Having worked on the likes of Angel, Smallville, Spartacus and Daredevil, Steven S. DeKnight makes the jump to the big screen this week with the release of the blockbuster sequel Pacific Rim Uprising. Uprising sees DeKnight stepping into the shoes of Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, who directed the first movie back in 2013, and speaking […]
Movie Review – Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
Pacific Rim Uprising, 2018. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight. Starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Jing Tian, Zhang Jin, Adria Arjona, Karan Brar, Ivanna Sakhno, Shyrley Rodríguez, Levi Meaden, Rahart Adams, Zhu Zhu, Wesley Wong, Lily Ji, and Mackenyu. SYNOPSIS: Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with […]
Pacific Rim Uprising helmer wants to see Zack Snyder directing Man of Steel 2
While it’s never officially been confirmed by Warner Bros. as being in development, rumours of a sequel to Man of Steel have been circulating widely for the past couple of years, with the likes of Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) and George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) linked to the director’s chair. Responding to a […]
Daredevil’s season 1 showrunner Steven DeKnight would “love” to return to Marvel
Steven DeKnight, showruner for Daredevil season 1, would love to return to work with Marvel in the future. Season 1 of Netflix’s Daredevil series has been the most critically acclaimed Marvel season the platform has managed to date, and kicked off this little corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since then, a new showrunner has […]
Pacific Rim Uprising director says a crossover with Godzilla and King Kong is a possibility
Back in September when it was first announced that Legendary Pictures were planning a shared universe between Godzilla and King Kong, rumours surfaced about the possibility of the studio bringing Pacific Rim’s Jaegers and Kaiju into the mix for a crossover of monster proportions. Since then, we’ve heard nothing else about the prospect; however, Steven […]
Pacific Rim Uprising a “launching pad” for a shared universe
Following the release of the first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising, Nerdist caught up with director Steven S. DeKnight to discuss the film, with DeKnight revealing that the plan is for the sequel to serve as a “launching pad” for an entire transmedia franchise featuring movies, spinoff films, comics and even an animated series. “I’m […]
Watch the first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising
The first trailer for Steven S. DeKnight’s upcoming sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising has been unveiled at the New York Comic Con, and we have it for you here; take a look… The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on […]
Steven DeKnight on the introduction of the Punisher to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Although he’s stepped down as showrunner on Marvel’s Daredevil, Steven DeKnight was in attendance at the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday, during which he spoke to Slash Film about the upcoming introduction of The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) in the show’s second season, and whether this presents Marvel with the opportunity to do the character […]
New details about Daredevil’s timeline, Easter eggs and second season possibility
We’re now only about a month and a half away from the premiere of Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix series, and still know very little about the show itself and how it ties into the rest of Marvel’s ever-expanding cinematic universe. Thanks to new interviews conducted by Empire Magazine, however, we do have some new details regarding the show’s timeline and […]
Daredevil showrunner talks Kingpin and Bullseye, compares the tone to The Wire
2015 is shaping up to be a huge year for Marvel Studios, what with the feature films Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man, the remainder of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season two and the new Agent Carter series on ABC, and of course the first of Marvel’s five Netflix shows, Daredevil. As we await the first […]
