Forecasts are predicting that the revenue from streaming services Netflix and Amazon will top the U.K. box office by 2020. PricewaterhouseCoopers consulting firm is forecasting that Netflix and Amazon will be the biggest money makers on the U.K. movie scene in the next four years. The firm predicts that the U.K.’s revenue from streaming services […]
Netflix has fallen short of subscriber expectations
The streaming mega service Netflix has fallen short of its subscriber expectations for the first three months of 2017. While the company just keeps on going from strength to strength in terms of its original content, already releasing 13 Reasons Why and Santa Clarita Diet this year (and with a host of top returning shows […]
Five studios reportedly vying for Bond 25 distribution rights
Given the popularity of the franchise and the box office success of recent instalments, it will come as no surprise to hear that there’s an intense amount of interest in Hollywood with regards to the distribution rights for the James Bond series, following the conclusion of Sony’s four-picture deal with the release of Spectre in […]
Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines adds more to the cast
The cast of the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines is starting to fill out after additional recruits come onboard. When Guillermo del Toro dropped out of directing The Hobbit in what feels like forever ago, the status of Mortal Engines seemed dubious as Peter Jackson had to take up The Hobbit reins, putting the sci-fi adaptation […]
Netflix picks up revenge thriller Apostle from The Raid director
Netflix has managed to acquire the rights to the Gareth Evans revenge thriller Apostle. Evans, who is the writer and director of the film, and is mostly known for his work on the The Raid movies, is set to start filming on his new project, Apostle, this April. According to Deadline, the movie, which follows a man […]
Yoda and Boba Fett Star Wars spinoffs still in development at Lucasfilm
Following on from reports of an Obi-Wan Kenobi prequel in development at Disney and Lucasfilm, it is now being reported by THR that the previously rumoured Boba Fett film is still under consideration, alongside a Yoda prequel spin-off. Of course, while this nothing but rumour for now, it is interesting that Lucasfilm wishes to continue its […]
The first Iron Man movie almost had a different main villain
There was almost a different main villain for the first Iron Man movie. The first venture for Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man back in 2008 seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened since in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the character himself becoming a household name. But Tony Stark very nearly had […]
Shrek 5 will reinvent the franchise
Following Universal’s purchase of DreamWorks Animation, the studio announced that it would be revisiting the Shrek franchise for a fifth instalment in the series, and now during an interview for his new film The Boss Baby, screenwriter Michael McCullers has given a brief update, describing it as “a reinvention”. “Shrek 5 is being developed,” McCullers […]
Daniel Craig “just about persuaded” to do Bond 25, Tom Hiddleston “too smug and not tough enough” for 007
The million-dollar question of whether Daniel Craig will or won’t return as James Bond for the 25th entry in the long-running spy franchise continues to roll on, with Page Six reporting that producer Barbara Broccoli has “just about persuaded Daniel Craig to do one more Bond movie.” This comes after Daniel Craig reportedly turned down a […]
Hooked on a Feeling: Remembering Guardians of the Galaxy
With the sequel on release now [read our review here], Sean Wilson casts his mind back to summer 2014 when the original Marvel adventure became the true underdog champ of blockbuster movies… A kindly tree-like creature named Groot illuminates a series of spores, imbuing his superhero misfit buddies with a profound sense of wonderment. Tyler […]
