Deadline is reporting that Jamie Bell is teaming with writer-director Julian Simpson (Doctor Who) to develop a small screen reboot of the 2008 film Jumper, which was itself based upon Steven Gould’s novel. The series is being produced by Studio Canal, New Regency and Lionsgate and follows a teenager with teleportation abilities who suddenly finds […]
James Cameron says he’s in “full-tilt production” on the Avatar sequels
Some eight years after the release of Avatar, which took the global box office by storm on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, James Cameron has now revealed to EW that he’s in “full-tilt production” on the four sequels to the sci-fi blockbuster. “Oh, we’re in production,” states Cameron. “We’re in […]
A newbie’s guide to Terminator 2: Judgment Day
As the James Cameron classic returns in 3D this week, Freda Cooper has a guide for the uninitiated….. Every film fan has a gap in their knowledge: it’s nigh-on impossible to see everything, no matter how hard you try. So, ladies and gentlemen, I present a recently filled chasm in my film-going history. Terminator 2: Judgment […]
Movie Review – Patti Cake$ (2017)
Patti Cake$, 2017. Directed by Geremy Jasper. Starring Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddarth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, and Cathy Moriarty. SYNOPSIS: She’s Patricia Dombrowski, aka Killa P, aka Patti Cake$. She’s an aspiring rapper -and she’s desperate to escape her life in shabby New Jersey. There’s a lingering sense of déjà vu hanging over cinemas. Last […]
Exclusive Interview with Patti Cake$ director Geremy Jasper and Bridget Everett
After captivating audiences at Sundance and Cannes, Patti Cake$ arrives like a gale of fresh air this week in British cinemas. The story of New Jersey teenager, Patricia, who dreams of escaping the pressures of her life by becoming a rapper, the film marks a number of firsts. First feature for writer/director Geremy Jasper, a […]
Horror Channel FrightFest Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Jung Byung-gil. Starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Seo-hyung. SYNOPSIS: Trained killer Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin) is the architect of an unforgettable opening sequence, breathtakingly shot from a first person point-of-view, as she breaks into a warehouse and lays waste to the multitude of thugs contained within. When the pregnant young woman […]
Ben Whishaw joins Hugh Grant in A Very English Scandal
Deadline has revealed that Ben Whishaw has signed on to star alongside Hugh Grant in the upcoming three-part BBC One drama series A Very English Scandal, which is being directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Russell T Davies. The drama begins in the 1960s, when homosexuality had only just been decriminalized in the […]
Tony Gilroy reworking Methuselah for Warner Bros.
Deadline is reporting that Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy) is in talks with Warner Bros. to write and potentially direct the studio’s long-gestating thriller Methuselah, which is being produced by David Heyman (Harry Potter). The project was originally set up by James Watkins and recently had Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell […]
HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 adds three more to its cast
Deadline has revealed that Martin Donovan (Ant-Man), Andy McQueen (The Girlfriend Experience) and Grace Lynn Kung (Miss Sloane) have joined the cast of HBO Films’ adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451. The film is directed by 99 Homes‘ Ramin Bahrani, and also stars Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Michael Shannon (Man of Steel), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), […]
Death Note actor Lakeith Stanfield wants to play the Joker in origin movie
Ever since it was revealed that Warner Bros. is planning an origin movie built around Batman’s archenemy, the Joker, speculation has been rampant about which actor will fill the character’s clown shoes. The film will be under an entirely new DC banner, one that exists outside of the DC Extended Universe, meaning that Suicide Squad’s […]
