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
Let me start off by saying that I have no attachment to Disney’s Haunted Mansion franchise whatsoever. I have not seen the original movie, I have not seen the Muppets special, and I have not been on the Disneyland ride. In fact, the closest I ever got to caring about the IP was when I … 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
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
When Tom Cruise isn’t nearly dying in a Mission Impossible, or Vin Diesel isn’t milking out another Fast & Furious, or Chris Pratt isn’t fighting off a terribly CGI’d velociraptor in another Jurassic World, Disney are the ones topping the global box office charts—and have been for over a decade. Whether it be through some … Read more
On January 16th, 1960, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) began striking against the Alliance of Television Film Producers (ATFP, now known as AMPTP). A few months later, the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG, prior to their merger with AFTRA in 2012) would follow suite in a strike of their own. As outlined by Megan Mccluskey … Read more
“Movies are a way for an actor to be immortal” was a phrase said by my film studies teacher in college. Whether it’s a phrase he’d taken from someone else or made up himself I’m not sure, but it stuck with me. I find myself being reminded of it whenever my wife and I spend … Read more
In preparation for the biggest stunt in the Mission Impossible franchise to date, Tom Cruise has revealed that the motorbike on the cliff sequence was shot on the first day. Dating back to 2020, at the beginning of filming for Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning – Part One, Cruise and the team behind the spy series set out … Read more
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