The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the 32nd annual European Film Awards, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy, Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory and Marco Bellochhio’s The Traitor all securing four nominations apiece, including Best European Film alongside Nora Fingscheldt’s System Crasher and Ladj Ly’s Les […]
Acclaimed animated feature Away gets a trailer ahead of U.S. release
Subliminal Films has announced the upcoming U.S. release of Away, the feature debut of Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, who spent over four years single-handedly animated, scoring, editing and producing a film described by The Hollywood Reporter as “somewhere between Hayao Miyazaki and Terrence Malick”. The film, told entirely without dialogue, follows a young boy who […]
Shazam! director to adapt horror comic The Unsound for Netflix
After injecting some comedy into the superhero genre with this year’s Shazam!, Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg is heading back to the horror genre with an adaptation of the comic book series The Unsound, and Deadline is reporting that streaming service Netflix has landed the rights to the package after a […]
Sandra Bullock reteaming with Netflix for Unforgiven
After the success of Bird Box, which garnered over 80 million account views in its first month, Sandra Bullock is set to reunite with Netflix for a feature film adaptation of the 2009 British TV miniseries Unforgiven, with the actress set to star, as well as producing with Graham King (The Departed, Bohemian Rhapsody). Scripted […]
Marvel’s Loki series will tie in to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
During Marvel’s Phase Four announcement at the San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the upcoming WandaVision TV series will serve as a lead-in to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and it seems that the Elizabeth Olsen series won’t be the only required Disney+ viewing alongside the Doctor Strange sequel. In an interview […]
Dan Aykroyd confirms original stars for Ghostbusters 2020, including Bill Murray
Thee likes of Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts have all confirmed their return for next year’s Ghostbusters sequel from director Jason Reitman, and now it seems we can officially add Bill Murray to the reunion. Appearing on The Greg Hill Show, Aykroyd discussed the new movie – which is going by […]
Leia was originally going to be ‘The Last Jedi’ in Star Wars: Episode IX
As we’ve heard previously, Disney and Lucasfilm’s plan for the Original Trilogy heroes of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa was for each to come to the forefront in a different chapter of the Sequel Trilogy – Harrison Ford’s Han in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill’s Luke in Star Wars: The Last […]
Rumour: Ice Cube to join Vin Diesel in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
With production underway on xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, MovieHole is reporting that Vin Diesel will be joined in the cast by Ice Cube, who is said to be reprising the role of Darius Stone from xXx: State of the Union. Ice Cube took over as the lead for the 2005 sequel, which bombed […]
Karl Urban wants to bring Dredd to Netflix or Amazon
While 2012’s Dredd movie firmly established itself as a favourite among fans of the Mega-City One lawman (and with good reason, as it was excellent), the poor box office performance of the film meant that plans for a sequel were left in tatters. Over the past couple of years, the Bring Back Dredd campaign has been lobbying […]
Dredd sequel petition shifts gears, now calling for TV series
For the past few years, fans have been campaigning for a sequel to Dredd, the 2012 big screen reboot of the iconic 2000AD character Judge Dredd, which has earned the support of close to 140,000 signatures, not to mention the film’s stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby. Well, with a movie sequel looking no closer to a […]
