When we see Peter Parker at the outset of Spider-Man: Far From Home, he’s helping his aunt at a charity fundraiser by wearing the spider suit and saying a few words to the crowd. Aunt May gives a speech about how difficult it’s been for people like her to reappear after what they’re calling ‘the
Month: June 2019
StudioCanal has announced that the first ever 4K, Ultra High Definition restoration of Nicolas Roeg’s iconic thriller Don’t Look Now (1973) will open in UK cinemas on July 5, and we’re thrilled to be able to bring you this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip, which features cinematographer Tony Richmond talking about the restoration. © StudioCanal This version of the film will also
The cast of Bill & Ted sequel Bill & Ted Face The Music is shaping up nicely. Following the recent news that Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine had joined the film as Bill and Ted’s children, Bill and Ted now have wives too. Jayma Mays will play Princess Joanna, the wife of Bill (Alex Winter), while Erinn Hayes is
Upcoming Penny Dreadful spin-off series City Of Angels has finally rounded out its cast with six new stars. Joining the series are Adam Rodriguez (Criminal Minds), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong), Lorenza Izzo (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), Michael Gladis (Mad Men), Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters) and Ethan Peck (Star Trek: Discovery). Here’s a full breakdown of their characters: Adam
More than three months after dropping Bryan Singer from its upcoming Red Sonja movie, Avi Lerner’s Millennium Films has finally found his replacement. Jill Soloway has officially joined the project as a writer and director. For those unfamiliar with their work, award-winning Soloway is the creator of Amazon series Transparent, which is set to conclude with a fifth
It’s plants vs zombies in Ever After, a film adaptation of Olivia Vieweg’s comic Endzeit By Josh Slater-Williams 26-06-19 709 Released: TBC Director: Carolina Hellsgård Cast: Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Maja Lehrer, Trine Dyrholm, Barbara Philipp Distributor: Unannounced If you like this, try… The Girl With All The Gifts Another eco-orientated zombie-apocalypse road movie, this time
It’s official: Deadly Class is dead. For real. Following its cancellation at Syfy, the makers of Deadly Class were keen to crack on and start hunting for a new network to take in the show. However, it sounds as though the hunt was in vain. Comics creator and co-showrunner Rick Remender took to Twitter this week to announced that
Click here to see full size. Here’s the synopsis for the series: The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their
The long-awaited third season of Scream is almost here, but with a few major differences. Firstly, the show has moved from MTV to VH1, with the first episode set to premiere on 8 July. Secondly, Season 3 (titled Scream: Resurrection) has been completely reworked, so you can expect new twists, new murders and a whole new cast of
Time operates differently in the Men In Black universe. Or rather, it does as far and its production is concerned. There was already a bit of a gap between the first and second films in the franchise, which were released in 1997 and 2002 respectively. But all calendars were thrown out completely when MIB 3
The upcoming remake of The Craft has found its lead By Poppy-Jay Palmer 25-06-19 527 Things are finally happening with the upcoming remake of The Craft: according to THR, the film has found its lead in the form of Cailee Spaeny. The actress is known for playing Amara Namani in Pacific Rim: Uprising, Rose Summerspring in Bad Times
Off the back of the success he is having with Hulu’s Catch-22, George Clooney already had his sights set on his next project. According to Variety, Clooney has now signed on to both direct and star in a film adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s sci-fi novel Good Morning, Midnight. The film is being made for Netflix, with Clooney
Click here to see full size. Clearly not content with killing off the cast of Toy Story, Child’s Play star Chucky has gone after cinema’s other bad doll in town, Annabelle. Child’s Play is directed by Lars Klevberg from a script by Tyler Burton Smith, and is a remake of the 1988 film of the same
The Light Years is the new sci-fi novel from debut author R. W. W. Greene. The book is set in a far future where arranged marriages have taken on a whole new life in an age of space travel. Before Hisako Saski is even born, her parents arrange a marriage contract for her. In exchange
It’s Ed Sheeran versus The Beatles in Danny Boyle’s new fantasy Yesterday By Katherine McLaughlin 24-06-19 685 Released: 28 June 2019 Certificate: 12A Director: Danny Boyle Writer: Richard Curtis Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Ed Sheeran If you like this, try… Donnie Darko Richard Kelly’s daring SF cult classic stars Jake Gyllenhaal in
It’s a sad time for comics fans as DC Comics announced the end of their Vertigo imprint, which was established in 1993. Vertigo publishes comics aimed at adults, and it has been kept almost entirely separate from the main DC Universe, bar the occasional crossovers in Sandman and Hellblazer, both of which originated in the
Stranger Things Season 3 is just a few weeks away from release, but this final trailer will give us plenty to speculate over until then. Check it out: Where the first Season 3 trailer focused on normal 1980s kids’ stuff – malls, funfairs, falling out with your mate because they got a girlfriend – this
Chucky slashes his way into a high-tech new world in the Child’s Play remake By Elena Lazic 20-06-19 792 Released: 21 June 2019 Certificate: 15 Director: Lars Klevberg Writer: Tyler Burton Smith Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Brian Tyree Henry, Gabriel Bateman, Tim Matheson If you like this, try… Silent Night, Deadly Night The traumatised
She’ll take on the role of the powerful Moiraine in Amazon’s Wheel Of Time series By Abigail Chandler 20-06-19 2,343 Amazon’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time fantasy series was announced some time ago, but now it’s taking very definite steps towards production, with Gone Girl actress Rosamund Pike cast as Moiraine. The news
I wrote the Steelhaven trilogy between 2012 and 2015. During that period there was a slew of other writers releasing fantasy novels, riding on the popularity of the Game Of Thrones TV show, which were labelled as “Grimdark”. Naturally, Steelhaven was clumped in with those, and having a cast at least partially consisting of amoral,
Soul joins Onward on Disney Pixar’s 2020 slate By Abigail Chandler 20-06-19 6,074 Disney Pixar have announced, pretty much out of the blue, that they have a new film coming out in 2020 – Soul, directed by Pete Docter. The film is still being kept heavily underwraps, but Pixar announced that Soul will ‘take you
Kevin Feige has confirmed – in slightly uncertain terms – that Avengers: Endgame could be returning to cinemas as soon as next weekend, containing new footage that didn’t make the original cut of the film. Speaking to Comicbook.com, Feige confirmed the re-release, before adding ‘I don’t know if it’s been announced’, and that he ‘didn’t
This time Amityville 1974 promises to tell the real story By Abigail Chandler 19-06-19 789 After 23 films based on The Amityville Horror, you would be forgiven for thinking that anything that could possibly be said about that haunted house has already been said. But wait! There’s more, apparently. Amityville 1974 has been announced as
Extant’s Eliza Clark will now be bringing Y: The Last Man to screens By Abigail Chandler 19-06-19 3,536 FX’s Y: The Last Man adaptation hit a speedbump earlier this year when showrunners Michael Green and Aida Mashaka Croal departed, citing ‘creative differences’. But now it looks like the show is back on track, with Eliza
Samara Weaving has to fight to survive the in-laws in Ready Or Not By Abigail Chandler 18-06-19 1,018 The new trailer for horror comedy Ready Or Not has landed and it looks like an absolute hoot. Check it out: The film sees new bride Samara Weaving (recently cast as Thea Preston in Bill & Ted
Titans‘ second season just got even bigger, with Aqualad getting added to the roster. Drew Van Acker, best known for Training Day (pictured above) and Pretty Little Liars, will be joining the cast for Season 2 as Aqualad, sidekick to Aquaman. There have been a couple of Aqualads in the DCU, but, judging by the picture
The new trailer for Prime Video’s adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book The Boys has landed – and it’s as gleefully filthy as the comic. Check it out: The series stars Karl Urban (Thor: Ragnarok) as Billy Butcher, who leads a team of people intent on bringing down The Seven, a corrupt
Between the red cape and the heat vision, Brightburn clearly has no pretences about what exactly it is drawing from. Intentionally hemming extremely close to the Superman mythos ingrained in the minds of most people on the planet, the film is set in the fictional rural town of Brightburn, Kansas (strongly resembling Smallville). It opens
Author Suzanne Collins is taking us back to Panem – but without Katniss Everdeen By Abigail Chandler 17-06-19 1,940 Four years on since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 landed in cinemas, it looks like we’re going to be making a return trip to Panem. Suzanne Collins, author of the original Hunger Games trilogy, has
The show must go on in this trailer for Syfy horror The Banana Splits Movie By Poppy-Jay Palmer 14-06-19 593 This new trailer for Syfy’s latest horror film, The Banana Splits Movie, is all your childhood nightmares come to life. Check it out: Here’s the synopsis for the film: The beloved children’s show is back…