With David Ayer occupying Toronto with his Suicide Squad, the heroes in a half-shell taking the Big Apple for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and Bryan Singer overseeing what may very well be his last entry into the franchise with X-Men: Apocalypse in Montreal, a lot of next year's biggest films are already in active production across North America.
With little over a fortnight until its much-anticipated bow, developer CD Projekt Red have unveiled a trio of new screenshots for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt that pay particular attention to the threequel's HUD, exploration and other gameplay elements.
Warner Bros. has big plans for its leaner and meaner Mad Max franchise. Beyond the soon-to-be-released Mad Max: Fury Road, the studio has locked down star Tom Hardy for an additional three films in the reinvigorated post-apocalyptic series. However, in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-star Charlize Theron - who plays no-nonsense skinhead Furiosa - revealed her apprehension about returning for the confirmed sequels, unless all of the pieces fell into place.
James Wan is a busy man. Fresh off catapulting Furious 7 into the box office stratosphere, the horror maestro has found himself on Warner Bros.' radar to take the reigns of the Aquaman standalone movie, not to mention Universal's growing interest to lock down the filmmaker for the recently-confirmed Furious 8. Now, Sony is looking to add another feather in the director's cap by offering him the opportunity to helm Robotech, a big-screen adaptation of the 80s anime of the same name.
Using a similar strategy to the one he employed for Skyfall, director Sam Mendes has begun teasing ardent Bond fans with a series of behind-the-scenes video clips for the upcoming Spectre. On this occasion, the filmmaker has shifted the focus onto the much-talked-about car chase through the streets of Rome, and in the video above both he and newcomer Dave Bautista run through what it was like to shutdown the streets of the Italian capital to film a high-octane sequence.
Much has been said about the most-recent trailer for Terminator: Genisys. Should Paramount have unveiled the twist prior to release? Or was the move a calculated stroke of genius on the studio's part in order to drive excitement for Alan Taylor's upcoming sequel? While the jury is still ruminating on a possible conclusion, Paramount has went ahead and debuted an explosive new poster for Genisys, which places said surprise front and center.
Another one of 2015's budding hopefuls has slipped to next year, after Deep Silver revealed via Twitter that its upcoming open-world zombie sequel Dead Island 2 has slipped to 2016.
Tom Hardy is Kray Kray - literally. For Brian Helgeland's upcoming crime drama Legend, the Mad Max: Fury Road star will play twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, two illustrious London mobsters who ruled the underbelly of 60s London from the top-down.
Barely three months have past since the much-hyped arrival of Fifty Shades of Grey and Universal has whipped up the first teaser for its upcoming sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, which sees a brief clip of series star Jamie Dornan donning a mask intercut with text ramping up excitement for the follow-up.
At this point, Ubisoft and untimely leaks are almost synonymous. Given the size and scope of the global publisher, it's hardly surprising that announcement slip through the cracks from time to time, whether it's early details of the new Assassin's Creed or a new IP such as The Division. The latest to elude the company's watchful eye is news of Watch Dogs 2, after a senior gameplay programmer listed the as-yet-unconfirmed on their LinkedIn profile.
