Ahead of its premiere during tonight’s Super Bowl, director Jordan Peele (Get Out) has shared a brand new trailer for his hotly-anticipated horror film Us, which gives us a little more insight into this “new nightmare”. Check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fnbhWoWaVM Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, […]
Illumination Entertainment’s Super Mario Bros. movie is moving ahead
Back in February of this year it was announced that Nintendo was looking to get back into the movie business by teaming with Illumination Entertainment to develop an animated adaptation of the iconic video game series Super Mario Bros., and now comes word that the project is officially moving ahead. “I like that this was […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dominates at the Annie Awards, full list of winners here
It was a big night for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse at the 46th annual Annie Awards last night, with Sony’s acclaimed animated superhero adventure sweeping all seven of its categories including the coveted Best Animated Feature. Into the Spider-Verse is the first Sony animation to take the top prize at the Annies, and the studio […]
Upgrade director Leigh Whannell to script Escape from New York remake
Fresh from signing on to write and direct the Universal Monsters film The Invisible Man for Blumhouse Productions, Upgrade helmer Leigh Whannell has now added another high-profile remake to his upcoming slate. According to THR, Whannell is set to script 20th Century Fox’s planned Escape from New York remake, with the door open for him […]
Alfonso Cuaron wins the DGA Award for Roma, full list of winners revealed
Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar hopes received a major boost last night with the Director’s Guild of America honouring the filmmaker with the DGA Award for Best Feature Film for his acclaimed Netflix drama Roma. The DGA Award is seen as a major indicator for the Best Director Oscar, having only differed with the Academy Awards on […]
Alita: Battle Angel featurette takes us behind the scenes
20th Century Fox has released a new featurette for Alita: Battle Angel which takes us behind the scenes with WETA Digital and sees members of the cast and crew discussing how they brought the manga adaptation to life on the big screen; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Alita: Battle Angel here […]
Dev Patel is The Wedding Guest in trailer for Michael Winterbottom thriller
Ahead of its theatrical release next month, IFC Films has debuted a new trailer for director Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming thriller The Wedding Guest which stars Dev Patel as a man who travels to Pakistan to attend a wedding, with the intention of kidnapping the bride-to-be, played by Radhika Apte; watch it here… This propulsive, globetrotting […]
Idris Elba in talks for sci-fi thriller Deeper
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Luther star Idris Elba is in talks to lead the sci-fi thriller Deeper, which is set to be directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest, Adrift). Described as similar in tone to Gravity and The Martin, Deeper will see Elba playing a disgraced astronaut who finds himself confronted by a sinister force […]
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Review – The Farewell
The Farewell, 2019. Directed by Lulu Wang. Starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, Chen Han, Aoi Mizuhara, Chen Hanwei, and Li Xiang. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese family discover their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to […]
DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World tracking $45 million domestic opening weekend
Although it’s already playing in a number of international markets including the UK, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World doesn’t arrive in North America until the back end of the month, but when it does it looks set to enjoy a solid opening weekend. According to tracking figures from Deadline, the […]
