We’re not gonna lie- Robert Eggers’ upcoming film “The Northman” has us VERY interested. The all-star cast alone is worth being excited for, especially now that Björk has joined the production as a character called “The Slav Witch.” Listed currently as a “historical revenge film” set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century. The project begun filming in Belfast, Ireland. Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón Sigurdsson co-wrote the script with Eggers. Considering the previous credits to Eggers’ name- “The VVitch,” “The Lighthouse,”- we have nothing but faith in the Viking tale.”There’s many locations in the film, so we…
Author: Mary Anne Butler
We are so pleased to report that Netflix has announced the release date for season 4 of their fabulous series all about the English monarchy, “The Crown,” as well as a first-look teaser trailer of the new cast in action.If you’ll recall, season 3 of the series brought a new crop of royals to Buckingham Palace, with Oscar winner Olivia Coleman taking on the role of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from Emmy winner Claire Foy, Tobias Menzies taking over as His Royal Highness Prince Phillip from Matt Smith, Helena Bonham Carter taking over as Princess Margaret from Vanessa…
We are so absolutely thrilled to share a brand-new trailer for Disney+ and National Geographic’s upcoming take on the brave men (and their wives) of the Mercury 7- “The Right Stuff.” We’ll see Major John Glenn (Patrick J. Adams), Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard (Jake McDorman), Captain Gordo Cooper (Colin O’Donoghue),Wally Schirra (Aaron Staton), Scott Carpenter (James Lafferty), Deke Slayto (Micah Stock), and Gus Grissom, (Michael Trotter) as the main players of the Space Program. Nora Zehetner plays Annie Glenn, Shannon Lucio is Louise Shepard, and Eloise Mumford plays Trudy Cooper. Mark Lafferty (“Halt and Catch Fire”) is showrunner, as well as executive producer. Jennifer Davisson and Leonardo DiCaprio also executive produce through their Appian Way…
DC FanDome kicks off this weekend with part one of their two-part convention adjacent event, “Hall of Heroes.” One of the main offerings we’re all waiting for is the first officially released footage of Matt Reeves’ upcoming film, “The Batman.”Just this morning, Reeves shared the first look at the official Bat-logo for the film, as well as a new poster by comics great Jim Lee. Starring Robert Pattinson in the title role, it’ll be a very different Dark Knight than we’ve seen previously. This’ll be more of a true dark noir story, theoretically diving deep into the detective side of…
This just in- Sounds like Sony’s Spider-Man slate may have just picked Olivia Wilde to direct that possible Spider-Woman project we keep hearing rumblings of. We know for sure that Wilde is tapped to direct and co-write a Marvel Comics based film, but we’re not sure on who it’ll be yet.Wilde recently directed the fabulous 2019 film “Booksmart,” which starred Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, and Wilde’s husband Jason Sudeikis.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wilde would be co-writing the script with Katie Silberman (who co-wrote “Booksmart”). Amy Pascal will reportedly produce, with Rachel O’Connor serving as executive producer. Jessica…
We’re still not over just how bad the final two seasons of HBO’s landmark high fantasy series “Game of Thrones” were. Admittedly, we knew back in season 3 that things were taking a serious turn from the source material, and that things weren’t gonna be as expected.That’s not a bad thing, but the team of David Benioff and Dan Weiss sort of…stopped trying to make it coherent, or even passably good. Even the level of sheer entertainment value that a show of this level SHOULD present to fans fell off so steeply, it was like the writers gave up at…
We are very excited to share the first trailer for “Death on The Nile,” sequel to Kenneth Branagh’s masterful film adaptation of “Murder on The Orient Express.” Also, can we just say they get so many extra bonus points for using Depeche Mode’s “Policy of Truth,” because YES. You can watch the trailer here, or scroll down. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids,…
Turns out, the previously releases schedule of events isn’t completely accurate, as now we know the DC FanDome will be splitting into more focused pieces. We’re still getting the Saturday August 22nd event, but it’s being rebranded as the “Hall of Heroes,” and will focus on the DCEU films and upcoming video games. As host Aisha Tyler teases, the virtual stage area was designed by Jim Lee himself, and will feature panels, trailers, and goodies from across the Warner Bros. films. This will YES include the first footage of “The Batman,” as director Matt Reeves teases in the all-new trailer.…
We are so so excited to share the newest round of casting announcements for Amazon’s upcoming “Wheel of Time” tv series! Just this morning, the series revealed who will be playing the Watcher of the Seals, the Flame of Tar Valon, The Amyrlin Seat. Sophie Okonedo (Hellboy 2019, “Doctor Who”) will be the leader Aes Sedai, and we seriously cannot wait for all the fish jokes and puns to come swimming in. ANOTHER terribly important casting announcement- we have our Min! What would the Aes Sedai be with Liandrin?!
We are so pleased to share the official cast list for the upcoming Netflix “Pinocchio” stop motion film from the one and only visionary filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro. This is going to be so amazing! Newcomer Gregory Mann will star as Pinocchio, with Ewan McGregor as Jiminy Cricket and David Bradley (Game of Thrones, The Strain) as Geppetto. Oscar winners winner Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Cate Blanchett and Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman, will be joined by Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), John Turturro (The Batman), Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen), and Burn Gorman (Enola Holmes). del Toro and Mark Gustafson (Fantastic…