Yesterday Olivia Munn was revealed as the latest addition to upcoming superhero sequel X-Men Apocalypse, with The Newsroom actress set to play telekinetic and telepathic (and British) mutant Psylocke, aka Betsy Braddock. Great news for any nerdy fan of superheroes (and specifically the X-men) like me, right?
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Well, no – because I’m finding the constant additions to the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse absolutely exhausting. Every week or so another character is added to the already groaning roster, whether it’s the re-casting of a character who hasn’t been in the films for a while (e. Read More...
Exciting news for fans of classic comedy: The Day Off, a complete screenplay by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson that comedy legend Tony Hancock turned down the chance to film, has been found during research for a new biography of the comedy writers.
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The freshly unearthed script, about the mishaps of a luckless bus conductor, was discovered by author Christopher Stevens behind a filing cabinet in Galton’s home.
Described by Stevens as “archetypally Hancock”, The Day Off was intended as Tony Hancock’s second feature film starring role, following 1961’s The Rebel. Read More...
“There's one thing we've done where we've put some characters' backstories in,” executive producer Jane Tranter told us on the series’ set earlier this year.
“We just said to Deborah Harkness, 'Ok where were they, what were they doing, or could they have been doing?' So we've made those changes, and we are saving the lives of a couple of characters, but I can't say more than that!
“I don't think anyone would be disappointed, for sure,” she concluded. Read More...
