With awards season heating up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that twenty films remain in contention for a nomination for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Alice Through the Looking Glass Arrival The BFG Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Deepwater Horizon Doctor Strange Fantastic […]
La La Land leads the nominations for the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association have announced the nominations for the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards, with Damien Chazelle’s La La Land leading the field with 12 nominations in total, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling) and Best Actress (Emma Stone). Moonlight and Arrival both scored ten nominations apiece, and will contest Best […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits half a billion at the global box office
Warner Bros.’ new Wizarding World series Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them may not have debuted to Harry Potter-style numbers, but the studio certainly looks to have a hit franchise on its hands, with the film having crossed the half billion mark at the global box office ahead of its third weekend of release. […]
Why cinema tickets are cheaper than you think
Cinema tickets are actually better value now than they were 40 years ago, when they cost just 61p. The changing price of paying to watching a film at the cinema is highlighted in a series of data cards looking at each of the last five decades. The stats show that a cinema ticket in 1975 […]
Billy Dee Williams voicing Two-Face in The LEGO Batman Movie
He may not have got to play Harvey Dent’s evil alter-ego in a sequel to Tim Burton’s Batman, but Billy Dee Williams is finally set to portray Two-Face on the big screen next year, with director Chris McKay revealing on Twitter that he’s lending his voice to the villain in February’s The LEGO Batman Movie! […]
Netflix adds download feature for its movies and TV shows
If you’re a Netflix subscriber you may want to update your app, as the streaming service has announced today that its members worldwide are now able to download episodes of TV shows and movies from its library of titles. “While many members enjoy watching Netflix at home, we’ve often heard they also want to continue their […]
Tom Holland joins Daisy Ridley in Chaos Walking
Spider-Man star Tom Holland has signed on to appear alongside Daisy Ridley in Chaos Walking, director Doug Liman’s upcoming adaptation of Patrick Ness’ YA series, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Holland is set to portray Todd Hewlitt, a boy living in a post-apocalyptic world where a germ his killed all women and living creatures can […]
Machinima and Hasbro to complete the Transformers: Prime Wars trilogy with Titans Return and Power of the Primes
Following the success of the digital series Transformers: Combiner Wars, Machinima and Hasbro have announced that development is underway on the final two chapters of The Prime Wars Trilogy, Transformers: Titans Return and Transformers: Power of the Primes. “Transformers has always been fueled by the brand’s rich, compelling characters and storylines, and Transformers: Combiner Wars tapped […]
Amazon casts Stephen Root as The Man in the High Castle
Amazon Prime has announced that Stephen Root has been cast in the title role in The Man in the High Castle, the streaming service’s hit adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternate history novel. Root, whose credits include the likes of Selma, Trumbo, Boardwalk Empire and Office Space, is set to make his debut […]
Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp join Star Trek: Discovery, gay character confirmed
Following on from the casting of Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou of the Starship Shenzhou, CBS has now added two more names to the cast of the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery in Doug Jones (Hellboy) and Anthony Rapp (Road Trip). EW reports that Jones is portraying Lt. Saru, a Science Officer from a new alien species in the […]
