It may have gotten just a C on Rotten Tomatoes but Fifty Shades of Grey is laughing all the way to the bank. The scintillating and raunchy drama raked in a massive USD81 million during its opening three day weekend and over USD240 million worldwide. Factor that haul with the fact that the film has still a ways to go at the box-office as it just opened and its modest USD40 million budget and Fifty Shades may well be one of the most lucrative films of 2015 yet. But it’s not all good news, Fifty Shades also happens to be the most illegally downloaded movie of the year too with reportedly 300,000 downloads and counting.
DEATH TO HIT GAME OF THRONES 5
“People are going to die who don’t die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy. So everybody better be on their toes. David and D.B. are even bloodier than I am.” Shocking and rather cryptic words from George R.R. Martin who also made no qualms commenting that Game of Thrones Season 5 will make long-time fans very unhappy. Game of Thrones has been a huge ratings hit for HBO and its already renewed for sixth season although we’re not sure which character will be sticking around for the foreseeable future.
MORENA BACCARIN JOINS DEADPOOL
Gotham and Spy star Morena Baccarin has just joined the cast of Deadpool. According to reports the actress will play the love interest of Wade Wilson. Prior to Gotham, Baccarin was previously seen in hit series Homeland and the V reboot and she’s just the latest addition to the X-Men spin-off. In previous weeks the production added Gina Carano, TJ Miller and Ed Skrein who is rumoured to be portraying the villain.
NEW ALIEN MOVIE COMING
Fans of Alien can rejoice because there’s a new sequel coming out and it will be directed by non-other than Neill Blomkamp. The Chappie director made the announcement on his Instagram account. “Um… So I think it’s officially my next film #alien”, said his update along with a photo of one of his Alien illustrations. According to reports, the new film will also see Ridley Scott joining as producer and will likely be totally separate from Prometheus 2, which Scott is currently helming. The untitled Alien sequel is earmarked for a release in 2017.
POWERPUFF GIRLS GET A REBOOT
There will be a new Powerpuff Girls series hitting television screens next year. The announcement was made by Cartoon Network themselves who are behind the new rebooted series. The Powerpuff Girls was a huge hit for the channel running for six seasons since its debut in 1998. The series also spawned a full-length feature movie along with several holiday specials and it was a juggernaut in merchandise sales too with over USD2.5 million in retail sales alone. With the recent appeal behind classic animation tales such as Spongebob we can see why Cartoon Network wants to capitalise on the Powerpuff Girls once again. Let’s see how long this new one sticks around for.
