Author: Neil Vagg

Aquaman continues its box office dominance with a strong start to its third week in North American cinemas. The movie has now crossed $200M domestic following takings of $10.1M on Tuesday and $16.78M on Wednesday. It’s domestic total heading in to Thursday is currently $216.2M. Many believe the film could reach $300M if it continues at its current pace. It currently faces very little competition at the box office until the release of M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass on January 18. If Aquaman can reach $300M then it will have surpassed both Justice League and Man of Steel at the domestic…

20th Century Fox has announced that Once Upon A Deadpool, the PG-13 “family friendly” version of Deadpool 2 will be arriving on home video in January. It seems this new release won’t contain any (or any new) bonus features. But much like the cinema release 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has pledged to donate $1 for every purchase to Fudge Cancer. Here’s the studio press release: A FAIRYTALE TWIST ON DEADPOOL 2 THE WHOLE SQUAD CAN ENJOY ARRIVESON DIGITAL WITH MOVIES ANYWHERE AND BLU-RAY™ JANUARY 15LOS ANGELES, CA — From the studio that brought you Anastasia and Ever After comes…

Star Trek: Discovery returns for its second season in two weeks time. In readiness CBS has just released this new set of character posters teasing a couple of returns and a couple of new arrivals. First up we have confirmation that Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) will be returning despite his death in the first season. Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeah) also appears stood opposite the newly arrived Captain Pike (Anson Mount). Lastly we get another look at Ethan Peck as Spock stood alongside adopted sister Michael Burham (Sonequa Martin-Green). Check out the posters in the gallery below. Note that these…

Synopsis Karolina, Nico and Molly try to retrieve the Staff of One, but Tina puts up a fight. Karolina grows closer to Jonah while Alex and Livvie share a kiss. Review Marvel’s Runaways second episode back out of the gate poses an interesting question: can the show balance its huge cast of characters as the story continues to develop? There’s so much going on in this second season already but Runaways is in danger of over complicating itself. This episode picks up several plot threads and attempts to balance them all nervously against each other whilst remaining cohesive. You have Alex working…

We’re only three months away from the release of Captain Marvel. Anticipation is huge ahead of the first female-led Marvel movie and the studios first release following Avengers: Infinity War. Over the weekend the studio has released this new motion poster teasing the characters huge power set. New footage is also set to debut on January 7 on ESPN during the NCAA National Championship in North America. Are you excited for Captain Marvel? https://twitter.com/captainmarvel/status/1079776705512845312 Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that…

Synopsis As the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring from across the centuries of Earth’s history. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth? Review A Doctor Who Christmas (or in this case New Year’s) special should be an event. This is not the time for a run-of-the-mill episode. A bumper holiday audience puts extra focus on every aspect of the production and it needs to impress. Luckily for us this first Chris Chibnall-era special doesn’t disappoint. What Chibnall and his crew cleverly did during the…

Twitter user and journalist DanielRPK is someone in the know when it comes to trailer releases. With many requesting to know when the next trailer for Shazam! will drop Daniel has some news for you. In a tweet posted overnight he has shared the news that the movies second trailer is due for release on January 19. That’s just a couple of weeks away! This would fit with previous comments by star Zach Levi and director David F. Sanberg who have both commented on a second trailer arriving “early” in 2019. https://twitter.com/DanielRPK/status/1080224594273976322 Just to tide you over here’s a refresher…

Netflix is back with another cryptic tease ahead of Stranger Things season 3. This latest teaser is ready to see in the new year with some interesting imagery interspersed with the famous ball drop countdown. Most importantly for fans of the show the video ends with a date: July 4, 2019. Netflix has confirmed with the show set during the summer of 1985 that the show itself will be drop just in time for the summer months. Of course there’s no footage from the show itself in the trailer but it’s still very exciting. Let the countdown begin! https://youtu.be/UlpmMRrt-s8 Following…

It’s back to work for Frank Castle in this first teaser for The Punisher season 2. Following his presidential pardon at the end of season 1 it seems something will drag Castle back to his all important work. Netflix has yet to confirm when the series will return. A now deleted tweet listed the date as January 18, 2019 but this has not been substantiated following its removal. Check out the trailer in the player below. https://twitter.com/ThePunisher/status/1080116573476540416 The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page and Ben Barnes as Billy Russo. The series…

Warner Bros. has some serious cause to celebrate today. Aquaman closed out its second weekend in North America by bringing in another $51.5M! For those keeping score that’s only a 24% drop from its opening weekend of $68M (not including $4.7M previews). The smallest second week decline of any comic book movie in this modern era. It’s North America box office now sits around $188,7M. The movie should cross $200M on New Years Eve, ending the year as Warner Bros. highest grossing movie of 2018. Internationally Aquaman fought off competition to bring in another $85.4M. The movie is currently open…