Though it now has a new title that's quite a mouthful, we're still very intrigued by Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (seriously, who thought that would be better than just Valerian?). The director may have only made one sci-fi classic in his career with The Fifth Element, but across all of his films he shows off an imaginative, wacky enthusiasm that makes his work a lot of fun to watch, even if the final product doesn't always turn out so well.
Well, it looks like all those harsh reviews didn't do much to hurt Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice at the box office. As expected, the film is off to a fantastic start, pulling in $27.7 million during last night's screenings and setting a record for highest Thursday preview night opening for an Easter weekend.
THR is reporting today that Kevin James is set to headline an upcoming football drama titled 44. Based on the true story of Joey Williams, the film will revolve around the father of four who "returned to college to complete his degree and fulfill a lifelong dream of playing collegiate football."
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice director Zack Snyder recently revealed that both The Joker and The Riddler were going to make cameo appearances in the movie at one point, but it was decided they'd overcrowd things a bit too much. We also know that Jesse Eisenberg originally auditioned for a different role before Snyder cast him as Lex Luthor.
Several of the DCTV shows have made a habit of bringing in actors associated with past incarnations of the main characters (John Wesley Shipp in The Flash, Helen Slater and Laura Vandervoort in Supergirl, for example), and that trend looks set to continue with the addition of original TV Wonder Woman Lynda Carter to CBS' Supergirl series.
The events of last night's episode of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. certainly seemed to be setting up the Marvel's Most Wanted spinoff show, as Agents Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood) were forced to split away from their friends and teammates in an emotional farewell scene.
A couple of weeks ago it was reported that Zendaya Coleman had landed a main role on Marvel's solo Spider-Man reboot, and now the actress/singer has confirmed as much during an appearance on the Ellen Show.
Spooooooon! A couple of weeks ago we found out that a new live-action TV series based on Ben Edlund's ever-popular superhero spoof character, The Tick, had received a pilot order at Amazon. Fans were disappointed that Patrick Warburton wasn't going to reprise his role from the short-lived Fox show, but something tells me they won't have much of a problem with his replacement.
The review embargo on Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is now up and despite those first reactions sounding very positive, the critics don't seem to love the film. While no one is calling it an outright failure, many are citing that it's a bit too busy and cluttered, which we kind of expected.
Following that first batch of official stills from The LEGO Batman Movie, actor Will Arnett, who will once again provide the voice for the titular Caped Crusader, has taken to Twitter to unveil the first teaser poster for the highly anticipated LEGO Movie spin-off.
