After rumours were spreading last week about Rian Johnson potentially replacing Colin Trevorrow – following the Jurassic World director stepping down from the helm of the third of the new trilogy – it has now been announced that taking his throne back will be Episode VII director JJ Abrams. President of LucasFilm, Kathleen Kennedy, had this to say:
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Following Ed Skrein’s (Deadpool) exit from Hellboy after his casting as Major Ben Daimio was under fire for whitewashing – a character of Japanese decent in the comics –it has been announced that he will be replaced by South Korean actor Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-0) pending a final agreement. Skrein made the decision to step away from the
Having made the most critically-acclaimed DC Extended Universe movie so far, it only seems fitting that Patty Jenkins would be picked to direct the sequel of Wonder Woman. And we couldn’t be happier. Wonder Woman saw something finally come into action that we have wanted to see for a long time: a female-led superhero movie.
A new poster has arrived for Christmas horror Better Watch Out, which stars Olivia DeJonge (The Visit) and Levi Miller (Pan) as a babysitter and her charge who find themselves in the middle of a home invasion during the festive season. “When you think the suburbs, you think safety, but this holiday night the suburbs are
If you’ve not already seen enough of the deliciousness that is the visuals for Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (in the numerous trailers and behind-the-scenes featurettes) be prepared for even more, as the latest trailer has new footage for your eyes to feast upon. Every shot is beautiful and considered, the design of the entire
It hasn’t even opened yet, but the most recent adaptation of Stephen King’s It is already set to have one of the most impressive opening weekends of the year. So it’s no surprise, then, that New Line Media have already had writer Gary Dauberman (Annabelle) sign a contract to come back and pen the sequel after he
After the first outing of Suicide Squad fell short of everybody’s expectations – while it raked in the money it only garnered 25% on Rotten Tomatos, ouch – Warner Bros seem keen not to rush the production of the next movie. Due to start production late next year, it has been announced that The Accountant director Gavin
The first trailer for Insidious: The Last Key, the fourth instalment in the Insidious series, is here and it’s actually pretty scary. Check it out: You can read the synopsis for Insidious: The Last Key here: The creative minds behind the hit Insidious trilogy return for Insidious: The Last Key. The franchise welcomes back standout Lin Shaye as Dr. Elise
There’s another reshuffle behind the scenes of the Star Wars universe today, as it has been announced that Colin Trevorrow will no longer be directing the as-yet-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX. A statement on the Star Wars official site read: “Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin has
While there was a conspicuous dearth of female filmmakers represented in FrightFest’s feature programme (of the 65 films that screened, only Natasha Kermani’s Imitation Girl, Tini Tüllmann’s Freddy/Eddy and Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard’s Radius could boast female directors), the short films showcase went a considerable way to redressing this imbalance. Programmed by Shelagh Rowan-Legg, it
Still/Born begins with both a birth and a still birth, as young mother Mary (Christie Burke) delivers Adam, only to realise in horror that his identical twin Thomas is dead on arrival. Yet the mannered forward-slash punctuation that splits the film’s title (like in Marat/Sade, Face/Off and Frost/Nixon) also betokens other doubles and divisions within
“Alright, whoa baby! She’s gorgeous! Alright, that looks good, how much is it?” The speaker, in the opening scene of Imitation Girl, is a boy in his young teens (William Wakeland), diminished in static wideshot as he negotiates with two older men who have purchased a girlie magazine on his behalf. The boy’s words refer
The first time we see Samantha (Anja Savcic) in writer/director Kurtis David Harder’s InControl, she is facing a mirror. This follows a prologue in which pretty cheerleader Marissa (Sarah Troyer) tries desperately – and vainly – to phone Mark and Jenny, before, in her distraction, flipping her car spectacularly. The connection between these two sequences
“We meet only once every fifty years,” says the Duke (Vincent Regan) to Peter (Tony Curran) as a small group of people of different ages, genders and ethnicities (played by Charlie Cox, Freema Agyeman, Annette Crosby, Lukas Leong and Jordan Long) gathers around the table in a farmhouse at night to discuss boundaries, quotas and
Some troubling news is afoot: Pacific Rim: Uprising‘s release date has been pushed back again. The sequel, which is directed by Steven S DeKnight, is moving from 23 February 2018 to 23 March 2018. The reason for the move isn’t clear, but whatever the cause we’re super ticked at it for making us wait another month.
If you’re missing Welsey Snipes you should check out this exclusive new trailer for his latest film, Final Recall… Here’s the full synopsis for Final Recall: A group of friends are spending the weekend at a cabin on the lake while, unbeknownst to them, aliens have begun to attack planet Earth. A number of the friends are
Click here to see full size. After that awful hot mess of a poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming that was released a few weeks ago, we’re sure most of you will be thrilled to learn that the film’s posters have got good again as proven by the beaut above. You can read the official synopsis for Spider-Man: Homecoming below: A
Back in January of this year, director Liam Garvo and the Dresden Pictures team crowdfunded a proof-of-concept short for an ambitious dystopian sci-fi called Biopunk, starring Game Of Thrones‘ Hodor himself: Kristian Nairn. That campaign was successful and now the short is available online, and it’s looking excellent. In fact, just check it out: BIOPUNK from Dresden Pictures
Netflix is ramping up the promotion for Bong Joon-ho’s adorable creature adventure/social satire Okja (read our review here) and there’s a new promo which shows the film’s animal rights activists (Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Daniel Henshall and Devon Bostick) hacking a broadcast by corporation head Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton). There’s also a trailer full
The first trailer has arrived for Christopher Landon’s Blumhouse horror Happy Death Day (previously titled Half To Death), and it looks like a hell of a lot of fun. The movie is obviously going for a slasher take on Groundhog Day, and also looks a lot like the glorious Supernatural episode ‘Mystery Spot’ (“Do these
If you couldn’t get enough of the emotional story and captivating visuals of 2014 indie animation The Book Of Life, you’ll be thrilled to learn that the film is officially getting a sequel. Variety reports that the Dallas-based Reel FX Animation Studios is reteaming with The Book Of Life director Jorge R Guiterrez to bring the sequel to
We can’t wait to see War For The Planet Of The Apes, and a new clip has been released to introduce Steve Zahn’s character Bad Ape.You can read the full synopsis for War For The Planet Of The Apes here: In War For The Planet Of The Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed
The bad news is Justice League just lost a composer. The good news is it also gained one. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Justice League has brought Danny Elfman on board to compose the score for the film. He arrives just as the film is starting work on additional photography, which some believe to be a direct result
With all the news about X-Men: The New Mutants, we’d almost forgotten about Dark Phoenix, the next chapter in the main canon storyline. Well, it sounds like it’s finally getting ready to go. Deadline confirmed the long-running rumour that long-serving X-Men movie writer Simon Kinberg, who’s also producer on all the X-related movies, will be
Following in the footsteps of Annabelle and The Nun, The Conjuring 2‘s creepy juddering sprite The Crooked Man will be spinning off into his own film. THR reports that Mike Van Waes has been brought on to write the film about the character that tormented the Hodgson family in 2016’s The Conjuring 2, and was inspired
You can read the synopsis for The Gracefield Incident here: Matthew Donovan, a video game editor, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record and document a weekend with friends in a luxurious mountain top cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes the party forcing everyone to face the
Leading the pack of Universal’s new Dark Universe (complete with Marvel-style logo) is Alex Kurtzman’s modern-day reboot of The Mummy, which finds itself caught between tones and failing to juggle the responsibilities of being a shared universe starter, a new take on a classic property, and a big Tom Cruise action movie. Soldiers Nick Morton (Cruise)
You can’t keep a Universal monster down. Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, The Creature From The Black Lagoon…all these iconic creations are being exhumed for a new generation, so it seems rather fitting that this new shared universe begins with our action-man hero raiding an ancient tomb: it all starts with
While the idea of uncovering the Mummy in modern day seems like an easy enough leap (misbehaving soldiers looking to make a buck on the black market fit into any era), a film like Universal’s The Mummy needs to make damn sure that it’s got a great monster if it’s going to convince. Luckily for director Alex
A marriage quite literally goes to the dogs in Bitch, in which a put-upon woman snaps under crushing pressures and adopts the psyche of a ferocious canine. Marianna Palka (Good Dick) writes, directs and stars as Jill. Bitch opens with her attempted suicide by hanging, disrupted by the chandelier her noose was fastened to collapsing