Christopher Nolan’s Farewell Batman Letter
Director Christopher Nolan wrote a heartfelt farewell letter to his acclaimed Dark Knight Batman Saga, as a foreword to recently released The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy book. If you don’t already have a copy sitting proudly on your coffee table, you should. But till you rush to your local store to make a hasty [...]
The Expendables 2 Gets UK Premiere Date
Action fans rejoice, The Expendables 2 is going to have a UK premiere, now officially confirmed for 13th August at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square. It’s also been confirmed that Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be among the stars walking the red carpet for the blockbuster action [...]
Jackie Earle Haley Joins RoboCop Reboot Cast
Director Jose Padilha’s RoboCop reboot added yet another credible character actor to its growing cast list today as Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Dark Shadows) was officially confirmed as Maddox, the character responsible for giving our heroic Cyborg lawman his deadly military training. Joel Kinnaman is stepping into the robotic shoes for the iconic lead role [...]
The Dark Knight Rises takes $162 million
Variety, The Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter are reporting that Warner Bros is privately estimating that The Dark Knight Rises has taken $162 million over its opening weekend in American cinemas. Out of respect to the victims of the horrific shootings in Colorado at a midnight screening of the film, the studio had made [...]
Anne Hathaway Talks Catwoman Spin-off Movie
Anne Hathaway’s smouldering performance as Catwoman has proved to be one of the most popular elements of The Dark Knight Rises. Immediately giving rise to speculation that her costume clad cat burglar Selina Kyle could get her own spin off movie. Warner Bros are clearly eager to explore ways to continue the franchise, despite Christopher [...]
Stretch Armstrong Movie Gets Director
Breck Eisner has been officially confirmed as the overly enthusiastic director of the Stretch Armstrong movie that Hasbro and Relativity Media remain intent on making. Eisner, the director of Sahara and The Crazies, had this to say about the challenging task of turning a popular 1990’s toy into a credible action franchise: “It’s a fantastic [...]
Kick Ass 2 Gets New Villain
Kick Ass 2 will see Christopher Mintz Plasse step into the villainous role of Motherf*cker, a more dangerous and psychotically evil version of the Red Mist character he played in the first film. But the production looks set to add more of the nasty characters from the recent comic series, currently putting out a casting [...]
Hans Zimmer Talks Man Of Steel & Inception 2
At The Dark Knight Rises European Premiere we spoke to Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer on the red carpet. The iconic musical genius told us all about collaborating with Director Christopher Nolan, the unique process for making the Bane chant and what he thinks fans will take away from the final installment in The Dark [...]
The Dark Knight Rises Christian Bale Interview
Christian Bale spoke at length on the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square at the The Dark Knight Rises European Premiere. The Batman actor talks about new villain Bane, Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman Selina Kyle and how he feel about the end of Christopher Nolan’s critically acclaimed Dark Knight Saga. Read the full interview below and [...]
Svetlana Khodchenkova lands Wolverine role
20th Century Fox has officially given up on persuading Jessica Biel that their forthcoming sequel The Wolverine will be a massive improvement on their last adventure for the popular mutant hero X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So the studio has moved quickly to replace her for the smouldering villainous role of Viper, opting for Svetlana Khodchenkova, a [...]