It was just earlier this week that we learned of the incredible cast being put together to join Sandra Bullock in a planned all-female Ocean’s Eleven spinoff. On top of Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Elizabeth Banks and Mindy Kaling all joining the production, we also learned that the movie’s production title was Ocean’s Ocho. It appears something got lost in translation though. …
It’s been a while since we heard that Sandra Bullock would be leading an all-female Ocean’s Eleven spinoff directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit), with not much else in the way of concrete news for the project. We know that George Clooney – who starred in the 2001 film and its sequels as suave gentleman crook Danny Ocean – and Steven …
Thanks to the joys (read: the exact opposite of joy) of being a busy adult, I’m currently about a whole season behind when it comes to The Blacklist. But now there;s some serious motivation to catch on NBC’s popular TV series, which sees Emmy Award Winner James Spader (Boston Legal, Avengers: Age of Ultron) just chewing TV scenery as Red Reddington, the …
If the news that the upcoming Furious 8 (or Fast 8 or, my personal old-school gamer preference, F8al Furious) is actually just the start of a new movie trilogy for producer/star Vin Diesel and his “familia” of crazy car stunt specialists, left you thinking that there are just too many of these damn movies, well then this latest nugget …
Here is a sentence no one was expecting to read in their lifetimes. Marvel and Fox have teamed up to co-develop two TV shows set in the X-Men universe. So somewhere in the ooze that is the feud between Fox refusing to allow Marvel to even use the word mutant anywhere in their cinematic universe (did you notice that Scarlet Witch …
As fantastic as the last two seasons of The Walking Dead has been, there’s no denying the fact that the gruesome zombies are rarely ever truly terrifying anymore. They’ve become such a common occurrence that at one stage cute 10-year old blond girls were dispatching them with pocket knives as part of their daily chores. I have a feeling that …
When director Josh Trank was a no-show for his Star Wars Celebration panel with fellow spinoff director Gareth Edwards two weeks ago, it was a bit surprising (according to Trank’s social media apology, the “worst flu of my life” was to blame). What was even more surprising though, is that neither Edwards nor Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy then made any …
While Sony’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot has been met with mixed responses (Kristen Wiig: YAY! Melissa McCarthy: BOO!), it looks like the studio may just be doubling down on its gender-swapped franchises. At least that’s according to Tracking Board who are reporting a rumour that Sony are looking to develop a new female-centric spinoff for reboot smash hit 21 Jump Street. …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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