Earlier this year Paramount and Habsro enlisted Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman to launch a “Writers Room” to generate ideas for the Transformers franchise. Well, it seems the two companies are so pleased with the results that they’re now looking to do the same for two other properties in G.I. Joe and Micronauts. According to Deadline, this […]
Vin Diesel announces new Riddick movie and TV series
Back in January last year, Vin Diesel revealed that Universal Pictures was keen on another instalment in the Riddick franchise, and now the actor has officially announced a fourth film in the series, entitled Furia, along with a TV spinoff Merc City. “Last night out company had a party to launch our TV division,” said […]
My Little Pony movie to open against Thor: Ragnarok
Back in August it was announced that Lionsgate and Hasbro are bringing My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to the big screen, and now the animated feature has a release date, going up against Marvel’s Phase Three threequel Thor: Ragnarok on November 3rd 2017. The movie is being written by Friendship is Magic executive producer […]
The Week in Star Wars – New footage from The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill talks Luke Skywalker’s secret, George Lucas says Disney changed his vision and more
After a bumper edition of The Week in Star Wars last weekend, we’ve got even more new footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a couple of TV spots and new images, Mark Hamill on keeping Star Wars secrets, Andy Serkis talking Supreme Leader Snoke, George Lucas on Disney changing his vision for the […]
Why Remaking Great Films Is A Bad Idea
This week, Neil Calloway questions the wisdom of remaking classic films… In the 1980s Frank Oz, the man who is both Miss Piggy and Yoda, asked Michael Caine if he wanted to star in a remake of Bedtime Story, a 1964 film that despite starring David Niven and Marlon Brando, was not a success. Why […]
Wonder Woman logo for Batman v Superman and the DC Extended Universe revealed
Yesterday we got the first official image from Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman movie, along with details of the supporting cast set to join Gal Gadot in the 2017 film, and now thanks to Graphitti Designs (via Comic Book) we have a look at the Amazon Princess’ logo for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and […]
Movie Review – Entertainment (2015)
Entertainment, 2015. Directed by Rick Alverson. Starring Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Amy Seimetz, Tye Sheridan, Lotte Verbeek, and Michael Cera. SYNOPSIS: En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert. “I heard a joke once: […]
Kenneth Branagh boards Murder on the Orient Express as director and star
20th Century Fox has found its director for the upcoming remake of the classic Agatha Christie mystery Murder on the Orient Express, with Kenneth Branagh signing on to direct, produce and star in the project as the detective Hercule Poirot. The script is being penned by Michael Green, who has most recently written the screenplay […]
Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 10 Review – ‘Face the Raven’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 10 – ‘Face the Raven’… Doctor (to Clara) – Stay with me. After last week’s rather dire episode “Sleep No More” [review here] I was unsure what we were getting in this episode. From the trailers we observed the return of Rigsy from the last series episode Flatline plus a glimpse […]
Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman set for action movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The cast for Millennium Films and Jeff Wadlow’s (Kick-Ass 2) upcoming action movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard has come together, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman have signed on to appear in the film. The Hitman’s Bodyguard follows “the world’s top protection agent (Reynolds) who has a new […]
