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The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

August 12, 2017 by admin

Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Avatar, Dark Universe, fast and furious, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Prometheus, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Terminator, The Mummy

Hellboy cinematic universe, Karl Urban returning as Judge Dredd, Superman in new Justice League promo – Daily News Roundup

August 9, 2017 by Luke Owen

A HELLISH UNIVERSE This should come as no surprise, but there are hopes that Neil Marshall’s big screen reboot of Hellboy could spawn a cinematic universe. “It’s a very loose adaptation of one of the Hellboy graphic novels,” he told The Verge. “When you have more books out there, you have a lot more to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Bond 25, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool 2, Hellboy, Inhumans, Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, Justice League

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant gets an Honest Trailer

August 8, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Screen Junkies has unveiled its Honest Trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel / Alien prequel Alien: Covenant; check it out below… When Ridley Scott wanted to wank about the meaning of life for two hours, he gave us Prometheus. Now, he’s back with a good old fashioned alien flick that returns to it’s Sci-Fi, horror […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Random, Random Videos, Trailers Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, honest trailers

Fox to “reassess” Alien franchise after Covenant disappointment

July 22, 2017 by Justin Cook

After the lackluster box office performance of Alien: Covenant, 20th Century Fox isn’t quite ready to give director Ridley Scott’s two proposed sequels the green light. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio will be taking steps to “reassess” the Alien series while Scott returns to the director’s seat for two upcoming feature films, All the […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News Tagged With: 20th Century Fox, Alien, Alien: Covenant, Alien: Covenant 2, Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott may use CGI to add Ellen Ripley into his Alien prequels

July 16, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Although the disappointing box office returns for Alien: Covenant may have harmed Ridley Scott’s hopes of a further four entries in his Alien saga. However, it seems he still intends on at least one more instalment to bring the franchise full circle, and during a recent Q&A he has now suggested using CGI to bring Sigourney […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver

Prometheus screenwriter on where Ridley Scott’s next Alien movie could go

June 9, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Although Alien: Covenant failed to set the box office alight – having grossed just $176.5 million following its release last month – it seems that Ridley Scott still has plans to further explore the universe, with the filmmaker suggesting he’s keen on “one or two” more instalments in the sci-fi series. Speaking to Collider, Prometheus screenwriter […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Prometheus

The Last Jedi opening early, Star Wars: Episode IX update, live-action Cowboy Bebop and more – Daily News Roundup

June 7, 2017 by Luke Owen

THE EARLY JEDI Good news Star Wars fans – at least UK fans – as it was announced yesterday that the hotly-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi will hit theatres a day early here. That means that the film will now open on December 14th (which happens to be my birthday!). Read more here. SWEET […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Cowboy Bebop, Luke Cage, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mission: Impossible 6, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode IX, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Transformers: The Last Knight

Why this character should have died in Alien: Covenant

June 6, 2017 by Anghus Houvouras

SPOILERS ahead. If you haven’t seen Alien: Covenant, stop reading this column now. Actually, if you haven’t seen Alien: Covenant yet consider yourself fortunate… I don’t know if anything could have saved Alien: Covenant, the absolutely wretched latest attempt at reviving the very dead franchise from the foulest bowels of creative limbo. It was spawned […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant

The U.S box office bags lowest Memorial Day weekend since 1999

May 30, 2017 by Samuel Brace

The U.S box office has witnessed its lowest Memorial Day weekend since way back in 1999. The four day weekend is usually a good time for box office receipts with families in the U.S looking to take a trip to their local theaters. But this hasn’t been the case in 2017 as this year’s films […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Baywatch, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images, The Flash script update, Justice League Dark loses another director and more – Daily News Roundup

May 25, 2017 by Luke Owen

THE LAST JEDI, THE FIRST IMAGES The title of the movie might be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but we’ve now got our first official look at the cast via Vanity Fair. Included in the images are our first look at Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo and Benicio Del Toro’s ‘shady character’, who is apparently unnamed […]

Filed Under: Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool 2, Jack Kesy, Justice League Dark, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Flash, Top Gun 2, Wonder Woman, X-Men

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