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Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits is heading to the small screen courtesy of Apple

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Terry Gilliam’s cult favourite fantasy film Time Bandits is heading to the small screen, with Apple closing a deal for a TV series adaptation from Anonymous Content, Paramount Television and Media Rights Capital. Released in 1981, Time Bandits follows an eleven-year-old boy called Kevin who finds himself whisked away from his bedroom by a band […]

Disney developing live-action fairy tale movie Sade about an African Princess

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Deadline is reporting that Disney has snapped up a pitch for Sade, a live-action fairy tale feature from writers Ola Shokunbi and Lindsey Reed Palmer, which tells the story of an African princess. According to the site, Sade follows “a young African girl named Sadé who, when her kingdom is threatened by a mysterious evil […]

Disney’s Christopher Robin gets new character posters and behind-the-scenes footage

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Following three new clips and a featurette, a batch of character posters have arrived online for Disney’s Christopher Robin ahead of its release next week featuring Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger; check them out here, along with some behind-the-scenes footage from the movie… SEE ALSO: Disney’s Christopher Robin gets a new extended sneak peek trailer […]

Bryce Dallas Howard joins Rocketman as Elton John’s mother

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom star Bryce Dallas Howard has become the latest addition to the cast of the Elton John biopic Rocketman, where she will play the music icon’s mother. The film is being directed by Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) and will detail John’s life from his emergence as a prodigy at the Royal […]

Alicia Silverstone to star in marriage counselling comedy Judy Small

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Alicia Silverstone has been cast alongside Michaela Watkins (Wanderlust) and Rob Corddry (Ballers) in the upcoming comedy Judy Small, which is based upon the novel of the same name by Nancy Doyne. The film will see Silverstone playing Susan Howard, who along with her husband Bob (Corddry) pay a visit to the marriage counsellor Judy […]

Natalie Portman in talks to direct and star in Dear Abby / Ann Landers rivalry movie

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Collider is reporting that Natalie Portman looks set to follow up her feature directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness by getting back behind – and in front of – the camera for a biopic on Esther and Pauline Friedman, the identical twin sisters behind the Dear Abby and Ann Landers advice columns. The […]

Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five adds Felicity Huffman, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo

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Earlier this month it was announced that Michael K. Williams (The Wire), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring) and John Leguizamo (John Wick) have been cast in Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) new limited series Central Park Five, and now we have word that Felicity Huffman (American Crime), Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight) and Jovan Adepo (Fences) […]

Movie Review – Extinction (2018)

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Extinction, 2018. Directed by Ben Young. Starring Michael Peña, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Colter, Amelia Crouch and Erica Tremblay. SYNOPSIS: A father has a recurring dream of losing his family. His nightmare turns into reality when the planet is invaded by a force bent on destruction. Fighting for their lives, he comes to realise an unknown strength to keep […]

Arrow announces UK release details for Gaspar Noe’s Climax

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Arrow Films has announced that Climax, the new film from controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noe (I Stand Alone, Irreversible, Enter the Void, Love), will receive its UK premiere as the closing night of this year’s Arrow Home Video FrightFest on August 27th, followed by a nationwide theatrical release from September 21st. Climax follows a dance troupe who celebrate a […]