Fresh from the news that Mark Rylance will be reuniting with Steven Spielberg on The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, it is now being reported that Rylance is also in talks for Spielberg’s next project, the adaptation of Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One. Rylance won an Oscar for his turn in Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, […]
R.I.P. Gareth Thomas (1945 – 2016)
Some sad news this morning as Welsh actor Gareth Thomas – who was best known for his role as Roj Blake in the classic sci-fi series Blake’s 7, has passed away at the age of 71 having suffered heart failure, it has been announced. “It is with deep sadness that we have to announce that […]
Channing Tatum joins Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Did Matthew Vaughn just find his rumored American spy for Kingsman: The Golden Circle? The Hollywood Reporter states that Channing Tatum has joined the cast in an undisclosed role that could range from anything to a cameo, to playing himself, to taking on a more meaty supporting character position. Production on Kingsman: The Golden Circle […]
Jared Leto sent his Suicide Squad co-stars used condoms and porn because acting makes that OK?
Thomas O’Connor on Jared Leto’s “method” approach to the role of The Joker in Suicide Squad and his on-set behaviour… Actors have always, and probably will always, be an eccentric bunch. For one, you’ve got the divas, prone to temper tantrums and ridiculous demands if they don’t get their way. Then you’ve got the eccentrics, […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Trey Parker joins Despicable Me 3
During Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s big presentation at CinemaCon, Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri dropped a couple of bits of casting news for two of the studio’s upcoming animated projects. Joining the cast of the animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie is Benedict Cumberbatch, who will lend his voice to the titular character, previously portrayed […]
First Doctor Strange Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction
The Flickering Myth Team react… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Ghostbusters and more Yesterday, we got our first look at the Mystical side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe via the trailer for Doctor Strange [watch it here]. It’s only a teaser, but […]
Alden Ehrenreich reportedly frontrunner to play young Han Solo in Star Wars spinoff film
After conducting more screen tests, Alden Ehrenreich (who also had a breakout role earlier this year in the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!) is being reported by Deadline as the frontrunner to play a young Han Solo in Disney’s Star Wars spinoff film. Ehrenreich was also a part of the short list that emerged online a […]
Skydance Entertainment adapting Image series Faster Than Light for TV
Image and Shadowline Comics have announced that their hit sci-fi series Faster Than Light by Brian Haberlin is being developed for television by Skydance Entertainment. Tomorrow we discover the key to faster than light travel and our world will never be the same. In FASTER THAN LIGHT Captain William Forest and those under his storied […]
Comic Book Review – The Autumnlands #10
Zeb Larson reviews The Autumnlands #10… Things have gotten very bad, up the mountain. Very bad. Everybody knows the Arthur C. Clarke quote, his so-called third law, that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Maybe it’s just me, but in this issue, the lines between magic and technology are starting to blur in […]
St. Vincent making directorial debut in female-helmed horror film XX
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalists Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, is about to make a horror film. Yes, you heard that correctly, the brilliant mind behind “Digital Witness” is set to make her directorial debut in an all female-helmed horror anthology film called XX. Clark has officially just boarded the genre film anthology to be […]
