Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Inhumans, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Gambit, Batman […]
Ricky Gervais teaming with Eric Bana for Special Correspondents
Ricky Gervais (The Office) is set to team with Eric Bana (Deliver Us from Evil) for a remake of the 2009 French comedy Special Correspondents, which will also see Gervais directing (he’s previously co-directed The Invention of Lying and Cemetery Junction). According to THR, “the story tells of a once-hot radio journalist (Bana), and his […]
Kevin Smith provides an update on Clerks III, describes it as “The Empire Strikes Back of Clerks movies”
Having finally secured funding, Kevin Smith has been talking about Clerks III during his latest Smodcast (via Slash Film), during which he confirmed the expected return of Jeff Anderson as Randall and Jason Mewes as Jay, stating that Jay and Silent Bob are “in the movie as much as they were in Clerks and Clerks […]
First teaser for Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Last week we saw a first poster for Iron Sky: The Coming Race, and now we have a teaser for director Timo Vuorensola’s follow-up to the 2012 crowd-funded ‘Nazis on the Moon’ cult hit Iron Sky, which promises that the ugly truth about mankind is about to be revealed… The full trailer for Iron Sky: […]
Crime Scenes: Dan Gilroy talks about Nightcrawler
Trevor Hogg participated in a roundtable interview with filmmaker Dan Gilroy who was attending the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival for the World Premiere of his directorial debut Nightcrawler. Beware there are spoilers… A fascination with New York City crime photographer Weegee who also took social commentary photos from the 1930s to 1950s led […]
Super Smash Bros. Wii U’s European release date gets moved forward
European Smash Bros fans, rejoice! Nintendo have brought forward the release date of Super Smash Bros for Wii U by a whole week! The game will now release on November 28th, rather than December 5th as was originally intended. The new release date brings the European release of the game closer to that of the […]
New clip from The Imitation Game featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley
Ahead of its release next week, a new clip has arrived online from The Imitation Game, which sees Benedict Cumberbatch’s Alan Turing meeting Joan Clarke, played by Keira Knightley; check it out below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Imitation Game here The Imitation Game is a dramatic portrayal of the life and work […]
Comic Book Review – Men of Wrath #1
Zeb Larson reviews Men of Wrath #1… Ever since Great Grandfather Isom killed a man over some sheep, a black cloud has hung over the Rath family. Now, over a century later, Ira Rath, the coldest hitman ever to walk on Alabama soil, has taken a job that will decide the fate of his cursed […]
Gal Gadot drops out of Ben-Hur remake due to Batman v Superman commitments
Just a few weeks ago we reported that Gal Gadot had been cast as the female lead in the remake of Ben-Hur. However that is no longer the case. Because of her prior commitments to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in which she plays Wonder Woman, Gadot no longer has time to star in […]
Channing Tatum’s Gambit movie offically announced, gets RoboCop screenwriter
We’ve known for a while that 20th Century Fox intends to launch an X-Men spin-off with Channing Tatum starring as the card-throwing mutant Gambit, and now the studio has made it official, with Deadline revealing that Tatum has officially signed on to the project and will also produce. The script for Gambit is set to […]