Celebrated British actor George Cole, best known for starring in TV’s Minder as Arthur Daley, has died at the age of 90. Cole, who also featured in many of the early St. Trinians films as well as appearing opposite Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, died at the Royal Berkshire hospital after a short illness, surrounded by […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies gets R-rating for extended theatrical release
After news earlier in the week about theatrical re-releases for Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy in their extended forms, word has now broken that the new version of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been given an R-rating by the MPAA, due to “some violence”. The Hobbit will be shown in selected cinemas […]
Sherlock Holmes 3 is on the way; Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are “very interested”
On the press tour for Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E., his producing partner Lionel Wigram announced that they were working on a third Sherlock Holmes movie. “We’re working on a Sherlock Holmes 3 script” Wigram told IGN. “I think we would all love to do one if we could come up with something that […]
Chris Farley as Shrek in leaked story reel
Shrek is an animated classic. An animated classic and a pop culture staple. By now we’re all familiar with the voices of Mike Myers as Shrek and Eddie Murphy as Donkey. Would the film have had the same magic if the original choice for the lead role, Chris Farley, had played the character? That’s a […]
Interview: Paul Cornell talks Doctor Who
Paul Cornell has been involved in the Doctor Who Universe for a long-time, writing numerous Doctor Who books & audio dramas, and the fantastic Who TV episodes “Father’s Day” and “Human Nature/Family of Blood”. His latest involvement finds him penning Doctor Who: Four Doctors, a weekly comic event from Titan Comics which will start on August 12th […]
Universal sets record highest-grossing year for a studio
2015 has certainly been an incredible year at the box office for Universal Pictures, spearheaded by the likes of Fast & Furious 7 and Jurassic World. In just seven months, Universal has pulled in $5.53 billion around the globe, setting an industry record the the highest-grossing year for a studio, which was previously held by […]
Movie Review – Fantastic Four (2015)
Fantastic Four, 2015. Directed by Josh Trank. Starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and […]
New Line rebooting A Nightmare on Elm Street… again
It’s fair to say that the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street did not win over the vast majority of movie-goers of fans of the franchise – and as such a sequel was never greenlit. So what do you do when you can’t get a sequel off the ground? Do what Paul Feig did with […]
Laurence Fishburne joins Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers
Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) has joined the cast of the upcoming sci-fi space film Passengers, a new report from The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Fishburne, whose role in the film is unknown, will be acting alongside Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), two of Hollywood’s biggest stars. They are set to play […]
Britt Robertson joins A Dog’s Purpose, Dennis Quaid also on board
Tomorrowland star Britt Robertson has signed on to star in upcoming Dreamworks and Walden Media adaptation A Dog’s Purpose, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. A Dog’s Purpose tells of a dog that is reincarnated over and over again, and aims to be reunited with it’s original owner. Robertson, who also starred in this year’s The […]
