The turbulent 30-year history of Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote continues to be a head-scratcher, with Amazon today pulling out of its deal to distribute the troubled movie, as a court ruled that it will be allowed to close the Cannes Film Festival. Gilliam’s movie was first mooted way back in 1989. […]
Armando Iannucci adds Peter Capaldi to his David Copperfield movie
Yet another big name has joined the cast of Armando Iannucci’s upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, with former Doctor Who leading man Peter Capaldi officially on board. Iannucci announced on his Twitter feed that Capaldi will play the kindly Mr Micawber, who is best known for his optimism and sense of hopeful […]
Laika announces fifth film Missing Link, starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis, for Spring 2019
Animation studio Laika has revealed that its fifth film is Missing Link, which will see Hugh Jackman as an English gent in search of Zach Galifianakis’s mysterious, mythical beast. The studio, best known for Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, unveiled its new movie ahead of meetings at the Cannes Film Festival. Annapurna will […]
Eric Idle penning movie adaptation of hit Monty Python musical Spamalot
In this world of remakes, reboots, reimaginings, sequels and sidequels, people have seen just about everything at this point. However, they almost certainly haven’t seen a movie based on a stage show based on a movie. Step forward Eric Idle, who is writing the script for a film adaptation of Spamalot – his hit Broadway […]
Free Fire director Ben Wheatley has reportedly been offered a Marvel movie
British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, best known for mad bullet ballet Free Fire, has reportedly been offered a “big Marvel film”, according to a passing comment on The Adam Buxton Podcast. Buxton was interviewing comedian and actor Bob Mortimer, who suggested a road trip movie project had been scuppered by the offer to Wheatley, though Mortimer […]
Movie Review – Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2018)
Mary and the Witch’s Flower, 2018. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Featuring the voice talents of Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Jim Broadbent and Ewen Bremner. SYNOPSIS: A girl bored of rural life finds herself transported to a school of magic when she picks an unusual flower in the woods. Since the closure of […]
John Cena lands lead in The Janson Directive for producer Dwayne Johnson
John Cena has lined up a new leading man role – and he’s teaming up with old WWE rival Dwayne Johnson to do it – as he joins action-thriller The Janson Directive. The Blockers actor will play former Navy SEAL Paul Janson, who works as a private security consultant while experiencing troubling flashbacks of the […]
Movie Review – The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
The Strangers: Prey at Night, 2018. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Martin Henderson, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy, Damian Maffel and Lea Enslin. SYNOPSIS: A family staying at a secluded trailer park during the off-season are pursued and attacked by a gang of masked intruders boasting an array of weapons and mysterious […]
DVD Review – Twist of Fate: The Best of the Hardy Boyz
Twist of Fate: The Best of the Hardy Boyz, 2018. SYNOPSIS: A compilation of matches and moments from the storied careers of Matt and Jeff Hardy, culminating in their return to WWE and narrated by fireside anecdotes at the Hardy Compound. I missed the Attitude Era first time around. I first started watching wrestling in […]
Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie join Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of David Copperfield
Armando Iannucci is leaving the world of political satire for a while in order to take on Charles Dickens’s 1850 novel David Copperfield, and he will be joined by Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie. Variety reports that the two stars have signed on to join Dev Patel and Ben Whishaw for The Personal History of […]
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