For the past few years, Todd McFarlane has been talking up the possibility of a new big screen outing for his comic book creation Spawn, and now he’s provided another update to Comic Book on his progress with the script, as well as revealing he hopes to direct the film himself. “I’ve finished the script, […]
How Deadpool managed to sneak in a Marvel Studios character
Among the many Easter eggs in 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool movie was an appearance from Bob, a buddy of Wade Wilson’s who is better known to comic book fans as Bob, Agent of Hydra. The cameo was interesting, given that the rights to Hydra – and to Hydra Bob – belong to Marvel Studios, and […]
Live-action Astro Boy in development at New Line with San Andreas writers
It was around this time last year that we heard about a live-action version of Astro Boy, and it looks like it’s now heading into further development at New Line Cinema. New Line, a division of Warner Bros., are heavy into negotiations with Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions and have brought in Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore […]
American Horror Project Vol. 1 set for release on Monday
Arrow Films is set to release the first volume of American Horror Project on Monday 22 February. Concentrating on influential American horror films that have somehow slipped under the radar, the project is a celebration of the genre’s potential to captivate and beguile… The dual DVD and Blu-ray set comprises three tales of madness from the […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 14 Review – ‘Homecoming’
Chris Cooper reviews the fourteenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… This week’s episode of Rebels manages to balance things really well. Well enough to make the fact that its story is paper-thin a non-issue. I’m going to go off on a slight tangent now. Hera calls out A-Wings by name! We rarely hear […]
Video Game Preview – Sheltered
Martin Carr previews Sheltered… Consider Sheltered a constantly evolving organic entity. Fancy words I know. But ultimately the most accurate when it comes to describing what we have. You see what Team 17 have done is started with a basic concept. A sort of low-fi Fallout 4. Minus the graphical enhancements, combat nuances or inherent […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd Megazine #369
Villordsutch reviews Judge Dredd Megazine #369… Borag Thungg and of course welcome all Earthlet’s to Judge Dredd Megazine #369. This issue of Judge Dredd is currently fulfilling the demographic requirements for those with sea legs in The Gyre (Part 2) and those of you landlubbers with The Dust (Part 3). Now Demon Nic. has left us we […]
Ben Affleck got advice from Christian Bale and George Clooney on playing Batman
Ben Affleck will be the fifth actor to take on The Dark Knight in a big screen role since 1989 when he suits up in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The actor has talked about how his Batman is different to other screen interpretations, but that didn’t stop Affleck reaching out to previous Bruce […]
Blu-ray Review – Falling Skies Season 5
Falling Skies – Season 5. Starring Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Maxim Knight, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Sanguin Carter, Mpho Koaho, Doug Jones and Will Patton. SYNOPSIS: As season five opens, all breed of beast and mutant are running rampant on earth. The Espheni’s power core has been destroyed, and humans are now […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has a 32% chance of turning a profit, apparently
Following on from some news over the weekend that Warner Bros. executives are ‘worried’ about the outcome of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a computer algorithm also has some bad news for the superhero team-up. Researchers at the University of Iowa have plugged some data into a computer about several films this year, which […]
