Trevor Hogg chats with director Robert Stromberg, production visual effects supervisor Carey Villegas, visual effects supervisors Seth Maury and Kelly Port, digital effects supervisor Darren Hendler, and previs supervisor Mark Nelson about reviving a Disney classic… “There are not many production designers/visual effects people who have made the leap which doesn’t make sense to me […]

After Quentin Tarantino revived the franchise in 2012 with Django Unchained, original star Franco Nero is set to return to the role of Django almost 50 years after the character’s first appearance in Sergio Corbucci 1966 Spaghetti Western (and almost thirty years since his second appearance in 1987’s Django Strikes Again!) , with The Hollywood […]

Thomas Roach on whether Doctor Strange will become the new face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Currently Marvel Studios is dominating the film industry. It has just released its teneth film with Guardians of the Galaxy and is showing no signs of slowing down. Next year we will see Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man […]

Back in January, a “report” emerged claiming that Mad Men star Jon Hamm had signed on the dotted line to portray the Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel’s then-without-so-much-as-a-director-attached Doctor Strange movie. While it came from a dubious source, the story still managed to pick up some traction; however, Hamm has now put the rumour to rest, […]

Last month, Legendary Pictures announced that it had given Guillermo del Toro the go ahead for a sequel to Pacific Rim, as well as developing an animated series based upon the kaiju epic. Having spoken last week about both projects, del Toro has now shared some further information on the animated series during an interview […]

Luke Owen looks at a few things you may not know about The Lion King…. June 24th 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the pinnacle of Disney’s renaissance era of animation, The Lion King. Working as an animated version of Shakespeare’s Hamelt, The Lion King is one of the highest grossing animated movies of all-time […]

Filth, 2013. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, Brian McCardie, Emun Elliott, Gary Lewis, John Sessions, Shauna Macdonald, and Jim Broadbent. SYNOPSIS: An egotistical and conniving Scottish police officer who sees the world through a drug-induced haze attempts to secure a promotion by undermining his fellow contenders. Determined to win back his estrange wife and daughter, […]

Well, after going through several directors (including David Yates, Ben Affleck and Scott Cooper), it finally looks like Warner Bros. and CBS Films’ adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand is starting to show signs of moving forward under Josh Boone. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boone has cast Nat Wolff and that he’s writing an […]

Another star of The Wire has joined the cast of the immensely popular AMC series The Walking Dead. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Seth Gilliam is to join season 5 as a series regular. Gilliam will play “Michael”, billed as being “friendly with a puckish demeanour who also has a haunted side.” Interestingly, there’s talk […]

Well, it looks like Johnny Storm might not be adopted after all… According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reg E. Cathey (The Wire, House of Cards) has joined the cast of The Fantastic Four, signing on to play Dr. Storm, the scientist father of Johnny (Michael B. Jordan; Fruitvale Station) and Sue (Kate Mara; American Horror […]