Whether or not those rumoured “fights” behind the scenes of Justice League led to this or not is unclear, but this just in: Ben Affleck has been elevated to an executive producer role on the upcoming DC Extended Universe team-up film. The news comes from Deadline, who state that Affleck will work “with director Zack Snyder and […]
Captain America: Civil War pulls in $25 million from Thursday night opening, falls short of Batman v Superman
Captain America: Civil War finally made its way across the Pond last night, with the latest Marvel Studios blockbuster pulling in $25 million from domestic Thursday night screenings. That figure is $2.7 million short of rival superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which went on to gross $166.1 million in its domestic opening […]
Krysten Ritter wants Adam Pally’s kidney in new clip from Search Party
A clip has arrived online from director Scot Armstrong’s comedy Search Party, which sees underwear-clad organ harvester Krysten Ritter preparing to remove the kidney of a drugged and restrained Adam Pally; take a look below after the official synopsis… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Search Party Wedding bells threaten to break up three best friends’ […]
Game of Thrones: The Mystery of the Crow’s Eye
Tony Black on the mystery of Euron Greyjoy… Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 2 ‘Home’… All eyes were on Jon Snow during ‘Home’, the second episode of Game of Thrones this week, but as I discussed in my earlier review it was an episode packed with incident. One element that may have […]
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Mel Brooks and Zendaya to feature in voice cast of The Guardian Brothers
In news coming out of Cannes, it has been announced that The Weinstein Company has acquired the international rights to animated film The Guardian Brothers. Deadline is reporting that the film, which was released in China earlier in the year as The Little Door Gods, is set to have an eclectic voice-cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep […]
Supergirl: Why isn’t she already on The CW?
Tony Black on the future of Supergirl in the wake of a possible move to The CW… The second season of CBS’ comic-book adaptation Supergirl has been on the bubble for quite some time now, long after the majority of other shows have been greenlit or cancelled. Fans have waited with a certain bated breath […]
Comic Book Review – The Punisher #1
Zeb Larson reviews The Punisher #1… FRANK CASTLE LOSES CONTROL! A by-the-numbers drug bust is about to take Frank Castle by surprise…and he HATES surprises. The horrible fallout threatens to send The Punisher into the heart of darkness, but Castle won’t make that journey alone: A DEA agent is on his trail and attempting to get […]
Tom Hooper to direct film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats
Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) is set to helm a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed long-running musical Cats, reports The Wrap. Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are behind the film, and previously worked with director Hooper on 2012’s Les Miserables. Lloyd Webber’s Cats is based on the collection of […]
Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Captain America: Civil War, 2016. Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, William Hurt, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany, Marissa Tomei, John Kani, John Slattery, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, […]
James Franco – Russell Crowe team-up Blood Meridian shelved hours after being announced
A strange tale has emerged from the Cannes Film Festival overnight, with Cormac McCarthy adaptation Blood Meridian shelved mere hours after details of the film were first announced reports Deadline. James Franco (The Masterpiece) had been set to star and direct the adaptation, with Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys) co-starring alongside Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse) and […]
