Get your salt at the ready, because it’s time to take this bit of news with a pinch of it. According to websites Enstarz and Crossmap, Michael Bay is stepping down from the director’s chair of Transformers 5 and will be replaced with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles director Jonathan Liebesman. The sites claim “sources” have told […]
Chiwetel Ejiofor addresses the rumours of a role in Doctor Strange
Since the announcement of Oscar nominated Benedict Cumberbatch taking on the role of Stephen Strange in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, we’ve not heard much else about the Scott Derrickson directed Phase Three movie. There was a rumour last month that Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) was set to play a role in the movie, noted by […]
Madame Tussauds announces new Star Wars experience
Madame Tussauds is set to bring a galaxy far, far away to London, with the with a new multi-million pound Star Wars exhibition set to open this May, which will feature sixteen characters from the saga across 11 recreated scenes… Taking us on a journey through Episodes I to VI, the exhibition will include the […]
Infographic: Which Super Bowl spot had the most social buzz?
The Super Bowl provided plenty of goodies for movie fans as Hollywood rolled out its customary TV spots, providing a glimpse at some of the biggest movies of the year courtesy of $4.5 million advertisements for the likes of Fifty Shades of Grey, Furious 7, Jurassic World, Pitch Perfect 2, Ted 2, Terminator: Genisys, Tomorrowland, […]
Felicity Jones to star in Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie, Edgar Ramirez and Aaron Paul also in contention
Over the weekend it was rumoured that Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) was in talks for Gareth Edwards’ (Godzilla) standalone Star Wars movie, and now THR is reporting that Disney and Lucasfilm have found their female lead for the 2016 release. According to the site, Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) is in advanced talks for […]
Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Chris McKay tease their research for LEGO Batman spinoff
Phil Lord and Chris Miller may not be returning to the LEGO Movie universe anytime soon (in a directorial capacity, at least), but are hard at work on producing several upcoming LEGO films, including The LEGO Movie 2 and the two spinoff films featuring LEGO Ninjago and LEGO Batman. The latter project is the most exciting at the moment, in part because of how […]
Fifty Shades of Grey gets an 18 rating in the UK
It had been speculated since its announcement that the big screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey would get a 12A rating in the UK (the equavilent of a PG-13 in the States) in order to get more butts in seats. But by doing so, fans feared they would be missing the essence of the […]
Ryan Reynolds hopes for an R-rated Deadpool
This time last year, the idea of a Deadpool movie just seemed like it was never going to come to fruition. But after the test footage leaked and fans petitioned, the Merc with a Mouth is finally getting his (proper) big screen debut next year with Ryan Reynolds in the leading role and directed by […]
Bryan Cranston wanted for Star Trek 3; more new female characters
Star Trek 3 (really, Star Trek 13) is well into development now that Simon Pegg and Doug Jung are writing the script with Justin Lin (Fast and Furious) in the director’s chair. It’s believed that the story put forward by Roberto Orci has now been pushed aside, but that’s not 100% confirmed. According to our friends over […]
Fifty Shades of Grey director had on-set bust ups with book’s author E.L. James
Having just been announced to have received an 18-rating here in the UK, Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson has been talking about some of the on-set issues she had with the book’s author E.L. James. “It was difficult I’m not going to lie” she told Porter Magazine. “We definitely fought but they were […]