Freda Cooper with five great female movie partnerships… After last week’s classic pairing of Laurel and Hardy (aka Steve Coogan and John C Reilly) in Stan & Ollie comes one of the most exciting on-screen double acts for some time. The prospect of Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I and Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen Of […]
Just Dance video game to receive a big screen adaptation
Sony’s Screen Gems has won a hotly-contested bidding war for the feature film rights to Just Dance, the hugely-successful rhythm game series from Ubisoft, and is working on a feature film adaptation. The Just Dance franchise launched in 2009 and has spawned a host of sequels and spinoffs over the past decade, becoming the bestselling […]
Trailer for spy thriller Red Joan starring Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson
Lionsgate has released a new poster and trailer for the biographical thriller Red Joan. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the film stars both Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson as Joan Stanley, a character inspired by Melita Norwood who was revealed to be the KGB’s longest-serving British spy in 1999; take a look here… The year is […]
Will Smith shares Bad Boys for Life camera test as DJ Khaled joins the cast
With filming now underway on Sony’s long-gestating action comedy threequel Bad Boys for Life, Will Smith has taken to social media to share a camera test video featuring his character Detective Mike Lowrey. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Does the world really need Bad Boys For Life? https://www.instagram.com/p/BsbAMfshoOV/?utm_source=ig_embed Meanwhile, Variety is reporting that […]
Serial killer thriller Beneath the Leaves gets a trailer
Ahead of its theatrical and VOD release next month, a trailer has arrived online for the upcoming thriller Beneath the Leaves. Written and directed by Adam Marino, the film stars Doug Jones, Mira Sorvino, Paul Sorvino, Kristoffer Polaha, Lydia Hearst, Christopher Masterson, and Christopher Backus; watch it here… Among countless others, four small-town boys are […]
The Sopranos prequel movie casts Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll and Billy Magnussen
New Line Cinema is filling out the cast of The Many Saints of Newark, with Jon Bernthal (The Punisher) Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring), Corey Stoll (The Strain) and Billy Magnussen (Game Night) joining the 1960s-set The Sopranos prequel movie alongside the previously announced Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience). Details on the new additions’ characters are being kept […]
Weta Workshop’s Alita: Battle Angel Mini Epic vinyl figures revealed
Weta Workshop has revealed its Mini Epics vinyl figures for the upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, which includes includes Rosa Salazar’s titular cyborg assassin along with Christoph Waltz’s Dr. Ido and Ed Skein’s Zapan; take a look here… SEE ALSO: James Cameron introduces new Alita: Battle Angel international trailer Visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) […]
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story casts its Maria, Anita, Bernardo and Chino
Deadline is reporting that Steven Spielberg has cast newcomer Rachel Zegler as Maria, the female-lead in his upcoming West Side Story adaptation, while stage actors Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez and Josh Andres Rivera will play fellow Sharks Anita, Bernardo and Chino. Spielberg and his team reportedly auditioned more than 30,000 people from around the world […]
The Russos remind us that it’s 100 days to Avengers: Endgame
Today was a pretty big day for Marvel fans, what with the trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home delivering our very first glimpse at Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, today is also notable for being exactly 100 days out from the climax of Phase Three – a fact that the Russo brothers […]
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum teaser released, full trailer this Thursday
Following on from today’s first poster, Lionsgate has now released a teaser for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum which give us our first peek at footage from the action threequel as well as revealing that the first full trailer is set to land this Thursday; watch the teaser here… John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the […]
