Toothless and Hiccup managed to stay circling high above the competition at the US box office this weekend, as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World fought off Tyler Perry’s latest Madea movie, A Madea Family Funeral, to take the top spot with an estimated $30 million. Universal’s trilogy capping adventure dipped -45% during […]
2019 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Beats
Beats, 2019. Directed by Brian Welsh. Starring Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser and Brian Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: It’s Scotland, 1994. Two young friends in West Lothian with a love for techno head for one last night together, before life sends them their separate ways. For all its horrific, stillborn visage and unforgiving portrait of drug culture, Trainspotting […]
Warner Bros. acquires Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson sci-fi thriller Reminiscence
After gaining The Greatest Showman‘s Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson last month, Lisa Joy’s (Westworld) directorial debut Reminiscence has now found a studio, with Deadline revealing that Warner Bros. will distribute the sci-fi action thriller worldwide after a bidding war among several studios. Reminiscence will see Jackman as Nicolas Bannister, “a rugged and solitary veteran living in a […]
Disney reportedly retooling Pinocchio after losing director
Back in January it was announced that Paddington helmer Paul King has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s planned Pinocchio movie, leaving the fate of the live-action adaptation uncertain. Well, if a new report from The DisInsider is to be believed, the House of Mouse has decided to retool the project, bringing in Jack Thorne […]
Jessica Chastain says It: Chapter Two scene has “the most blood that’s ever been in a horror film”
This September, director Andy Muschietti takes us back to Derry for a final showdown between the now-adult Losers’ Club and the evil entity It in the follow-up to the smash hit 2017 Stephen King adaptation. And, according to Jessica Chastain, we can expect things to get very bloody indeed in It: Chapter Two, with the […]
Ezra Miller offers update on The Flash movie, says it will “spark” whole new multiverse
Despite being part of the original DC Extended Universe announcement slate, The Flash movie has found itself lingering in development hell these past few years, passing through the hands of several directors – and storylines (i.e. Flashpoint) – before ending up the hands of Spider-Man: Homecoming screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. With Daley and […]
Finn Wolfhard and Carrie Coon in talks for Ghostbusters 3
After being announced back in January, we now have our first piece of casting news on the new Ghostbusters movie from director Jason Reitman, with THR revealing that Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Carrie Coon (Fargo) are in talks to join the film. According to the site, the sequel will focus on a single mom […]
Kevin Feige says Marvel’s Disney+ shows will be “entirely interwoven” with the MCU movies
While the Marvel mantra has always been “It’s All Connected”, it’s become increasingly clear over the years that there’s been a big divide between the feature film and TV side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in that Kevin Feige and company at Marvel Studios appear to have very little interest in what Marvel Television has […]
Matthew Lillard disappointed that he’s been replaced as Shaggy for new Scooby-Doo movie
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang are set to return to the big screen for the first time since 2004 next year with a brand new movie from Warner Animation Group, and THR has brought word of the first castings for the film. As reported by the site, legendary voice actor Frank Welker will reprise […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – The Public
The Public, 2018. Directed by Emilio Estevez. Starring Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Jeffrey Wright, Michael K. Williams, Che ‘Rhymefest’ Smith, and Jacob Vargas. SYNOPSIS: For his 6th feature behind the camera, Emilio Estevez explores homelessness on the coldest night of the year in Cincinnati, Ohio. Playing public […]
