Willow, the Disney+ series set years after the events of the 1988 fantasy movie, is currently negotiating with three actresses to play three primary roles in the upcoming show. Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals), Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising), and Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story) are all in talks to play the female leads, […]
Continue readingThe Hollywood star on playing trailblazing British police officer Leroy Logan in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, life after Star Wars, and why he’ll always be a London boyOn my radar: poet Jay Bernard’s cultural highlightsWhen John Boyega was young, the church services he attended on the Old Kent Road in south London could stretch to […]
Continue readingStunt pilot Frédéric North has decades of experience working in Hollywood on films like “Kong: Skull Island,” “Pacific Rim: Uprising” and Justin Lin’s latest “Fast & Furious” sequel, “F9.” So I shouldn’t be nervous as I climb aboard in mid-February for my first trip on a helicopter with him and aerial director of photography Dylan […]
Continue readingAfter Netflix and Disney shuttered all live-action productions, Universal has decided to do the same with “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “Flint Strong” and the untitled Billy Eichner project all going on hiatus effective Friday.The studio continues to monitor the situation closely and will make a determination on when to restart production in the coming weeks.“Jurassic World: […]
Continue readingReady Player One slips to number 2, with a total of $201m.After a strong week with a three-day Qing Ming holidays, the volatile Chinese box office shrunk significantly by about 32% week-on-week in the period of Apr 9-15, making it one of the quietest weeks in 2018.Warner Bros’ action adventure Rampage easily charged to the […]
Continue readingWhat does “A Quiet Place’ have that “Pacific Rim: Uprising” and “Tomb Raider” don’t? Quite a few things, it turns out, including the best domestic box office opening since “Black Panther.”The critically acclaimed third feature from actor John Krasinski, who stars opposite wife Emily Blunt, nearly tripled its budget on opening weekend. That will propel […]
Continue readingWesley Wong comes from a famed Chinese acting family. His father is Melvin Wong, a comedic and martial arts actor who worked closely with Jackie Chan while his mother Angie Chiu was one of China’s biggest TV stars. As the son of actors, it seemed like Wong would want to pursue a similar career path […]
Continue reading“Ready Player One” kicked off its opening weekend with a strong international debut, particularly in China.The Vr fantasy saw the biggest Warner Bros.’ opening weekend ever in China, where it led with $61.7 million from 18,200 screens. The latest from Steven Spielberg released day and date internationally in 62 markets, claiming $128 million since Tuesday […]
Continue readingColin Trevorrow is returning to direct Jurassic World 3, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.He is currently working with Pacific Rim: Uprising scribe Emily Carmichael on the script for the feature, which was announced last month by Universal and given a June 11, 2021 release.Trevorrow and Carmichael will exec produce, along with franchise patriarch Steven Spielberg. […]
Continue readingForget cancelling the apocalypse, Pacific Rim Uprising‘s worst transgression was that it probably cancelled the party of the year. Steven S. DeKnight‘s sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 action monsters-vs.-robots flick nearly had an out-of-this-world cameo from none other than Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. But sadly, a James Gunn Pacific Rim Uprising […]
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