In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer ponders the future of The Amazing Spider-Man series… Last night I read some rather disconcerting news regarding the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man, which is due to begin production next year for release in 2014. This news has me a little worried about the direction […]

Anthony Stokes on Hollywood’s penchant for viral marketing… Viral marketing is a tool that’s been used constantly by movie studios over the past few years and the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.  The first real case of successful viral marketing seems to be The Blair Witch Project, which used the internet to […]

There’s now less than two months to go until Warner Bros. attempts to kick-start its DC movie universe with Zack Snyder’s eagerly-anticipated Man of Steel, and there’s a growing air of expectancy amongst fans that Snyder, producer Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises) and screenwriter David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) could be set to do […]

Tom Jolliffe on resenting rooftops and having nightmares about rain… So as is common in the film industry, at all levels, sometimes a rescheduling is in order. Our small production is just such a case. Initially in the planning myself and director Alex Lawton decided that the best time to shoot would be in the […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest episode of Breaking Bad (spoilers within)…. When an episode of Breaking Bad is titled ‘Confessions’, you expect some revelations, but I would have imagined not many were ready for this. First let’s talk about Brian Cranston’s performance as Walter White: incredible. His video confession, in which he plays the fearing […]

Zack Snyder has just shook Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con by making a surprise appearance during the Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures panel to reveal that a Man of Steel sequel has been set for 2015 and will see Henry Cavill’s Superman sharing the screen with The Dark Knight in a World’s Finest […]

After months of speculation, Warner Bros. has finally announced the next phase of its DC Movie Universe with Zack Snyder and Harry Lennix taking to the stage at Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con International to reveal that Henry Cavill’s Superman will be teaming up in 2015 for a World’s Finest movie! Here’s the […]

If you haven’t seen Iron Man 3 yet – and you’ve somehow managed to avoid any spoilers from the film – then you’ll probably want to stop reading now… …Now, for everyone else, it’s pretty fair to say that if there was one twist in Iron Man 3 that we neverrrrr saw coming it was […]

It looks as if Futurama will be coming to an end for the second time. Comedy Central confirmed that the second half of season seven, which starts in June and will officially end on September 4th, will be the show’s last season. The show originally aired on Fox and ran from 1999 to 2003. After […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Neal Gabler, for The LA Times, writes about how the Star Wars and Marvel deals from Disney says much more about the industry… “It used to be that the movie created the brand, which is exactly how George Lucas built his empire. Now the brand creates the movie. […]