If you hadn’t noticed, we are venturing into yet another Oscar season, as evident by the National Board of Review having handed out some awards. Some of the winners are no-brainers, but there are also a fair share of surprises in the mix. Best Film: Mad Max: Fury Road Best Director: Ridley Scott – The […]
Latest Star Wars: The Force Awakens box office tracking suggests $3.5 billion worldwide haul
We all know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to be one of the biggest box office successes of all time, but if the latest box office tracking is anything to go by, it’s not going to have any problem toppling James Cameron’s Avatar to become the biggest film in history. According to analyst […]
Predator 4 script is complete
Back in June of 2014, it was announced that Iron Man 3 director Shane Black was working on a sequel to Predator (a movie he actually appeared as the character of Hawkins), and now the project has taken a step closer to becoming a reality with screenwriter Fred Dekker (The Monster Squad) confirming that the screenplay has […]
Rambo set for TV treatment with Rambo: New Blood
After the critical and box-office success his latest film Creed, which took an estimated $42 million over the Thanksgiving long weekend, it looks like Sylvester Stallone’s career has been re-energised. So much so in fact that Deadline is reporting that a new Rambo television series entitled Rambo: New Blood is in the works over at 20th Century Fox. […]
Grime artist Stormzy joins cast of Noel Clarke’s Brotherhood
Award-winning grime artist Stormzy has joined the cast of Noel Clarke’s Brotherhood, where he’ll portray the character of Yardz in his first feature film role. Brotherhood concludes the story of the previous two films Kidulthood and Adulthood, and is currently shooting in and around West London, with Clarke writing and directing, as well as reprising […]
Adam McKay shares his Anchorman 3 ideas
Currently on the promotional tour for his new film The Big Short, writer/director Adam McKay has been speaking to Yahoo about the current status of Anchorman 3. While the idea of a third film was shot down when the long-awaited sequel was released in 2013, it hasn’t stopped McKay and star Will Ferrell kicking around some ideas […]
George Lucas explains why Greedo shoots first in Star Wars
It’s a question that fans have been asking ever since the Special Edition release of Star Wars in 1997: why oh why did George Lucas decide to have Greedo shooting first during the bounty hunter’s confrontation with Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina? Well, speaking to the Washington Post, Lucas has explained that he felt […]
UPDATE: Paramount confirms Jennifer Lawrence/Darren Aronofsky film
Back in October it was reported that Jennifer Lawrence was in talks to star in Darren Aronofsky’s as-yet-untitled new film, and now Paramount Pictures has confirmed that a deal is in place. Details on the project are being kept under wraps, but Deadline has revealed that the film will centre on a couple whose relationship […]
Blu-ray Review – Cannonball Run II (1984)
Cannonball Run II, 1984. Directed by Hal Needham. Starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Jamie Farr, Telly Savalas, Ricardo Montalban, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Kiel, Sid Caesar, Jackie Chan, Tony Danza, Henry Silva, Alex Rocco, Abe Vigoda, Michael V. Gazzo. SYNOPSIS: The majority of the drivers from the first film […]
John Boyega promises Star Wars: Episode VIII will be much darker
Speaking to the UK edition of Vogue magazine, John Boyega briefly touched upon the script for Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII, agreeing with co-star Daisy Ridley that “It’s great”, while also adding that it’s “Much darker, but we’re very excited.” He also mentions that Finn will have a lot more action, saying “My part […]
