Matt Bailey 
Despite a lukewarm reception from critics and a limited press release amid the SAG-AFTRA strike, The Meg 2: The Trench has performed surprisingly well at the box office (per GamesRadar), surpassing Christopher Nolan’s historical epic Oppenheimer to the number two spot during its opening weekend. Inspired by Steve Alten’s 1999 novel, the sequel took in a whopping … Read more
After three weeks in cinemas, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One has reached a new box office milestone. The first in a two-parter to complete the spy franchise surpassed the $493 million mark at the worldwide box office (as reported by Collider), bringing it painfully close to half a billion. The film is still behind … Read more
The CEO of AMC Networks, Kristin Dolan, has said the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes will not affect their programming until “well into 2024,” according to a report from Deadline. It’s good news for fans of The Walking Dead, as it means the upcoming Rick and Michonne spin-off, recently allocated the official title of The Walking Dead: The Ones … Read more
The CEO of the television archive group Kaleidoscope believes missing Doctor Who episodes still exist and can be recovered in the future. Into the 1970s, the BBC had no official policy for archiving programme content, and as such, many stories within Doctor Who’s classic era (the majority of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton’s back catalog) remain incomplete or … Read more
Yasmin Finney, who’ll be appearing alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Doctor Who later this year, talked about her experiences filming alongside the two actors for the round of specials to commemorate the show’s 60th anniversary. She’ll be playing a character called, ironically, Rose (not to confuse them with Billie Piper’s companion). In an interview … Read more
In a promotional picture for The Walking Dead: Dead City, eagle-eyed internet goers have discovered a phone-related blunder, and once again, the man involved in the mistake is Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Famously during The Walking Dead’s Season 11, the actor was pictured in a scene with an iPhone left astray behind Morgan. On this occasion, a phone … Read more
Scream VII is in the works, and a new director has been linked to the project, despite no green light from Paramount and Spyglass. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are reportedly unable to return to the horror franchise, having helmed the previous two Scream films, Scream, set twenty-five years after the 1996 original, and Scream … Read more
Expectations for a third instalment to The Amazing Spider-Man franchise have been high in the years since the beloved Andrew Garfield series abruptly ended. The introduction of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man into the MCU put to bed hopes for a third film featuring Garfield. Fans have called for it for years, and for one shining moment very recently, … Read more
Loki Season 2 has an official trailer – and the God of Mischief is fighting against time, and the imminent arrival of a new Kang variant, Victor Timely. In a synopsis from Marvel, the second season of Loki picks up from where the first left off, leaving Loki locked “in a battle for the soul of the Time … Read more
The first trailer for the tenth Saw film (stylised Saw X) has been revealed, and to quote Tobin Bell’s infamous line from the horror franchise – “oh yes, there will be blood.” The next instalment in the series, set between the original Saw and its sequel, features the return of Tobin Bell’s John Kramer, a.k.a, the Jigsaw … Read more