Some days I have to rack my brain to come up with a witty headline, and some days they just write themselves! And today is one of the latter as a new report has surfaced that claims Universal might be getting ready to unveil a female Mummy. Get it? Mummy… Mommy? Female? Aaaaahhh, forget about it! You guys don’t know …
UPDATE: Alas, it seems it was just to good to be true. DenOfGeek, who broke the “news” earlier today that Fantastic Four was moving back to Marvel as part of a deal for the X-Men TV rights, have now updated their original story with a statement from a Fox representative saying that story was “completely untrue”, with Marvel also denying …
In the immortal words of Robin Williams in Jumanji, “WHAT YEAR IS IT?!”. Just the other day we were hearing about a new TV series reboot for The A-Team, and now comes word that fellow iconic 80’s TV series MacGyver is also being resurrected. Expect sales in Swiss Army knives to suddenly skyrocket. The report comes from THR who report …
Fresh off her success behind the camera on Pitch Perfect 2, and in front in the role of Gail, Elizabeth Banks is reportedly in talks with Sony (via Collider) to direct yet another Charlie’s Angel reboot. Should the talks prove successful she’ll also produce the movie with her husband Max Handelman (Pitch Perfect 1 & 2 producer). There’s no script …
Is there a movie franchise more cursed than The Crow? Possibly, if you look at my home movies on betamax but that’s a story for another day. The original The Crow film made a post-mortem star out of Brandon Lee, while the rest of the flicks in the gothic series were pure stinkers. Fast forward a couple of years, and …
Let’s face it, Baywatch may have tried to play itself seriously, but David Hasselhoff’s long-running 90’s lifeguard “drama”, with it’s melodramatic stories, constant continuity gaffs, and scantily clad characters who have more to offer with their vital statistics than their acting, was always good for a laugh. And of course, there was the running. Well, when it comes to the …
I don’t know if you recall, but back in 2013, Fox tapped comic-book scribe superstar Mark Millar to be their creative consultant in helping them build a cohesive shared universe of all their Marvel comic book properties. Except, he was then barely ever heard from again. But when it was announced that Chronicle director Josh Trank would be helming a …
AAAAAA-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI!!!…. In case you were wondering, that’s not my keyboard getting stuck, but rather an impersonation of the (in)famous ululating “Callisto Scream” war cry used by Lucy Lawless’ Xena during the much beloved show’s tenure during the mid-90’s to early 2000’s. Launched as a spinoff of the Kevin Sorbo starring Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess would soon greatly eclipse that show …
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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