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Alex Kurtzman on the Star Trek: Picard series and differentiating it from The Next Generation

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Last summer it was announced that Patrick Stewart is set to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a brand new Star Trek series on CBS All Access, and during a panel at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, executive producer Alex Kurtzman has offered an update on the progress of the Picard show […]

Alex Kurtzman discusses his disastrous Batman movie pitch to Warner Bros.

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After Joel Schumacher brought the franchise to its knees with 1997’s Batman & Robin, Warner Bros. spent several years attempting to relaunch the Batman franchise – most notably under director Darren Aronofsky and writer Frank Miller with their Batman: Year One take – before Christopher Nolan came in and struck gold with 2005’s Batman Begins. […]

Alex Kurtzman on tempting Patrick Stewart back to Star Trek, reveals second animated series in the works

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Last August it was announced that Patrick Stewart is set to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel series at CBS All Access, which will pick up fifteen years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Speaking to THR, executive producer and franchise overseer Alex Kurtzman has discussed […]

Picard series will be very different in tone to Star Trek: Discovery

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As part of its expansion of the Star Trek franchise, CBS All Access is developing a sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation which will see Patrick Stewart reprising his fan favourite role as Jean-Luc Picard. The new series will catch up with the former U.S.S. Enterprise captain some twenty years after we last saw […]

Star Trek’s Picard series to air at end of 2019

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A couple months ago Star Trek fans were treated with the exciting news that Sir Patrick Stewart will be returning to the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series. While not much else is known about the currently untitled show, we now have an idea when it will hit CBS All Access. CBS’ chief creative […]

Universal will reportedly lose around $95 million on The Mummy

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Yesterday we brought you some comments from Alex Kurtzman, director of The Mummy, who responded to the critical backlash against the Dark Universe-launching reboot, where he towed standard the “we made it for the fans, not the critics” line. Well, it seems that the fans haven’t responded to the movie as well as Universal would […]

Universal’s Dark Universe could already be dead

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When Universal’s attempts to re-launch their monster movie franchise unravelled with serious Mummy issues this summer, grossing just $409 million off a $125 million budget, that wonderfully staged photograph of Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, and Sofia Boutella appeared to be a serious case of running before you could even shuffle. Now […]

Movie Review – The Mummy (2017)

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The Mummy, 2017. Directed by Alex Kurtzman. Starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Marwan Kenzari, and Russell Crowe. SYNOPSIS: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. “Where’s your sense of adventure” asks […]

Universal Monsters: The Next Big Cinematic Franchise?

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Tony Black on whether the Universal Monsters will deliver the next big cinematic franchise… You all remember The Mummy, right? Brendan Fraser doing his best Harrison Ford impression while Arnold Vosloo pranced around in a gold nappy trying to hide his broad South African brogue. Rather good, wasn’t it? You may be surprised to learn […]