Matt Bailey 
The first trailer for HBO’s superhero satire The Franchise is here and pledges disturbing analogies involving fast food chain Subway, studio fires, goats, voicemails, and a ton of internalised panic at every other given moment. Developed between Sam Mendes (1917), Armando Iannucci (The Thick Of It), and Jon Brown (Succession), the series, courtesy of a … Read more
The first impressions of Heretic, the upcoming A24 horror thriller starring Hugh Grant, are in, and feedback from the Toronto International Film Festival premiere are overwhelmingly positive. Hugh Grant has received acclaim from critics for his portrayal as Mr. Reed in the film, directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writing team behind A … Read more
You read it right. Since the Borderlands adaptation tanked upon its theatrical release, Sad Alex, a musician with a Youtube channel and almost 140,000 subscribers, has now composed, quite brilliantly, a three-minute song sampling parts, or entire sentences, some verbatim, others revised, from the unfavorable reviews directed at the Borderlands film. “The most underwhelming thing … Read more
The Batman Epic Crime Saga, featuring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader of Gotham City, will see the latest spin-off, The Penguin, develop the universe formed in the 2022 blockbuster, and director Matt Reeves has now assured that Pattinson will not feature as the Dark Knight in the new show. In an interview with SFX … Read more
Despite falling into categories few of us have ever heard of, Amazon’s adaptation of Fallout has still picked up two Emmy awards from a potential 13 at this year’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards (courtesy of a story from PC Gamer). Inspired by the post-apocalyptic video game series of the same name, Fallout was overshadowed during … Read more
While promoting his new film, Unstoppable, at the Toronto International Film Festival, Don Cheadle, recognised within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine, was quizzed on the surprise cast announcement with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. “I was like, ‘What the f*ck?’” Cheadle said in response to the reveal. As Cheadle outlines … Read more
A recent teaser, now deleted from public view, which first aired on Russian television, seems to suggest a classic Marvel character from the 1990s will make an appearance in Venom: The Last Dance. A screenshot from the teaser before the footage was taken down revealed a luminous green symbiote recognised as Lasher (via Marvel Updates). … Read more
The cast list for the forthcoming Vision spin-off has been updated (via The Hollywood Reporter) – with Todd Stashwick, reuniting with showrunner Terry Matalas. The former worked alongside Matalas (who recently stepped in to replace Wandavision creator Jac Schaeffer) on the third season of Star Trek: Picard, and will feature with Paul Bettany and James Spader, … Read more
With a Peaky Blinders film adaptation for Netflix in development, Barry Keoghan, attached to star alongside returning lead actor Cillian Murphy, has revealed his first impressions of the script, further confirming that a story for the film exists, and one Keoghan is ready to get on board with. In a conversation with IndieWire at the … Read more
A spin-off attached to the Jack Reacher universe has been ordered to series on Amazon (via Variety). Sources close to the publication have revealed Nick Santora will be penning the spin-off in partnership with Nicholas Wootton, who share collective credits on Scorpion, Law & Order, and Prison Break. Santora already has roots within the world … Read more