With Deadpool 2 set to introduce new characters such as Cable (Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz), you’d be forgiven for assuming that Deadpool’s X-Men buddies Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead might be set to take a back seat in the sequel as they make way for the members of X-Force.However, speaking to THR, Colossus […]
Forget Avatar, We Need A New Terminator Film Now
Neil Calloway wants James Cameron to return to the franchise that made him sooner rather than later…While the news that James Cameron will return to The Terminator films is welcome, it really can’t come soon enough.Given that the last of the Avatar movies won’t be out until 2024, it would be 2025 at the earliest […]
The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession
Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]
Avatar 2 casts Sully family and Na’vi clans, James Cameron reveals shooting details for sequels
As James Cameron begins production on Avatar 2 and its sequels, the official Facebook page has announced the casting of several young actors in the series. They will portray children the children of Sam Worthington’s Jake Sully and Zoe Saldana’s Neytiri as well as children of the Metkayina Clan, led by Cliff Curtis. Only one of them […]
Blu-ray Review – Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D, 1991.Directed by James Cameron. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Joe Morton, and Robert Patrick.SYNOPSIS:Years after Sarah Connor was stalked by a Terminator, a machine sent from a future where an AI has subjugated humanity, she must now prevent another, more powerful Terminator from killing her son John, destined […]
The Genesis of the Excessively Long Action Scene
Tom Jolliffe on the genesis of the excessively long action scene…It has become almost the norm now. The majority of large-scale action blockbusters will have a hugely elaborate, and extremely long set piece in them. In fact some may have several. It used to be that maybe 5-10 minutes at the end of a film […]
A Serbian Film director helming new project Whereout
Coming Soon is reporting that Srdjan Spasojevic, director of the infamous A Serbian Film, is now in pre-production on his next project, a “bizarre, bloody neo-western” entitled Whereout.The film, which reunites Spasojevic with his A Serbian Film screenwriter Aleksandar Radivojevic, is said to be “a supernatural bare-knuckle oater about a man determined to face mighty powers to protect the woman he […]
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon set for new TV drama series
THR is reporting that Jennifer Aniston is set for a return to the small screen alongside Reese Witherspoon in a new as-yet-untitled drama series about the world of morning TV shows and the larger New York media scene they inhabit.The project is being spearheaded by Michael Ellenberg, former head of drama at HBO, and is […]
Thor: Ragnarok could be the shortest Marvel movie to date
A few days ago it was revealed that Avengers: Infinity War is shaping up to be the longest instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date with a “two hour plus” running time, and now comes word that Marvel is going in the opposite direction with Thor: Ragnarok.“The cut right now, I reckon it’s about […]
Bill Clinton and James Patterson meeting with Hollywood A-listers over rights to The President Is Missing
According to THR, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson are meeting with Hollywood heavyweights such as J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg and George Clooney with regards to an adaptation of their upcoming novel The President Is Missing.Plot details for the book, set for publication in June 2018, are being kept under wraps, but […]
