Yearly Archives: 2016
Civil War Trailer Breaks Viewing Records
The war of "whose trailer got the most views" has just been handily won by Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War". The appearance of...
Abrams Offers “Half-Life,” “Portal” Film Updates
A few years ago came word that J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot production company and Gabe Newell's gaming giant Valve were working together on several...
Sarah Wayne Callies Returns To “Prison Break”
Sarah Wayne Callies is officially set to return for the "Prison Break" revival on FOX.Callies will reprise her role as Dr. Sara Tancredi, the...
Batman v Superman Gets Ballsy Jeep Ads
Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is going to be dark and macho as all hell if you hadn't figured it out,...
Paramount Pulls “Little Prince” From Release
The upcoming French animated film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's novel "The Little Prince" has been pulled without warning from the release...
Cloverfield Lane Box-Office, Thematic Talk
The J.J. Abrams-produced "10 Cloverfield Lane" is off to a heady start at the North American box office, scoring $1.7 million on Thursday night...
Stallone’s “Guardians” Sequel Role Revealed?
Last week came word that Sylvester Stallone appeared to have joined the cast of Marvel's "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2" currently in production...
Burton’s Rep Denies “Beetlejuice” Sequel
Here we go again.This morning there was great excitement as Tim Burton himself seemingly confirmed that a "Beetlejuice" sequel was going forward. The...
TV News: Outsiders, Criminal, Son, Happy
OutsidersWGN America has ordered a thirteen-episode second season of its Appalachian family drama "Outsiders".Premiering late January and growing with each episode, to date the...
FreeForm Plans A “Sleeping Beauty” Sequel
Freeform has reportedly begun development of "After," a drama series based on Rhiannon Thomas' 2015 debut novel "A Wicked Thing".The story is effectively a...
News Bits: Patriot, Hidden, Out, Bye
Patriot's DayComing off raves for his performance in "10 Cloverfield Lane," John Goodman has been cast as former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis in...
Screen Masculinity: Blake’s Introduction
So two film geeks walk into a bar. No seriously, Garth Franklin and I walk into a Sydney inner city pub when he asks...
Justice League To Sport A Lighter Tone?
The single biggest factor that will determine the quality of Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," and indeed the potential for the...
Aghdashloo Joins “Star Trek Beyond” Reshoots
Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo has joined the cast of "Star Trek Beyond" as the Justin Lin-directed sci-fi film heads for reshoots this month before...
The CW Renews All Its Scripted Series
The CW announced this morning that it's sticking with its entire scripted series line-up, renewing all of its shows for another season bar the...
Marvel & Netflix’s “Luke Cage” Hits Sept 30th
A week ahead of the second season premiere of "Daredevil," Marvel and Netflix have announced a September 30th premiere date for the first season...
Danny Boyle In Talks For “Miss Saigon” Film
Coming off the success of "Steve Jobs," filmmaker Danny Boyle is reportedly in talks to direct a film adaptation of the classic stage musical...
Beetlejuice Sequel Is Finally Happening?
Talk of a sequel to Tim Burton's beloved 1980s supernatural dark comedy "Beetlejuice" has been floating around for many years, but it never really...
Harry Styles Joins Nolan’s “Dunkirk”
One Direction singer Harry Styles along with British actors Jack Lowden and Aneurin Barnard are set to star in Christopher Nolan's World War II...
Casting: Dayal, Black, Thorne, Garber
Halt and Catch FireManish Dayal ("The Hundred-Foot Journey," "Rubicon") will recur as a brilliant yet awkward young coder on the third season of AMC's...
Waltz, Chau Join Payne’s “Downsizing”
Christoph Waltz ("Spectre") and Hong Chau ("Inherent Vice") are set to join Matt Damon and Reese Witherspoon in filmmaker Alexander Payne's new dramedy "Downsizing"...
Keough, Plemons Join “The Discovery”
Riley Keough ("Mad Max: Fury Road") and Jesse Plemons (FX's "Fargo") have signed on for "The One I Love" director Charlie McDowell's sci-fi...
TV News: Furst, Scream, Girls, Flash, Pains
Furst BornQuickly rising hunk Patrick Brammall ("Ruben Guthrie," "The Moodys") is set to reprise his leading role from the Australian sitcom "Upper Middle Bogan"...
Why CBS’ “Star Trek” Won’t Hit Until 2017
Many are keenly awaiting the return of "Star Trek". Not so much the Justin Lin-directed new film "Star Trek Beyond" in July, but...
Amazon Orders A Pilot For “The Tick” Revival
Amazon has ordered a pilot for a new live-action comedy series take on Ben Edlund's iconic comic book character "The Tick" which Sony Pictures...
Halle Berry Sought For “Kingsman 2” Role
Halle Berry is in talks to join the upcoming sequel to "Kingsman: The Secret Service" which is about to head into production ahead of...
Bond, Kubrick Designer Ken Adam Has Died
Oscar winning production designer Ken Adam died today in London at the age of 95 according to The BBC.Adam is most famous for creating...
DiCaprio, Abrams Bid For “Flower Moon”
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" director J.J. Abrams and "Forrest Gump" scribe Eric Roth are all set to team for a film...
Whitehead Scores Lead In Nolan’s “Dunkirk”
Newcomer Fionn Whitehead (ITV's "Him") has scored one of the two young lead roles in Chris Nolan's epic war movie "Dunkirk" reports The Wrap.Nolan...
Gyllenhaal, Reynolds Team For Sci-Fi “Life”
Jake Gyllenhaal is set to co-star with Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson in Daniel Espinosa's sci-fi feature "Life" at Skydance Productions."Deadpool" writers Paul Wernick...