All competition got Taken 2 the cleaners by Liam Neeson and his return to action this weekend, which pulled in a huge $49.5 million, good enough for the third-highest October debut of all time.
Marvel Studios is looking to cast Ms. Marvel in the nothing-short-of-huge sequel to this summer’s biggest hit and that two British actresses are in the running for the role: Emily Blunt and Ruth Wilson.
Although official details of the role have yet to leak, Marvel Studios appears to be in the hunt for a new leading lady for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a Black Widow cameo is also likely.
With filming moving along on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Danny Strong, who just scored two Emmys for his work on HBO’s feature film Game Change, has been hired to adapt Mockingjay, the final book, into the two-parter planned for release in 2014 and 2015.
After Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt left production on the sequel a couple weeks back, Fox assembled a director shortlist last week and now they have their man inked. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) will direct Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
It is an eclectic week of DVD and Blu-ray release with movies ranging from Tim Burton’s latest, a classic Disney film, a nostalgic musical and Jet Li’s lastest movie. Found out which beloved family movie is our Recommendation of the Week.
The long awaited release of the 23rd Bond movie, Skyfall, is set to hit theaters and when any Bond movie, the rest of series comes out on a big boxset. The Bond film series is now 50 years out and all the movies are now on Blu-ray for the first time. To celebrate, two of Player Affinity’s biggest Bond fans will look at the highs and lows of the series in a DISCussion Special.
Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania reached nearly full capacity over the weekend, shattering the decade-long September record held by 2002’s Sweet Home Alabama.
Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad, will host the 85th annual Oscars this upcoming February. He joins producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron as a first-time showrunner.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s roundup of huge movie rumors. On this week’s docket, we have another rumor about Justice League.
