Logan, 2017. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and Richard E. Grant. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are […]
Could VOD Save Film by Killing Movies?
Samuel Brace on whether VOD could save film by killing movies… The mourning of film has been a long and arduous affair, a grieving process that has lasted quite some time. The death of film has been put down to a number of things; immature audiences, a disinterested populace, asinine competition outside of the medium, […]
Rumoured details on a Star Wars: The Last Jedi battle sequence
After offering some details on Kylo Ren’s updated costume and Benicio del Toro’s mystery character, the folks at Making Star Wars are back with more Star Wars: The Last Jedi news, this time offering up some details regarding a battle on a previously unseen world. According to the site, the Resistance has a base on […]
Gina Rodriguez wanted for Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss Bala remake
According to Deadline, Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is wanted for the lead role in a remake of the 2011 Mexican drama Miss Bala, which is set to be directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Red Riding Hood). The original film follows a young beauty pageant contestant who witnesses a drug-related murder and is kidnapped […]
Second Opinion – I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
I Am Not Your Negro, 2016. Directed by Raoul Peck. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Piecing together James Baldwin’s unfinished novel, Remember This House about race relations in America. Tells the story of his relationship with Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. “Trailers specifically chosen for this film” comes the voice-over […]
J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg teaming for Syrian refugee drama
Powerhouse producers J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg are teaming for a big screen adaptation of Melissa Fleming’s non-fiction book A Hope More Powerful Than the See: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival. The book details the harrowing survival story of Doaa Al Zamel, a Syrian woman fleeing Egypt for Sweden, who found […]
Second Opinion – I.T. (2016)
I.T., 2016. Directed by John Moore. Starring Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott, and Michael Nyqvist. SYNOPSIS: A wealthy tycoon finds his life has been taken over by an IT consultant. He, his family and his home are under attack from all the technology that they take for granted. It’s surprising that “from […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals he rejected cameo in Shane Black’s The Predator
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s upcoming slate has took a bit of a hammering this past week or so, what with Paramount letting his option on a Terminator Genisys sequel lapse, the plug being pulled on The Legend of Conan, and the action icon stating he won’t appear in The Expendables 4 unless Sylvester Stallone is on board. […]
How Deadpool Could Bridge the Gap Between the MCU and Fox’s X-Men Universe
Ben Robins on how Deadpool could bridge the gap between the MCU and Fox’s X-Men Universe… Forgive me if we’ve all already had this thought (and I’m fairly sure we all, at some stage, have) but, this whole ‘different universes’ world-building business is a bit of a ball-ache isn’t it? Most casual superhero fans seem […]
Joe Manganiello has written a Dungeons & Dragons movie
Warner Bros. has spent a number of years developing a Dungeons & Dragons reboot, with Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) attached to direct from a script by David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2). However, it seems that Joe Manganiello is also keen to take a stab as the role-playing fantasy, revealing to MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast that […]
