StudioCanal has announced that the wildly-successful Paddington has reached the 1 million sales mark in the quickest time ever for the distributor. Paddington reached the milestone of Blu-ray and DVD sales in just five months, and follows on from the film becoming StudioCanal’s highest-grossing cinema release of all time. It is also the fourth title […]
Paddington 2 confirmed, with Paul King returning to write and direct
StudioCanal is pressing ahead with family comedy sequel Paddington 2 and has secured the first film’s director Paul King to return, according to a report over at Deadline. SEE ALSO: Paddington becomes StudioCanal’s quickest film to sell 1 million copies on Blu-ray and DVD SEE ALSO: Watch a trailer for the first Paddington film As […]
Nicholas Hoult to star as J.D. Salinger in Rebel in the Rye
Variety is reporting that Nicholas Hoult has signed on to play J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, in the upcoming biopic Rebel in the Rye. The film, which will be written and directed by Danny Strong (Empire), is based on Kenneth Slawenski’s biography J.D. Salinger: A Life and “will explore [Salinger’s] rebellious […]
R.I.P. Wes Craven (1939 – 2015)
Some sad news this morning as it has been revealed that American filmmaker and horror maestro Wes Craven has passed away at his home in Los Angeles aged 76 after a battle with brain cancer. Craven began his career as a director in 1972 with his first feature The Last House of the Left, a […]
Game of Thrones sets a record at the Emmy Awards, full list of winners here
It was a big night for HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones last night at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, with the show enjoying a record-breaking haul of 12 awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama (Peter Dinklage). In total, HBO pulled in 43 Emmys, winning Outstanding Comedy Series (Veep) and […]
Rage Wars gets underway with Predator: Incursion
Titan Books has announced that it will launch an all-new Predator book trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Tim Lebbon entitled Rage Wars with the publication of Predator: Incursion next month. When huge Predator spacecraft begin entering human space in alarming numbers, the Colonial Marines assume an invasion and launch a full military response. […]
Sam Worthington and Ruth Wilson set for sci-fi The Titan
Deadline is reporting that Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Ruth Wilson (The Affair) have signed on to appear in sci-fi The Titan. The film will mark the feature directorial debut of Lennart Ruff and has been scripted by Max Hurwitz (Hell On Wheels) from an original story by Arash Amel (Grace of Monaco). Taking place in […]
Michael B. Jordan in talks for comic book adaptation Blood Brothers
It doesn’t look like the failure of Fantastic Four has put Michael B. Jordan off comic book movies, with The Wrap reporting that the actor is in talks to star in Blood Brothers, based upon the Dark Horse vampire title. The action comedy is described as “a buddy picture involving two party-loving vampires/best friends who […]
Bryce Dallas Howard to star in Gold alongside Matthew McConaughey
Bryce Dallas Howard has signed on for her first role after the box office juggernaut Jurassic World, with Deadline reporting that the actress has secured the female lead in the mining drama Gold alongside Matthew McConaughey. According to the site, Howard will play “Kay, the longtime girlfriend of McConaughey’s character, who has supported him through […]
Andrew Garfield on Spider-Man, Marvel and The Amazing Spider-Man 3
Earlier this month we heard some comments from Andrew Garfield about Tom Holland taking over the role of Spider-Man for the wall-crawler’s upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot, and now Garfield has revealed to Uproxx that he’d petitioned Sony to strike a deal with marvel, as well as speaking briefly about the now-aborted Amazing Spider-Man 3. […]