Synopsis – When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge in this Western. Directed – Jeymes Samuel Starring – Edi Gathegi, Zazie Beetz, Idris Elba Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Harder They Fall’: First Teaser Teases the Action-Packed Netflix Western!! Check It Out!!
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is the latest film confirmed for this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, a notable inclusion to celebrate the 25th edition of the event. The news comes from the festival’s official website, revealing a few lucky fans will be able to catch Gunn’s latest film before everyone else. The in-person screening will happen on August 4, two days before The Suicide … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ to Screen at 25th Fantasia International Film Festival!!
Synopsis – Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Directed – James Gunn Starring – Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gets a New Early Access Trailer!! Check It Out!!
James Gunn used his Twitter account to tell us the exact runtime for The Suicide Squad, his upcoming take on the villainous DC super team. Gunn also confirmed The Suicide Squad will have at least one post-credits scene, which might indicate the filmmaker intends to come back for a sequel, should Warner Bros./DC invite him. Replying to a fan’s description of a weird two-part version … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Confirms Runtime of DCEU Sequel!!
Today, James Gunn posted on his Twitter account another sneak peek at his upcoming film, The Suicide Squad. In his tweet, he attached a picture of actors Idris Elba (Bloodsport), David Dastmalchian (Polka-Dot Man), and Peter Capaldi (The Thinker) strutting through what looks like some sort of nightclub. The lighting is low, there’s a pillar-esque statue covered in some tacky wallpaper, and a woman in … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gets a New Image!! Check It Out!!
Idris Elba has revealed that the Luther movie continues to move forward, with shooting expected to start this September. Elba has been discussing a movie adaptation of the BBC series Luther since 2020, but this is the first concrete piece of information we have about the project so far. Speaking to Variety, Elba said producers are “very close to pulling the green light on production”, … Continue reading ‘Luther’ Movie Is Poised to Set Filming in September!!
According to Deadline, Idris Elba is set to star in the action film Stay Frosty based on the Tyler Marceca written script with Sam Hargrave in the director’s chair. This news comes after Warner Bros. won a wild spec auction paying over $1 million for the right to use the script. Alongside Elba and Hargrave, Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg will produce. In Stay … Continue reading ‘Stay Frosty’: Idris Elba to Star in New Warner Bros. Action Film!!
James Gunn has taken to Twitter to reveal that The Suicide Squad is already finished, includes VFX, sound and everything else that comes in post-production. Even with the film’s release still months away, according to Gunn, it seems like The Suicide Squad is ready to go. Gunn’s tweet reads: “By the way – we completely finished the movie this week, VFX and all. Can’t wait for you all to see it.” … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Confirms Completion of Production!!
Synopsis – Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Directed – James Gunn Starring – Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn’s R-Rated Sequel Gets a Green Band Trailer!! Check It Out!!
After the fantastic red-band trailer, The Suicide Squad has already released two TV spots, further reiterating how much fun the highly-anticipated superhero film looks. The spots include some brief new scenes featuring Peter Capaldi‘s Thinker and Daniela Melchior‘s Ratcatcher II. The first TV spot, which director James Gunn shared on Twitter, features a slightly longer version of the scene from the trailer where Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Rick Flag … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gets Two New TV Spots!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Directed – James Gunn Starring – Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: New Red-Band Trailer Teases James Gunn’s R-Rated Sequel!! Check It Out!!
The Suicide Squad has dropped a new set of posters to celebrate the arrival of the official trailer! Director James Gunn got fans hyped yesterday with a poster for The Suicide Squad done grindhouse-style, but today Warner Bros. Pictures is dropping the full gallery of one-sheets! That includes the more traditional version of a superhero movie poster, featuring the new Task Force X – as … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gets New Posters!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A teenager discovers the world of urban horseback riding when he moves in with his estranged father in North Philadelphia. Directed – Ricky Staub Starring – Idris Elba, Lorraine Toussaint, Jharrel Jerome Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Concrete Cowboy’: Idris Elba’s Netflix Movie Gets a Trailer!! Check It Out!!
After his unceremonious death in Avengers: Infinity War, Idris Elba is moving from the realm of Asgard to the streets of Philadelphia in his latest film, Concrete Cowboy. The neo-western is directed by Ricky Straub in his feature film debut, with Elba also serving as producer. After its premiere at TIFF in September 2020, Netflix picked up the international rights to Concrete Cowboy and just … Continue reading ‘Concrete Cowboy’: Idris Elba’s Netflix Movie Gets a Poster and a Release Date!! Check It Out!!
Idris Elba has confirmed he will be working on a movie version of Luther this year, after it was revealed there won’t be a sixth season of the hit BBC show. During an appearance on The All-New Capital Weekender on Friday, the 48-year-old actor revealed he’s preparing to go into production on the psychological drama, in which he plays the hard-bitten but brilliant Detective Chief Inspector … Continue reading ‘Luther’: Idris Elba Confirms Film Version to Start Shooting his Year!!
The official synopsis for James Gunn‘s The Suicide Squad has arrived and oh boy, it’s a doozy. Gunn has confirmed that his Suicide Squad movie is completely unrelated to David Ayer‘s 2016 Suicide Squad movie. Sure, some familiar faces from the 2016 movie will be popping up in Gunn‘s movie, including Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. But make no mistake: Gunn has assembled an even motlier crew filled … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Official Synopsis Teases the New Bonkers Mission!! Check It Out!!
James Gunn has officially confirmed that The Suicide Squad will be R-rated. The film, a hybrid sequel/remake of 2016’s critically panned Suicide Squad, has been the subject of much speculation since it was first announced. While the shadow of its predecessor still looms over the new project, fans have been given reason to hope that Gunn’s take on the supervillain team will finally get it … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Confirms ‘R’ Rating!!
Production is already underway on George Miller‘s new movie Three Thousand Years of Longing. Miller‘s follow-up to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road was first announced back in October 2018. At the time the movie was announced, we also learned Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton would star in Miller’s movie. After some delay, filming on Three Thousand Years of Longing was supposed to begin in March 2020. (If you cast your mind back to March of this … Continue reading ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’: George Miller’s New Movie Has Started Filming!!
Director James Gunn confirmed on Saturday that Sylvester Stallone has joined the cast of The Suicide Squad. He wrote in an Instagram post, “Always love working with my friend @officialslystallone & our work today on #TheSuicideSquad was no exception. Despite Sly being an iconic movie star, most people still don’t have any idea what an amazing actor this guy is.” The Suicide Squad is a follow-up to the 2016 … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Confirms Sylvester Stallone Has Joined the DCEU Film!!
Netflix has just acquired the global rights to Concrete Cowboy, a modern-day western starring Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas from Stranger Things). As reported by Deadline, there’s no release date yet for the film, but it’s likely we can expect it sometime next year. Unfortunately we’ll have to wait a few months before we can see Elba as a smoldering cowboy. The film, directed … Continue reading ‘Concrete Cowboy’: Netflix Lands Idris Elba Western!!
From left to right, top to bottom, there’s Weasel, Blackguard, King Shark, Captain Boomerang, The Thinker, Javelin, Savant, Polka-Dot Man, TDK, Mongal, Rick Flag, Ratcatcher 2, Harley Quinn, Peacemaker and Bloodsport. Gunn tweeted the cover art and encouraged fans to look out for the magazine on Oct. 29, as it will feature even more images, as well as interviews. The Suicide Squad is a soft … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn’s Cast Assembles for Empire Magazine Covers!! Check It Out!!
After working together on The Suicide Squad, Idris Elba and John Cena are poised to re-team for Amazon’s action movie Head of State, Collider has confirmed. Deadline reports that Amazon bought the pitch following a Zoom presentation from screenwriter Harrison Query and producers Peter Safran and John Rickard in a deal said to be worth between high-six and low-seven figures for the rising scribe. Max … Continue reading ‘Head of State’: Idris Elba, John Cena to Star in Amazon’s Action Movie!!
Golden Globe winner Idris Elba is set to star in Universal’s survival thriller Beast, which will find him running from a killer lion. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, reporting that Baltasar Kormakur (Everest) will direct from a script by Ryan Engle (Rampage) that was based on an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, who will serve as an executive producer on the project. Will Packer … Continue reading ‘Beast’: Idris Elba Set to Star in ‘Everest’ Director’s Survival Thriller!!
While there’s still no official word from Warner Bros. on the rating of the upcoming DC superhero movie The Suicide Squad, we at least know the script wasn’t exactly playing it safe. As Warner Bros. was building out its DC Universe, there were rumors that David Ayer’s 2016 film Suicide Squad might be released with an R-rating. Ultimately Warner Bros. went with a PG-13 for … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: Joel Kinnaman Confirms James Gunn’s Film Is Heavily R-Rated!!
Director Jeymes Samuel and producer Jay-Z are lining up an all-star cast of top Black talent for their upcoming Netflix movie The Harder They Fall, as Oscar-winning actress Regina King has joined the stylish Western along with Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz and her fellow Atlanta stars Lakeith Stanfield and Danielle Deadwyler, as well as this year’s Oscar hopeful Delroy Lindo, Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) and … Continue reading ‘The Harder They Fall’: Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield, and Others Join Jay-Z’s Netflix Film!!
On Sunday, The Suicide Squad director James Gunn unveiled yet another new poster — just one day after the first day of the DC FanDome virtual event saw the release of two explosive and fun posters for the upcoming movie. Gunn hopped onto Twitter on Sunday morning to share yet another new poster for The Suicide Squad. He captioned the new poster with, “#DCFanDome is over, but #TheSuicideSquad … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gets a New Colorful Poster!! Check It Out!!
Today at DC Fandome, James Gunn and his cast showed off the first footage for their reboot The Suicide Squad. The film includes 2016’s Suicide Squad cast members Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, and Viola Davis reprising their roles as well as newcomers Idris Elba, John Cena, Storm Reid, Nathan Fillion, Peter Capaldi, Taika Waititi, Pete Davidson, Alice Braga, and Michael Rooker. There is plenty to feast your eyes on in this behind-the-scenes look at The Suicide … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: First Footage Reveals James Gunn’s Vision!! Check It Out!!
Gunn’s take on the project is described as a “gritty 70s war movie” vibe, and indeed the behind-the-scenes footage showed a lot of gunfire and a cadre of goofy throwback costumes. The filmmaker went so far as to say The Suicide Squad contains more explosions than any Marvel movie ever, which is reflected in what Gunn describes as a “fan poster” made specifically for DC … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn’s DC Film Gets First Posters!! Check It Out!!
During the DC FanDome panel for the highly anticipated upcoming film The Suicide Squad, our first look at the film’s cast in character was unveiled. Indeed, up until now we didn’t even know who was playing who in the film, but now we have not only character names but some first-look images of what appears to be an absolutely bonkers ensemble. Writer/director James Gunn shed … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: First Images Reveal the Look of the Cast!! Check It Out!!
Folks, at long last, it’s time to get to know the new Suicide Squad. We knew that James Gunn‘s reboot The Suicide Squad had a loaded cast. The film includes 2016’s Suicide Squad cast members Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, and Viola Davis reprising their roles as well as newcomers Idris Elba, John Cena, Storm Reid, Nathan Fillion, Peter Capaldi, Taika Waititi, Pete Davidson, Alice Braga, Michael Rooker, and … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: Cast of Characters Revealed for James Gunn’s Reboot!! Check It Out!!
Idris Elba is set to star in a romantic spy thriller that Simon Kinberg will produce for Apple, Collider has confirmed. The Daily Show writer Travon Free penned the script, and though details are being kept under wraps, the story is set in Africa and described as being similar in vein to Kinberg’s own breakout script Mr. & Mrs. Smith. That film was a huge … Continue reading Idris Elba to Star in Apple’s Romantic Spy Thriller!!!
We now have a list of participants for the upcoming virtual convention DC Fandome, and folks, it’s absolutely stacked. First announced in June, this 24-hour virtual convention is basically Warner Bros.’ own Comic-Con, as they’ll be hosting panels online for films, TV shows, comic books, and video games related to their DC Comics properties. It’s entirely free, and we can readily expect to see some … Continue reading DC Fandome Reveals Excellent Lineup!! Check It Out!!
Today on Twitter James Gunn revealed the official logo for his upcoming DC movie for Warner Bros, The Suicide Squad, ahead of the DC FanDome Event on August 22. “#TheSuicideSquad team just got me these amazing new official title treatments for my birthday,” Gunn wrote on Twitter (happy birthday James!). “And the cast and I have so much more to show you guys on Aug … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Reveals New Logo Ahead of DC Fandome Event!!
Idris Elba has again teased the idea of turning his cult BBC detective drama Luther into a feature, more than a year after Season 5 aired on British television. The actor told a press junket for Season 3 of his Sky comedy In The Long Run that there are no “formal plans” for another Luther series, according to Sky News. But Elba added: “I’ve made … Continue reading ‘Luther’: Idris Elba Says a Movie Is Moving Forward!!
Netflix has canceled “Turn Up Charlie” after its first season. The comedy, starring Idris Elba, centered on a struggling DJ and bachelor who becomes a nanny for the daughter of a childhood best friend who has since become much more successful than him. “’Turn Up Charlie’ will not return for a second season,” said a Netflix spokesperson. “We’re especially grateful to star and executive producer … Continue reading Netflix Cancels Idris Elba’s ‘Turn Up Charlie’!!
All-star actor and America’s dad Tom Hanks shared with fans over the weekend he and wife Rita Wilson have returned to the United States just two weeks after sharing their coronavirus diagnosis. Previously, the A-list couple had been in quarantine after landing in Australia so Hanks could begin working on Baz Lurhmann‘s new Elvis Presley biopic starring Austin Butler. On Saturday, Hanks gave fans a big update on Twitter, revealing he and … Continue reading Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Return to the U.S.!!
Idris Elba has become the latest famous face to publicly test positive for coronavirus after Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Olga Kurylenko. The Hobbs & Shaw actor announced the turn of events on Twitter, explaining that he got tested for the wide-spread virus after discovering he had been in contact with someone else who tested positive. Here is Elba’s full statement: “It came back positive, … Continue reading Idris Elba Tests Positive for Coronavirus!!
First, movie theater chains like AMC, Cineplex, and Alamo Drafthouse announced new seating plans, blocking off series of seats to help enable the practice of social distancing. But now, as the situation regarding the coronavirus keeps changing, so too must movie theater practices. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Regal Cinemas has announced they’re shutting down all of their locations indefinitely. Here’s the official statement from Mooky … Continue reading Regal Cinemas Shuts Down All Theaters!!
A little over four months after it began, principal photography on The Suicide Squad is complete. This according to the film’s writer and director James Gunn, who took to Instagram to announce that production has now wrapped on the highly anticipated DC film—although his note is more heartbreaking than you might imagine. Gunn shares in the message that his father died two weeks before filming … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Wraps Filming!!!
Synopsis – A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. My Take – Every decade has their own set of terrible films. Films made so poorly without any sense or salvage that forces you to question – what were the cast and crew involved thinking? A few … Continue reading Cats (2019) Review!!
No amount of star power from Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, etc., nor the direction of Oscar-winner Tom Hooper, could save Cats at the global box office. Our finance sources informed us over this weekend that the Universal/Amblin/Working Title feature adaptation of the near $4 billion-grossing Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical is bound to lose at least $71M — that is, if the … Continue reading ‘Cats’ Bound To Lose At Least $71M at the BO!!
Writer-director David Ayer brought the title team to life in 2016’s Suicide Squad, but plans for a sequel stalled out since then. Plus, there was a whole lot of drama behind the scenes that kind of killed any momentum the DC Comics / Warner Bros. antihero movie had. However, you can’t keep a good director down, and you definitely can’t turn down the opportunity to … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: David Ayer Calls James Gunn’s Film a Reinvention and Not a Sequel!!!
Universal Pictures has quietly pulled the plug on its Oscar campaign for Cats. The big-screen musical was a sight-unseen contender given its profile and pedigree, and indeed you’d be forgiven for previously assuming it could be an awards contender. Universal mounted the big budget adaptation with a star-studded cast, a new original song co-written by Taylor Swift, and Oscar-winning The King’s Speech and Les Miserables … Continue reading ‘Cats’ Pulled from Awards Contention Following Dismal Reviews and BO!!
Between the scalding reviews and the tepid box-office figures, this has not been a good week for “Cats.” But we do have one piece of good news for Tom Hooper’s catastrophic feline musical, courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Oscar voters will be able to judge the improved version of the film that is currently playing in theaters after its unfinished … Continue reading ‘Cats’: Academy Allows Submission of New Version to Oscars!!
In a completely unprecedented move, Universal Pictures is still working on Cats and a new version will be delivered soon. The Tom Hooper-directed movie musical adaptation has had the critical equivalent of a tongue-lashing this week with reviews — including our own — panning the film from here to the Heaviside Layer. Saddled with a reported budget of $95 to $100 million, Cats is emerging from an abysmal opening … Continue reading ‘Cats’: New Theatrical Version to Get Updated VFX!!
When Joker became not only the most profitable comic book movie of all time but the first R-rated movie to cross $1 billion, the big brains over at Warner Bros. decided that, yeah, they’d like some more of that, please. It’s a little strange that studios need to keep learning the lesson that R-rated films, allowing either more thoughtful exploration of mature subject matter or … Continue reading ‘Birds of Prey’ and ‘The Suicide Squad’ to Be Rated R!!
Synopsis – A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Directed – Tom Hooper Starring – Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Cats’: New Trailer Dives More into the Ambitious Musical Adaptation!! Check It Out!!!
Earlier this summer, Collider reported on a Netflix movie titled The Harder They Fall that would be led by rising star Jonathan Majors (The Last Black Man in San Francisco) and produced by none other than Jay-Z. And now Collider can reveal that Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has signed on to play the villain in the streamer’s stylish revenge film. The all-black Western follows … Continue reading ‘The Harder They Fall’: Idris Elba to Star in Jay-Z’s Netflix Movie!!
With production underway on The Suicide Squad, the first batch of set photos from the James Gunn-directed DC supervillain team up have surfaced online via Just Jared and give us a look at a number of characters in full costume including returning star Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) alongside Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Michael Rooker, Flula Borg, Sean Gunn, and Mayling Ng. Character details are yet … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: Set Photos offer First Look at New DC Villains!! Check It Out!!
As The Suicide Squad edges towards production, writer-director James Gunn has taken to social media to respond to a fan who inquired whether there was any truth to a recent rumor suggesting that Zatanna could be set for a cameo appearance in the DC ensemble – and it seems the original report has been conjured from thin air. “I have nothing against Zatanna, but I … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Debunks Rumor of Zatanna’s Appearance!!
