Shame and 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen is certainly assembling quite the cast for Widows, his big screen adaptation of the Lynda La Plante TV miniseries, with Variety reporting that Robert Duvall has become the latest addition to the film. Widows revolves around the wives of a group of armed robbers, who team […]
John Ridley to write and direct A Needle in a Timestack
American Crime creator John Ridley is set to write and direct the sci-fi time travel tale A Needle in a Timestack for Miramax, Variety has revealed. The project is based on a short story by Robert Silverberg and follows ” a devoted husband who will stop at nothing to save his marriage when it’s destroyed […]
A sequel to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is in development
While the first film didn’t exactly set the box office alight, it seems that development is underway on a sequel to Guy Ritchie’s 2015 spy caper The Man from U.N.C.L.E., with Armie Hammer revealing to SlashFilm that a script is being written. “I called Lionel Wigram, the producer of the movie, and he and Guy […]
Gerald’s Game producer talks Stephen King adaptation
2017 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Stephen King fans, with both The Dark Tower and It set to hit the big screen. However, we do have another King adaptation on the horizon courtesy of Netflix, with Mike Falanagan (Hush, Oculus) directing Gerald’s Game, and during an interview with Arrow in the Head, […]
Charlie Hunnam explains why he’s not in Pacific Rim: Uprising
While Pacific Rim: Uprising will see the return of a number of familiar faces from the 2013 sci-fi blockbuster, one person who is sitting out the sequel is Charlie Hunnam, and during an interview with Den of Geek to promote his new film The Lost City of Z, the British actor has revealed why he […]
The Fate of the Furious topples Star Wars: The Force Awakens for biggest worldwide opening of all time
It was obvious that The Fate of the Furious was going to open big, with tracking suggesting $400 million plus for the eighth instalment of Universal’s blockbuster action franchise. However, it looks like the film is going to shatter that prediction, and is currently on course to surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the […]
Mark Hamill would have had Luke and Leia present during Han’s death in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
During Star Wars Celebration on Friday, Mark Hamill had some very interesting comments regarding the amount of screen time for Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, mentioning that he would have introduced the classic character much earlier as well as offering up a suggestion that would have upped the emotional ante of one of […]
Rumour: Kris Marshall replacing Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who
Doctor Who returned to our TV screens last night for Peter Capaldi’s final series as the Doctor [read our review of ‘The Pilot’ here], and if a new report from The Mirror is to be believed, the BBC has already found his replacement. According to the paper, Kris Marshall – who has long been rumoured as a […]
Gina Rodriguez to voice Carmen Sandiego in Netflix animated series
Fresh from signing on for the Miss Bala remake, Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is set to lend her voice to the title character in Netflix’s upcoming animated series Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. The Tracking Board reports that Netflix as ordered 20 episodes of the series, which – as with the […]
Why Cannes Giving Netflix The Seal Of Approval Matters
Neil Calloway argues that the films being shown at Cannes mark a turning point in cinema… Ten years ago Netflix were a cool little company that would mail you DVDs every month, even providing a little envelope so you could return Casino Royale before they sent you Pan’s Labyrinth. If someone had told you that […]
