Writer James Tynion IV, who recently exited DC’s Batman title to prioritize creator-owned stories released through his personal Substack, will return to the publisher in April for a new ongoing title set in the Sandman Universe imprint, which will focus on the darker, much more terrifying creations of Morpheus, the …
Read More »Is it just me, or is Bond better off without Daniel Craig?
“Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it,” remarks a supporting character in Macbeth, a play Daniel Craig will shortly star in on Broadway. And something similar might be said of Craig himself, whose departure from the Bond series had a Shakespearean grandeur of which the Bard would …
Read More »Who is the Riddler? The Batman villains comic book history explained
“Riddle me this, Batman!” The Riddler is one of Batman’s most iconic foes, to the point where his catchphrase has become a pop culture touchstone all its own (Key & Peele’s hilarious ‘Batmans’ sketch (opens in new tab) being a primary example). That popularity goes all the way back to …
Read More »Michael Bay producing an American remake of The Raid for Netflix
Cult action movie The Raid is being remade for Netflix, according to Deadline (opens in new tab). Michael Bay will produce the American remake, while Patrick Hughes will direct – his previous movies include The Expendables 3, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. His next project is The Man From …
Read More »The 355 review: “A perfunctory mainstream actioner”
Early on in Simon Kinberg’s team-on-a-mission thriller The 355, one operative is described as being “good at everything except taking orders”. We’ve encountered this kind of maverick profiling before, of course, but the cliché isn’t the primary problem here. While The 355 offers a welcome opportunity to see five women …
Read More »Christopher Nolans next movie adds Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, and Benny Safdie
Christopher Nolan’s next movie is filling out its star-studded cast – Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, and Benny Safdie are the latest actors to join the director’s upcoming World War 2 thriller Oppenheimer (via The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab)). They join Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey …
Read More »Kristen Bell witnesses a murder in the first trailer for Netflixs next big series
The first trailer for (deep breath) The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window is here, and it sees Kristen Bell caught up in a murder. The Netflix series, formerly known as simply The Woman in the House, follows Bell’s Anna, who sits in …
Read More »RoboCop director and screenwriter re-teaming for new movie
Director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Edward Neumeier are re-teaming for a new project, a political thriller titled Young Sinner. The pair last worked together on the sci-fi movie Starship Troopers, which was released in 1997, and they also teamed up for 1987’s RoboCop. “I’m really thinking that what Neumeier and …
Read More »Dave Bautista will star in M. Night Shyamalans next movie
Dave Bautista will star in M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie, titled Knock at the Cabin. Deadline (opens in new tab) broke the news, and reports that the actor is in negotiations. Details on the film are scarce, but it will be released by Universal in February 2023. The writer/director has …
Read More »Filming begins on Extraction 2 as Chris Hemsworth shares “very, very cold” video from Prague
Chris Hemsworth has shared a video from his first day filming Extraction 2, the sequel to the hit Netflix actioner. Hemsworth appeared in the video posted on the Russo brothers’ Instagram account with director Sam Hargrave beside him, which reveals that filming on the sequel has now begun in Prague, …
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