In a year packed with mega studio hits – Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mad Max, Jurassic World and Spectre, to name a few – British independent films managed to hold their own and bring in millions of pounds. According to figures released by the BFI, home-grown productions made a real impact with audiences in 2015, […]
Romeo & Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed gets pilot order from ABC
If you are itching to know what happens after to the Houses of Montague and Capulet following the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, then ABC may have just the thing for you… The network has placed a pilot order for Still Star-Crossed, an adaptation of Melinda Taub’s 2013 novel of […]
Stephen Amell to appear as 2046 Oliver Queen in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Arrow star Stephen Amell is set to make a guest appearance in the sixth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, but it won’t be the Oliver Queen we’re used to seeing. “We’re not only introducing our version of Connor Hawke to our universe, we’re going to meet the 2046 version of Oliver Queen, and Stephen […]
Michael Sheen joins Finding Dory voice cast
Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) will lend his voice to Pixar’s Finding Dory, this year’s sequel to the 2003 hit Finding Nemo. The news comes from an episode of the podcast Doug Loves Movies, hosted by Doug Benson (Super High Me), which was released about two weeks back. Towards the […]
Book Review – 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
Michelle Herbert reviews 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough… 13 Minutes, the new novel by Sarah Pinborough, will probably be classed as a YA novel, due to the fact that the main protagonists are teenagers. Although that doesn’t mean that the contents of the novel are childish, instead I would say this is a book for […]
Mary Harron to direct Manson film The Family
Los Angeles-based producers Jeremy M. Rosen and Kevin Shulman of Roxwell Films have reassembled the American Psycho filmmaking team for Ed Sanders’s best-selling Charles Manson 1971 novel, The Family, and to add an extra twist, the team has incorporated The Long Prison Journey of Leslie van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult, a firsthand account from […]
Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall to star in rom-com Permission
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, The Guest) and Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3, The Gift) are set to star in the romantic comedy Permission. The film is written and directed by Brian Crano (A Bag of Hammers) and follows a couple who decide to sleep with other people for the sake […]
Jessica Jones writer joins Marvel’s Iron Fist writing team
Jessica Jones writer Scott Reynolds has announced on his Twitter page (via Comic Book) that he’s joined the writing team for Netflix’s fourth Marvel series Iron Fist. Reynolds previous writing credits include Dexter and The Following, while he also penned four episodes of Jessica Jones, including the season one finale, as well as serving as […]
Movie Review – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, 2016. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Alexia Barlier, Peyman Moaadi and David Costabile. SYNOPSIS: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make […]
Jerry Bruckheimer and Tom Cruise have met to discuss Top Gun 2
For the past few years now, there’s been increasing talk about the long-gestating Top Gun sequel finally becoming a reality, and now producer Jerry Bruckheimer has given fans another tease, taking to Twitter to reveal that he’s recently met up with Tom Cruise and Top Gun 2 was on the agenda… Just got back from […]
