This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given her career trajectory following the release of the 2004 movie, but Lindsay Lohan has revealed that she’s “trying so hard” to get a Mean Girls sequel off the ground and has even penned a treatment. “I have been trying so hard to do a […]
Jason Mewes making his directorial debut with Madness in the Method
Long time Kevin Smith collaborator Jason Mewes is stepping behind the camera to make his directorial debut with the serial killer thriller Madness in the Method. Mewes also takes on the lead role as a fictional version of himself, starring alonsgide a cast that includes Smith, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo, Teri Hatcher, Judd Nelson, Dean Cain, […]
Hollywood: If You Can’t Build It, Don’t Bother
Samuel Brace on practical effects and CGI… Fantasy is better when fantasy looks real. For the most part, cinema is our escape, a door of which to travel through, a portal to somewhere that isn’t here. To suspend our disbelief is part and parcel of going to the movies, and the best of these movies […]
Dwayne Johnson expresses his love for Black Adam
Shazam! hasn’t actually started production yet, but Dwayne “The Rock” is certainly excited to play the antihero/villain Black Adam, as per a recent Q&A on his YouTube channel. Johnson was asked why he sought the role, replying “I love the role of Black Adam. I love that he starts off as a slave, that he felt […]
Bryan Cranston will play a Malcolm in the Middle-era version of himself in James Franco’s The Masterpiece
While Bryan Cranston and James Franco can currently be seen starring alongside one another in Why Him?, a John Hamburg-directed comedy that has been largely panned by critics, the film is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to collaborations between the two actors. It’s been known for quite some time that Cranston, along […]
Ben Mendelsohn says there’s an “enormously different” version of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Given the amount of footage we saw during the marketing campaign which was absent from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it seems pretty clear that the much-publicised reshoots played a huge role in shaping the final cut of the blockbuster Anthology movie. So it will come as little surprise to hear that star Ben Mendelsohn […]
Movie Review – Fences (2016)
Fences. 2016 Directed by Denzel Washington Starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, and Mykelti Williamson. SYNOPSIS: An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life. Filmmaker Spike Lee once […]
Disney reportedly negotiating with Carrie Fisher’s estate over her “continued appearance” in the Star Wars franchise
Last week, it was reported that Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy and Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow would be meeting to discuss how to handle the character of Princess Leia in the saga, following the untimely passing of Carrie Fisher in December. The report claimed that the options on the table were to overhaul the […]
R.I.P. Carrie Fisher (1956 – 2016)
Some very sad news for you this evening, as it has been announced that the beloved actress Carrie Fisher has passed away aged 60, after suffering a heart attack on board a flight from London to Los Angeles this past Friday. She was 60 years old. “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie […]
Director J.A. Bayona says the Jurassic World sequel will be “way bigger”
With production on the sequel to Jurassic World set to get underway this February, director J.A. Bayona has been chatting to The Playlist about the scale of the fifth instalment of the dinosaur franchise – describing it as “way bigger” than the 2015 blockbuster – as well as touching upon what he plans to bring to […]
