Simon Columb on the hate for Ghostbusters II… Off the bat, I’ll admit it’s inferior to Ghostbusters. The combination of Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray, in a family-friendly blockbuster, with a fiendishly spooky-but-fun script is a perfect cocktail of expertise. With these elements in mind, Ghostbusters II ultimately doesn’t have the innovation calling […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will reportedly digitally recreate Peter Cushing for Grand Moff Tarkin return
Fresh from the rumour that Disney is looking to cast a “strong young female” lead for Star Wars: Episode VIII comes a report from The Daily Mail suggesting that Lucasfilm and ILM are set to digitally recreate Peter Cushing for a return as Grand Moff Tarkin in the 2016 spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars […]
Rumour: Star Wars: Episode VIII to introduce new “strong, young female character”
Between Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Felicity Jones’ as-yet-unreveald Rebel from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Disney has made a pretty good start when it comes to introducing more female characters to the galaxy far, far away. And, if a new rumour is to […]
Tony Robinson says another Blackadder series “is on the cards”
It looks like we might get to see another series of the classic 80s sitcom Blackadder, with Tony Robinson revealing to The Sun that a new series could be a possibility – assuming they can afford Hugh Laurie’s wages following his U.S. television success. “I do think a new series of Blackadder is on the […]
Is Fantastic Four the worst blockbuster ever?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Fantastic Four is the worst blockbuster ever…This summer has been rough on some of the most notable big budget franchises in Hollywood. Jurassic World and Furious 7 set new highs for their respective franchises. Avengers: Age of Ultron delivered a solid sequel that made mad bank. Mission: Impossible delivered the best […]
Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow causes controversy with comments on gender imbalance in Hollywood
It seems that Jurassic World – and future Star Wars: Episode IX – helmer Colin Trevorrow has caused a bit of controversy on Twitter with his comments about gender imbalance with regards to the opportunities afford to both male and female directors in Hollywood.Asked about the criticism that studios are offering untested male directors huge […]
The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens runtime, Drew Struzan calls it the best Star Wars movie ever, Pop! Vinyl figures revealed, Darth Vader PS4 and more
In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we recover from the bumper edition coming off D23 with some smaller nuggets of news for The Force Awakens and more…Kicking things off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and J.J. Abrams has revealed the runtime for the highly-anticipated movie. It’s shorter than any of […]
Robert Rodriguez to shoot another $7000 feature film
Robert Rodriguez has revealed that he plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his feature debut El Mariachi by directing another $7000-budgeted film, which he’ll shoot next year. “I’ll have no crew,” Rodriguez tells the Nerdist podcast, “I’ll just use friends. I’ve got some pretty cool friends I can put in front of the camera. […]
Warner Bros. developing Dante’s Inferno movie
Deadline has revealed that Warner Bros. has snapped up the rights to Dante’s Inferno, a pitch from screenwriter Dwain Worrell which is based upon the legendary poem by Dante Alighieri. One of three parts of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Inferno follows the hero Dante as he descends through the nine circles of hell – Limbo, Lust, […]
Captain America: Civil War wraps filming
If you were hoping to see some set photos of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man shooting Captain America: Civil War, then I’m afraid you’re out of luck as Marvel’s co-president Louis D’Esposito has announced that directors Anthony and Joe Russo have wrapped production on the Phase Three-launching Captain America threequel. #CaptainAmericaCivilWar wrapped principle photography today. Congratulations to […]
