The organisers of this year’s New York Film Festival have this week announced that Miles Ahead will be the closing film of the festival, now in its 53rd year. Miles Ahead is the biopic of legendary musician Miles Davis and marks the directorial debut of actor Don Cheadle (Boogie Nights), who also co-wrote the film […]
Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead, starring and directed by Don Cheadle, bought by Sony Classics
Deadline has revealed that Miles Ahead, the upcoming biopic of legendary musician Miles Davis, has been picked up by Sony Classics, who will distribute the film worldwide. The biopic stars Don Cheadle in the title role, and also marks the Boogie Nights actorls directorial debut. It tells the story “of a few lost days in […]
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer have written a script together
The New York Times has spoken to Jennifer Lawrence about her final appearance as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, during whcih the Oscar winner has revealed that she has been working with Trainwreck star Amy Schumer on a script. Lawrence, who has been seen “out and about” with Schumer recently, […]
Win five main range releases with Big Finish
To celebrate 200 releases in their main range, Big Finish has decided to reach out to the fans of this incredible back catalogue and they want to know, definitively, which stories you the listeners believe are the very best. From the completed entries, Big Finish will be picking five lucky winners who will win five […]
Online piracy could soon carry 10 year jail sentence
The UK government has put plans in place to try to stop online piracy by increasing the time any person could spend in prison, with the minimum sentence potentially rising to up to 10 years. BBC News reporst this morning that the plans would see the jail term rise to 10 years from the current […]
Adam Sandler discusses The Ridiculous 6 controversy
Speaking to The Associated Press (via The Hollywood Reporter), Adam Sandler has addressed the controversy on the set of his latest film, The Ridiculous 6, which is the comedian’s first venture with Netflix. At the premiere of his new film Pixels, Sandler was asked about the Native American actors who walked off the set of […]
Martin Freeman teases his Captain America: Civil War character
A slew of actors will be making their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in next year’s Captain America: Civil War, including The Hobbit and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman, whose exact role is still unknown. Ever since Freeman was announced for the film, there has been a large amount of speculation regarding which character the actor will […]
Evan Peters says the Quicksilver scene in X-Men: Apocalypse is “bigger and better”
For many X-Men fans, the highlight of X-Men: Days of Future Past was the scene which involved Quicksilver, played by Evan Peters, using his super speed to take down a room full of guards in the Pentagon. Last month, director Bryan Singer confirmed that there would be another slow-motion Quicksilver sequence in 2016’s X-Men Apocalypse, leaving […]
Parker Posey re-teams with Woody Allen on next film
According to Deadline, actress Parker Posey, who co-stars in Woody Allen’s new film Irrational Man, is set to re-team with the director for his next project. The legendary director’s as-yet-untitled film is due for release next year, and willsee Posey join an already stellar cast including Jesse Eisenberg (American Ultra), Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils […]
David Gordon Green to direct Boston Marathon film Stronger
Director David Gordon Green (Joe, Pineapple Express) has signed on to direct Stronger, one of numerous films in production about the Boston Marathon bombing, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. This particular project, set up at Lionsgate, is set to tell the story of Jeff Bauman, one of the survivors of the attack who lost lost […]
