Just as original writer Michael Arndt left Star Wars: The Force Awakens, screenwriter Gary Whitta has now departed Disney’s first standalone Star Wars movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla). According to THR, Whitta has completed a first draft of the film and is now moving on to his next project, which could […]
New Friday the 13th video game in development
It’s a good time to be a fan of Camp Crystal Lake. There is a new TV series in the works as well as a thirteenth movie set to be released this November, and now Friday the 13th and Jason are heading back to the video game world for a new game too. EGM has learned […]
Marvel dominates comic book sales in 2014
Diamond Comic Distributors has releasing their annual end-of-year sales rankings for the comic book industry, which continued its upward trend in 2014 as sales increased 4.39% over the previous twelve months. The year was dominated by Marvel, who led the charts in terms of both dollar and unit market share (34.38% and 36.78% respectively), as […]
Shrek director to helm IDW’s Zombies vs. Robots
After starting his directing career with Shrek and Shrek 2, before entering Narnia for The Chronicles of Narnia, director Andrew Adamson has now signed on to helm Inherit the Earth reports Variety. A big screen adaptation of the IDW series Zombies vs. Robots, the film is to be produced by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert […]
Criterion trying to release Before Trilogy, says Ethan Hawke
For many film buffs out there, The Criterion Collection are an array of must-buy titles that encompass many of the best films of recent times, giving them the five-star treatment with blu-ray and DVD releases, along with a whole host of special features you cannot get anywhere else. At the start of 2015 (so, last […]
Jack Black’s new show The Brink to air on HBO this summer
It’s been a while since we have seen Jack Black on the screen, but that is set to change this year as HBO has announced that the actor’s new 10-episode show The Brink will air this summer, with a cast that also includes Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) and Pablo Schreiber (The Wire) and a host of […]
Marvel announces the Death of Deadpool
It looks like Deadpool is going to be following in the footsteps of Wolverine and meeting his maker, with Marvel announcing that it’s killing off the Merc with the Mouth in the upcoming Deadpool #45, which marks the 250th issue of Deadpool across all his volumes, and also the last of the current series. “This […]
New rumoured shortlist for Cyclops, Jean and Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse
Back in November a list of potential candidates for the roles of the younger Cyclops and Jean Grey in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse arrived online, which included the likes of Ben Hardy (EastEnders), Charlie Rowe (Neverland), Timothee Chalamet (Interstellar), Chloe Moretz (The Equalizer), Elle Fanning (Maleficent) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit). Since then, we haven’t heard […]
UPDATE: Batman v Superman to be split into two parts, with Enter the Knight leading into Dawn of Justice?
If you were wondering how Warner Bros. and DC plan to cram so many characters into the upcoming DC ensemble Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, well we may just have the answer – although the emphasis is on may here… According to an image doing the rounds on the internet which is allegedly from […]
Will Arnett and Phil Lord talk The LEGO Batman movie
After the massive box-office success of last year’s The LEGO Movie, which ended 2014 as the UK’s highest-grossing film, it was only a matter of time before sequels and spin-offs were going to happen, and sure enough a LEGO Batman movie was announced back in October. In recent days, star Will Arnett – who will […]
