Variety is reporting that screenwriters and producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have decided to go their separate ways, having spent the best part of the last decade collaborating on the likes of Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Edge of Tomorrow and The Amazing Spider-Man […]
George R.R. Martin weighs in on controversial Game of Thrones rape scene
The producers of HBO’s hit fantasy series Game of Thrones found themselves in coming in for criticism with the latest episode of the show, ‘Breaker of Chains‘, which deviated from George R.R. Martin’s source material by having Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) rape his sister and lover Cersei (Lena Headey) next to the corpse of their […]
Disney “struggling” with Captain America 3 going up against Batman vs. Superman
Warner Bros. Pictures set the stage for the biggest superhero showdown of all time back in January when it announced that the Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman had been pushed back to May 6th 2016 – a date that put it head-to-head with Marvel Studios and the now confirmed Captain America 3. It […]
Marc Webb teases J. Jonah Jameson appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man 3
If there’s one thing that everyone can agree is missing from Sony’s rebooted Amazing Spider-Man series, it’s Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson – presumably, because J.K. Simmons done such a fine job at portraying him in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. Well, it seems that we might get to see Jameson in 2016’s The Amazing […]
Comic Book Review – Amazing X-Men #6
Robb Ghag reviews Amazing X-Men #6… “Nightcrawler is back at the Jean Grey School! But when Mystique comes calling, he may be returning to the afterlife very soon.” Nightcrawler is back in the start of an all new adventure “All in the Family” Part One. Back from the dead in the last issue with the […]
Richard Donner on Steven Spielberg’s involvement with The Goonies 2
Earlier this month Richard Donner broke the news that the long-gestating sequel to the 1980s classic The Goonies could finally be moving forward, and now the director has offered a brief update on the movie, confirming Steven Spielberg’s involvement, and revealing that it was Spielberg who came up with the story for the follow-up. “Hopefully […]
Resident Evil 6 to be titled Resident Evil Rising, Li Bingbing returning as Ada Wong
Last year, Sony set a September 2014 release date for the sixth instalment in the Resident Evil series, with director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich both set to return, before things fell deathly silent on the sequel front. Obviously that date is now out of the question, but Anderson has offered a brief […]
Comic Book Review – American Vampire: Second Cycle #2
Robb Ghag reviews American Vampire: Second Cycle #2… “Pearl has made The Preston House a place of peace. But when something comes to threaten that peace, she’ll do anything to protect her young strays. The blockbuster return of AMERICAN VAMPIRE continues here!” In this Second Cycle of the American Vampire series, we once again catch […]
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks to reunite for Cold War thriller?
Over the weekend it was revealed that Steven Spielberg has added the religious drama The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara to his upcoming slate, and now Variety is reporting that a potential reunion between Spielberg and Tom Hanks could be on the cards for an as-yet-untitled Cold War thriller. According to the site, Hanks has signed […]
Takashi Miike to direct yakuza vampire movie Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld
Cult Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) is heading back to his exploitation roots for a yakuza vampire movie entitled Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld. “Say good-bye to wimpy and boring Japanese movies,” said Miike in a statement announcing the new film. “Nobody asked me, but I’ve decided on my […]
