According to This Is Infamous, Marvel Studios has grown tired of dealing with Joaquin Phoenix, and has offered the role of Doctor Strange to Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, The Purge). Phoenix was reported for the role just before San Diego Comic-Con in July, and entered final negotiations in late August. However, he began to show signs of reluctance […]

I don’t know if anyone expected Horrible Bosses to turn out as one of the funniest movies of the decade so far, but it certainly came out of left field as both a commercial and critical success. With that said, it’s no surprise that Hollywood immediately ordered a sequel despite the previous director not returning […]

According to Bleeding Cool, Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman has been tapped by Marvel to write a comic starring Gamora, who was played by Zoe Saldana in the film. The news is expected to be officially announced “during or just before” New York Comic-Con, which runs from October 9-12. Perlman wasn’t given much of the […]

While Rush Hour 4 may never see the light of day, the franchise may in fact find new life on the small screen. According to Entertainment Weekly, Cougar Town co-creator Bill Lawrence and co-producer Blake McCormick are writing a Rush Hour TV series, with series director Brett Ratner on board as executive producer. There is no network deal in place […]

According to HitFix, Yvonne Strahovski (24: Live Another Day, Dexter) has been cast in the upcoming ABC drama Astronaut Wives Club, which will reunite her with Chuck co-creator Josh Schwartz. The upcoming series is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Lily Koppel, and tells the story of the women behind NASA’s early astronauts and […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series… “Old Hob has perfected the art of making mutants! With the ranks of his mutant gang swelling, the Turtles will have to determine if they can truly trust Hob against the Foot. Throw in Alopex’s return to New York and the mutant mayhem […]

Those clamoring for a little originality have got to have their interest piqued by the latest film from acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance). The movie stars Michael Keaton as a washed up actor named Riggan Thompson most famous for playing a superhero, kind of like the real Michael Keaton who […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th to Sunday 28th September 2014… We’ve seen a few live event screenings popping up in the top ten over the past year or so, but now for the very first time one has topped the UK box office chart, with a live […]

Last week, screenwriter Dan Gilroy spoke about his work on the ultimately-aborted Superman Lives, a planned reboot of the Superman franchise from Batman director Tim Burton, which spent several years in development in the mid-90s, with Nicolas Cage attached as the Man of Steel. Now, ahead of the release of his directorial debut Nightcrawler, Gilroy […]

Thomas Roach on whether Marvel Studios needs X-Men, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man back… One of the things Marvel fans keep asking is when are the rights for all the characters going to return to Marvel Studios? In order to save itself from bankruptcy in the 90s, Marvel sold off the movie rights to many of […]