Showrunner and executive producer Melissa Rosenberg has revealed that the second season of Marvel and Netflix’s Jessica Jones will be directed entirely by women.Rosenberg made the announcement at the Transforming Hollywood 7: Diversifying Entertainment conference on Friday, with Variety reporting that she had initially wanted to increase the number of female directors on the second season, […]
How Can A Successful Film End Up Losing Money?
This week Neil Calloway looks at Hollywood Accounting… Earlier this week it was revealed that Harry Shearer is suing Vivendi for his share of the profits from This Is Spinal Tap. Shearer – probably best known now for providing the voices for Mr Burns, Principal Skinner, Reverend Lovejoy and others on The Simpsons – played […]
Movie Review – La La Land (2016)
La La Land, 2016.Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Whitrock, and J.K. Simmons.SYNOPSIS:Dreams are chased and love is found in Damien Chazelle’s ode to Hollywood musicals and celluloid magic.On paper, La La Land, reads like it’s going to be my favourite movie of all time. While I’m […]
The Week in Star Wars – Loads of new Rogue One images and posters, Donald Glover is young Lando, Joss Whedon directing a Star Wars movie and more
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars contains a batch of new images and posters from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, updated casting for young Lando, Joss Whedon on Star Wars, deleted scenes from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more…Well kick things off with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and […]
Video Game Review – Syndrome
Jordan Jones reviews Syndrome… Syndrome is a frustrating game, and much of that has nothing to with it’s difficulty. You see, when Syndrome is good, it’s very good. The game generates a palpable feeling of tension in its best moments, but they are simply too fleeting. At times, I felt like the game was standing in […]
Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd in talks for Juliet, Naked
According to Deadline, Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd are to star in Juliet, Naked, an adaptation of British author Nick Hornby’s novel from director Jesse Peretz (My Idiot Brother) and screenwriters Tamara Jenkins (The Savages) and Jim Taylor (Sideways). Published in 2009, Juliet, Naked has been compared to Hornby’s second novel High Fidelity […]
Tom Hardy to explore the Antarctic as Ernest Shackleton in new biopic
Deadline is reporting that Tom Hardy has signed on to play the legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton in a big screen biopic from StudioCanal and writer Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). The Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton is one of the key figures of the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’, and led three expeditions to the Antarctic; […]
Josh Gad boards Murder on the Orient Express
Josh Gad has signed on to appear in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, with Variety reporting that he will portray the character of Hector MacQueen.The film is being directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as famed detective Hercule Poirot. He will be joined by a star-studded […]
Game of Thrones’ Miguel Sapochnik to direct Sinbad movie
Sinbad the Sailor looks set for a return to the big screen, with THR reporting that Studio 8 has won a bidding war for a new live-action fantasy, which is being scripted by Kyle Killen (Lone Star) and has Game of Thrones helmer Miguel Sapochnik (Battle of the Bastards, The Winds of Winter) attached to […]
Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 1 – ‘Nosedive’
Tony Black reviews Black Mirror – ‘Nosedive’…We can all pretty much stop now and agree that Charlie Brooker is a genius, right? Love him or not as a personality presenting the Wipe program on the BBC or his Guardian articles/books, but Black Mirror has within two painfully short seasons on Channel 4 become The Twilight […]
