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 […]
Sony developing animated Super Mario Bros. movie
It looks like Mario and Luigi are heading back to the big screen, with leaked emails from the Sony hack revealing that producer Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man) is developing an animated Super Mario Bros. movie. According to Buzzfeed, Arad emailed Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal in October, stating that he is “the proud father of […]
The Callow Way – Why the Sony hack is hilarious but depressing
Neil Calloway is amused but disappointed by the release of emails from Sony… It’s an old adage that show business is High School with money, and the release of emails that followed the hacking of Sony Pictures seems to prove it’s just like Mean Girls or Heathers, but where people earn $3 million dollar salaries […]
Jeff Nichols will reportedly direct Warner Bros.’ Aquaman movie
As well as revealing plenty of details about the plans for the Spider-Man franchise [read about those here, here and here], the big Sony hack has also given us some insight into other studios’ superhero projects. Following on from the news that Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Joe and Anthony Russo will helm the […]
