Over the past few years, we’ve lost count of the number of times there’s been talk that the long-rumoured new instalments of Gremlins and The Goonies could be moving forward, only for the projects to seemingly slip back into development hell. Well, now we have another update direct from Chris Columbus, writer of the original […]
Ava DuVernay explains why she passed on Marvel’s Black Panther
Having been linked to Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther movie for a number of months, Selma director Ava DuVernay revealed earlier this month that she’d pulled out of contention for the Phase Three movie, and now during a chat with The Hollywood Reporter the filmmaker has explained why she passed on the opportunity to join the […]
Mark Hamill has his fingers crossed for Joker role in Batman: The Killing Joke
During the San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. announced that Alan Moore’s classic Batman tale The Killing Joke is set for an animated adaptation next year. Following the news, many fans expressed their hope that Warner Bros. would enlist Mark Hamill to portray the Clown Prince of Crime in what is widely-regarded as the definitive Joker […]
Little Golden Books revisiting the Star Wars saga
Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Random House’s Little Golden Books is set to revisit the Star Wars saga in the kid-friendly format, with July set to see the release of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. “The […]
Win five main range releases with Big Finish
To celebrate 200 releases in their main range, Big Finish has decided to reach out to the fans of this incredible back catalogue and they want to know, definitively, which stories you the listeners believe are the very best. From the completed entries, Big Finish will be picking five lucky winners who will win five […]
Sam Mendes talks Spectre, says it will likely be his last Bond movie
With Sam Mendes hard at work on Spectre, the director has taken a moment out of post production on the 24th James Bond adventure to chat with the BBC (via MI6-HQ) about the new movie, promising that it will be much bigger in scope than his first 007 outing Skyfall. “Spectre is a bigger movie […]
Adam Sandler discusses The Ridiculous 6 controversy
Speaking to The Associated Press (via The Hollywood Reporter), Adam Sandler has addressed the controversy on the set of his latest film, The Ridiculous 6, which is the comedian’s first venture with Netflix. At the premiere of his new film Pixels, Sandler was asked about the Native American actors who walked off the set of […]
Online piracy could soon carry 10 year jail sentence
The UK government has put plans in place to try to stop online piracy by increasing the time any person could spend in prison, with the minimum sentence potentially rising to up to 10 years. BBC News reporst this morning that the plans would see the jail term rise to 10 years from the current […]
Aardman and BBC announce TV special Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas
Following his big screen debut, Shaun the Sheep is heading to BBC One later this year, with Aardman Animations announcing that it is in production on its first ever thirty-minute Shaun the Sheep special entitled Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas. The special will chronice another of Shaun’s adventures, and introduce new characters to the […]
Martin Freeman teases his Captain America: Civil War character
A slew of actors will be making their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in next year’s Captain America: Civil War, including The Hobbit and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman, whose exact role is still unknown. Ever since Freeman was announced for the film, there has been a large amount of speculation regarding which character the actor will […]
