Two months after announcing that he was leaving The Simpsons, Entertainment Weekly reports that actor Harry Shearer will officially be rejoining the cast of the long-running FOX comedy. Shearer, the voice of many of the show’s most popular characters, including Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Seymour Skinner, Smithers and Kent Brockman, originally left because he felt […]
Avengers vs. X-Men movie set for 2020?
Well, this one could be quite out of left field. But then many people thought that about Spider-Man joining The Avengers. The chaps over at Cosmic Book News have reportedly unearthed some information that suggests Marvel are trying to make amends with 20th Century Fox to bring together The Avengers and X-Men into the same […]
Fabled Nintendo PlayStation actually exists
A Reddit user has posted pictures of what seems to be the incredibly rare prototype which Sony made for Nintendo during their brief partnership some 25 years ago. The prototype itself was created in 1990-91 as a disc playing add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, however, the deal turned on its head after Nintendo […]
Andy Muschietti replaces Cary Fukunaga as director on Stephen King’s It
It looks like the job left open when Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) decided to leave the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s It has just been filled by director Andy Muschietti. Muschietti, who is in talks to helm the film for New Line Cinema, is best known for 2013’s Mama, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain and […]
It’s official: Hellboy 3 is NOT happening
Where do you even begin with this story? Over the last few years we’ve heard from Ron Pearlman and director Guillermo del Toro about a third movie in their Hellboy series. Sometimes its moving forward, sometimes its not. Sometimes Pearlman wants to do it, sometimes he doesn’t. Well, we can now officially say that it’s done […]
Rampage video game movie director promises scary monsters
With The Angry Birds Movie and Warcraft pulling in successful box office numbers this year (and Assassin’s Creed looking to do alright too), there has been a lot of announcements of other video game movie adaptations. One of those is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Brad Peyton’s adaptation of classic arcade game Rampage. Speaking with […]
Kathryn Bigelow tops shortlist of directors for Tomb Raider reboot
Tomb Raider is heading back to the big screen, but Tricia Brock (Girls, The Walking Dead) will not be joining the ride having stepped aside from the director’s chair. Now Tracking Board are reporting that the shortlist for her replacement is now down to three names. Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) is leading the […]
Tom Holland joins the Captain America: Civil War cast in Germany; not allowed to talk about the character
New Spider-Man Tom Holland has officially joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War as they film in Germany and is expected to film for the next couple of weeks. This does however conflict with earlier reports that Holland had already shot his scenes for the movie, unless he does have a larger role in […]
Ron Perlman: “I don’t want to do Hellboy 3”
For someone who has been championing the Internet to rise up and ask for a third Hellboy movie, it seems as though Ron Perlman doesn’t actually want to make Hellboy 3 – because the make-up is too intense. “Let me make the record clear,” he told /Film. “I don’t want to do Hellboy 3. It’s a […]
Pixels set to open to $30 million; box office may fall in light of events in Louisiana
Sony’s video-game adaptation comedy Pixels opens across America this weekend and early indications suggest the film could debut to around $30 million, though those estimates may fall in light of the tragic events in Louisiana on Thursday. Three people were killed and nine others injured at a shooting during a screening of Trainwreck on Thursday […]