Cannes is almost upon us, and many distributors have moved early to snap up some of the hottest new films in the festival, with Seville International enjoying strong pre-sales for the distribution rights for Xavier Dolan’s new film, It’s Only the End of the World. Seville, which is a sales arm of Entertainment One, has […]
Would Brad Bird be interested in directing a Star Wars movie?
Before J.J. Abrams secured the job of launcing Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy, one of the names linked to the director’s on Star Wars: The Force Awakens – then known simply as Episode VII – was that of Brad Bird, the man behind the likes of The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible […]
Second Opinion – Maggie (2015)
Maggie, 2015. Directed by Henry Hobson Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin and Joely Richardson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. The zombie genre has hit a new high […]
Anne Hathaway to star in Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal
In more casting news from Cannes, it looks like Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises) has found her next role in the sci-fi drama Colossal, which is set to be written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes). Described as “Godzilla meets Lost in Translation“, Colossal will see Hathaway as Gloria, “an ordinary woman […]
DVD Review – The Haunting of Radcliffe House (2014)
The Haunting of Radcliffe House, 2014. Directed by Nick Willing. Starring Olivia Williams, Matthew Modine, Antonia Clarke, Steve Oram, Jonathan Jaynes, Adam Thomas Wright and Rebecca Calder. SYNOPSIS: A family move into an old house on the Yorkshire moors and begin to fall under its spell. Within the first 10 minutes of The Haunting of Radcliffe House […]
Archie Comics launches Kickstarter campaign for three new titles
Archie Comics has announced that it has launched a Kickstarter campaign for fans to help build a new Riverdale by crowdfunding a slate of titles that will build off the new ongoing Archie series from Mark Waid (Daredevil) and Fiona Staples (Saga). Here are the three titles set to launch over the next 18 months… […]
Lily James to star in The Kaiser’s Last Kiss with Christopher Plummer
With her starring role in this year’s hugely successfully Cinderella for Disney, actress Lily James has continued her climb up the Hollywood ladder by joining the WWII drama The Kaiser’s Last Kiss. James will star in the drama alongside Oscar winner Christopher Plummer (Beginners), with five-time Tony nominated director David Leveaux helming the film, which […]
Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys heading to Empire season 2
Empire was one of the biggest surprises of the 2014-2015 television season, and has a lot to live up to in its sophomore year. To help, Fox has looked for big stars to show up in guest appearances, and has already found three candidates: Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys. There’s no word on how the three […]
DVD Review – Fog and Crimes – Season 2
Fog and Crimes (Nebbie e Delitti) Season 2 Directed by Riccardo Donna. Starring Luca Barbareschi, Natasha Stefanenko, Giuseppe Antignati, Gianluca Gobbi and Paulo de Vita. SYNOPSIS: A tough and resourceful homicide investigator struggles to keep work and personal life together in the Northern Italian city of Ferrara. Focusing on fundamentally shady melodramatic goings-on in Northern […]
Alicia Vikander to star in The Circle opposite Tom Hanks
THR is reporting from Cannes on the news that Ex_Machina star Alicia Vikander is to star in tech-thriller The Circle, opposite Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks). The actress, who has been getting rave reviews for her performance in Alex Garland’s sci-fi film, will take the lead in the project for James Ponsoldt, the […]
