Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong is in talks to join Jessica Chastain (The Huntsman: Winter’s War, The Martian) in the upcoming comedy Plus One. Patrick Brice (The Overnight) is directing the film which follows “a single woman (Chastain) who realizes she has limited choices in girlfriends who can join her on the singles scene because […]
The CW picks up live-action Archie series Riverdale for full season
Fresh from the news that Supergirl is joining The CW, it has now been announced that the network has added another comic book-based show, having placed a series order for the live-action Archie Comics pilot Riverdale. “This is a historic moment for Archie Comics – and I couldn’t be more proud,” said Archie Comics Publisher […]
Hitman: Agent 47 producer teases development of a Just Cause movie
2016 is a big year for the video game movie adaptation with a whopping four being released. We’ve already seen Ratchet & Clank and The Angry Birds Movie, Warcraft is out very soon, and earlier today we got our first look at Assassin’s Creed. With so many video game adaptations in some form of development, […]
Supergirl renewed for second season and moving to The CW
For weeks Supergirl has been in limbo as CBS was biding its time for renewal, unsure whether or not to pick it back up. Then there was a recent rumour that CBS was considering moving it to The CW in order to lower production costs. This rumour has now been confirmed as Supergirl will be […]
Captain America: Civil War screenwriters explain why Thanos was absent
With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe set to culminate in the big showdown between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, you’d be forgiven for expecting to see a few more glimpses of the Mad Titan before the two-part epic gets underway. However, that wasn’t the case with Captain America: Civil War, and […]
Jurassic World screenwriter hired for Pacific Rim 2
Jurassic World screenwriter Derek Connolly has been hired by Legendary to write the script for Pacific Rim 2, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Marvel’s Daredevil season one showrunner Steven S. DeKnight will direct the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 blockbuster, which pitted robots piloted by humans known as ‘Jaegers’ against otherworldly Kaiju invaders. Plot details are being […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 20 Review – ‘Emancipation’
Danny Hale reviews the twentieth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… Following the events of Captain America: Civil War ‘Emancipation’ opened this week with Coulson and May musing over the Sokovia Accords and what it could mean for their team. Meanwhile General Talbot arrived to both share his frustrations at Coulson’s secrecy and to […]
Marvel Studios: The Movie Villain?
Henry Bevan on whether the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is having a negative effect on cinema… We are in the middle of the superhero smorgasbord that is 2016. Three down, three to go. Captain America: Civil War has been a huge success and that is a problem. The more successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe […]
69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Money Monster (2016)
Money Monster, 2016 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe and Dominic West SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show finds themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the tumbling share price of a major […]
Greg Berlanti confirms Booster Gold film, not interested in directing The Flash
Just yesterday, rumour broke out that Thor and X-Men: First Class scribe Zack Stentz was working on a Booster Gold film for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe. Now, DC television producer Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl) has confirmed that story, and his own rumoured involvement in the project. In a new interview with THR, Berlanti confirmed that […]
