According to The Tracking Board, New Line Cinema has tapped screenwriter Gary Dauberman to pen the script for a sequel to Annabelle, last year’s spinoff to The Conjuring. The site reports that Annabelle director John Leonetti is unlikely to return to direct the follow-up, although James Wan will once again produce. Produced for just $6.5 […]
Sony working on a live-action/animation hybrid Peter Rabbit movie
The Tracking Board is reporting that Will Gluck (Easy A, Annie) has signed on to write and produce an adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, which has been set up at Sony as a live-action/animation hybrid film and is said to combine elements of several of the classic children’s stories. Gluck is set to rewrite […]
What The Public Thinks Is The Best Bond Girl, Villain, Film And Actor
With the release of Spectre fast approaching, this week Neil Calloway looks at what the public consider the best in James Bond films… So we’re all gearing up to the new Bond film – in Halloween week, appropriately enough, given its title. Ricky Church is doing his reviews of previous outings for the franchise for […]
The Week in Star Wars – New trailer for The Force Awakens, runtime rumours, female directors are “going to happen” and more
We’ve got a couple of rumours in this edition of The Week in Star Wars surrounding trailers, ratings and runtimes. We’ve also got word on female directors joining the universe, comic book previews and new maps for Battlefront… Kicking things off as we normally do with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and a new rumour […]
BIFF 2015 Movie Review – Summer Camp (2015)
Summer Camp, 2015. Directed by Alberto Marini. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Diego Boneta, Maiara Walsh, Andres Velencoso. SYNOPSIS Four young Americans sign up to work as counsellors in a remote Spanish camp, but visions of a fun-filled summer quickly fade when one of them suddenly snaps and attacks the others. Before the group even realise what’s happening, […]
59th BFI London Film Festival announces 2015 award winners
Yesterday evening, the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express announced the 2015 award winners at a high profile ceremony in London’s Banqueting House in Whitehall. OFFICIAL COMPETITION WINNER – BEST FILM: CHEVALIER – Athina Rachel Tsangari Pawel Pawlikowski said “Chevalier is a study of male antagonism seen though the eyes of a […]
Book Review – The History of Ocean Software
Ben Rayner reviews The History of Ocean Software… When you look back at all the games you played in your younger days, you cant help but think of Ocean Software. One of the behemoths of gaming during the 80’s, Ocean were responsible for creating not only some of the best licensed games around such as Rambo, […]
TV drama to examine the last weeks of Michael Jackson’s life
According to Entertainment Weekly, author and talk show host Tavis Smiley has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to develop a scripted drama series based upon his upcoming book Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson’s Last Days, which is set for publication next year. The series will “examine the […]
Eve Hewson to play Maid Marian opposite Taron Egerton in Robin Hood: Origins
The film may have been delayed to accommodate Kingsman: The Secret Service 2, but Lionsgate is pressing ahead with casting on Robin Hood: Origins, with Eve Hewson (The Knick, Bridge of Spies) signing on to play Maid Marian alongside Taron Egerton’s Robin of Sherwood. Deadline reports that Hewson was one of over 100 actresses considered […]
The DC Bad Movie Myth
Samuel Brace on the DC Bad Movie Myth… There is a lie that is being perpetuated, a myth if you will, a myth tinged with vitriol that DC makes bad movies, exclusively bad movies, and that the new DC Extended Universe needs to save both them and their reputation. Time and time again it is […]
