• Lucasfilm says ‘This is NOT the way’, fires Gina Carano after tweets…

    FRIDAY UPDATE: Gina Carano has now made a statement after her firing from The Mandalorian. The actor, making no apology for her tweets, told industry site Deadline that she will soon be working with conservative website The Daily Wire on a new film project. “The Daily Wire is helping make one of...
  • SuperBowl LV: Will Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ offer anything new?

    M. Night Shyamalan is something of a marmite film-maker. After the early mega-success of The Sixth Sense, many of his subsequent projects have been more divisive. Unbreakable, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening and Split have all received mixed reviews and the general reading-of-the-room was that Shyamalan’s...
  • Super Bowl LV: Don’t blink… Falcon / Winter Soldier trailer takes flight…

    It was meant to be the first Disney+/Marvel series but covid delays meant that WandaVision was the first out of the proverbial gate.  But while WandaVision has been off-beat and quirky, it certainly looks like The Falcon and the Winter Solider will be mining a more traditional seam for...
  • Super Bowl LV: CBS rebranding reaches its Paramount peak…

    Over the last few weeks, several promotional videos have been highlighting the fact that the streaming service known as CBS All Access will be changing its name to Paramount + in March. You can see the collection of promos here) The idea shows various personalities / characters who will...
  • V for Victoriana: ‘The Nevers’ trailer arrives ahead of April debut…

    The Nevers had had quite a bit of attention in recent months. The long-anticipated series from Joss Whedon has been in various stages of production and completion since first announced back in 2018 and at the end of last year came the news that Whedon would be stepping away...
  • Marilyn Manson dropped from series/label over abuse claims…

    Brian Warner, whose alter-ego is Marilyn Manson,  is no stranger to controversy. As a musician and actor he has sort out deliberately-provocative material over the years but in recent times his behaviour away from the stage and camera has come under more scrutiny. He was in a relationship with...
  • Disney+ and Marvel announce ‘Wakanda Forever… and for tv’…

    The African country of Wakanda may have been hidden from prying eyes for centuries, but its emergence into the outside world in the Marvel movies has been one of the MCU‘s greatest success-stories and an integral part of the cinematic landscape created joining everything together. Even with the loss...
  • The Buck starts here. George Clooney heads to 25th Century?

    It looks like George Clooney is heading into the twenty-fifth century but though some reports are saying he will be starring as the legendary Buck Rogers in a new version of the character and television series, there’s only confirmation – so far – of his role as an executive-producer....
  • COVID: More major movies shift dates to late 2021 and beyond…

    As COVID shows no sign of loosening its hold – with over 400,000 related deaths in the US to date and with indications it could reach half-a-million before the end of the month –  the entertainment industry is presuming its delays will extend well into the summer and the...
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