Two big franchises that appeal to a similar crowds go head to head at the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend box-office. On the one hand is “Fast and Furious 6,” a franchise that once seemed to be dying on the vine and found new life with 2011′s fifth entry. That film scored both the best reviews and best box-office the franchise [Click here]
Airdates The ten episode first season of Starz/BBC series “The White Queen” is officially set to debut on Starz in the U.S. on Saturday, August 10th. Meanwhile, FX is set to debut its remake of the Scandanavian crime drama “The Bridge” on Wednesday, July 10th. [Source: Deadline] Helix David Slade (“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) is set to direct the opening [Click here]
Quarry Logan Marshall-Green (“Prometheus”) is set to star in Cinemax’s 1973 set drama pilot “Quarry”. The series, based on Max Allan Collins’ book, revolves around a Marine sniper who returns home from Vietnamto find that he’s been shunned by those he loves. The disillusioned soldier is soon recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the length of [Click here]
Ahead of a June 10th presentation at E3, Activision and “Halo” creators Bungie commissioned this 60-second TV spot to promote their ambitious upcoming video game “Destiny”. Directed by “Iron Man” helmer Jon Favreau and starring “Breaking Bad” and “Revolution” actor Giancarlo Esposito, the story deals with the mythology of the game’s world in which players take the role of a [Click here]
With his current film “All is Lost” scoring raves in Cannes, filmmaker J.C. Chandor (“Margin Call”) has announced that his next project will film this Fall in New York City. Chandor will write and direct the project, entitled “A Most Violent Year,” but the storyline is being kept under wraps. Various A-list talent is reportedly being approached for several roles [Click here]
One person who seems quite open to the idea of a Superman/Batman “World’s Finest” style crossover movie is none other than new Superman actor Henry Cavill. Talking with SFX, the “Man of Steel” star said: “I think it would be really interesting with the age-old Batman/Superman conflict because they are two different sides of the same coin and their methods [Click here]