If there has been one name that has bounded around rumour mills for roles in the new Disney Star Wars Universe, it’s Ewan McGregor. It was first rumoured that the man who took over from Alec Guinness to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy was going to feature in Star Wars: The Force […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes only the third movie ever to gross $2 billion worldwide
Having become the first release ever to gross $900 million at the North American box office this past Friday, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now achieved another milestone, with the movie crossing the $2 billion mark worldwide today. It’s only the third time ever that a film has reached the landmark figure, with James […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes the first movie to hit $900 million at the domestic box office
It had already taken the crown of the highest-grossing North American release of all time back in early January, and now after fifty days on screens Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the first film in history to pass $900 million at the domestic box office. “The film’s achievements are truly […]
Kevin Smith talks about his cameo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
It was revealed last week that writer/director Kevin Smith provided a voice for one of the Stormtroopers in J.J Abram’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Having spoken about visiting the set while doing his Hollywood Babble-On show in London in 2014, it was assumed he was asked to the voice work there. But it turns […]
American Horror Project Vol. 1 set for release on Monday
Arrow Films is set to release the first volume of American Horror Project on Monday 22 February. Concentrating on influential American horror films that have somehow slipped under the radar, the project is a celebration of the genre’s potential to captivate and beguile… The dual DVD and Blu-ray set comprises three tales of madness from the […]
Gwendoline Christie confirms Captain Phasma return for Star Wars: Episode VIII
Although the character’s fate was a left a little uncertain at the end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Gwendoline Christie has confirmed that she is set to return as the First Order’s Captain Phasma in next year’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. “I will be in the next Star Wars movie. I think that’s an exclusive, […]
Zack Snyder asked for Christopher Nolan’s permission to use The Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, “I think he found it a little bit hard”
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy was highly praised upon its release, and is often hailed as the greatest achievement in big screen comic book adaptations. Someone who clearly agreed with this statement was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder, who has admitted that he asked for Nolan’s permission to use the character in the […]
Lawrence Kasdan finished with Star Wars movies after Han Solo spinoff
Having returned to a galaxy far, far away to co-write Star Wars: The Force Awakens with J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan has now revealed that the upcoming Han Solo anthology movie will be his last Star Wars project. “That was my last film of this saga,” Kasdan told Bild (via The Supernaughts). “I will never do […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 holds onto top spot at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd October to Sunday 25th October 2015… Sony Animation’s sequel Hotel Transylvania 2 held on to top spot at the UK box office for the second week in a row with £2.28 million – although its reign will be short-lived, with Spectre pulling […]
Jessica Chastain says she wants to play a Bond villain
During a recent interview, Jessica Chastain, who stars in both this month’s The Martian, which currently sits at the top of the box office charts, and Crimson Peak, which will hit theaters in just a few days, revealed a career goal of hers that may come as a surprise to some. For W Magazine’s November issue cover story, the versatile actress said, “One of […]