It was 1988 when we saw the first incarnation of Tim Burton’s bizarre comedy fantasy Beetlejuice. Now, after over a quarter century and several failed sequel attempts, it appears the likelihood of Michael Keaton resurrecting the legendary character is better than ever. It was late last year when Winona Ryder all but confirmed that a […]
EON Productions issues statement over SPECTRE script leak
It has been reported that the script for the upcoming Bond film SPECTRE has leaked as part of the massive Sony hack. EON Productions, the producers of the James Bond series have now released a statement about the script leak, as well as a warning… EON PRODUCTIONS, the producers of the James Bond films, learned […]
Interstellar blasts past $600 million at the global box office
It may have missed out on top spot at the North American box office, but Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar has now blasted past the $600 million mark worldwide, having banked $621.8 million to date. Of that figure, $166.8 million comes from its domestic run, along with an impressive $455 million from international markets. Interstellar […]
Ghostbusers spin-off in development with Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt
While Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) looks to relaunch Ghostbusters with an all-female reboot, it seems that Sony is already considering expanding the franchise with a spin-off produced by Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: Civil War) which would reunite 10 Years stars Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt. The news comes via The Daily Beast, who has […]
Blu-ray Review – Six Gothic Tales
Robert W Monk reviews Six Gothic Tales, a Blu-ray collection of the Roger Corman directed and produced adaptations of the Edgar Allen Poe stories The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror, The Raven, The Haunted Palace, The Tomb of Ligeia, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, Peter Lorre, […]
Should Marvel Studios give up on Spider-Man?
Thomas Roach on whether Marvel Studios should give up on Spider-Man… With the Sony hack we have discovered that there has been talks between Marvel Studios and Sony in order to get the character of Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Marvel developing Captain America: Civil War, it was discussed whether Spider-Man […]
SNL teams up with Martin Freeman for The Office and The Hobbit mash-up
After the recent UK release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and the upcoming U.S. release scheduled for next Friday, SNL have put together a sketch which sees cult classic The Office meeting the much loved fantasy world of Middle-earth. The sketch aired as Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Fargo, The Office and Sherlock) hosted […]
Mark Hamill on Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer and practical effects
A fortnight ago, we got our first glimpse of Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy with the release of the first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with J.J. Abrams opting against showing any returning characters from the original movies in favour of giving us the briefest of introductions to the new cast members. Speaking […]
Marvel Studios reportedly set to meet with Sony again about Spider-Man
There has been a great deal of drama from the Sony hack this week and one of the most intriguing things was the news that Sony and Marvel Studios had discussions about Spider-Man appearing in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. Sadly negotiations did not work out and the movie rights to Spider-Man remain solely with […]
Bob Iger says Disney “would love to make another Indiana Jones movie”, but not yet
Back in September of last year, Disney acquired the distribution rights to Indiana Jones, clearing the way for the House of Mouse to put its other Lucasfilm property to use by producing and distributing new movies based around the archeologist and adventurer. Of course, this fuelled speculation that Harrison Ford could don the fedora once […]
