• Hard Wayne: Warners’ approves Pattinson for Batman trilogy…

    Last week, the internet scuttlebutt was that Robert Pattinson had been cast as Bruce Wayne for director Matt Reeves’ latest reboot of DC/Warners‘ key superhero. Then there was some backtracking as it appeared he was, more accurately, high on a shortlist which also included the likes of X-Men/Tolkien‘s Nicholas...
  • More Good Things: ‘Picard’ trailer asks why he left Star Fleet….

    While many eyes will have been on the debut of the trailer for the next Terminator film,  entitled Dark Fate, CBS All Access rather quietly gave us a look at what to expect from  another anticipated sf staple… Star Trek: Picard. Today was probably chosen as it is –...
  • Hurry up and ‘Fate’: Terminator’s new trailer finally arrives, Darkly…

    We’ve waited quite a while for a new Terminator entry, thanks to the arguments of rights and – frankly – the diminishing quality of the sequels. Even the likes of rival Game of Throners Emilia Clarke and Lena Headey taking turns at being Sarah Connor in different forms didn’t...
  • HBO: Goodbye Westeros, Hello Westworld…

    For a series that keeps reinventing ways to explore its core-programming, Westworld‘s third season looks set to do the same with a teaser trailer that debuted alongside the finale of HBO‘s other world-building epic, Game of Thrones.  Yet both shows could still be defined with the former’s well-worn phrase...
  • Schwarzenegger assaulted at South African event…

    It’s sometimes noted that famous actors have an entourage and security that may seem overwhelming and out of proportion. But sometimes there are moments that show why such are needed – because while a majority of people attend promotional events to meet their favourite stars, some come for less...
  • Gibson goes ‘Wild’ for Foxx, Fassbender and Dinklage?

    Industry site Deadline is reporting that Mel Gibson is being busy lining-up a range of familiar faces for his announced remake of The Wild Bunch. The re-imagining of the classic blood-and-guts western, originally directed in 1969 by Sam Peckinpah, has been on the fast(ish) track for the last year,...
  • Early frost/renewal: ‘Snowpiercer’ ploughs on…

    Even by ‘early renewal’ standards, this is very early indeed. Nearly a year ahead of its spring 2020 FIRST season debut – and in what feels to be a huge vote of confidence in the face of less sure-footed controversy – the television version of the acclaimed Snowpiercer has...
  • Jolie Bad Show: ‘Maleficent’ sequel moves to October…

    Angelina Jolie was due to return to the live-action version (and reinvention) of the animated Sleeping Beauty story, reprising her role of the apparently (at least partially) misunderstood ‘evil’ queen Maleficent in 2020. However the film, subtitled ‘Mistress of Evil‘,  has now been moved up to October of this...
  • Formula Femmes: Yeoh, Headey & Gillan headline ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’…

    The cast for the upcoming  and ambitious thriller Gunpowder Milkshake, which starts shooting in Berlin in June, is looking very promising indeed. Fresh from the announcement of her participation in the Avatar sequels, Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger – Hidden Dragon, Tomorrow Never Dies, Star Trek: Discovery and primary star...
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