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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter to film this August

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You can’t keep a successful franchise down, not even with a newborn baby. Last year, Milla Jovovich and her husband director Paul W.S. Anderson announced they were expecting a second child together, which delayed the filming of the final film in the Resident Evil franchise, The Final Chapter. But word from Jovovich on her Facebook […]

The Huntsman gets new director

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Visual effects supremo Cedric Nicolas-Troyan is in early talks to take over from Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) to direct the upcoming prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. Darabont left the project last week due to creative differences. The film is set before the events of the hit 2012 movie and shows how Chris […]

Steve Carell joins Christian Bale, Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling for The Big Short

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After news broke earlier in the week that the heavyweight trifecta of Christian Bale, Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling were teaming for new drama The Big Short, the ensemble has swelled even more with news from The Hollywood Reporter that newly-crowned Academy Award nominee Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) is in talks to join them. The film, […]

Danny Boyle talks future projects, open to directing 28 Months Later

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After confirming last month that he is going to direct Trainspotting 2 next summer, Danny Boyle has now been speaking about the other films on his slate, including another sequel he may be involved with. Speaking to The Playlist whilst promoting his new film, the Steve Jobs biopic starring Michael Fassbender, Boyle has revealed he may well […]

DVD Review – God’s Pocket (2014)

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God’s Pocket, 2014. Directed by John Slattery. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: A blue collar worker (Hoffman) tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter (Jenkins) senses that something’s amiss. Mad Men is one of many […]

Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee rumoured for Twin Peaks return

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We reported earlier in the week that Kyle MacLachlan has been officially confirmed to return to Twin Peaks as Special Agent Dale Cooper in Showtime’s new nine-part revival of David Lynch’s classic series from the early 1990s. Now Bloody Disgusting is reporting some big rumours concerning two more stars returning to the small Washington town. […]

Christian Bale, Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling to team for The Big Short

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Variety reports that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, Knight of Cups), Brad Pitt (Fury, Se7en) and Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Place Beyond The Pines) are to add their A-list status (and charm) to new drama The Big Short, an adaptation of Moneyball writer Michael Lewis’ bestseller. Here’s the book synopsis: The real story of the […]

Disney sets dates for Ghost In The Shell, The Jungle Book and Pete’s Dragon

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Disney is set for a monumental couple of years at the box office through 2015, 2016 and beyond. This year sees both Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens debut, but that hasn’t stopped then from lining up some other big box-office treats for post-2015. With news over the last week that […]

Kyle MacLachlan confirmed for new Twin Peaks

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After months of talk about a new series of David Lynch’s cult classic Twin Peaks, it has been confirmed today that Kyle MacLachlan will return for the new series being made by Showtime. Showtime President David Nevins confirmed the actor’s return at the Television Critics Association press tour with the help of MacLachlan who joined […]