Hasbro is moving forward with its long-planned feature film based upon the classic board game Monopoly, with Variety reporting that the toy manufacturer has partnered up with Lionsgate for the project, which will be scripted by Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show). The film will revolved around “a boy from the game’s modest Baltic Avenge on […]
Head into the Battlerealm with Marvel’s Contest of Champions
Inspired by Marvel’s wildly popular mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions, the new ongoing series Contest of Champions is set to launch this fall from the creative team of Al Ewing and Paco Medina. SEE ALSO: All of Marvel’s ‘All New, All Different’ titles and covers revealed “We’re doing something unique and exciting here […]
SDCC: Boom! Studios announces new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series
It’s morphin’ time! Or rather, it will be at the San Diego Comic-Con International later this month, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Boom! Studios is set to unleash a brand new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book line in San Diego with six exclusive one-page comics ahead of a new ongoing series. Check out […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige explains how the new Spider-Man will differ from the previous movies
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige must be exhausted this week. Having been on the press tour for the upcoming Ant-Man, he’s been talking about Edgar Wright’s departure from the project [see here], the studio’s “big plans” for The Wasp [see here], gender-swapping The Ancient One in Doctor Strange [see here], introducing an LGBT character into […]
Paul Thomas Anderson to write Robert Downey Jr.’s Pinocchio movie
Well, here’s some surprising news… Warner Bros. and Robert Downey Jr. have enlisted a new screenwriter for their planned live-action Pinocchio movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice) has signed on to pen the script with a view to directing. The project – which will see […]
Returning stars confirmed for Agent Carter season 2, Hank Pym to feature?
Peggy Carter is heading to Los Angeles for the second season of ABC’s Captain America spinoff, but Hayley Atwell’s heroine won’t be alone in the City of Angels, as Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that both James D’Arcy (Edwin Jarvis) and Enver Gjokaj (Agent Daniel Sousa) have both closed deals to return as series regulars. SEE […]
Warner Bros. announces SDCC panel details for Batman v Superman, Pan and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
With the San Diego Comic-Con International set to get underway a week from tomorrow, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced details of its big Hall H panel, which is set to showcase Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Pan and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. There’s no mention of the rumoured Suicide Squad (nor Wonder Woman or […]
HBO announces Game of Thrones season 6 directors
HBO has announced its list of directors for season six of Game of Thrones, with three veterans of the epic fantasy set to return alongside two newcomers to the series. The first two episodes will be directed by Jeremy Podeswa, who helmed the season five episodes ‘Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken’ and ‘Kill the Boy’, with Mark […]
Rumour: Female director wanted for Tomb Raider reboot
Lara Croft fans have been clamouring for another big screen instalment of the Tomb Raider franchise for over a decade now, and according to rumours, MGM and Warner Bros. are looking to enlist a female director for the proposed reboot. According to Heroic Hollywood, a script by Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman, Teenage […]
Minions topples Jurassic World with biggest ever UK opening for an animated film
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June 2015… Universal Pictures continued its stellar box office run this past weekend with the release of the Despicable Me spinoff Minions, which dethroned Jurassic World at the top of the UK chart with a solid opening […]
