At Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, the biggest news for superhero fans didn't have anything to do with the awards themselves. Instead, it was the release of both a brand new trailer for Warner Bros.' Suicide Squad (above) and new footage from Marvel's Captain America: Civil War. Both companies are trying to up the hype for their summer offerings. Suicide Squad is in a precarious position. Warner Bros.' most recent superhero film,Batman […]
Ryan Reynolds and 20th Century Fox have reportedly completed negotiations for Deadpool 2, officially signing on the actor for another round as raunchy mercenary Wade Wilson. While Reynolds first made $2 million up-front for the R-rated superhero film's first installment, this new deal will secure a higher initial payout for the actor, according to Heroic Hollywood. No details regarding the new contract have been revealed as of yet. Filming for […]
Netflix has been dipping its streaming giant toes into more and more corners of the entertainment business with their move to producing films along with streaming TV shows. Now it looks like the company may be about to help a famously unfinished film finally get seen: Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind. According to Wellesnet, Netflix has been in talks with the rights holders/producers for The Other Side […]
Shots of Michael Fassbender in costume as 15th century assassin Aguilar may sell the action in Justin Kurzel’s Assassin’s Creed, but he also plays the very contemporary character of Callum Lynch in the movie. This divide between worlds and personalities is a huge part of the Assassin’s Creed video game franchise mythos. How it will play out in the big-screen adaptation remains to be seen, but if the images are […]
It seems that film fans' hopes will be dashed after all, as Beyoncé's mooted appearance in the remake of A Star Is Born appears to have fallen through. The film - set to be actor Bradley Cooper's directorial debut - won't star the singer in the lead role because her fees can't be met by the project's budget, sources report. "Beyoncé wanted too much money and Warner Bros balked at her price," […]
The new Star Wars movie made enough money to fund a Death Star because basically any human with access to a movie theater went to go watch it. Or so it seemed like it. In truth, there are still a lot of people who don’t understand why Star Wars is so special. Why does Star Wars stand out, apart, and above every movie franchise ever made? Why is Star Warsso […]
Quentin Tarantino's snowy Western The Hateful Eight is speeding towards its Christmas Day release date, and the movie's first official trailer has just been released. The movie focuses on a group of eight grizzled, gun-toting outlaws who have been forced to take refuge in the same tiny shack by a vicious blizzard. The trailer features Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh in major roles, and the movie's […]
Robert Downey will possibly star as the charismatic mastermind behind dozens of multi-million dollar schemes. Warner Bros. has preemptively picked up the film rights to book proposal Chasing Phil: The World’s Greatest Con Man, Two Undercover FBI Agents, and Their Amazing Around The World Adventure for Team Downey, Robert Downey's production company. The book, written by David Howard, is based on the true story about the FBI’s first foray into […]
Director Joseph Kosinski, of Oblivion fame, is gearing up to kick off production of the third installment on the Tron saga in the fall. Vancity Buzz reports the sequel to 2010's Tron: Legacy will begin filming in Vancouver on October 5. Thus far only Garrett Hedlund has been confirmed to reprise his role as Sam Flynn, the son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), in the new film. The original Tron […]
