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Dylan O’Brien and Logan Lerman are being “considered” for new Spider-Man; Marc Webb will not return

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, there was some rather exciting news yesterday announced that Spider-Man has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since then, some names have been banded around by the Internet on who could be the new Spidey once it was revealed that Andrew Garfield would not be suiting […]

Fifty Shades of Grey set for $90 million+ US opening; breaks studio opening day record in France

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Released today across various different markets, including the UK, US and many European countries, Fifty Shades of Grey has finally been unleashed after months of anticipation. And despite its opening being only a few hours old, the film has already broken box-office records. The film, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie […]

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson reportedly wants to pull out of Fifty Shades of Grey sequels

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Given the spectacular box office performance of Fifty Shades of Grey, Universal Pictures must surely be keen to get the second instalment going, but if The Sun is to be believed (and that’s generally a big “if”), the studio may have to do so without director Sam Taylor-Johnson. According to the paper, Taylor-Johnson is contracted […]

Fifty Shades of Grey shatters records at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th February to Sunday 15th February 2015… Well, given its colossal worldwide opening, this won’t come as a surprise at all, but Fifty Shades of Grey has shattered records here in the UK with its debut weekend of £13,550,290 giving it the biggest […]

E.L. James wants to write the scripts for Fifty Shades of Grey sequels

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After several bust-ups on set over the direction of the movie, it is currently rumoured that Sam Taylor-Johnson will not be returning to direct the sequels for Fifty Shades of Grey. Not only that, but it looks like script writer Kelly Marcel won’t be returning either. According to Variety, the book series author E.L. James […]

Fifty Shades of Grey retains UK box-office crown, becomes highest-grossing 18 certificate of all time

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd February 2015… In just two weekends, Universal’s adaptation of the E.L. James bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey has become the highest-grossing 18 certificate film ever here in the UK, with a second weekend haul of £4,597,092 pushing its total […]

Miles Teller talks The Fantastic Four trailer, “it’s the first time we saw any footage”

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Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four has an uphill struggle on its hand as it tries to win over the comic book fans who hated the film before a single frame was shot. The trailer went some way to help, but it still has its doubters. One of those people who isn’t doubting the movie is […]

Fifty Shades of Grey nears $500 million worldwide; biggest grossing movie of 2015 so far

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It’s a series that looks to have its next two instalment in jeopardy as director Sam Taylor Johnson is quitting, Jamie Dornan is reportedly quitting and author E.L. James is writing future scripts which could push the second film back by an entire year. But there is some cause to celebrate in the Fifty Shades of […]