Disney XD and Marvel have announced the return dates for the third season of Ultimate Spider-Man – now rebranded Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6 – and Avengers Assemble, which is going by the title of Avengers: Ultron Revolution. Check out the official press release below… Spider-Man recruits a new team and the Avengers reunite […]
Movie Review – The 5th Wave (2016)
The 5th Wave, 2016. Directed by J. Blakeson. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber, Nick Robinson, Maria Bello, Ron Livingston, Zackary Arthur, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe and Maika Monroe. SYNOPSIS: In The 5th Wave, set in the present day, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear […]
McG in talks to direct Masters of the Universe
The long-gestating Masters of the Universe reboot has gone through several writers and directors over the last few years, and it now looks like they’ve found their latest helmer. Deadline are reporting that Sony are looking to target McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) to take on the project. If McG joins, he will re-write the […]
Deadpool tracking for $55 million opening weekend; bigger than X-Men, The Wolverine and X-Men: First Class
We’re only a couple of weeks away from The Merc With a Mouth hitting cinema screens in his feature-debut, and The Hollywood Reporter is tracking a good opening weekend for Deadpool. If the outlet is to be believed, Deadpool is currently tracking to earn $55+ million on its opening weekend, when it goes up against Zoolander […]
Movie Review – The Assassin (2015)
The Assassin, 2015. Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang and Yun Zhou. SYNOPSIS: An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in seventh-century China. Almost immediately, as the first shots in stark black and white open on-screen, it’s not a stretch to say that The […]
Tom Cruise officially signs on for The Mummy reboot
It was rumoured last year that Tom Cruise was in talks with Universal to star in their upcoming reboot of The Mummy, which is set to kick-start their Classic Monsters Shared Universe. Well, now it’s official. Variety are reporting that Cruise has signed on for the picture, but will not serve as a producer as […]
Grant Gustin says he didn’t “bash” Ezra Miller as The Flash; fully endorses the casting
Over the last couple of days, The Flash TV star Grant Gustin has been favouriting a few tweets from fans who were upset that DC and Warner Bros. had decided to recast him as Barry Allen for the film version of The Flash. Some news sites took this to mean that Gustin was upset with […]
Zack Snyder defends the ending of Man of Steel
While it has its supporters, Zack Synder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel has certainly had its detractors – particularly when it comes to the ending which saw Superman and Zod tear up Metropolis and presumably killing thousands of innocent people. However, there will always be one person who 100% defends it. “I stand by it”, Snyder […]
“Contemporary” Nancy Drew TV series gets pilot order from CBS
CBS has placed a pilot order for Drew, which is being described as a contemporary take on the iconic teen sleuth Nancy Drew from the long-running children’s book series. As per Entertainment Weekly, the logline for Drew reads: “Now in her 30s, Nancy is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes […]
Daredevil season 2 will feature a scene like the hallway fight, but “on crack”
Marvel’s Daredevil drew praise from critics for a number of reasons when it premiered on Netflix last April, but one aspect of the show that nearly all viewers singled out was its extremely well-choreographed fight scenes; in particular, the hallway fight scene, from the show’s second episode “Cut Man,” was hailed as one of the best television […]