Actor John Mahoney, best known for his role as Martin Crane, the father of Frasier and Niles Crane on the classic NBC sitcom Frasier, has died aged 77, with his publicist telling TMZ that he passed away on Sunday in hospice care aged 77. Born in Blackpool, England, Mahoney began his career on the stage […]
Watch the first trailer for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Amid all of the Super Bowl excitement, Paramount Pictures has taken the opportunity to release the first trailer for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sixth instalment in the Tom Cruise-headlined spy series. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch the trailer and Super Bowl TV spot below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-PkZaxntoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XZEnymPeE The best […]
Paul Hogan cameos in the full Super Bowl TV spot for Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
Last month, a teaser trailer arrived online advertising a Crocodile Dundee sequel entitled Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home, which was subsequently revealed to be part of a $27 million promotional campaign for Tourism Australia. Well, the marketing campaign reached its climax at the Super Bowl last night with the release of the […]
Paul Bettany says the Avengers: Infinity War script included fake scenes to help prevent spoilers
Despite a huge, twelve-month long shoot across two movies, Marvel Studios has done an effective job of keeping a shroud of secrecy around Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4, with very little in the way of details and leaks making their way online. Speaking to Total Film (via CBM), actor Paul Bettany – who portrays […]
John Carpenter discusses his involvement with the new Halloween movie
Last week, production kicked off on the latest instalment in the Halloween franchise, which not only sees the return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode and Nick Castle as Michael Myers, but also brings back John Carpenter to the franchise he created 40 years ago. Carpenter is serving as executive producer on the new movie, […]
Jordan Peele says he quit acting because of The Emoji Movie
Last month, comedian-turned-actor-turned director Jordan Peele announced that he was quitting acting, preferring instead to focus on his career behind the camera after enjoying huge critical success with his feature directorial debut Get Out. Attending the Directors Guild of America Awards this past weekend, where he was honoured with the First Time Feature Award for Get […]
Shane Black’s The Predator to undergo two weeks of reshoots in March
Having originally been pushed back from its planned March 2nd release date to August, Shane Black’s The Predator is set to undergo a brief round of reshoots in Vancouver this March, with Black reassembling his cast for two weeks. Details on the reshoots are scarce, but there are a few unsubstantiated rumours – potentially pure […]
A Series of Unfortunate Events to end after three seasons
With its second season set to get underway next month, actor Neil Patrick Harris has revealed to Deadline that the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is to end next year. The news won’t be too surprising: the first season covered the first four instalments in the Daniel Handler-penned 13 book […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle set to become Dwayne Johnson’s biggest ever domestic hit
Although it came in for a lot of flak when the project was first announced, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has proven to be a firm favourite both with critics and audiences alike. This past weekend it topped the U.S. box office, becoming the first December release to hit #1 in February since James Cameron’s […]
Toby Kebbell to play Everton legend Dixie Dean in feature film biopic
Variety is reporting that Toby Kebbell is set to take on the role of legendary Everton and England footballer William Ralph ‘Dixie’ Dean in a biopic which is set to begin filming later this year. According tot he site, the movie will focus on his career – which included 349 goals in 399 games for […]
