Producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are sending Elf star Will Ferrell back to the North Pole, having acquired the rights to Guy Lawson’s New York Times Magazine article ‘Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole‘. The film will tell the true story […]
Domhnall Gleeson to play National Lampoon co-founder in Netflix movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Domhnall Gleeson is in talks to star in Netflix’s A Futile and Stupid Gesture, a feature film exploring the origins of National Lampoon, the groundbreaking U.S. satirical magazine. Gleeson will portray Henry Beard, one of the three co-founders of the National Lampoon alongside Robert Hoffman and Doug Kenney. Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) […]
Looking forward to Game of Thrones season six
One of the biggest TV hits of recent years is undoubtedly the fantasy epic Game of Thrones. In just over five years the series has come from nowhere to become an award-winning franchise capable of engrossing its fans with its complex storylines, as well as being a hit with the critics thanks to its huge […]
Smithers comes out as gay on The Simpsons
If you’re even a passing fan of The Simpsons, you’ll know that everyone’s favourite man-servant-stroke-roller-blading-badass Waylon Smithers has always had a bit of a soft spot for his senior boss Monty Burns. Smithers has always been a tad camp, whether it’s trying to woo Mr Burns with romantic picnics, or going to gay bars with his […]
Blu-ray Review – Three Brothers (1981)
Three Brothers, 1981 Directed by Francesco Rosi Written by Tonino Guera, Francesco Rosi Starring: Phillipe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol, Maddalena Crippa, Rosaria Tafuri, Marta Zoffoli, Charles Vanel SYNOPSIS : Three brothers are summoned by their father to be together in the wake of their mother’s death. The three reflect on their differing lives […]
Arrow’s Katie Cassidy to appear in The Flash and Vixen
Arrow star Katie Cassidy is set to join fellow Arrowverse show The Flash for a guest appearance in the penultimate episode of the second season. “You will see her on an episode of The Flash playing the Earth-2 version of Laurel Lance,” revealed executive producer Marc Guggenheim (via EW), who also confirmed that Cassidy will lend […]
Jack Thorne to pen the BBC’s His Dark Materials adaptation
Back in November, it was announced that the BBC is teaming up with New Line Cinema and Bad Wolf for an eight-part adaptation of Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy His Dark Materials, and now Deadline has revealed that the project has secured acclaimed screenwriter Jack Thorne (Skins, This Is England, The Last Panthers). “It is such […]
Katherine Kelly to lead Doctor Who spinoff Class
Back in October, it was announced that Doctor Who would be getting a spinoff entitled Class, and now the BBC has revealed that Katherine Kelly will lead the cast as a Coal Hill School teacher in charge of a group of students played by Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, and Vivian Oparah. “We searched far […]
Warner Bros. moving ahead with animated Speedy Gonzales film
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is set to bring one of its most beloved Looney Tunes characters to the big screen. The studio is moving ahead with its plans for a Speedy Gonzales animated feature, with Mexican filmmaker and actor Eugenio Derbez set to voice the title character. “In Mexico we grew up watching Speedy Gonzales,” states Derbez. […]
Movie Review – The Absent One (2014)
The Absent One, 2014. Directed by Mikkel Norgaard. Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Danica Curcic, Pilou Asbaek and Johanne Louise Schmidt. SYNOPSIS: Since its first, spectacular success, the reputation of the cold case section of the Copenhagen police department has taken a nose dive – until its lead detective, Carl Morck, is approached by a former cop […]
