One glance at Michael Fassbender’s decorated and ever-growing resume will tell you that the actor isn’t one to shy away from difficult roles. From his breakout as Bobby Sands in Hunger almost a decade ago to numerous turns as the mercurial Magneto, Fassbender continues to be a compelling screen presence, making him the perfect fit to play Jack Unterweger in true crime story, Entering Hades.
United by the rousing words of Bill Pullman’s President Whitmore, The War of 1996 left a profound mark on the history books, and in anticipation of this year’s long-in-development sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, a new viral clip documents that global conflict and its devastating fallout.
Next month, the major players of the gaming industry will descend on the Los Angeles Convention Center for E3 2016, a three-day trade show where publishers showcase their pixelated wares for all to see. But before swinging its doors open to the public, the likes of Sony, Bethesda and Microsoft will host individual press events, and we now have firm details of the latter’s plans from June 13 onwards.
More than half a decade has passed since Privateer Press’ mythic board game Monsterpocalypse last flirted with the silver screen, at a time when Tim Burton was circling the director’s chair. But The Hollywood Reporter brings word of renewed interest in the project, after Warner Bros. snapped up movie rights following a “heated” bidding war that also encompassed DreamWorks and Sony.
Summer blockbuster season is almost upon us, folks, and over the next three months or so it’s the moviegoing masses that will ultimately decide whether some of 2016’s biggest features sink or swim.
20th Century Fox has today unleashed its force of nature. Three weeks out from release, it is Alexandra Shipp’s mercurial Storm that lights up the skies in the latest TV spot for X-Men: Apocalypse.
Revelling in the same ‘70s style as last week’s wonderfully retro trailer, Warner Bros. has premiered a series of character posters for The Nice Guys, introducing the supporting players of Shane Black’s soon-to-be-released crime noir.
Deadline has one of the first scoops, revealing that Game of Thrones and The Martian actor Sean Bean is in contention to board Dark River, the British indie drama in the works from Clio Barnard (The Selfish Giant). Opening negotiations with Flim4 and Left Bank Pictures, it's understood that Mark Stanley is also circling a part in the anticipated flick.
Currently in between work on the Christian Bale-led drama Knight of Cups and Weightless, esteemed filmmaker Terrence Malick has been quietly piecing together his ambitious space opus, Voyage of Time.
