Just yesterday we heard that Matthew McConaughey, who played strip club owner “Dallas” in Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 film Magic Mike, would not be back for the 2015 sequel, Magic Mike XXL. Now, according to Deadline, Warner Brothers have found a new strip club owner for the film: Gotham actress Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith is reportedly circling the role of a strip club owner, […]
Legendary hires Skull Island screenwriter to pen Godzilla sequel
According to Deadline, Legendary Pictures has just closed a deal for Max Burnstein to write the sequel to Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla, which is set to hit theaters in 2018. Burnstein wrote the first Godzilla film and just penned the studio’s King Kong origin film Skull Island. His involvement in both projects seems to indicate that the studio is aiming for a […]
Pointless host Alexander Armstrong to voice Danger Mouse in upcoming reboot
Back in June it was announced that the classic British children’s show Danger Mouse would be returning to the small screen for a CBBC reboot, and now the BBC has revealed that Pointless host Alexander Armstrong will take over from David Jason as the voice of the eponymous super spy. Armstrong will link up with […]
Second Opinion – Pride (2014)
Pride, 2014. Directed by Matthew Warchus. Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, Ben Schnetzer, Imelda Staunton, Joseph Gilgun and George MacKay. SYNOPSIS: Set against the backdrop of the 1984 miner’s strike. A group of people come together to form the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. Some embrace them whereas others let […]
Bewitched: Roger S. Baum talks about Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
Trevor Hogg chats with Roger S. Baum about a family legacy involving a Tin Man, a Cowardly Lion, and Flying Monkeys… When he was approached by the International Wizard Club of Oz in 1987, a former banker and stockbroker decided to expand upon the fantasy world created by his great grandfather L. Frank Baum who wrote […]
Assassin’s Creed movie pushed back to 2016
With the news of a Deadpool movie hitting cinemas in 2016, 20th Century Fox have also announced that their adaptation of popular game franchise Assassin’s Creed is being pushed back to a pretty stacked 2016. Assassin’s Creed was set for release on August 7th 2015, but insiders say that the movie simply will not be […]
Deadpool movie officially set for release in 2016
Hot off the heels of Ryan Reynolds talking about the test footage that first arrived online back in July, 20th Century Fox has officially announced that a Deadpool movie will be released on February 12th, 2016. Tim Miller, who directed the test footage, will helm the movie and while Reynolds is not confirmed to be […]
Marvel Cinematic Universe hits $7 billion at the global box office
Despite being labelled as a risky proposition, Guardians of the Galaxy has contineud Marvel Studios’ fine run of form at the box office, pulling in almost $620 million since its release at the start of August. And with that return, it has also helped Marvel to reach a landmark by pushing the cumulative worldwide gross […]
Watch Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye animation test
Having made the jump to features with Hotel Transylvania back in 2012, animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) was tasked by Sony Pictures Animation with realising the studio’s plans for a new movie based around the classic cartoon character Popeye. Despite pushing the film back twice from 2014 to 2015 and then […]
Guy Ritchie finds his Guinevere for Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur
Despite earlier reports that Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla) was in talks for the role, Deadline has revealed that Guy Ritchie has found his Guinevere for his planned King Arthur franchise, with French actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) signing on to portray Arthur’s Queen consort in Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur. Berges-Frisbey […]
