Last April it was announced that Sony had snapped up the rights to the iconic Mattel toyline Barbie for a live-action movie, and now it has been revealed that Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) has signed on to rewrite the script from Jenny Bicks (What a Girl Wants). “Diablo’s unconventionality is just what Barbie needs,” […]
Joss Whedon discusses The Vision and Ultron from Avengers: Age of Ultron
Earlier this week we caught our first glimpse of The Vision at the climax of the third trailer for Marvel’s hotly-anticipated sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now director Joss Whedon has been speaking about the android superhero, who is set to be portrayed by Paul Bettany. “He’s someone who’s completely different than anybody else […]
Rumoured description for Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ second trailer
With the second trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens expected to launch Star Wars Celebration next month, a rumoured breakdown has been doing the rounds, which may or may not tell us what we can expect from our second glimpse at Disney’s hotly-anticipated December release: SEE ALSO: New rumours of Luke Skywalker’s […]
Cary Fukunaga on adapting It and finding the “perfect Pennywise”
Back in December it was announced that Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) has signed on to direct (at least) the first movie in a two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, and now the filmmaker has been speaking about the project to Brazilian newspaper O Globo (via Bloody Disgusting). “I’ve been on this project for […]
Faran Tahir to play The Commander in Supergirl
According to ComicBook, actor Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek) has signed on to the cast of the currently-in-production Supergirl pilot, where he’s set to play The Commander, “an alien military expert leading the forces alligned against Supergirl.” The Supergirl pilot is filming now, with Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) leading the cast as Kara Danvers/Supergirl alongside […]
Movie Review – Kill the Messenger (2014)
Kill the Messenger, 2014. Directed by Michael Cuesta. Starring Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paz Vega, Michael Sheen, Robert Patrick, Tim Blake Nelson, Ray Liotta, Michael K. Williams, Barry Pepper, Andy Garcia, Rosemarie DeWitt and Oliver Platt. SYNOPSIS: A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of […]
The Maestro enters the Battleword arena in Future Imperfect
The lord of Dystopia is heading into the Battleworld arena in June as Peter David and Greg Land join forces for an explosive new Secret Wars tale, Future Imperfect. “It’s really fun to see the Maestro back and the dude is on his home turf so any challengers are going to have a distinct disadvantage […]
The Expendables heading to the small screen for event series
It looks like The Expendables franchise is branching out, with Deadline reporting that Sylvester Stallone is bringing the action to the small screen with a new event series at Fox. The series will be executive produced by Stallone and Avi Lerner, with Shane Brennan (NCIS) serving as showrunner and writing alongside Greg Coolide and Kirk […]
Marvel announces Secret Wars series Weirdworld
Lost track of all these Secret Wars series Marvel is launching this summer? Well, so have we, but here’s another one for you with the publisher announcing that Jason Aaron (Star Wars) and Mike Del Mundo (All-New X-Men) are heading deep inside the strangest domain of all for Weirdworld. “[Arkon] was once a great king […]
The frontier gets Marvelous in Secret Wars series 1872
No, that’s not Secret Wars series #1872 (although it’s sure starting to feel that way), but rather a new Western tie-in to the upcoming Marvel event set in the frontier town of Timely, which promises to offer up fistfuls of action, drama and suspence courtesy of Gerry Duggan (Deadpool) and Evan ‘ Doc’ Shaner (Flash […]
