Having first been linked to the project back in 2017, Angelina Jolie is now set to move forward with her next directorial project Without Blood, with the Oscar-winner set to direct the film as part of a new deal with Fremantle. Jolie, whose previous directing credits include In the Land of Blood and Honey and […]
Netflix taps Lindsay Lohan for holiday rom-com movie
Lindsay Lohan is teaming with Netflix for an as-yet-untitled holiday romantic-comedy feature, Deadline has revealed. The Mean Girls star has only made a handful of feature film appearances in the past decade including 2013’s The Canyons and 2019’s Among the Shadows, and was recently seen in season two of the UK comedy series Sick Note […]
More Kenneth Branagh Agatha Christie adaptations incoming with third Poirot movie already written
Having been delayed for multiple reasons, Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie sequel Death on the Nile finally set sail to middling reviews (read our take here) and so-so box-office ($103M worldwide), but it appears it’s enough for 20th Century Studios money-men to confirm further mysteries for Hercule Poirot to solve on the big-screen. During an interview […]
Movie Review – A Writer’s Odyssey (2021)
A Writer’s Odyssey, 2021. Directed by Lu Yang. Starring Lei Jiaying, Yang Mi, Dong Zijian, Yu Hewei, and Jingfei. SYNOPSIS: The narrative unfolding in a fantasy novel series starts affecting reality in unusual ways. A Writer’s Odyssey is a mishmash of a multitude of films. Whilst for the most part functioning as an effective throwback […]
The Batman tracks down $128.5 million domestic opening weekend, $240 million total worldwide
Matt Reeves’ The Batman has capitalised on the great reviews (read our ★★★★ critique here), stellar word-of-mouth, and moviegoers reinvigorated appetite for big screen fare, by tracking down $128.5M at the North American box office this weekend. According to Deadline the number could rise to $130M when the dust has settled on the return of […]
Robert Downey Jr. and Shane Black to Play Dirty for Amazon
Robert Downey Jr. is set to reunite with his Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black on Play Dirty, the first of what is planned to be a number film and TV projects centred on the character of Parker, a professional thief and the protagonist of Donald E. Westlake’s book series. […]
Trailer for SXSW horror-comedy Sissy
Ahead of its premiere at SXSW later this month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for Sissy, the upcoming horror-comedy from writer-directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes which follows Cecilia (Aisha Dee), a successful social media influencer as she finds herself stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully during a bachelorette […]
2022 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Worst Person in The World
The Worst Person in the World, 2021. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Marianne Krogh, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem, Anna Dworak, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Lasse Gretland, Karen Røise Kielland, Karla Nitteberg Aspelin, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Savannah Marie Schei, Eia Skjønsberg, and […]
20th Century Studios president promises Avatar 2 is coming this year and will “blow people away”
While dishing to The Hollywood Reporter about the future of 20th Century and all its upcoming projects, 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell made sure to give special attention to James Cameron’s Avatar 2. From its release date to how it will feel, the 20th Century Studios president offered up some solid information about the […]
I Am Legend sequel in the works with Michael B. Jordan and a returning Will Smith
The dream team of Michael B. Jordan and Will Smith just got their first big project together as the pair will produce and star in an upcoming sequel to 2007’s I Am Legend. Deadline reports Warner Bros is in early development on the film, with Smith and Jordan boarding the project alongside original writer Akiva […]