David Bishop sorts through the multitude of projects on Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming slate to see which ones have a shot at reaching the screen… Visionary director / producer / writer / filmmaking machine Guillermo del Toro has about a million projects on the go. It seems his name is never far away when a […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel,  Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fantastic Four, Arrow and more…. …As 2013 approaches, Warner Bros. has made one final Academy Awards push […]

Paul Risker on America’s ‘rape’ of the Scandinavian crime drama… The American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), adapted from Steig Larsson’s first novel of his Millennium Trilogy, follows on the heels of Sweden’s 2009 adaptation and forms part of a trend that has seen a number of Scandinavian crime dramas adapted […]

Having successfully reinvented the Batman movie franchise – and redefined the entire superhero genre – with his Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan is now busy helping to bring another DC icon to the screen as producer on Zack Snyder’s forthcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan has spoken […]

As we approach the end of 2012, the folks over at TorrentFreak have put together their annual lists of the most pirated movies and TV shows from the past twelve months, which is based upon the number of illegal downloads from various torrent sites. Despite the inclusion of box office behemoths such as The Avengers […]

With pre-production now well underway on X-Men: Days of Future Past, we’re starting to get an idea of which X-Men veterans will be appearing alongside their younger counterparts from Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class when director Bryan Singer brings Fox’s two X-Men timelines together in 2014. One character we’ll be seeing plenty of is that […]

Searching for Sugar Man, 2012. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul.Starring Rodriguez, Steve Segerman and Dennis Coffey. SYNOPSIS: A documentary looking for the elusive and mysterious 70s singer/songwriter Rodriguez. Rodriguez is an enigma. He was better than Bob Dylan, but didn’t sell. His albums sit alongside Abby Road and Bridge Over Troubled Water in fans’ record collections, but […]

The Watch, 2012. Directed by Akiva Schaffer. Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade. SYNOPSIS: Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion. The Watch stars Ben Stiller as Evan, a Costco manager […]

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2012. Directed by John Madden.Starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie and Dev Patel. SYNOPSIS: Seven retired British tourists travel to India to stay in what they believe to be a newly-restored and luxurious hotel. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a hotel, […]

British film and television producer Gerry Anderson has passed away aged 83, having suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease since early 2010. Born in London in 1929, Anderson began his career working at Gainsborough Pictures in the 1940s and after completing his national service he went on to form AP Films alongside cinematographer Arthur Provis, with the […]