Next month, director Luc Besson makes his return to the sci-fi genre with the release of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a $180 million-budgeted blockbuster said to be the most expensive European production ever. On paper, that sounds like a huge gamble for Besson and EuropaCorp, with rumours even suggesting that the […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales hits $650 million worldwide
The fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is showing some steady sea legs at the box office, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales having pushed its worldwide haul to $650 million this past weekend. The film, directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg and released in the UK […]
Movie Review – The Bad Batch (2017)
The Bad Batch, 2017. Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour Starring Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Giovanni Ribisi, Jayda Fink, Cory Roberts, Yolanda Ross, and Diego Luna SYNOPSIS: A dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland and set in a community of cannibals. Before even getting into how artistically weird yet […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming director comments on the web-slinger’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Not too long ago Sony’s Amy Pascal made an offhand comment regarding how Spider-Man may never have a solo feature in the MCU again after a sequel summer’s hotly anticipated Spider-Man: Homecoming. She specifically stated, “it may never happen again”. Tom Holland made his debut as the popular superhero in 2016’s box office juggernaut Captain […]
Wonder Woman crosses $500 million, Spider-Man spin-offs in MCU, Duke Nukem movie update and more – Weekend News Roundup
SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow-up (where it only fell 45%), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the US box office this weekend by Cars 3. However it wasn’t all bad news. The movie earned another $40 million and its worldwide total is now $571 million. It’s […]
Herbert West: Re-Animator set as web-series, TV series and feature film
Italian indie filmmaker Ivan Zuccon has been speaking to Coming Soon about his upcoming project Herbert West: Re-Animator, a new take on the H.P. Lovecraft story which is set to be presented as a web-series, TV series and finally a feature film. Here’s the teaser poster, followed by Zuccon’s comments below… “Herbert West: Re-Animator is […]
Sam Taylor-Johnson discusses on set conflicts with E.L. James on Fifty Shades of Grey
It may have been a huge hit at the box office, but director Sam Taylor-Johnson has revealed to The Sunday Times that she regrets taking on Fifty Shades of Grey, mainly due to her on-set conflicts with author E.L. James. “With the benefit of hindsight would I go through it again? Of course I wouldn’t. […]
Movie Review – My Cousin Rachel (2017)
My Cousin Rachel, 2017. Directed by Roger Michell. Starring Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen, Holliday Grainger, and Tim Barlow. SYNOPSIS: A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms. Reimagining […]
Colin Trevorrow talks Jurassic World sequel and Jeff Goldblum’s return as Ian Malcolm
Speaking to the Happy Sad Confused podcast to coincide with the release of his new film The Book of Henry, Jurassic World 2 producer and screenwriter Colin Trevorrow has been chatting about Jeff Goldblum’s return to the Jurassic Park franchise as Dr. Ian Malcolm, and how he went about writing the character and his dialogue […]
Will Ferrell reveals that Anchorman was original a wilderness survival tale, with killer orangutans
During an interview with The Ringer, Will Ferrell has been talking about the original plans for the 2004 cult comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and it seems we could have got something very different indeed. “The first version of Anchorman is basically the movie Alive, where the year is 1976, and we are […]