Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water received a major boost to its Oscar chances last night when the Producers Guild of America honoured the film with the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the 2018 PGA Awards. In the past ten years, the recipient of the Darryl F. Zanuck Award has went on to claim Best Picture […]
Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Juri and Charlie Hunnam join Sam Taylor-Johnson’s A Million Little Pieces
Back in October it was announced that Fifty Shades of Grey helmer Sam Taylor-Johnson will be directing her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a feature adaptation of James Frey’s bestselling book A Million Little Pieces, and now Deadline brings word that Billy Bob Thornton (Bad Santa 2), Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049) and Charlie Hunnam (King […]
Vietnamese horror The Housemaid gets a U.S. trailer
With a little over a month to go until its U.S. release, IFC Films has released a new trailer for the hit Vietnamese supernatural horror The Housemaid. Written and directed by Derek Nguyen, the film stars Kate Nhung, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, Svitlana Kovalenko, and Rosie Fellne; take a look below… A forbidden passion awakens vengeful […]
Crime thriller Into the Ashes adds Frank Grillo, Luke Grimes and Robert Taylor
Director Aaron Harvey’s upcoming crime thriller Into the Ashes has added three new names to its cast in Frank Grillo (Wolf Warrior 2), Luke Grimes (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Robert Taylor (Longmire), who join the previously announced James Badge Dale (Only the Brave) and David Cade (Training Day). According to Deadline, the film follows […]
Jason Blum wants to make an Insidious and Sinister crossover
We’ve seen a few horror crossovers over the years – see Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator, Sadako vs. Kayako, et al – and now producer Jason Blum has suggested that another may be in the offing. During an interview with CinePop to promote the release of Insidious: The Last […]
Liam Neeson on the prospect of a Qui-Gon Jinn return for the Obi-Wan Star Wars spinoff
Although the Obi-Wan Kenobi Anthology movie is yet to be officially announced by Disney and Lucasfilm, it was revealed back in August that Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) has been tapped to develop the project with a view to directing, with a report last month claiming that the Star Wars spinoff is aiming to go into […]
Samuel L. Jackson on returning as Nick Fury in Captain Marvel
Last year at the San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel announced that Samuel L. Jackson would be reprising the role of Nick Fury – albeit with two eyes – for the 1990s set Captain Marvel movie. Jackson followed up the reveal by suggesting that he was yet to sign on for the Brie Larson-headlined movie (and that […]
Movie Review – The Open House (2018)
The Open House, 2018. Directed by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote. Starring Dylan Minnette, Piercey Dalton, Sharif Atkins, and Patricia Bethune. SYNOPSIS: A teenager and his mother find themselves besieged by threatening forces when they move into a new house. Proving that January isn’t merely a dumping ground for Hollywood’s most rancid theatrical releases, Netflix’s generically-monikered The Open House […]
Could Low Expectations for Solo: A Star Wars Story Be the Catalyst for Thundering Success?
Samuel Brace on Solo: A Star Wars Story… Is Solo: A Star Wars Story, against all odds, a success waiting to happen? It’s more than possible and one could even argue probable given the circumstances. Solo: A Star Wars Story is the film nobody wanted, aspersions have been cast upon it since the moment of […]
Rachel Weisz set for sci-fi drama Cloud One
Variety is reporting that Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) has signed on to appear in the indie sci-fi drama Cloud One. The project is being directed by Goran Dukic (Wristcutters: A Love Story), who has also written the script based upon a short story by Etgar Keret, while The Imitation Game’s Ido Ostrowsky […]
