Disney’s Maleficent 2 could not have cast a more perfect actor for its fantastical world: according to Variety, the great Michelle Pfeiffer is currently in talks for a role in the sequel. She’s set to play the queen, but not much else is known about her potential character. When talks end, Pfeiffer will be joining returning
Month: April 2018
Ron Howard, Emilia Clarke and more talk Solo: A Star Wars Story in this new featurette
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You can read the full synopsis for the film here: Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure
The prospect of a Tremors TV series had us pumped for the best part of a year, but now our hopes have been crushed by Syfy officially cancelling the project before it has even aired. Boooooo. Star and executive producer Kevin Bacon announced the news on Instagram, saying: “Sad to report that my dream of revisiting
Chimera dramatises the ethical conundrums faced by independent scientist Quint (Henry Ian Cusick) as he races to save his children from the genetic condition to which his comatose wife has succumbed. It is currently gathering awards at festivals (including Best Picture and Best Cinematography at the Boston International Film Festival and Best Sci-Fi Feature at
Netflix’s Star Trek: Discovery officially began production on Season 2 last week and, interestingly, executive producer Alex Kurtzman is directing the first episode. It’s an interesting move, considering Kurtzman only had four directing credits to his name prior to the news (including last year’s The Mummy, 2012’s People Like Us, talk show New Day and an episode of Alias in 2003),
Starbuck fans, rejoice: according to Deadline, Battlestar Galactica actor Katee Sackhoff is heading back to space in her own sci-fi drama series. Titled Another Life, the series is being produced by Alias Grace‘s Halfire Entertainment for Netflix, which has already given it a 10-episode order. The show will revolve around “astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Sackhoff) who is focused on searching
Click here to see full size. Not much (if anything) is given away in the first poster for Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria, but it’s still quite striking. You can read the synopsis for the new film here: Suspiria is set in 1977 Berlin and follows a young American woman who joins a prestigious dance
Read the synopsis for Kin here: KIN, a pulse-pounding crime thriller with a sci-fi twist, is the story of an unexpected hero destined for greatness. Chased by a vengeful criminal (James Franco) and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con (Jack Reynor) and his adopted teenage brother (Myles Truitt) are forced to
To celebrate the release of ANON, we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to a special screening of the film on Monday 30 April, followed by a Q&A with star Clive Owen and director/writer Andrew Niccol. For your chance to win, simply enter your details below. You can read the synopsis for ANON here: In a modern world
Hot on the hellish heels of their classy adaptation of Tigon’s 1971 picture The Blood on Satan’s Claw, Bafflegab Productions now bring us their version of Clive Barker’s 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, famously adapted on film in 1987 as Hellraiser. This pacy, punchy adaptation starts with a lovely, pounding, 80s-feeling theme, before launching straight
Studios are moving ahead with any Stephen King property they can get their hands on following the titanic success of Warner Bros’ IT, and an under-appreciated 1979 novel is the latest to be picked up. THR reports that James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, Independence Day: Resurgence, White House Down) has written an adaptation of King’s The Long
John Krasinksi’s low-budget horror A Quiet Place has been one of the biggest success stories of the year so far. The acclaimed horror has currently pulled in $213 million worldwide from a $17 million budget, and even clawed its way back to number 1 at the US box office last weekend (it’s still there this
We’ve been operating under the assumption that Bad Robot’s WWII-set sci-fi/horror movie Overlord was a Cloverfield movie for ages now, essentially because it’s Bad Robot and it’s sci-fi, and if anything screams “Cloverfield” it’s that. However, JJ Abrams has stated that the film, directed by Julius Avery and starring Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Jacob Anderson,
Well, they did it. Ten years on from Robert Downey Jr donning the Iron Man suit, the MCU has brought together its mightiest heroes to face the mad Titan Thanos in a massive crossover event that is entertaining, shocking, and, well, massive. Although you never lose sight of the fact that there’s a second part
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have been with the MCU since Captain America: The First Avenger, and have gone on to write all the Captain America films as well as Thor: The Dark World. Now, having written Avengers: Infinity War, and currently in the edit on its untitled follow-up, we talked to them about what
Click here to see full size. You can read the synopsis for Deadpool 2 here: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as
Finally, the news we know you’ve all been waiting for… Netflix has announced that the series finale of Sense8 will be released on 8 June 2018. You can read the short, sweet and official synopsis here: Personal lives are pushed aside as the cluster, their sidekicks, and some unexpected allies band together for a rescue mission and
For Dr Bravestone, Ruby Roundhouse and the rest of the Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle crew, the story isn’t over yet: there’s officially a sequel on the way. Sony announced the news at CinemaCon this week, with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman also confirming that film will be hitting screens in time for Christmas
Some definitely not groovy news: US broadcaster Starz has announced that its series Ash Vs Evil Dead is not being renewed for a fourth season. That obviously means the upcoming Season 3 finale will now act as a finale to the whole series. In a statement, Starz’s president of programming Carmi Zlotnik said: “Ash vs. Evil
A trailer for dystopian sci-fi drama The Rain, Netflix’s first Danish original series, landed today and it’s pretty intense. Check out it below: And here’s a poster to go with it: You can read the synopsis for the series here: The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried
With just a few days to go until the release of Avengers: Infinity War, the film is hitting the last minute promotional material hard and fast. For example, check out these wonderful new posters (which join together to make one big one) by illustrator Matt Ferguson. Avengers: Infinity War stars Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange),
The movie based on the Tom Clancy videogame The Division already had our attention thanks to Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal signing on to star. Now, there’s more exciting news: it’s finally found a director. Variety reports that John Wick co-director David Leitch has signed on to direct the Ubisoft game adaptation, which “is set
The remake of Masters Of The Universe has been in development for so long it’s one of those films that you only remember is supposed to be happening when news of it taking a little step forward or a little step back bubbles up on the internet. However, it has just taken a fairly significant
We’re just a couple of days away from the premiere of Westworld Season Two, but creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan aren’t slowing down. The Wrap reports that the duo has signed on to adapt The Peripheral for Amazon Studios, turning the 2014 novel from genre legend William Gibson into an hour-long TV drama (the
Back in 2015 David Fincher and Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) had a remake series of Dennis Kellys’ incredible Utopia all ready to go at HBO until the broadcaster got nervous about the $100 million budget and pulled the plug. We assumed that the project had simply died, but today Amazon announced that it
The second season of Legion takes the viewer to even more surreal and mind-blowing places as Noah Hawley and his team of writers push the boundaries of the Marvel Universe. It’s one of the smartest and visually intriguing shows currently on TV. Bill Irwin, who plays scientist Cary Loudermilk, spoke to us on the phone
David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s take on Halloween is six months away but we’ve got our first look at Michael Myers courtesy of the film’s first poster. The new take, which comes from Blumhouse, will be a return to the more grounded feel of the first and will reportedly be ignoring pretty much everything
We’re about a month away from finally seeing Deadpool 2 and a new trailer has arrived to jack up our excitement levels. We absolutely cannot wait to see what Peter’s going to bring to the team… You can read the, um, synopsis for Deadpool 2 here: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef
Though we already got a look at her in The Conjuring 2, this new teaser image for The Nun is still enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The film will be The Conjuring‘s second spin-off film after Annabelle. The Nun is being directed by Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and produced by New Line. The script
When you’re having car trouble and you’ve got a baby in the back seat, the last thing you want is a zombie attack… Check out this tense new clip from Netflix zombie drama Cargo. You can read the synopsis for Cargo here: In a desperate bid to outrun a violent pandemic, Andy and Kay have holed up