With Sigourney Weaver and – potentially Michael Biehn – set to reprise the roles of Ripley and Hicks for Neill Blomkamp’s Alien sequel/reboot, it’s now been announced that Carrie Henn will be returning to the Alien universe for the unofficial fan film Alien Identity from director Adam Sonnet. Henn – who portrayed Newt in 1986’s […]
Comic Book Review – Transference #1
Zeb Larson reviews Transference #1… Colton Moss and his elite team of special agents run counter-terrorism operations utilizing a secret form of time travel technology called “transference,” which enables them to send their consciousnesses back in time – but, when Colton’s past is altered to reshape his life in the present, he discovers this technology […]
Disney snaps up live-action Prince Charming script
Having mined its catalogue of fairy tales for live-action adaptations, Disney is now looking to bring Prince Charming to the big screen, having snapped up a spec script from Matt Fogel, who previously served as an assistant to Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Described as a “revisionist take”, […]
Peyton Reed on replacing Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man
When Edgar Wright vacated the director’s chair on Ant-Man after close to a decade of being attached to the project, Marvel Studios found itself with the unenviable task of finding a suitable replacement for the fan favourite filmmaker. Step forward Peyton Reed (Down with Love), who has admitted in an interview with Uproxx this week […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47
Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47… The Stockman Swarm engulfs NYC searching high and low for the Turtles. The Turtles are on the run and desperate. Will they be able to find sanctuary before it’s too late? Due to some rather off scheduling we’ve received TMNT #47 after the first issue of the […]
SPOILERS: And the TWO post-credit scenes for Ant-Man are…
SPOILERS – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FOR ANT-MAN IN THIS STORY… …YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Still here? Good. Mid credits: One of the plot threads that runs through Ant-Man is Hank Pym telling his daughter Hope that she can’t be a superhero because “it’s too dangerous”. He is of course wrong, and the characters go […]
Is Terminator Genisys the worst blockbuster ever?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Terminator Genisys is the worst blockbuster of all time… An insulting, paradox riddled mess. A senseless, poorly written, incompetently directed embarrassment. A master class in how to mismanage a franchise reboot. Terminator Genisys arrived in theaters this week with little fanfare other than a ringing endorsement from James Cameron. Something that […]
Rumour: Rachel McAdams offered female lead in Marvel’s Doctor Strange
With Marvel Studios skipping the San Diego Comic-Con International this year, it’s unlikely we’ll get any big Marvel news this week, but we do have a casting rumour to chew on for Doctor Strange. According to rumour specialists Heroic Hollywood, Rachel McAdams (True Detective) has been offered the female lead in the Phase Three release. […]
Andy Garcia, Michael K. Williams, Matt Walsh and Cecily Strong join Ghostbusters reboot
With filming underway on Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters, it’s being reported that Sony is filling out the supporting cast, with Andy Garcia (Goodfellas), Michael K. Williams (Boardwalk Empire), Matt Walsh (Veep) and Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) all signing on to the reboot. According to The Wrap, Garcia is set to play the Mayor of New […]
Josh Trank promises “multipower slugfest” with Fantastic Four, new TV spot released
With Comic-Con just around the corner, Entertainment Weekly has been working overtime to preview some of the big films set to be showcased in San Diego this week, and now the site has caught up with director Josh Trank, who spoke briefly about his upcoming superhero reboot Fantastic Four. “Chronicle was all about the discovery […]
