It’s been pretty well documented that Peter Jackson will be adapting JRR Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit into two films, despite the fact that the original text is – pardon the pun, Hobbits – a very short book. Jackson will be making use of the mountains of extra material that Tolkien created to flesh out some characters and story sequences. But now …
Neil Blomkamp certainly had a busy weekend over at the San Diego Comic Con. With most of the attention from the convention attendees focused on his upcoming Elysium pic starring Matt Damon, the director took the time to hit the audience with a well-timed surprise, in the form of his Chappie. Last Updated: July 16, 2012
The San Diego Comic Con shifted into high gear over the weekend, kicking ass and taking names. Marvel stole the show with some big name reveals concerning Thor, Captain America, Iron Man and some galactic guardians, but DC Comics wasn’t prepared to sit this one out, as they brought out their big gun, The Man of Steel. Last Updated: July …
Back in 2009, an unknown director debuted a little-known, moderately budgeted sci-fi movie with no big name stars at Comic-Con. District 9 received one of the most incredible receptions in the convention’s history and Neil Blomkamp’s life would never be the same again. Now 3 years later Blomkamp is back in the place that catapaulted him into fame, and he …
Following on from earlier, some more news for two of the most interesting and rumour-mill fueling titles coming out of Marvel studios. While it was almost expected that both Guardians of the Galaxy and Edgar Wright’s insanely long in development Ant-Man would finally be getting an official announcement, especially considering all the recent buzz about the two films, Marvel still …
If you’re a fan of all things Marvel, then today might see you reaching for some clean underwear a couple of different times, as the House of Mouse/Ideas unveiled quite a bit for Phase 2 of their cinematic universe at Comic-Con this past weekend. In our first Marvel story of the day, we get the new titles for Iron Man …
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: July 13, 2012
Christian Bale may be the star and fists of the Christopher Nolan directed Batman trilogy, but Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman were most certainly the heart that kept the films from being a touch too dark. A dash of British charm and American smarts helped keep these films real and believable, and that’s something that the duo is only too happy discuss …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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