2016 is shaping up to be a big year for Fox and its X-Men franchise; not only do we get X-Men: Apocalypse and the long-awaited Deadpool, but the studio also has another spin-off in the works, with Channing Tatum set to take on the lead role in Gambit. Speaking to Empire in the latest issue […]
Documentary set to explore George Miller’s aborted Justice League Mortal
Back in 2007, Warner Bros. announced that Mad Max creator George Miller had signed on to direct a motion-capture Justice League movie, which was going by the title of Justice League Mortal. The project made it as far as pre-production, with a a cast that was set to include Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger) as […]
The Lonely Island Movie titled Connor4real, Tim Meadows and Imogen Poots join cast
Earlier this month we got a poster for the Top Secret Untitled Lonely Island Movie, the upcoming comedy from The Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone and producer Judd Apatow, whcih will see Samberg as Connor, a rapper forced to try and reunite his old boy band after his latest album […]
Alicia Vikander in talks for Bourne 5 and Assassin’s Creed
Having signed on to appear alongside Tom Hanks in The Circle eariler this month, Deadline is reporting that Alicia Vikander (Ex_Machina) may leave the project, but is instead lining up another two high profile pics. According to the site, the Swedish actress is in talks to appear alongside Matt Damon in the upcoming fifth Bourne […]
Jaden Smith playing Static Shock, according to Tyler James Williams
Back in October, we reported that After Earth star Jaden Smith was rumored for the title role of DC’s upcoming Static Shock live-action digital series. Now, that report seems to have been confirmed, thanks to The Walking Dead and Dear White People‘s Tyler James Williams. Williams was recently interviewed at MCM Comic Con (via Flicks and the City), and was asked about […]
Bill Paxton on Neill Blomkamp’s Alien: “If you’re going to bring Hicks back, you’ve got to have Hudson”
With Michael Biehn’s Corporal Hicks expected to return to the Alien franchise alongside Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming fifth instalment of the sci-fi series, Entertainment Weekly took the opportunity to ask Bill Paxton if he’d have any interest in reprising the role of Hicks’ fellow Colonial Marine, Private Hudson. “That’s the first I’ve […]
Peyton Reed on replacing Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man
The latest issue of Empire Magazine serves up a preview of Marvel’s next superhero blockbuster Ant-Man, offering some insight into Edgar Wright’s shock departure from the project due to creative differences with Marvel Studios, as well as comments from incoming director Peyton Reed (Down with Love) about the pressure of stepping into Wright’s shoes. SEE […]
Amy Schumer teaming with Paul Feig for new comedy
Comedienne Amy Schumer is set to team with Bridesmaids and Spy director Paul Feig for a new comedy based upon mother-daughter relations. According to THR, “the plot is being kept under wraps but sources say it is an action-comedy in the vein of Feig’s The Heat and centers on a mother-daughter duo trapped in a […]
Mission: Impossible 6 already in early development
We’ve still got over two months to go before the release of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, but it seems that Paramount Pictures is already planning Tom Cruise’s next impossible mission. According to The Tracking Board, Paramount, Bad Robot and Skydance Productions are already in early development on Mission: Impossible 6, which will see Cruise […]
Willa Holland says Arrow “had big plans for Harley Quinn, but we’ll never see it”
Harley Quinn looks set to take a starring role in next year’s supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad, but prior to Margot Robbie’s casting we did get a tease of Harley being part of Task Force X with a brief cameo appearance in The CW’s hit DC show Arrow. As it happened, this cameo in the second […]
