THR has revealed that Sylvester Stallone is replacing his Cop Land co-star Robert De Niro in director Olivier Assayas’ (Personal Shopper) heist thriller Idol’s Eye, where he’ll star alongside Robert Pattinson (Twilight) and Rachel Weisz (The Light Between Oceans). The film sees Pattinson as “a thief who unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Chicago mob […]
Samuel L. Jackson joins Travis Fimmel in sci-fi Inversion
Variety is reporting that Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to join the cast of Inversion, a new $130 million-budgeted sci-fi from director Peter Segal (Grudge Match), which has Travis Fimmel (Vikings) and Liu Yifei (Once Upon a Time) also attached to star. The film will revolve around Fimmel’s “street-wise American con man who teams […]
Adam Driver and Rooney Mara to star in Leos Carax’s Annette
In news coming out of the American Film Market, Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Rooney Mara (Carol) are to star in Annette, the English-language debut of Holy Motors director Leos Carax, which also has Rihanna (Home) set to feature in a minor role According to Variety, Annette “depicts the rise and fall […]
Chris Claremont blames the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the decline of the X-Men
During his 17 year stint as writer on X-Men, Chris Claremont was responsible for penning some of the most iconic and acclaimed stories in Marvel’s history, as well as co-writing 1991’s X-Men #1, which remains the biggest selling comic book of all time. This paved the way for X-Men: The Animated Series the following year, with […]
American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 8 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the eighth episode of American Horror Story season 6… It seems as though episode 8 marks the beginning of the end for AHS 6. After some already harrowing scenes in episode 7, with the death of Matt at the hands of his wife Shelby and a crowbar, episode 8 ups the ante […]
Marvel’s Doctor Strange hits $325 million worldwide
With early estimates for this weekend’s box office takings coming in, it’s being reported that Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Doctor Strange has enjoyed an $85 million opening at the North American box office, falling just short of Thor: The Dark World’s $85.7 million November debut back in 2013. Internationally, Doctor Strange has added $118.7 million […]
Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen and Iko Uwais teaming with John Wick director for Triple Threat
Asian action stars Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak), Tiger Chen (Man of Tai Chi) and Iko Uwais (The Raid) are teaming up with John Wick director Chad Stahelski for Triple Threat, THR is reporting. The film, which has been scripted by Dwayne Smith, “revolves around a Chinese martial artist who goes to Mexico to rescue his ex-wife […]
The Films That Help Explain The US Election
This week, Neil Calloway looks at films that deal with political campaigns… Unless you’ve been living away from society, disconnected from any news source for the past eighteen months, you’ll be aware that there is a US Presidential Election this week. It’s been a hard fought, bitter campaign with serious allegations thrown at each candidate […]
Universal developing live-action Voltron movie with screenwriter David Hayter
With its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation earlier this year, Universal Pictures picked up the rights the 80s cartoon series Voltron, and the studio has continue development on a live-action adaptation of the franchise. David Hayter (X-Men, Watchmen) is set to pen the script for the Voltron movie, although Deadline is reporting that with it being an inherited […]
Seven NES Games That Are Often Overlooked
Jordan Jones lists seven NES titles you may have missed… When I was very young, one of my weekend traditions was going to the family-owned video store down the street to rent a game for my NES. I would spend upwards of an hour deciding which of the countless games lining the store walls would […]
