Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… As we await the expected arrival of a brand new trailer for The Avengers next week, a couple of new images from Joss Whedon’s superhero ensemble have made their way online – one of which depicts Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye […]

It seems that Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within director José Padilha may have found his leading man for the upcoming RoboCop remake, and no – it’s not Russell Crowe or Michael Fassbender. According to a report from Deadline, the role of Alex Murphy – originally filled by Peter Weller in Paul Verhoeven’s […]

Off the back of its 3D re-release, George Lucas’ fan-derided opening chapter of his epic space opera, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menance, has now crossed $1 billion dollars at the global box office, becoming only the eleventh film in history to do so. According to THR, The Phantom Menace reached the landmark […]

Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) is set to direct a movie remake of the cult 1970’s telemovie and TV series The Night Stalker. Disney Pictures is developing the film as a potential star vehicle for Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland), who will be […]

Well, we first broke the news way back in December and now Idris Elba (The Wire, Thor, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) has finally confirmed that he’s set to play former South African leader Nelson Mandela in a biopic based upon Mandela’s 1995 autobiographical book Long Walk to Freedom, with cameras set to roll on […]

Trevor Hogg explores the making of Michel Hazanavicius’ Best Picture contender, The Artist… “The first person I had to convince was me, and think, ‘Okay, even if everybody thinks it is undoable, I am going to try because I really want to do it’,” stated French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius who began developing The Artist (2011) […]

300 producer Mark Canton’s testosterone-fest The Tomb has found its bad guy, JoBlo are reporting, and it’s none other than Christ himself, Jim Caviezel. He’ll be providing the foil to the fearsome Arnold Schwarzenegger / Sylvester Stallone combo, who are playing against type as Ray Breslin and Church, hard-men inmates attempting to escape from a […]

Just a quick update to let you know that my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen – which charts the entire live-action and animated history of Gotham City’s Grim Avenger, from the 1943 Batman movie serial through to The Dark Knight Rises and beyond – is now available to pre-order […]

Caprice, 1967. Directed by Frank Tashlin. Starring Doris Day and Richard Harris. SYNOPSIS: A female spy (Doris Day) working for a cosmetics company gets caught up in a complex plot to discover the formula to a new hairspray. Teaming up with a fellow spy (Richard Harris) they discover an underworld involving more than just beauty […]