British screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, Oscar nominated for 127 Hours, is working on an adaptation of Toby Barlow’s Sharp Teeth. The novel mixes horror, noir and epic poetry and involves competing packs of werewolves in a dark and seedy Los Angeles underworld, a detective investigating dog-related murders, and a love story between a dogcatcher and a […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The Fighter, 2010. Directed by David O. Russell. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. The Fighter is the amazing true story of the unsuccessful professional boxer ‘Irish’ Micky Ward (Wahlberg), his rise to become the […]

Academy Award winning composer John Barry has passed away after suffering a fatal heart attack, aged 77. Born in York in 1933, Barry began performing as a musician during his National Service and formed The John Barry Seven before going on to work for the BBC on the likes of Juke Box Jury and Drumbeat. […]

Rising British actor Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming reboot Man of Steel, with the director releasing a statement today to confirm the news. Cavill is best known for his work on the television period drama The Tudors, while his feature credits include The Count of Monte Cristo (2002, dir. […]

Life in a Day, 2011. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Produced by Ridley Scott. SYNOPSIS: A documentary compiled from thousands of hours of footage by YouTube users that tells the story of a single day on earth. Life in a Day is the result of director Kevin MacDonald’s plea to the YouTube community to record one […]

Bernd Eichinger, producer of The Neverending Story, Perfume and Downfall, has passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 61. The legendary producer suffered a heart attack in his home whilst eating with family and is survived by his wife and daughter. Eichinger, as well as his work on independent features, produced the first […]

Indie filmmaker Kevin Smith debuted his latest offering Red State to a mixed reaction at Sundance on Sunday evening, but the biggest news came from the subsequent Q&A session in which the Clerks director announced that he would be adopting the unusual approach of distributing the film himself via ‘SModcast Pictures’. Smith’s plan is to […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… The King’s Speech, 2010. Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce and Timothy Spall. The King’s Speech is the Oscar-winning historical drama that follows the story […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… 127 Hours, 2010. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco. Danny Boyle followed up his multi Oscar winning box office smash Slumdog Millionaire with a film that continued his indie roots. I’m sure many offers came flooding in for […]

The Director’s Guild of America have released the shortlist for their coveted DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2010, which could give us some indication of the contenders for the Best Director Oscar when the Academy Award nominations are unveiled on January 25th. The nominees, presented in alphabetical order, are as […]