2018-07-11 08:57
Indiana Jones 5 has been pushed back, again, to 2021 as Disney reshuffles its upcoming movie schedule dominated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).Director Steven Spielberg remains at th… Read More
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2018-07-10 11:23
Billy Dee Williams is reprising the role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode IX directed by JJ Abrams.Fans have speculated about Lando Calrissian's return since The Force Awakens and W… Read More
2018-07-09 13:19
Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, passed away on 29th June. He was aged 90.Ditko helped create some of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains including Doctor Octopu… Read More
2018-07-07 10:49
Variety reports Keri Russell (The Americans) is joining the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX.Russell played the titular Felicity in director JJ Abrams' television series in the late nineties. A… Read More
2018-07-05 15:09
Director James Cameron will be producing the upcoming Terminator 6 with Tim Miller at the helm, which will ignore all sequels following Cameron's own Terminator 2: Judgment Day and reboot th… Read More
2018-07-04 15:51
BAFTA recently talked to Star Wars directors JJ Abrams (The Force Awakens, Episode IX), Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and actress Felicity Jones who played Jyn Erso in Rogue… Read More
2018-07-03 16:56
Lucasfilm has announced that the Star Wars Fan Film Awards are now known as the Fan Awards. The Star Wars Fan Awards has been expanded to encompass photo and visual art categories in additio… Read More
2018-07-02 19:35
Stormtroopers is a fan film about a platoon of Stormtroopers who raid a remote Rebel Mining outpost. Filmed on location in Ireland, Stormtroopers stars Carolyn Bracken, Peter Cosgrove, Klan… Read More
2018-06-29 13:48
LEGO Voltron is a thing and will be at this year's San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), folks!Voltron was originally submitted by fan designer Leandro Tayag to LEGO Ideas and follows successful sets… Read More
2018-06-28 12:05
Fellow Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans, we're a step closer to seeing the Fox fanfare at the beginning of JJ Abrams' Episode IX and the X-Men (including Deadpool) fighting… Read More
2018-06-27 11:00
Director Shane Black's (Iron Man 3) Predator reboot evokes action movies from the 1980s in the latest trailer and there's an in-joke relating to Black's character in the original Predator st… Read More
2018-06-26 10:53
Author Timothy Zahn's follow-up to last year's Thrawn is Thrawn: Alliances. Thrawn: Alliances sees Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader join forces on a mission for the evil Empire. This isn… Read More
2018-06-24 15:55
Tom Holland used Instagram to announce the title of the first sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming, yesterday. Spider-Man: Far From Home sees Holland’s web-slinger pitched against Jake Gyl… Read More
2018-06-21 15:02
Collider exclusively broke the news that Disney's Lucasfilm is putting its A Star Wars Story spin-offs on hiatus following lukewarm box office takings for director Ron Howard's Solo: A Star… Read More
2018-06-19 14:03
There was a time when I wouldn't miss an episode of AMC's The Walking Dead on FOX UK.Alas, not so now. We're living in an era of so-called peak TV. From Doctor Who to Westworld, there's only… Read More
2018-06-15 09:28
Hollywood's love affair with eighties nostalgia shows no signs of stopping. As someone who grew up during the decade of Transformers and Michael Jackson's moonwalk, I'm not going to complain… Read More
2018-06-14 11:06
Following the first teaser trailer for Transformers spin-off Bumblebee starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena. Paramount Pictures has released a featurette introducing director Travis Knigh… Read More
2018-06-12 15:56
A bit of context. I met Nick Smith at Vintage Video, a club for fans of film and TV sci-fi, whilst we were undergraduates at Bournemouth University in the early nineties. We became instant f… Read More
2018-06-10 17:07
Vince Zampella from Respawn, the studio behind the phenomenal Titanfall franchise, has announced a new Star Wars single player (SP) video game during EA Play.Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is… Read More
2018-06-08 14:23
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has arrived in cinemas to mixed reviews. However, this officially endorsed skit, filmed in Hawaii by extreme sports videographer Devin Graham (better known as… Read More
2018-06-07 13:49
The first trailer for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse showcases a spectacular alternate universe where Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is mentored by Peter Parker (Jake Johnson). Hailee Stei… Read More
2018-06-06 15:37
Paramount Pictures has dropped the first official teaser trailer for the upcoming Transformers live-action spin-off, Bumblebee. "On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junk… Read More
2018-06-05 16:23
Solo: A Star Wars Story is in cinemas now and I've yet to see the latest spin-off from director Ron Howard! Personally, I need a break from the franchise and seemingly so do many other fans… Read More
2018-06-04 15:30
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) starts today and affords an ideal opportunity to reflect on the launch of the original iMac twenty years ago. Jony Ive's product would b… Read More
2018-05-25 16:40
Star Wars was released in US cinemas on this day in 1977. Fast forward 41 years and Solo: A Star Wars Story, directed by Ron Howard, is now in cinemas around the world and garnering positive… Read More
2018-05-24 11:45
Doctor Who fans around the world will be able to watch over 500 classic episodes across 26 seasons for free on TwitchPresents from 29th May until 23rd July. Nick Coulter, Director of Digital… Read More
2018-05-23 12:44
Disney has announced its first Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park will open next May with a teaser trailer. Disneyland in Anaheim, California, will be the first to open its Galaxy’s… Read More
2018-05-22 12:43
Thundercats was a staple of childhood teatime television in the mid-eighties and the animated franchise was rebooted to critical acclaim in 2011. Alas, due to poor viewing figures on Cartoon… Read More
2018-05-19 11:23
Netflix continues its tradition of animated reboots in partnership with DreamWorks with She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. The popular streaming service has released a teaser poster for the… Read More
2018-05-17 12:56
Lucasfilm has announced Star Wars Celebration will be back in 2019 to coincide with the release of JJ Abrams' untitled Star Wars: Episode IX, which rounds off the current sequel trilogy at D… Read More
2018-05-15 10:53
Where to begin? The best cinema screening since Star Wars: The Force Awakens!A group of undergraduates created a mini comic con atmosphere filled with fellow fans of Star Wars, DC Universe a… Read More
2018-05-14 16:03
This will come as no surprise to fans (myself included) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).The Russo brothers' Avengers: Infinity War has become the biggest superhero movie in UK cinema… Read More
2018-05-13 11:48
Actor-director Jon Favreau has revealed the upcoming Star Wars live-action series, due to launch on Disney's streaming service, DisneyLife, will be set between Return of the Jedi and The For… Read More
2018-05-05 13:39
Star Wars Day has passed for another year. So, here's an awesome award-winning fan film from writer-director Jessica Champneys set in the aftermath of Return of the Jedi. "When Dresca - an i… Read More
2018-05-04 11:28
May the Fourth be with you!Disney has teamed up with youthful social media platform Snapchat for Star Wars Day!Fans can use the popular mobile app (available for Android and iOS) to learn Sh… Read More
2018-05-03 15:20
Lucasfilm congratulated Disney stablemate Marvel Studios on Avengers: Infinity War's record-breaking opening weekend at the box office.In the image, a lightsaber is handed over to Iron Man w… Read More
2018-05-01 11:40
In celebration of the upcoming Blu-ray release of Tom Baker’s first season in Doctor Who, Genesis of the Daleks, regarded as one of the best stories from the classic era, will be shown… Read More
2018-04-30 14:21
Lucasfilm has released a featurette for Solo: A Star Wars Story ahead of the upcoming Star Wars spin-off's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.Becoming Solo features interviews with t… Read More
2018-04-27 16:13
The latest edition of Inside Xbox was streamed live last evening (BST) and a major announcement for original Xbox backwards compatibility titles will excite Star Wars video game fans (myself… Read More
2018-04-27 10:41
Chris Hemsworth, currently starring as Thor in Avengers: Infinity War, is expected to reprise the role of Kirk's father in Star Trek 4.Hemsworth brought a poignant nobility to the role of Ge… Read More
2018-04-26 19:53
Fresh from finishing Star Wars Rebels, Lucasfilm veteran Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) has announced an all-new animated series set in the Star Wars universe.Star Wars Resistance i… Read More
2018-04-25 15:40
Sony Pictures has released a full trailer for Spider-Man spin-off Venom, which features the titular alien symbiote played by Tom Hardy. “Being part of this movie is a dream come true… Read More
2018-04-20 10:51
The days are getting longer in the northern hemisphere and the summer blockbuster season, ushered in by director Steven Spielberg's Jaws in 1975, is upon us.Spielberg's Jurassic Park was rel… Read More
2018-04-19 15:36
Star Wars fans can watch all four seasons of Star Wars Rebels when it streams on DisneyLife, in the UK and Ireland, from May the 4th.It's a fitting way to celebrate Star Wars Day and for fan… Read More
2018-04-18 15:35
Director Steven Spielberg, whose Ready Player One is currently in multiplexes around the world, will be joining the DC Universe (DCU) to produce, and possibly direct, WWII-era superhero Blac… Read More
2018-04-16 15:07
Master Yoda's surprise cameo as a Force ghost in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a theory I postulated during Star Wars Celebration Europe, was a highlight of director Rian Johnson's sequel to The… Read More
2018-04-13 13:44
The first sequel to Disney Pixar's Incredibles, ostensibly a fun riff on Marvel's Fantastic Four directed by Brad Bird, is released later this year and you can now watch the latest trailer… Read More
2018-04-12 14:02
Hot on the heels of Anson Mount's casting as Captain Christopher Pike in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery. Comedian and actress Tig Notaro joins the crew of the franchise's second p… Read More
2018-04-10 11:05
Inhumans' Anson Mount has been cast as the legendary Captain Pike in Star Trek: Discovery season two, which begins filming in Toronto this month with Alex Kurtzman directing the season premi… Read More
2018-04-09 11:36
Lucasfilm has released the official trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story ahead of the forthcoming film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.Director Ron Howard's standalone Star Wars movie… Read More
2018-04-08 19:56
Avengers: Infinity War is in cinemas this April and marks the tenth anniversary of the release of Iron Man, which kickstarted the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in 2008.The latest 60-second… Read More
2018-04-06 19:31
Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the Worlds introduced a generation (myself included) to H.G. Wells' classic alien invasion story-cum-essay on cultural imperialism 40 years ago.I d… Read More
2018-04-05 16:17
Hollywood's obsession with eighties nostalgia reaches its zenith in director Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. Now, Gary Whitta, Rogue One screenwriter, has teased his The Last Starfighte… Read More
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