Frightened, touched by Satan, an unflinchingly dark are just some of the phrases one would use to describe the latest trailer and poster for Penny Dreadful season 3, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
From The Prince to Rock the Kasbah and (almost) everything in between, the past few years haven't been kind to Bruce Willis' track record, and today's debut trailer for by-the-numbers heist drama Precious Cargo isn't the reverse of fortune we secretly hoped it would be.
James Mangold's hotly-anticipated and indeed R-rated Wolverine sequel has been making waves of late, though Deadline reports that Mangold will really be hitting the high seas further down the line with Disney's long-gestating maritime adventure, Captain Nemo.
Twelve films, two phases and umpteen cameos later, it's become difficult to keep tabs on who is and isn't appearing within each new installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Setting aside the sprawling ensemble for May's Civil War, next year sees the release of Guardians 2, Jon Watts' untitled Spider-Man movie and, lastly, Thor: Ragnarok, and we now have word of one actor that's ruled himself out of the latter.
Cloaked in a veil of secrecy so thick that the first teaser arrived bearing no name, Matt Reeves' 2008 creature feature Cloverfield carved out a niche audience with smart filmmaking and a wonderful sense of mystery - just where did big ol' Clover come from? - and though it's not strictly speaking a full sequel, 10 Cloverfield Lane is teetering on the edge of its theatrical release.
If Terrence Malick's soon-to-be-released spiritual drama Knight of Cups tackles themes of existentialism through the lens of Christian Bale's lapsed Hollywood screenwriter, the director's next feature, Voyage of Time, takes that experimental drive to the stars.
Dimension Television, one of the earlier advocates of the recent movies-to-TV phenomenon, is finally beginning to make headway with its seralized spin on Stephen King's dark and brooding novella, The Mist.
Arguably one of the more overlooked gems on Tom Hardy's résumé is Locke, Steven Knight's minimalist thriller that had The Revenant star enclosed in a car for the entirety of its running time. The results were a surprisingly tense and gripping drama, so it's little wonder Hardy and Knight are reteaming for FX and BBC One's eight-part period drama, Taboo.
Casting continues apace for Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant ahead of its arrival in October of 2017. Over the last fortnight, we brought you the news that both Danny McBride and Demian Bichir have enlisted for Fox's sci-fi sequel, and now Deadline has revealed Jussie Smolett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo and Callie Hernandez are bound for the stars.
