UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2015… Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels topped the UK box office chart with £2,660,772 from its opening “weekend”, which happens to include four days of previews, which accounted for £1.33 million of that figure. If it wasn’t […]
Sharon Stone joins Running Wild
ESX Entertainment has announced that Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct, Casino) has signed on to appear in the drama Running Wild, which is to be directed by Alex Ranarivelo (The Wrong Side of Right). Running Wild tells the story of Stella Davis, a widow who saves her ranch by working with convicts to rehabilitate a herd […]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Finest Roles
This year marks over 25 years since Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio made his acting debut. As a fresh faced, ambitious teen, DiCaprio appeared in several family soap operas in the early 1990s that had decent runs, including Parenthood and Growing Pains. A quarter of a century later and two Golden Globe wins for Best Actor […]
The Crow creator James O’Barr says the remake “definitely will happen”
Having gone through a number of directors and leading men over the past few years, production on Relativity Media’s long-gestating remake of The Crow was suspended earlier this month, owing to the company’s bankruptcy. However, according to The Crow creator James O’Barr, the film could find itself resurrected elsewhere, and “definitely will happen.” “It’s still […]
Cary Fukunaga on leaving Stephen King’s It
Back in May, it was revealed that True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga had vacated the director’s chair on New Line’s upcoming big screen adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic It, with Andy Muschietti (Mama) subsequently announced as his replacement. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Fukunaga has shared his thoughts on the break-up, which was down […]
A female Firefly coming to Gotham season 2
With season two of Gotham being billed as ‘Rise of the Villains’, FOX has added another of Batman’s Rogues Gallery to its cast, with TV Line reporting that Michelle Veintimilla (Those Who Kill) is set to play a female Firefly. SEE ALSO: Three new Gotham featurettes look forward to season 2 The official character description […]
Rumour: Kelly Brook wanted for Baywatch movie alongside Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron
Now, this rumour comes from the British tabloid The Daily Star, so chances are it’s a total fabrication, but according to the paper British actress and model Kelly Brook is wanted for the upcoming Baywatch reboot in the role of C.J. Parker, played by Pamela Anderson in the TV series. ““Kelly is one of the […]
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie have started writing Flight of the Conchords movie
Yesterday we brought you some news from Jemaine Clement about a possible sequel and spinoff TV series for the excellent vampire comedy What We Do In the Shadows, and now Clement has revealed to Indiewire that he and Bret McKenzie have started penning a script for a Flight of the Conchords movie. “We have actually […]
Ouija 2 gets a director and female lead
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Oculus director Mike Flanagan is set to direct the upcoming teen horror sequel Ouija 2. Flanagan had previously signed on to co-write the script for the film with Jeff Howard. Furthermore, the sequel will see Flanagan reuniting with actress Annalise Basso, who starred in Oculus as the younger version […]
Marc Webb sets new projects Gifted and The Only Living Boy In New York
Seeing as he doesn’t have any more commitments to Sony’s wall-crawler following the disappointing The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Deadline is reporting that director Marc Webb is filling out his upcoming slate. First for the filmmaker will be Gifted, which is set to start shooting this autumn with Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) set […]