This week, Neil Calloway asks whether 2015 has been a good year or a bad one at the box office… 2015 is looking to be the best year ever for box office. As things stand, two films released this year – Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron – are in the all time US […]
Paramount bringing back 90s Nickelodeon characters for Justice League/Avengers-style team-up movie
According to The Tracking Board, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon are set to reboot a host of beloved 90s characters for a live-action/animated hybrid movie which is being picthed as a “Justice League or Avengers‘-esque team-up” feature called Nicktoons. The site reports that the movie will follow in the footsteps of the likes of The LEGO […]
Sith Out of Luck: The Failure of ‘Force Friday’
Anghus Houvouras on Force Friday… The minute I heard the words “Force Friday”, I knew we were in trouble. When I say ‘we’, I mean ‘society’. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is arriving in theaters this holiday season, and unlike the first film you will not have to wait months to get your hands on […]
Cary Fukunaga talks in detail about why he left It remake
During an interview with Variety to promote the upcoming release of Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba, director Cary Fukunaga has spoken in depth about why he left the planned remake of Stephen King’s It after more than two years of development. “I was trying to make an unconventional horror film. It didn’t fit […]
The Room director Tommy Wiseau wants to direct Fantastic Four 2
Between the terrible reviews [read ours here and here], underwhelming box office performance and director Josh Trank’s controversial tweet, it’s more than safe to say that Fantastic Four is the biggest flop of 2015 so far. Despite all this, however, Fox still hasn’t cancelled their plans for a sequel to the superhero film, meaning that […]
The Danish Girl director Tom Hooper says there is “a problem” with roles for transgender actors
Tom Hooper, director of Oscar hopeful The Danish Girl, has spoken about roles for transgender actors after his film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. SEE ALSO: First trailer for The Danish Girl starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander According to Variety, the director was asked at a press conference why he chose not […]
The Week in Star Wars – Force Friday toys, Episode VIII casting, new The Force Awakens character revealed and more
It’s a toyetic edition of The Week in Star Wars as we have all the fallout from Force Friday, some casting news for Star Wars: Episode VIII, a new banner for The Force Awakens and more… We hope you’ve got a lot of money saved, as the global Force Friday event has revealed all the […]
Colm Feore joins House of Cards season 4 as series regular
Production on season four of Netflix’s award-winning House of Cards is gearing up to get underway and the show have added actor Colm Feore (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gotham) to the cast as a regular for the new season. Feore, who has also featured in hit shows The Borgias and 24 over the last few […]
RJ Cyler cast in Jim Carrey’s Showtime pilot I’m Dying Up Here
RJ Cyler, one of the stars of Sundance Film Festival darling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, has been cast in Showtime’s new comedy show I’m Dying Up Here. Cyler is set to be a series regular on the show if the pilot, which Showtime has ordered, gets picked up. Comedy legend Jim Carrey […]
DC Comics: The “D” stands for Directionless
Anghus Houvouras on a lack of direction at DC Comics… Four years ago when DC Comics announced their ‘New 52 lineup’, the company seemed to be on the precipice of a new age. Once again the company was making a bold step in revamping their lineup of iconic characters and updating them for a new […]
