This week Neil Calloway looks at how different film formats may rescue the cinema-going experience… This week brought the news that Avengers: Infinity War will be shot entirely in IMAX, as well as the 70mm release of Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight in the US. These two events seem totally unrelated, but they are both actually […]
Chris Hemsworth on Thor: Ragnarok and a possible rematch with The Hulk
During an interview with NY Daily News to promote the release of his new film In the Heart of the Sea, Chris Hemsworth has briefly spoken about his return as the God of Thunder for 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, and how a rematch between Thor and Mark Ruffalo’s Incredible Hulk might go down. “I’d like to […]
Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg think recasting Wolverine would be impossible
20th Century Fox faces the unenviable task of replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine following next year’s third solo movie, and speaking to Digital Spy both X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer and writer-producer Simon Kinberg have admitted that recasting the role would be “impossible.” “I do think you would want to figure out how to tell […]
Simon Kinberg gives update on Wolverine 3 and New Mutants
During an interview with Collider, writer-producer Simon Kinberg has given an update on two of 20th Century Fox’s upcoming X-Men projects in Hugh Jackman’s Logan swansong Wolverine 3, along with Josh Boone’s New Mutants. “We’re pretty close to a script that everyone’s excited about, and I don’t know when the start date is, but we […]
Creed’s Ryan Coogler signs on to direct Black Panther
What was once rumored is now official, as Creed director Ryan Coogler will officially helm Marvel’s Black Panther movie. Marvel producer Kevin Feige said “We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan showcased in his first two films easily made him our top choice to direct Black Panther. Many […]
Sonia Braga joins the cast of Marvel’s Luke Cage
With Jessica Jones now on Netflix, Marvel is moving full steam ahead with casting on the third Netflix series Luke Cage, with the official site revealing that Sonia Braga (Brothers & Sisters) is set to play Soledad Temple, the mother of Rosario Dawson’s Claire Temple. “A character as strong as Claire needs an equally powerful […]
Ryan Coogler thinks it’s important that Marvel’s Black Panther has a black director
Back in October, it was rumoured that Marvel is looking at director Ryan Coogler for its upcoming Phase Three movie Black Panther, and now Screen Rant has caught up with the filmmaker during his promotional tour for the Rocky spinoff Creed, and asked him his opinion on whether it’s important for Marvel to hire a […]
Krysten Ritter would like to see Jessica Jones teaming up with Iron Man
Following her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut last year, Krysten Ritter will be returning as Jessica Jones for a second season of the Netflix series, as well as joining forces with Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist as part of the team-up series The Defenders. But might we see her make the jump to the big […]
The Week in Disappointment – Star Wars, The Hobbit, Merlin, Spectre and Gambit
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Peter Jackson admits ‘I didn’t know what the hell I was doing’ on the Hobbit” You know, I have to give Peter Jackson some props. Last year when I included The Hobbit films amongst ‘the most disappointing films of all time’, I got so much […]
Jessica Jones Episode 4 Review – “AKA 99 Friends”
Luke Owen reviews the fourth episode of Jessica Jones… In the last couple of episode reviews (here and here), I’ve mentioned that Jessica Jones was missing a certain something. They were good, but they weren’t great and they certainly weren’t a match for the strong opening episode. It didn’t hook us in like Daredevil, and the […]
