Joss Whedon (writer and director of both Avengers films) has decided to close his Twitter account. The reason is believed to be due to backlash from those that feel Black Widow was too much of a damsel in distress in his latest film Avengers: Age of Ultron. His final tweet doesn’t actually confirm this, but […]
Tim Kring’s Imperative Entertainment adapting Black Mask Studios’ Mayday
Imperative Entertainment – which is run by Tim Kring, creator of Heroes – has teamed up with Black Mask Studios to adapt the comic book series Mayday as a scripted television series. MAYDAY lives in the underbelly of the Hollywood scene, where a washed-up, drug-addicted screenwriter and a transgender bartender stumble onto a Satanic cult’s […]
The Simpsons renewed for two more years by FOX
A few years ago, it seemed that the legendary animation The Simpsons was finally coming to a natural end. Fast forward those few years, and it continues to outstrip many other long-running shows, and has today been renewed by FOX for another two seasons. The show will now run into its 27th and 28th seasons, […]
Sela Ward to play The President in Independence Day 2
It looks like we’ll be seeing a female President in the White House, in movie terms at least. Word from Hollywood is that actress Sela Ward is set to take on the role of Commander in Chief in Roland Emmerich’s long-awaited sequel, Independence Day 2. Ward, who featured in Emmerich’s 2004 disaster film The Day […]
Comic Book Review – Trista and Holt #1-4
Zeb Larson reviews Trista and Holt #1-4… Trista and Holt is Andrez Bergen’s retelling of the Tristan and Iseult legend from the Middle Ages set sometime in the 1970s. After reading Bullet Gal, the style of the comic feels very familiar, and I’m digging Andrez’s use of noir tropes for the book. This is a […]
Interview: Thomas Vinterberg talks Far from the Madding Crowd
Kat Kourbeti sat with Far from the Madding Crowd director Thomas Vinterberg, and got chatting to him about what makes this film stand out in a sea of period drama adaptations. Be warned, the interview contains discussion of a few moments in the film which some might consider spoilers… Kat Kourbeti: How has press and […]
Second Star Wars Anthology movie will reportedly focus on Boba Fett
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! After new images and details from Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted online earlier today [see here and here], The Wrap is now reporting that the second spin-off in the Star Wars Anthology series is set to focus on the origin and backstory of Boba Fett. Due for release in […]
Will Poulter to play Pennywise in remake of Stephen King’s It
Back in March, director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) spoke about the challenges in finding the “perfect Pennywise” for the upcoming two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, and now it seems his search is over. Variety has broke the news that British actor Will Poulter has signed on to play the monster, having impressed […]
Star Wars: Episode VIII to shoot in the UK at Pinewood Studios
This won’t come as much of a surprise, but it has been announced that 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII is set to shoot at Pinewood Studios in the UK, and will presumably go into production once Gareth Edwards finishes up with the first standalone spin-off movie, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. The announcement was made […]
Gwendoline Christie’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character revealed as Captain Phasma
Following on from this morning’s new images of Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn) and Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Vanity Fair has continued its Star Wars Day celebrations by releasing an official first-look image from Star Wars: The Force Awakens of Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie […]
