Principle Photography is set to begin for Blumhouse Pictures’ Insidious: Chapter 3 on July 7th and it has just announced a new cast member in the form of Dermot Mulroney (August: Osage County). Director Leigh Whannell revealed the news via his Twitter account: “HUGELY excited to officially announce that great actor/great human Dermot Mulroney has been cast […]
Tom Hanks to star in Meg Ryan’s Ithaca
We already knew that Tom Hanks was set to work as a producer on Meg Ryan’s debut directorial effort Ithaca, but it looks like he’ll be briefly starring in the film too according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ithaca is based on William Saroyan’s 1943 novel The Human Comedy which is described as: The place is […]
Breck Eisner exits Karate Kid 2, new writers hired
It was only back in April when Breck Eisner (The Crazies) had signed on to direct a sequel to the reboot of The Karate Kid, but it looks like he has already parted ways according to Deadline. Although it’s not what you’d think, it’s just because of scheduling difficulties. No new director has been announced […]
Video Game Review – How to Train Your Dragon 2
Ray Willmott reviews How to Train Your Dragon 2 on Wii U… Movie-licensed games really are hit – and mostly miss – in terms of what they offer the player. So bad, in fact, they rarely offer a quality film the justice it rightfully deserves. And sadly, the accompanying game for DreamWorks’ finest moment since […]
Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss join Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise
Luke Evans (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) have joined the cast of High-Rise, British filmmaker Ben Wheatley’s upcoming adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s classic British thriller novel. “Elizabeth Moss and Luke Evans are great additions to our cast,” said Wheatley. “I’m really excited to be working with both of […]
Shane Black calls his Predator film an “inventive sequel”
Yesterday, we heard that Iron Man 3 director Shane Black will be helming a Predator film for 20th Century Fox. He’ll be writing a treatment for the film before handing the script over to Monster Squad scribe Fred Dekker. When it was announced, THR specifically cited the project as a reboot, but according to Black, that’s not exactly the case. In […]
Comic Book Review – Ms. Marvel #5
Laura McCarthy reviews Ms. Marvel #5… How does a young girl from Jersey City become the next biggest super hero? •Kamala has no idea either. But she’s comin’ for you, New York. So it’s come to this, folks, the penultimate chapter is Kamala Kahn’s first story as Ms. Marvel. Where do we find ourselves. Compared […]
The 21 Stupidest Things About The Transformers Franchise
With Transformers: Age of Extinction set to open in North America this week, Anthony Stokes looks at the 21 stupidest things about the Transformers franchise…. Like many American kids from the past three decades, I grew up with Transformers to some capacity. There were toys, video games, and a few different cartoons. That being said, […]
Ben Kingsley joins Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book
Jon Favreau’s upcoming live action adaptation of The Jungle Book for Disney has gained another thespian, as THR reports that Sir Ben Kingsley has signed on to voice the black panther Bagheera. Kingsley joins Idris Elba, who voices the villainous tiger Shere Khan, Scarlett Johansson, who voices the hypnotic python Kaa, and Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, […]
The Help director Tate Taylor to helm In The Event Of A Moon Disaster
Variety is reporting that FilmNation Entertainment has hired The Help director Tate Taylor to helm In the Event of a Moon Disaster. The project has been in the works since 2009, and is based on a speech written by presidential speechwriter William Safire, who passed away that year. After his death, a speech called “In Event Of Moon […]
