While we wait to see which actors will be taking over from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as the leads for the second season of True Detective, creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto has been speaking to To the Best of Our Knowledge (via SlashFilm) about what we can expect from season two, revealing that it […]
Byung-hun Lee to play a T-1000 in Terminator: Genesis
We already know that three of the most iconic roles in the Terminator franchise – Sarah Connor, John Connor and Kyle Reese – are to be filled by Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Jai Courtney (Jack Reacher) respectively in director Alan Taylor’s prequel/sequel/reboot Terminator: Genesis. […]
Alfonso Cuaron won’t direct Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
A couple of weeks ago it was said that Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) could be set for a return to the Harry Potter universe, with reports indicating that he’d entered talks with Warner Bros. about helming the upcoming J.K. Rowling-scripted spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. However, fans of Cuaron’s Harry Potter […]
Original X-Men cast members to return for X-Men: Apocalypse
We know that 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse is set to revolve around the X-Men: First Class cast – with director Bryan Singer confirming that James McAvoy (Professor Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (Beast) will all be back – while there’s also been talk of bringing in younger incarnations of characters such […]
James Gunn says Vin Diesel is not playing Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy
From the moment that Vin Diesel starting teasing a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was talk that the Fast & Furious star could be set to play the cosmic villain Thanos, who was teased during the mid-credits scene of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. Of course, it was subsequently revealed that Diesel would instead […]
24: Live Another Day – Episode 4 Review
Scott Davis continues his journey through London Town with Jack Bauer with a look at episode four of Live Another Day.… Another day, another hour with our dear friend Jack. So far, 24: LAD has certainly delivered on almost all counts. Swift, exhilarating and above all ridiculously entertaining, it’s everything you could want from Bauer’s […]
DVD Review – Wrecked (2013)
Wrecked (aka Scenic Route), 2013. Directed by Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz. Starring Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Miracle Laurie, Christie Burson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jamie Donovan and Ethan Maher. SYNOPSIS: Tensions rise between lifelong friends Mitchell and Carter after their truck breaks down on an isolated desert road as they start to attack each other’s […]
Joss Whedon, James Gunn and Edgar Wright respond to Wright’s Ant-Man departure
This past Friday brought the unexpected news that Edgar Wright has vacated the director’s chair on Marvel Studios’ first Phase Three offering Ant-Man, having been developing the movie since 2006. It was of course hugely disappointing news for fans eager to see Wright’s take on the miniature superhero, and now two of the British filmmaker’s […]
Simon Kinberg describes X-Men: Apocalypse as a “Roland Emmerich-style” disaster movie
X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg has sure been busy these past few weeks, taking over from Bryan Singer on the promotional trail for the latest instalment in the mutant franchise, X-Men: Days of Future Past [read our reviews here and here]. Just a couple of days ago, he spoke about bringing Apocalypse to the […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past gives Fox its biggest ever opening weekend at the global box office
X-Men: Days of Future Past has enjoyed a healthy $261 million opening around the globe this weekend, with the Bryan Singer-directed sequel pulling in $90.7 million domestically and $171 million internationally since it began rolling out last Thursday. Its three-day U.S. haul is the second largest for the franchise after 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, […]