It’s the highest-grossing movie of the year, so it must be good, right? Well, that seems to be the view of Paramount Pictures, who are campaigning for a Best Picture nomination for Michael Bay’s critically-derided Transformers sequel Transformers: Age of Extinction with a ‘For Your Consideration’ ad for the upcoming Academy Awards. And it seems […]
Leaked Sony emails reveal SPECTRE details and budgetary concerns
The leaked emails resulting from the hack into Sony has already given us details about the Spider-Man franchise and a potential Jump Street / Men in Black crossover, and now details are emerging about next year’s 007 adventure SPECTRE. Minor spoilers follow… According to CNN (via Variety), there’s been some conflict between MGM Studios and […]
Krysten Ritter talks Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Last week it was announced that Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad) has secured the title role in Marvel’s second Netflix series Jessica Jones, and now the actress has shared a few thoughts on joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe during an interview with Cosmopolitan to promote her latest film Big Eyes. “I wasn’t [a comic book fan], […]
Full list of winners from the 2016 WGA Awards
With the Academy Awards fast approaching, the Writers Guild of America handed out its 2016 honours last night, with Spotlight claiming the WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and The Big Short received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief was award Best Documentary Screenplay, while on […]
Writers Guild announces WGA Awards nominations for 2016
With awards season picking up steam, the Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Documentary Screenplay for the WGA Awards 2016. Here are the nominees who will contest the awards… ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Bridge of Spies,” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen; […]
Writers Guild of America announces nominations for 2015 WGA Awards
The Writer’s Guild of America has announced the nominations for Oustanding Achievement for the 2015 WGA Awards, with Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler and Whiplash set to contest the Original Screenplay award, and American Sniper, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Imitation Game and Wild up for Adapted Screenplay. Here’s the full […]
Oscar Isaac comments on being cast as Apocalypse
Not only can Oscar Isaac be seen piloting an X-wing in next years Star Wars: The Force Awakens but he has also recently been cast in another big blockbuster as the titular villain in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse due out in May 2016. Isaac recently spoke to MTV at the Gotham Independent Films Awards about […]
Miles Teller responds to criticism of The Fantastic Four reboot
There’s been a lot said about the upcoming Josh Trank directed reboot The Fantastic Four in recent weeks since Toby Kebbell revealed some plot details about his character Dr. Doom, and most of it has been fairly negative. Speaking recently to MTV’s Josh Horowitz, Miles Teller – who plays leader of the group Reed Richards […]
Complete list of nominations for the 88th Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has today announced the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards. Alejandro G. Inarritu’s The Revenant leads the field with twelve nominations, including Best Picture, where it is up against Spotlight, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian and Room. Mad Max: […]
Academy announces twenty films vying for Best Visual Effects Oscar nomination
With a little over a month to go until the announcement of the Oscar nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have revealed the shortlist of twenty films vying for a nod in the category of Best Visual Effects at the 88th Academy Awards. “Ant-Man” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” “Bridge of Spies” “Chappie” […]
