Bleecker Street, Samuel Goldwyn Films A couple of trailers for smaller films worth a look. Bleecker Street have released the teaser for Adam Shankman’s “Stop! That! Train!,” a throwback to classic slapstick disaster films like “Airplane” but this time on a runaway train – the Glamazonian Express – which encounters a dangerous Stormaganza. The film […]

Bungie, SIE Untitled Jennifer Kent Project“The Babadook” and “The Nightingale” director Jennifer Kent looks to finally be returning to directing after eight years since her last feature, revealing the news on the Blank Check podcast. She says she is “working on a sci-fi film that looks to be shooting this year”, and it is an […]

Warner Bros. Pictures The Craig Gillespie-directed “Supergirl” film opens in June and reports have suggested the film has undergone multiple rounds of test screenings over the past few months – more than most. World of Reel claims that the film has been tested at least eight times and “continues to evolve with each new cut”. […]

Universal Pictures, Illumination, Nintendo Actor/singer Donald Glover reportedly “campaigned for the role” of Yoshi in the upcoming “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at Universal Pictures. Jack Black, who plays Bowser in the films, spoke with Extra TV about the major casting additions for the new film, including Brie Larson as Princess Rosalina and Glover as […]

Warner Bros. Pictures After a long delay, the video game adaptation “Mortal Kombat II” finally hits cinemas on May 8th, and the first long-range projections are now out. Box-Office Theory is forecasting that the action-fantasy film is on track for a domestic opening weekend in the $40-55 million range. While that sounds a little low, […]

Amazon MGM Studios Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s “Project Hail Mary” has remarkable staying power at the box-office. The Amazon MGM Studios title is poised to take in an overseas second-weekend haul of $54.1 million, a stunning hold as it only dropped 5% from its launch weekend. In fact, certain markets like UK, China, Mexico […]

Amazon While the main series of “The Boys” is about to end with its fifth season, that doesn’t mean the end of the franchise. The fate of “Gen V” remains up in the air; a third season hasn’t been confirmed as yet, but the show hasn’t been cancelled either. Waiting in the wings for later […]

Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures International The last weekend of March, the calm before “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” storm, saw only one small newcomer that fizzled – “They Will Kill You”. The Zazie Beetz-led action feature is headed for an opening in third place of around $5.5 million domestically and a further $1.4 million […]

Lucasfilm Luigi’s MansionCharlie Day, who voices Luigi in Nintendo & Illumination’s “Super Mario Bros. Movie” franchise, says he “would be thrilled to do Luigi’s Mansion” as a movie, adding “if they do it, I’m in… it’s such a fun game.” Meanwhile game designing legend Shigeru Miyamoto has challenged fans to spot every character in “The […]

Paramount Pictures. Courtesy of Alamy. Veteran character actor James Tolkan, best known for his work in films like “Top Gun” and “Back to the Future,” has died. He was 94. The actor died Thursday in Saranac Lake, New York, according to a family spokesperson. The man had a specialty for playing intense and intimidating characters, […]