As expected, it’s now been made official that Phil Lord and Chris Miller won’t be returning to helm The LEGO Movie 2. However, they did manage to snag a promising replacement, and will be in charge of scripting duties. According to TheWrap, Community, Parks and Recreation and The Mindy Project director Rob Schrab will helm the next installment. Lord and Miller will pen […]
ITV commissions third series of Broadchurch
Following series two’s conclusion yesterday, ITV has announced that it has commissioned a third series of the acclaimed drama Broadchurch, with both David Tennant and Olivia Colman confirmed to return as Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller. “We’ve been overwhelmed that nine million people every week have continued to join us on the twists and turns […]
Marvel bringing the thunder with new Secret Wars series Thors
Marvel Comics has announced that the Gods of Thunder are heading to Battleworld this June courtesy of writer Jason Aaron (Star Wars) and artist Chris Sprouse (Multiversity) for the Secret Wars series Thors. “This is basically me doing a cop story, but with hammers instead of guns,” states Aaron. “It’s every version of Thor you […]
X-Men’s Shawn Ashmore would love to crossover with Fantastic Four
While it seems the chances of the two series crossing over are slim, there are those within the films that would like to see X-Men and The Fantastic Four cross paths at some point down the road. One man in particular is Shawn Ashmore, who played Bobby Drake aka Iceman in X-Men 2, X-Men: The […]
Chris Miller talks 23 Jump Street/Men in Black crossover, “it’s a really interesting concept”
Still struggling to believe that a 23 Jump Street and Men in Black crossover movie is in development following the Sony Hack scandal last December? You know the one which Sony plans to use as a reboot to the Men in Black franchise? Well, it looks like it is still on the table. “Well, it’s […]
Margot Robbie says she is signed to play Harley Quinn for “10 years”
Since the cast was announced for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, it was presumed by everyone (based on the current movie business landscape) that Margot Robbie would be signed to a multi-picture deal to play Harley Quinn. “Yeah, that’s daunting”, she said to AZ Central about playing the same role for the foresable future. “You don’t […]
Will Doctor Strange be American or British?
With Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War hitting cinemas before it (not to mention X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit and Deadpool), we’re still a way off from seeing what Marvel have up their sleeves with Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange. At the Oscars over the weekend, Best Actor in a Leading Role […]
James Gunn speaks out against “anti-comic book movie” comments at Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards
During the Oscars on Sunday night, actor and singer Jack Black made some disparaging remarks against comic book movies singing, “opening with lots of zeroes, all we get are superheroes: Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Jedi Man, Sequel Man, Prequel Man, formulaic scripts!” The night previous, Nightcrawler writer and director Dan Gilroy also spoke out against a […]
Marvel announces new Secret Wars series Ghost Racers
Marvel Comics has announced that the Spirits of Vengeance will be duelling one another in lethal, cutthroat races as part of the publishers big Secret Wars event with a new series Ghost Racers from Felipe Smith and Juan Gedeon. Check out a preview here… “This is the book that every GHOST RIDER fan is going […]
Calista Flockhart joins Supergirl as Cat Grant
CBS’ upcoming Supergirl series has just cast another DC Comics character. According to Variety, Ally McBeal alum Calista Flockhart has been cast in the role of former Daily Planet reporter Cat Grant. In the comics, Grant is the fashion reporter at the famed Metropolis newspaper. In the Supergirl series, she’ll be “a self-made media magnate and founder of CatCo,” where Kara […]
