Despite coming under fire when it was first announced that a reboot of the beloved 1995 Robin Williams movie was in development, Sony scored a huge success with December’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, with the film proving a hit with audiences and critics alike. Holding its own at the box office despite competition from […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War rated PG-13 for “intense sci-fi violence, language and crude references”
Well, this won’t come as a surprise, but some two weeks out from its release we now have official confirmation that Marvel’s hotly-anticipated superhero epic has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA granted the rating based on “intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, language and some crude […]
HBO and Apple are bidding for J.J. Abrams’ new sci-fi series
J.J. Abrams’ new sci-fi TV drama is being shopped around, with both HBO and Apple currently bidding on the project. Variety has confirmed the interest from both prestige TV titans HBO and from Apple who are working hard to secure their own place in the original programming space. At present, details regarding the project are […]
J.J. Abrams pitches his Star Wars: Episode IX story to Disney, working title revealed
Now that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is here – and to a bumper opening weekend at the global box office – Disney and Lucasfilm are starting to turn their attention towards the closing chapter of the Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Episode IX. Having parted ways with Colin Trevorrow earlier this year, Lucasfilm jettisoned Trevorrow […]
J.J. Abrams had no intention of returning to Star Wars after The Force Awakens
Having relaunched the Star Wars franchise in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams is now gearing up for a return to the galaxy far, far away to close out the Sequel Trilogy with Star Wars: Episode IX, having joined the project as a replacement for Colin Trevorrow. And, speaking to Rolling […]
Domhnall Gleeson proclaims that J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars return is going to be great for fans
Domhnall Gleeson portrays General Hux in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy; a Hitler-esque leader of the villainous First Order, with charismatic hate speeches to match. With J.J. Abrams giving him the role in The Force Awakens and now announced as returning for Star Wars: Episode IX, it is clear that Gleeson has a lot of respect […]
It director’s cut on the way, Terminator reboot gets a director, Jamie Lee Curtis returning to Halloween and more – Weekend News Roundup
DIRECTOR’S CUT WILL FLOAT After bringing in monster numbers at the box office, horror movie It director Andy Muschietti and producer Barbara Muschietti revealed to Yahoo! Movies that a director’s cut of the film is in the works. “There’s a great scene, it’s a bit of a payoff of the Stanley Uris plot which is the […]
Wonder Woman lands coveted spot on PGA Awards shortlist
There were very few surprises as the Producers Guild of America revealed its list of nominations for the best films of 2017. However, female-led superhero movie Wonder Woman managed to nab a spot on the extended 11-film shortlist for its top prize. SEE ALSO: Logan enters screenplay awards race with surprise WGA Awards nomination The […]
Washington film critics hand top prize to Get Out
Get Out continued its awards season push by winning a pair of prizes at the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association awards ceremony, including Best Film. Jordan Peele’s racially-charged satire also won the award for Best Original Screenplay at the annual ceremony, while missing out on the director prize. It was Christopher Nolan who won […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins top prize at Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its award winners at the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, with Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri taking home the top prize, the People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award – voted by the audience at the festival – also honoured two runners up in Craig Gillespie’s […]
