Tag: Idris Elba

  • Bat-Family Rumors Abound in Wake of Pattinson Casting

    Bat-Family Rumors Abound in Wake of Pattinson Casting

    It looks like the Boy Wonder might return to the big screen. Forbes is reporting that not only is Batman’s iconic partner rumored to make a return in Matt Reeves’ upcoming Batman film The Batman, but new versions of the Riddler, Commissioner Gordon, and, of course, Batman’s trusted butler Alfred. Buried in the article is…

  • New Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Shows its Hand

    New Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Shows its Hand

    It’s been two and a half months since the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer, which means it’s about time for Universal to release another glimpse at the Fast and Furious spinoff, just in case there’s anyone who wasn’t sold on the concept the first time but could still be swayed. There’s plenty more footage this…

  • Idris Elba May Take Aim As Deadshot

    Idris Elba May Take Aim As Deadshot

    Suicide Squad is about to trade the Fresh Prince for a DJ. Deadline reports that Idris Elba is in talks to replace Will Smith as the legendary DC Comics assassin Deadshot in the James Gunn-directed revamp of the Suicide Squad set to be released August 2021. I first saw this news when the latest episode of Collider…

  • Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Muscles its Way Online

    Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Muscles its Way Online

    The Fast and Furious franchise just cut the fat as the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer has finally dropped. A spinoff of Vin Diesel’s race car series, Hobbs & Shaw catapults the supporting characters played by Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham into the lead roles, with Idris Elba as the villain that unites…

  • George Miller to direct Three Thousand Years of Longing

    George Miller to direct Three Thousand Years of Longing

    George Miller is about to have a very different kind of lovely day. Deadline is reporting that the Mad Max: Fury Road director is negotiating to direct a brand new epic fantasy romance entitled Three Thousand Years of Longing. Not much else is about the film, but the project is said to revolve around a genie, a…

  • REVIEW: Zootopia (2016)

    REVIEW: Zootopia (2016)

    “Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true. So let it go.” Disney’s Zootopia went through a lot of versions and changes before making it to the big screen. Director Byron Howard (Bolt, Tangled) originally pitched six different stories to Disney and Pixar’s chief…