Author: Martin

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13285″ img_size=”600×300″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]In her role as Dr. Ellie Staple in M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass, Sarah Paulson’s job is to try convince those who believe they are gifted with special abilities that there might be other explanations for what they are experiencing. She talked about her Glass character’s thought process in a recent interview with The Upcoming. My job in the movie is really to ask the questions to these people who Ellie believes have some sort of affliction, the delusion of grandeur connected specifically to believing they are superhuman, or a superhero. It’s my job to sort of offer another way to think…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13270″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]If any production company is keeping the horror genre going its New Line Cinema. From their early days with Nightmare on Elm Street until today with their Conjuring franchise and their upcoming follow up to Stephen King’s It reboot, New Line is keeping the horror fans in mind. One of their more successful series in the early 2000’s were their Final Destination films. In preparation for the sixth installment of the popular series, New Line has brought on board the writing duo of Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan who were responsible for writing four of the popular Saw films. By bringing on these horror writing…

HBO’s Watchmen series has been full speed ahead since its announcement. With that in mind, Deadline has reported that a new cast member has been selected to join the ever growing number of actors already on board. Hong Chau, who was seen recently in the film Downsizing as Ngoc Lan, has been brought on to play a yet as undetermined role. She will be joining a cast that includes Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Andrew Howard among others. The series is being overseen by Damon Lindelof and is based on the iconic comic series by…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12973″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]With Marvel’s first female lead Superhero film drawing near, analysts have started making projections of how much money Captain Marvel will pull in during its opening weekend. Fortunately for those who might have feared that Marvel Studios  might be running low on funds, BoxOffice Pro predicts that Marvel’s 21st film will bring in an estimated $140-180 million in its opening weekend. Factors given for this projection include the stature of the hero, the fact that Marvel has lead up to this film with its tease in Infinity War, and of course it’s first female centered film. Add all that up…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13254″ img_size=”990×600″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]I would be lying if I said I hadn’t watched my share of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons in my time. Usually this was with my nephew while I pretended not to like it. He wasn’t fooled and you shouldn’t be either. When Sony has expressed the idea of revisiting the He-Man franchise, fan’s were intrigued. Unfortunately, with numerous delays and false starts, intrigued was all they COULD be. However, a glimmer of hope might have surfaced. According to a report from Collider, Sony and Mattel Films have brought in former Iron Man writers Art Marcum and…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13144″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]As Captain Marvel advanced ticket sales have been going for just a day, it has already joined an elite duo of Marvel Films when it comes to advanced sales. It has outdistanced all but the two money making juggernauts Avengers Infinity War and Black Panther as reported by Deadline. The reasons for this are multiple. Chief among them are it brings to the screen an extremely popular character in the Marvel Universe. It also marks the first Marvel film that will be female driven with Brie Larson filling the role as one of the most powerful characters to grace the…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13137″ img_size=”400×420″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]As Matt Reeves works his way toward his Batman script’s conclusion, he is reported as leaning toward an emphasis on one of the many titles the iconic character has been given through the years: “World’s Greatest Detective.” Along the way, he has worked to give the story some “spectacle” which was reported as missing after the first draft was presented. With those efforts, as reported by Revenge of the Fans, the proposed film has been called a mix of Se7en and The Dark Knight. If true, and at this point, nothing is written in stone, it would be a…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12996″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]With the recent announcement of SJ Clarkson signing on to Executive Produce and direct the pilot episode of the upcoming Game of Thrones Sequel, that doesn’t bode well for what was hoped by Paramount to be the next in the Star Trek Kelvin timeline series. Clarkson had been selected to direct the next Star Trek film and would have been the first woman director in the Star Trek motion picture franchise. As many may know by now, those film plans were put on hold when negotiations between the studio and Chris Hemsworth and Chris Pine fell through. Since then, the project has been…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12984″ img_size=”800×563″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]As start the long awaited countdown to the final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones approaches, it appears that the Game of Thrones prequel pilot is coming to fruition. Along with the previously announced cast members Naomi Watts and Josh Whitehouse, you can add a long list of additional cast members they have brought on board. Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, and Toby Regbo have all joined the pilot in what will be series regular roles (for whatever THAT means in Game of Thrones land). It comes as…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12973″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]When you think of the upcoming and highly anticipated Marvel Studios film Captain Marvel, you might not see how it might compare to a film like Lethal Weapon. However, when asked about the character interactions in the film, that is the comparison Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck came up with. The similarities they describe are more about the relationship between Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers and Sam Jackson’s young Nick Fury. The Directors recently discussed this with Fandango: We approached this movie as being, at the heart of it, this mystery of self-identity for Captain Marvel. It has…