With Hugh Jackman’s record-breaking tenure as the Wolverine seemingly over, all eyes have turned on who’ll be next to wield the claws. Could Disney cast a total unknown as Jackman was back when he was chosen? Or should they instead opt for a big name? Instagram artist BossLogic evidently favours the latter, as his new fan art, which you can see below, imagines how John Wick star Keanu Reeves could look as the iconic X-Man.
Netflix have announced the first batch of movies that’ll be coming to the service in October and they include a hearty pirate comedy, Taika Waititi’s last dip into indie cinema, a recently overlooked war drama and the spooky adaptation of a 60s novel. Here’s the rundown on the first four films headed to the platform next month, with all of them arriving on October 1st.
Stephen King’s many novels have been adapted countless times for TV and film. Some have been lasting triumphs (hello The Shining), others most certainly haven’t. One that fell firmly into the latter category was a 2017 adaptation of his cross-genre epic The Dark Tower. The movie, which starred Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, compressed 8 books worth of material into a flimsy 90-minute studio job.
Disney have released the first promo art for The Mandalorian season 2 today, along with the just-announced premiere date of October 30th. The new image, which you can check out in the gallery below, is a stylish nighttime variation on the first season’s central motif, that of “the Child” and the Mandalorian traversing the deserts of the Outer Rim.
The months tick by and the future of the Star Trek film series is no closer to being resolved. Since Beyond met with a lukewarm commercial reception in 2016, attempts to get a Star Trek 4 off the ground have gone nowhere. But that hasn’t affected the desire to get it made. Leading man Chris Pine given his firmest affirmation yet that he wants Star Trek 4 to happen, telling newly-launched podcast Things Are Going Great For Me that he hopes to get to work on it once Paramount are ready to do so:
The big screen’s most popular time travelling slackers are back. Yes, Bill & Ted Face the Music is now officially available to watch on demand. The film got bumped around a few different dates due to the coronavirus, but thankfully, the studio have settled on a compromise that’s seeing it release in theatres and on demand simultaneously.
