Disney’s live-action remake of the Rudyard Kipling classic The Jungle Book has been taking shape for months now under Iron Man and Chef director Jon Favreau, and has now cast its most important role. According to THR, 10 year-old newcomer Neel Sethi will play Mowgli, the orphan human boy raised by wolves. Interestingly, Mowgli is one of the last prominent roles […]

The recently-announced Power Rangers film reboot has found its creative team, as The Hollywood Reporter reveals that X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz will pen the screenplay, while Star Trek and The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘s Roberto Orci is also on board as executive producer. Orci will produce the film without his long-standing creative partner Alex Kurtzman, under his Sneaky […]

Comic book legend and hero Stan Lee spoke at the weekend’s London Film and Comic Con event and, as you’d image, he had quite a bit to say. When asked who he would like to see direct a Marvel movie, he pointed to Clerks director Kevin Smith. The two have worked together on Smith’s Mallrats in […]

In episode four of FMTV’s Movie Myths, Oliver Davis investigates whether Brandon Lee’s fatal on-set shooting was actually included in the theatrical release of The Crow. Snuff film or not!? All is revealed in the video below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdxLMVYWshs FMTV will be back on Friday with the Movie Newsgasm, your one-stop weekly shop for a roundup […]

Marvel Comics has announced this morning that The Mighty Thor is to undergo a change of sex, with the publisher introducing a female version of the God(dess) of Thunder in the pages of Thor #1, which is set to launch in October with Jason Aaron (Thor: God of Thunder) writing and art by Russell Dauterman. […]

With Zack Snyder currently rebooting The Dark Knight as part of Warner Bros.’ big DC ensemble Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Yahoo! Movies caught up with Gary Oldman during a promotional interview for his new film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, during which they managed to get a few comments from The […]

Goddess, 2013. Directed by Mark Lamprell. Starring Laura Michelle Kelly, Ronan Keating, Magda Szubanski, Dustin Clare  and Hugo Johnstone-Burt. SYNOPSIS: A bored and listless mother of twin boys gets a webcam from her husband, so they can keep in touch whilst he’s at work. She starts to sing and dance on camera and becomes an […]

According to THR, George Clooney has set his sights on his next project, a drug smuggling film called Coronado High. Clooney will produce the film along with Grant Heslov (The Monuments Men) and David Klawans (Argo). Grey’s Anatomy and The West Wing writer Debora Cahn will pen the screenplay, which is an adaptation of a Atavist article by Joshua […]

Back in January Quentin Tarantino was all set to follow up Django Unchained with another Western – that is until Gawker posted a leaked version of the script for The Hateful Eight online, with Quentin then deciding to take his ball home and put the brakes on the film. A few months later at Cannes, […]

Haunter, 2013. Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Abigail Breslin, Sarah Manninen, David Hewlett, Stephen McHattie, Peter DaCunha, Michelle Nolden, Eleanor Zichy and Peter Outerbridge. SYNOPSIS: The ghost of a teenager who died years ago reaches out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate. In a genre […]