Category: Movies

Ludi Lin May Play Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat

Power Rangers and Aquaman star Ludi Lin is in talks to portray Liu Kang in the upcoming film adaptation of video game franchise Mortal Kombat. If the negotiations bear fruit, he will succeed Robin Shou, who played the character in 1995’s Mortal Kombat and 1997’s much-maligned Mortal Kombat: Anni...

Awesome Cheese: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was a film I had very much been looking forward to for a myriad of reasons. Apart from the fact that it starred Step Up’s Channing Tatum, of whom I was a big fan, this was a chance to get in on the ground floor of a brand new …

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Henry Golding in Talks to Play Snake Eyes in GI Joe Spinoff

It looks like Henry Golding is going from crazy rich to a ninja commando. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the rising Hollywood star is in talks to portray the iconic GI Joe character Snake Eyes in a spinoff movie based on Hasbro’s 80s toy line. The film, which will be directed by RIPD and Red ...

ViacomCBS Has Big Plans for Star Trek and Mission: Impossible

As another big Hollywood merger looms, we could see more multi-platform franchises in the near future. Once Viacom – which owns Paramount – and CBS are one, all elements of Star Trek will be owned by one mega-corporation, meaning there will be no more rules about which characters can be used whe...

New GI Joe Spinoff in the Works

It looks like Paramount is about to say “Yo Joe!” once again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new spinoff based on the iconic Hasbro property GI Joe is in the works, this time featuring the character of Chuckles, an undercover specialist who has not been in the previous installments. The ...

The Hunt Trailer Belies Outrage

This past week has seen a lot of hand-wringing over the upcoming Blumhouse horror/action/survival movie The Hunt. On the surface, director Craig Zobel’s film about wealthy elites who hunt the poor for sport doesn’t seem particularly controversial, or even overly original (check out the Jean-Clau...