About Alex Leadbeater
Screen Rant's Content Director, Alex Leadbeater has been covering film online for over a decade and been a permanent fixture of SR since 2016. Based in London, he oversees a global news & features team based in NY, LA and beyond. You may have also seen/heard him on the Total Geekall podcast, unaffiliated YouTube channels, BBC Radio and CBC News. Growing up in the English countryside on a mixture of Star Wars, The Simpsons and Aardman, Alex is a lifelong movie obsessive. Despite a brief jaunt in Mathematics at Durham University, film writing was always his calling.
Industry Focus
Alex has covered an exhaustive range of movies and TV shows - from digging out obscure MCU Easter eggs to diving deep into deeper meanings of the latest Jordan Peele - and has covered a litany of set visits, junkets and film festivals. He once asked Tom Cruise about his supposedly fake-butt in Valkyrie (he swore it was all real).
Favorite Media
As a movie-obsessive, Alex will watch any and all films, with highlights ranging from Psycho and Night of the Hunter to Stand By Me and Titanic. He has a soft spot for 1980s slashes (especially Friday the 13th) and 1990s thrillers, and has seen all of the MCU (although Star Wars is far-far-and-away his favorite franchise).
Latest Articles
What Aquaman's Delay Means For Star Wars
Warner Bros. has moved Aquaman's release date to mid-December 2018 - the window that Disney was reportedly eyeing up for Star Wars' Han Solo spinoff.
Coco Teaser Trailer: Pixar's Musical Takes On Day of the Dead
The first teaser trailer arrives for Disney and Pixar's Coco, a musical film inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead festival.
James Bond Desperately Needs New Writers
The same two screenwriters have worked on every James Bond film since 1999. Perhaps it's finally time to shake things up.
Should Pacific Rim Join Kong & Godzilla In The MonsterVerse?
After Kong: Skull Island, the MonsterVerse is well and truly here. But will it welcome Warner Bros.' other big monster franchise, Pacific Rim?
Alien: Covenant Opening Shows David's Creation And Brings Back Prometheus Actor
Alien: Covenant will open with the creation of Michael Fassbender's android David and the return of a big star, Ridley Scott has revealed.
Dunkirk Prologue Playing With Kong: Skull Island IMAX Screenings
IMAX screenings of Kong: Skull Island come with the five-minute preview of Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk that previously played before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Kong: Skull Island is (Nearly) the Best King Kong Movie
King Kong has appeared in a lot of movies since his creation in 1933, but which one is the best, and where does new addition Kong: Skull Island rank?
How Skull Island Sets Up Godzilla Vs. King Kong & the MonsterVerse
Kong: Skull Island has plenty of clues about the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong movie, and the future of Warner Bros.' Monsterverse.
Marvel Is Finally Promoting Comics With Movies and TV
Starting with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel is going to be advertising their comics before movies and on TV.
Game of Thrones Season 7 Teaser: The Great War Begins
HBO has released a teaser for Game of Thrones Season 7 that recaps where the show is up to and teases the future.
Thor 3 Plot Details: How Hulk & Valkyrie Fit into the Story
New plot details for Thor: Ragnarok explain how the God of Thunder meets heroine Valkyrie and why he has to fight Hulk.
Will Disney Ever Embrace the Star Wars Prequels?
So far, the post-Disney era of Star Wars has ignored the maligned prequels, but can they afford to avoid Episodes I-III forever?
Wonder Woman Looks Very Different to Batman V Superman
Wonder Woman has the weight of following up Batman v Superman, although based on new footage the films will look decidedly different.
Wonder Woman Director: There's No Studio Mandate on DC Movie Tone
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins says she felt no studio pressures to alter the tone of her film to fit the rest of the DCEU.
Why Logan’s Ending Is Perfect
Logan puts an end to Hugh Jackman's time as Wolverine, and director James Mangold couldn't have done it in a better way.
Stan Lee Thanks Ryan Reynolds For Deadpool 2 Teaser Cameo
Legendary Marvel creator Stan Lee thanked Ryan Reynolds for his cameo in the online Deadpool 2 teaser after he was cut from the cinema version.
Star Wars 8: John Boyega Teases 'Frustrating' Dialogue
John Boyega has shared a picture of a gift from Star Wars 8 director Rian Johnson joking about the film's complicated dialogue.
Logan’s X-Men Comics & Eden Explained
Logan features several in-universe X-Men comics featuring Wolverine and co. that point towards the mysterious Eden. We explain what it all means.
Deadpool 2 Teaser Trailer Online: Stan Lee Cameo Revealed
The Deadpool 2 teaser trailer that is playing before Logan in US cinemas has been released online - and it features a few new goodies.
Future X-Men Movies Won't Focus On Professor X and Magneto
X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner says that the movies are done exploring Professor X and Magneto's relationship