Neil Calloway on why the second films in Star Wars trilogies are the best… Unless you’ve been hiding out on Dagobah or in the Outer Rim Territories, you’ll be aware that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is released this week. It’s a Star Wars movie, so has a lot to live up to, but it’s […]
Frank Oz on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson’s genius, and Yoda’s “backwards talking”
Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… Frank Oz has spoken about Yoda’s surprise appearance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and how he would once get bored of the character’s style of speech. Yoda is of course one of the most beloved Star Wars characters there is, stemming back from his first […]
Artemis Fowl movie gets a full cast
It has been in development for years, but the adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s fantasy series Artemis Fowl has finally just got some serious movement. Director Kenneth Branagh has assembled a full cast for the film that includes some familiar faces from his past works, along with a newcomer to play the title role of the intelligent 12 […]
28 Weeks Later director in talks with Disney for live-action The Sword in the Stone remake
It seems that the box office disappointment of Warner Bros.’ King Arthur: Legend of the Sword hasn’t put Disney off its plans for its own Arthurian tales, with THR reporting that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is in talks to direct a live-action adaptation of the 1963 animated film The Sword in the Stone. The project is […]
Sony’s Men in Black spinoff gets a new release date
After toying with the idea of a Jump Street crossover, Sony Pictures announced back in October of last year that it has decided instead to reboot the Men in Black franchise with a new spinoff film from screenwriters Matt Holloway and Art Marcus (Iron Man, Transformers: The Last Knight). The as-yet-untitled film was given a May 17th […]
Tim Burton says “there’s nothing concrete yet” on Beetlejuice 2
For the past couple of years, there’s been a rumour every few months claiming that the long-gestating sequel to Beetlejuice is about to move ahead. The last one came in March of this year and was quickly debunked, and now Tim Burton has revealed to Collider that while he’s keen on the movie, there are […]
Michael Keaton thinks the “ship may have sailed” on Beetlejuice 2
For a while in 2014, it seemed that the stars were aligning for Beetlejuice 2, with director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder seemingly on board for a follow-up to the 1988 fantasy comedy. However, back in May of this year, Burton stated that “there’s nothing concrete yet”, and now Michael Keaton has […]
Roland Emmerich on Will Smith’s absence from Independence Day: Resurgence
Despite the fact that Independence Day: Resurgence is bringing back several cast members from the original movie, there is one name absent from the roster of the 1996 blockbuster, with Will Smith opting against a return to the franchise. Speaking to Comic Book, director Roland Emmerich has revealed that Smith was originally set to return, […]
Steven Spielberg says Guardians of the Galaxy is his favourite comic book movie
He has been branded as one of the greatest directors of our generation, and now Steven Spielberg has been weighing in his thoughts on the comic book boom that has taken over Hollywood. Speaking at Cannes, where his latest film The BFG is screening, Spielberg was asked about ‘superhero movies’ and he unveiled which one is […]
Why The VHS Tape Changed Films
This week, Neil Calloway remembers the humble VHS tape with fondness… With VCRs no longer being produced, the death knell of videotapes has finally come. In reality, its heyday only lasted at most twenty years – from the 1980s to the year 2000, overtaken by DVDs, hard disc recorders, Blu-rays and now streaming services. VHS […]
