Yet another live-action Disney adaptation is heading into production as Disney has announced that filming is underway in Vancouver for Peter Pan & Wendy, the upcoming live-action remake of its beloved 1953 animated film. Peter Pan & Wendy will be directed by David Lowery and produced by Jim Whitaker, who are set to re-team after […]
Tom Hiddleston joins Claire Danes in Apple TV+ adaptation of The Essex Serpent
Tom Hiddleston already has one of the most eagerly anticipated television series waiting to debut on Disney+ in the form of Loki, and now Variety are reporting that he will remain on the small-screen after joining Claire Danes in the Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent. An adaptation of the Sarah Perry novel of the […]
Horror-thriller Amber’s Descent gets a trailer and poster
Breaking Glass Pictures has released a poster and trailer for director Michael Bafaro’s upcoming horror-thriller Amber’s Descent which stars Kayla Stanton as a gifted pianist who finds her sanity unravelling as she discovers that her latest symphony has been mysteriously writing itself; check them out below… Kayla Stanton stars as Amber Waltz, a gifted pianist […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Colin Trevorrow’s WWII drama War Magician
Deadline has revealed that Benedict Cumberbatch will star in Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow’s World War II drama War Magician from StudioCanal. Cumberbatch will play Jasper Maskelyne, “a British illusionist who used magic to defeat Erwin Rommel in World War II.” The story will follow Maskelyne and “a ‘magic gang’ from Africa, Europe and the Middle […]
HBO Max thriller series The Girl Before casts Jessica Plummer
HBO Max has cast Jessica Plummer (EastEnders) in The Girl Before, an upcoming psychological thriller limited series based on the novel of the same name by JP Delaney, which also has joins Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show) and David Oyelowo (Chaos Walking) on board. The Girl Before follows “Jane (Mbatha-Raw), a traumatized woman who falls in […]
Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding star in trailer for Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls
Peacock has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming comedy series Rutherford Falls which follows Nathan (Ed Helms) and Reagan (Jana Schmieding), life-long best friends who find themselves at a crossroads when their small Northeast town gets an unexpected wake up call. A small town in the Northeast and the Native American reservation it […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, 2021. Directed by Kier-La Janisse. SYNOPSIS: Woodlands Dark Days and Days Bewitched is the first feature-length documentary on the history of folk horror, from the 1960s to today. There are few major film genres, if any, as stratified as horror, such that even the most […]
Mike Flanagan’s The Midnight Club begins filming
Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and director of Doctor Sleep, has announced that filming has started on his adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel The Midnight Club for Netflix. And we're off! #day1 #midnightclub pic.twitter.com/CXQ41rXHw2 — Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) March 15, 2021 The Midnight Club takes place at Rotterdam Home, a […]
Movie Review – On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019)
On-Gaku: Our Sound, 2019. Directed by Kenji Iwaisawa. Featuring the voice talents of Shintarô Sakamoto, Ren Komai, Tomoya Maeno, Tateto Serizawa, Kami Hiraiwa and Naoto Takenaka. SYNOPSIS: A crew of unpopular high school kids decides to start a band. On-Gaku: Our Sound is an indie animated movie which follows three underachieving friends. Taking place in […]
Gladiator star Connie Nielsen confirms the sequel is still “on the ledger”
Since 2018, reports have been circulating that director Ridley Scott is wanting to develop a sequel to his historical epic Gladiator, and now, one of the stars of the original film has offered an update on the project. In an interview with Collider, Connie Nielsen, who played Lucilla in the original film, confirmed that the […]
