This week, the star-studded Everest is released in Cineworld cinemas across the UK. We talk to David Breashears, the 136th person to reach the summit of Everest, and director Baltasar Kormákur about bringing this true-life tale to the big screen. “It is always fascinating to have a true story to work with,” is the opening […]
Director Wes Ball talks Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
The filmmaker discusses heading back to the director’s chair for the second time with The Maze Runner sequel. “I wasn’t going to do the second one originally but the cast were the reason that I came back.” Director Wes Ball is referring to his second feature film, The Scorch Trials; the second instalment of dystopian […]
Nima Nourizadeh talks American Ultra
Jesse Eisenberg is slacker turned sleeper agent in Nourizadeh’s hi-octane action-comedy, American Ultra. “For me, the script combined so many different things in an interesting and organic way. The conventions will be familiar to filmgoers, but they are mashed up a little bit, which changes everything.” Iranian-British filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh is talking about action comedy […]
Set your sights on Hitman Agent: 47, starring Rupert Friend and Zachary Quinto
Rupert Friend stars as the slick, suited assassin in the reboot of the hugely successful Hitman video game franchise. “We wanted a fresh start and a brand new take on this iconic figure,” begins Alex Young, one of the producers behind the globe-trotting reboot Hitman: Agent 47. This take on the infamous Hitman character, so […]
