After his breakthrough success with last year’s found footage hit Chroncile, director Josh Trank has now turned his attention to Marvel’s First Family for 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four, which is due to arrive on screens in 2015, and speaking to SciFiNow, Fox’s Marvel creative consultant Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) has taken a moment to […]
Dan Trachtenberg to direct Y: The Last Man
New Line Cinema is pushing ahead with the big screen adaptation of the cult classic comic book series Y: The Last Man. According to Deadline, Dan Trachtenberg is set to direct the film, after generating his own buzz in a creative way in 2011 by creating an online trailer for a faux movie based on […]
Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse placed on indefinite hold
Despite the movie being slated for 25th April 2014, Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse seems to have hit a few major road blocks. The Hollywood Reporter is claiming that the movie has been put on indefinite hold. According to Martin Levy, speaking on behalf of Spielberg, the project is “too important and the script is not ready, and […]
The Killing III: Escaping and Entering the Shadow of a Phenomenon
Paul Risker discusses the third season of the hit Danish crime drama The Killing… During the latter part of last year, the end seemed to arrive a little sooner than what I was accustomed to. Two foreign crime dramas which had become an integral part of BBC Four’s Saturday evening foreign crime line-up concluded in […]
Movie Review – Gangster Squad (2013)
Gangster Squad, 2013. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Nick Nolte and Josh Pence. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Gangster Squad follows an off-the-books team of LAPD officers trying to take down a ruthless mobster, Mickey Cohen (Penn), in […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks The Legend of Conan and Triplets
After a supporting role in last year’s action ensemble The Expendables 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s screen comeback steps up a gear this month with the release of Kim Jee-Woon’s The Last Stand. The action icon has several original projects on his upcoming slate (including The Tomb and Ten), after which he’s due to head back to […]
Movie Review – Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln, 2012 Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Bruce McGill and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: President Abraham Lincoln attempts to amend the American Constitution to abolish slavery before the Civil War comes to an end. Long in development, Steven Spielberg finally brings his Abraham Lincoln […]
Comic Book Review – The Hollows #2
Luke Owen reviews the second issue of The Hollows… “When living above the chaos and soul-stealing “hollows” is no longer an option, can Kobayashi manage to rise above the impending doom that surrounds he and his loved ones…?” I was highly praising of Chris Ryall and Sam Keith’s first issue of The Hollows as it […]
Special Features – Looking back at The Muppet movies
David Bishop looks back at the Muppet movie franchise… It’s hard to imagine now, but The Muppets started on television way back in the 1970s. The fact that it has endured for this long is a testament to just how timeless these loveable bits of felt and fur are. Between 1979 and 2011, no less […]
Idris Elba to make directorial debut with The Pavement Psychologist
From Hackney to Hollywood, Idris Elba has certainly established himself as an A-List actor having starred in blockbusters such as Thor and Prometheus, as well as Guillermo del Toro’s much-anticipated Pacific Rim. Elba also enjoys a successful television career with his hit TV show Luther, but not being satisfied with being a star of the […]
