90’s and am glad to say it played a prominent role in my childhood that would help cement my love for video games. (I even met my fiance on a Resident Evil forum […]
Class Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Brave-ish Heart’
With Doctor Who spinoff Class returning for a BBC One airing, Alex Moreland continues his reviews of this YA hit… When your entire people are being killed before your very eyes, then you can talk to me about monsters! In many ways, this is a chessboard episode; it feels almost like a perfunctory piece, dedicated more […]
Marvel announces Black Panther & The Crew ongoing series
Marvel has announced the upcoming launch of a brand new ongoing series entitled Black Panther & The Crew, which will see T’Challa teaming up with Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Manifold to take on a dangerous wave of threats. “There’s this concept in comic books of street characters—characters who mostly deal with street-level stories—those […]
The Death of Good Screenwriting in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the death of good screenwriting in Hollywood… Awards season is in full swing, so it seems somewhat ironic to come and bemoan the dearth of good screenwriting within the modern studio system, but I’m going to anyway. Putting aside the award nominated films, my focus is more on those films that are […]
Hollywood pays tribute to film producer Matthew Lamothe
Hundreds of Hollywood filmmakers gathered in Connecticut today for the funeral service of film producer Matthew Lamothe, who died last week at the young age 30 in Manhattan, New York. His employer, film financier Tommy Vlahopoulos of Tommy V Films, was one of the first contacted last Monday with the devastating news. “It has been […]
Stranger Things was originally envisioned as R-rated
Netflix hit the jackpot with Stranger Things. It’s a show with mass appeal that has garnered heavy comparisons to the early films of Steven Spielberg. However, things were originally intended to be much darker. In an interview with Vulture, show creators The Duffer Brothers touched on this, with Ross saying: “The Eleven character, the kind […]
