According to The Tracking Board, Universal Pictures is looking to adapt the 90s book series Animorphs by K. A. Applegate, with the studio currently seeking a writer for the project. Published by Scholastic and launching in 1996, Animorphs revolves around five teens who are granted the ability to transform into any animal they touch and […]
Listen to Radiohead’s unused Spectre theme
Radiohead front man Thom Yorke has given fans of the band a little Christmas present in the form of their rejected theme for this year’s 24th Bond outing Spectre. “Last year we were asked to write a theme tune for the Bond movie Spectre,” states Yorke. “Yes we were. It didn’t work out, but […]
Spectre makes it three in a row at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th November to Sunday 15th November 2015… Spectre has made it three weeks in a row atop the UK box office, with 007’s 24th outing pulling in £7.83 million over the Friday to Sunday period to push its total haul to £77.6 million. […]
Spectre becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 6th November to Sunday 8th November 2015… Spectre has wasted little time in overtaking Jurassic World to become the highest-grossing movie of the year at the UK box office, with 007’s 24th adventure posting a second weekend haul of £13.15 million to push […]
Spectre shatters box office records with $80.4 million from six markets, including biggest ever UK debut
James Bond’s 24th official adventure has been shattering box office records in its first week of release, with Spectre pulling in $80.4 million from six markets, including a historic performance in the UK. Released here on Monday, Spectre has amassed £41.7 million ($63.8 million) in its first seven days of release, eclipsing the previous seven-day opening record […]
Sundance Film Festival: London sets 2016 dates
The Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas have announced that they will host Sundance Film Festival: London from 10th to 12th June 2016 at the recently launched Picturehouse Central, and will feature the international and UK premieres of films from the 2016 edition of the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA. “Building on […]
Straight Outta Compton gets surprise cast nomination at SAG Awards as Oscar favourites dominate
NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton was a surprise inclusion at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, achieving a nomination for its cast in a field otherwise dominated by awards season favourites such as Spotlight, Room and Trumbo. SEE ALSO: Spotlight championed as Best Picture by Boston and Los Angeles Film Critics Netflix-distributed drama Beasts of No […]
Jamie Foxx in negotiations to join Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver
Deadline is exclusively reporting that Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) is in talks to join the cast of Edgar Wright’s new film Baby Driver. Foxx is set to play a crime boss, who “coerces a young, talented getaway driver to work for him”. Ansel Elgort (The Fault In Our Stars) and Lily James (Cinderella) have already […]
Michael Fassbender in talks for Jo Nesbo adaptation The Snowman
According to Variety, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is in talks to star in The Snowman, an adaptation of author Jo Nesbo’s bestselling crime novel, which is set to be directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). The seventh entry in Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, the plot sees the Norwegian detective investigating […]
Matt Damon gives an update on Bourne 5
As production continues on the fifth instalment of the Bourne franchise, Matt Damon has been giving Variety an update on the sequel, which will reunite him with The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass. “We’re, like, probably about halfway through,” states Damon. “We started in September but they’re going dark for most […]
