The brilliant John Cho has officially boarded the cast of Sony’s The Grudge reimagining, according to Variety. He joins Demián Bichir (The Hateful Eight) and Andrea Riseborough (The Death Of Stalin), but there are not yet any details regarding the character he will be playing. This casting is of course excellent news, as John Cho needs to
Month: March 2018
Start your week off right with this gorgeous new trailer for Todd Haynes’ latest film Wonderstruck, which tells the tale of two children, Ben and Rose, living in different times by way of delicious magical realism. And here’s a poster: You can read the synopsis for Wonderstruck here: From visionary, BAFTA-winning director of Far From Heaven and Carol Todd Haynes and
Last week, it was announced that She’s Gotta Have It star DeWanda Wise had dropped out of Captain Marvel due to scheduling conflicts. Keen to get underway, the film has already found her replacement in Lashana Lynch. Lynch, who recently starred in Noel Clarke’s crime drama Brotherhood, is now in final negotiations for the undisclosed role, according to THR.
And here’s a matching poster: Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Benedict
Click here to see full size. Earlier this week, we declared that a Ready Player One poster was the best one yet. We would now like to correct ourselves, because THIS Ready Player One poster is clearly the best one yet. You can read the synopsis for Ready Player One here: The film is set in 2045, with the world on
Actress DeWanda Wise has officially left Captain Marvel. It hadn’t been confirmed who she would be playing before she exited, but the role was believed to be more than a bit-part. Wise’s decision to leave has come down to scheduling conflicts between the film and Season 2 of Spike Lee’s Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, which she
Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time has just hit US cinemas and the director of Selma and 13th has got her next project all lined up. Variety reports that DuVernay will direct New Gods for Warner Bros and DC, bringing comics legend Jack Kirby’s creation to the big screen. Deadline notes that the movie
Autonomous arrives bearing the endorsement of William Gibson, Lauren Beukes and Neal Stephenson, and io9 co-founder Annalee Newitz’s debut lives up to the hype. It’s a cyberpunk thriller but the author is much more interested in big questions than big futuristic fight sequences. The story is divided between Jack, a pirate who reverse-engineers patented drugs
With Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One just around the corner, Warner Bros has released a new trailer for the film of Ernest Cline’s novel, and it’s full of soaring A-Ha covers, pop culture references and that trademark Spielberg heart. You can read the synopsis for Ready Player One here: The film is set in 2045, with the
It’s been far too long since we last heard anything about Wendell & Wild, the new film from the mighty Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline) which stars Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. Deadline reports that Wendell & Wild, a stop-motion animated “comedy about two scheming demon brothers who must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting
Following the beautiful but possibly plagiarised first run of posters, Solo: A Star Wars Story has released a new set of character one-sheets in Brazil (via IMPAwards) that have similar artwork but without that problematic design… “Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new
We’re all scared of creepy clowns (well, most of us, anyway), and Damien Leone’s upcoming gory horror Terrifier is coming for your nightmares with its not-very-jolly murderous villain Art The Clown. Here’s an exclusive clip… “Terrifier is the story of the maniacal Art the Clown, who terrorizes three young women on Halloween, butchering everyone
We do not dispute that Londoners are spoiled for choice when it comes to movies, and we’re not just talking about the new releases. You can catch classic and cult movies any night of the week in the capital, but what if you want to go a little deeper? What if you’re looking to really
It’s been at least a couple of weeks since we’ve had any ripe Sabrina The Teenage Witch reboot casting news, so it’s about time some more fell out of that tree. The latest is that Ross Lynch has joined the show as Sabrina’s human boyfriend Harvey Kinkle. The character is described as the prince charming of a
Director Spike Lee might be taking on a Nightwatch film for Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to entertainment news site That Hashtag Show. Apparently, a film based on the Marvel character is currently in its very early stages and Lee could be directing it from a script by Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker. However, Sony declined
You’d be forgiven for having low expectations for Tomb Raider, given that the previous Angelina Jolie-starring films were trashy at best, and that video game adaptations never seem to work. But prepare to be surprised, because the Tomb Raider reboot is actually good. We first meet Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft as a bike courier in
You can read the official synopsis for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald here: J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been
We are hugely excited about Boots Riley’s much-buzzed indie debut Sorry To Bother You, which stars the excellent Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Death Note, Atlanta) as a telemarketer who finds himself on increasingly uncertain ground as he becomes more successful in an alternate universe version of Oakland, and the first trailer looks fantastic. The awesome
Dan Gilroy’s upcoming Netflix horror-thriller has finally found an ensemble cast to accompany stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo. Newly announced cast members include Zawe Ashton (Fresh Meat), Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), Tom Sturridge (On The Road), Daveed Diggs (Wonder) , Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) and John Malkovich (Con Air, Being John Malkovich). According to Variety, the film
Whether you’re planning on seeing Rampage or not, you should really watch this new promo clip. It’s a doozy: Just wonderful. You can read the full synopsis for Rampage here: Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his
If you really can’t wait until the end of the week to get your Tomb Raider fix, get it right now with this collection of clips from the film instead: The film is written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet ( Captain Marvel), and is directed by Roar Uthaug, who made the Norwegian box-office smash The Wave and the excellent slasher Cold Prey. Vikander
It’s sad news for fans of The Librarians as network TNT has gone and cancelled it after four seasons. However, all hope may not be lost just yet. Showrunner Dean Devlin took to Twitter to announce the news, but with it promised to try to find a new home for the show, writing, “Just got the official
The annual Glasgow Film Festival is a haven of genre, not only harbouring FrightFest in GFT1 for two and a half days of the festival’s duration, but also weaving many freaky frights and SF sights into the fabric of its main programme. This comes as no surprise – for genre, combining familiar narrative types with
The trailer for the second season of Netflix’s zombie comedy Santa Clarita Diet has arrived, and Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant are still doing their very best to maintain a happy healthy family despite the fact that they now have a kill room. “Picking up right where we left off, Season 2 of Santa Clarita
Casting is underway on Tim Miller’s untitled Terminator reboot/T2 sequel and we’re very excited that the brilliant Mackenzie Davis is set to join the film. Variety reports that the star of Halt And Catch Fire, Black Mirror episode ‘San Junipero’ and Blade Runner 2049 is in talks to star as “one of the new faces
It was confirmed back in February that multiple Star Wars TV series were in development, and now we know who one of those shows will be coming from. Jon Favreau, the director of Iron Man, The Jungle Book and Elf, has signed up to write and produce a live-action series for Disney’s new platform. He’s
Horror fans are used to killer kid movies. We know the drill. There’s a pasty-faced child, possibly wearing an anorak, almost certainly singing some kind of nursery rhyme, whose angelic demeanour is masking the soul of a psychopath. But while it’s pretty common to see parents wondering what on earth is going on with their
Click here to see full size. After the fiasco that was the collection of Ready Player One posters made to look like those of classic 80s movies earlier this week, the film’s promotional campaign has just about redeemed itself with this corker. You can read the synopsis for Ready Player One here: The film is set in 2045,
Click here to see full size. The film is written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet ( Captain Marvel), and is directed by Roar Uthaug, who made the Norwegian box-office smash The Wave and the excellent slasher Cold Prey. Vikander (Ex Machina) stars as Lara Croft, and she’s joined in the film by Dominic West (The Wire, Pride), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight, Justified), Daniel Wu
With The Walking Dead a full eight seasons in and counting, AMC’s new great horror hope is The Terror. Boasting a stonking survival-horror premise, one hinged on actual historical events and a cruel paradox – when the great outdoors is so expansive, so mind-bogglingly vast, there’s almost zero chance of escape – throw in a supernatural