Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: February 11, 2015

In space, nobody can hear you sequel. Much like the titular Xenomorphs who headline the movies, the Alien franchise is far from dead. It’s merely resting, waiting for a new director with a new vision to come along and revive it. One such director? Neil “District 9” Blomkamp. Clearly interested in one day putting his own spin on the franchise, …

All praise show-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for delivering again! I have been waiting in antici… pation for the prequel to AMC’s award-winning Breaking Bad, a show that made being bald cool, and apparently it delivered, big time. Better Call Saul launched this past Sunday and it did so as the highest-rated show for a cable network, eva! The new series pulled in …

While the prospect of watching Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman go medieval on some fools is an enticing one, I wouldn’t get too excited yet about upcoming sword-swinging actioner Last Knights. Completed by Japanese filmmaker Kazuaki Kiriya (The Legend of Goemon) back in 2012 already, it appears that this Korean-funded film has just been sitting on the shelf somewhere for the last two years …

Yay! Finally a weekend top 10 that does not have movies aimed at kids! Well, technically it does – but we’re going to let this one slide. Last Updated: February 11, 2015

Damn, how about that Spider-Man news from yesterday? Have we all recovered yet? Because, I don’t know about you, but I think it’s a pretty freaking huge deal! Having Spider-man officially form part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is massive, and speaks volumes about where the MCU is heading and what we can (hopefully) expect from upcoming storylines. Slightly less …

Well how about this for some magic news? Constantine isn’t a perfect show, but it certainly does have plenty of charm thanks to Matt Ryan doing a fantastic job as the Hellblazer. The thing is, Constantine is struggling in the ratings department, thanks to parent network NBC shuffling it around and forcing the show to be a rather run of …

Yesterday morning, the Internet experienced a Spider-explosion (luckily not this one) when news broke that after months of rumours and hearsay, Sony and Marvel had finally brokered a deal that would bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The press release announcing this game-changer wasn’t big on detail or clarity though – most importantly, on whether Andrew Garfield will stay in …