In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got thematic details of The Force Awakens, a shocking poll number, a returning character, playthrough of Star Wars: Battlefront and more… Kicking things off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Kathleen Kennedy has been talking about the movie’s themes and how the Skywalker family play […]
CBS remaking MacGyver
Deadline has revealed that CBS is set to remake the 1980s action-adventure series MacGyver, which is being executive produced by James Wan (Fast & Furious 7), R. Scott Gemmill (NCIS: LA) and original EP Henry Winkler. Gemmeill will also write the script. The new series will follow “twentysomething Angus MacGyver, who gets recruited into the clandestine organization […]
Film4 FrightFest announces line-up for Halloween 2015 event
Film4 FrightFest has announced the line-up for its Halloween Shockathon, which is set to take place at the Prince Charles Cinema on Saturday October 24th and features six brand new movies, including two world premiers, a European premiere and two UK premieres. Here’s the line-up… 11:00 SURPRISE MOVIE 12:55 THE VATICAN TAPES (UK Premiere) A […]
23rd Raindance Film Festival: Winners Announced
The 23rd annual Raindance Film Festival announced the winning films in 12 categories at this year’s annual Raindance Film Festival Awards ceremony at The May Fair Hotel on Friday, 2nd October. The festival, which closes on Sunday 4th October, has hosted over 90 feature length films, 200 shorts and 30 industry events from more 48 countries. […]
Tilda Swinton set to reteam with Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho
Tilda Swinton (Trainwreck) is set to re-team with acclaimed Korean director Bong Joon-ho for a future project, Variety reports. Swinton and Joon-ho previously worked on the hit action-thriller Snowpiercer. Released in 2013, the film was a huge international success, though criminally it is still to receive a release in the UK. Speaking at a press conference at […]
Paramount acquires Alexander Payne’s new film Downsizing
Paramount Pictures has closed a deal to purchase the new film from acclaimed director Alexander Payne (Sideways, Nebraska), entitled Downsizing. Downsizing will see Payne return to Nebraska for the film, which stars Matt Damon (The Martian) and Reese Witherspoon (Wild), and will mark the third production between the filmmaker and Paramount. The film tells the […]
Kong: Skull Island adds two more to its cast
The cast of Legendary Pictures’ upcoming King Kong prequel Kong: Skull Island, has swelled further this week with two new actors joining the film, reports Deadline. John Ortiz (Silver Linings Playbook) and Shea Whigham (Cop Car) have signed on to appear in the movie, which is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer). SEE […]
Hasbro confirms Transformers 5, 6, 7 and 8
A couple of weeks ago Paramount officially announced that it is moving forward with Transformers 5, in addition to an animated Cybertron movie, and now Hasbro has confirmed that we’ll be seeing plenty more of the Robots in Disguise over the coming years. Speaking at the MIP Junior Conference 2015 (via ComicBook), Stephen J. Davis, President of […]
Lionsgate testing actors for Power Rangers movie reboot
With the Power Rangers movie reboot set for release in 2017, Variety is reporting that Lionsgate has started testing actors for the team of Mighty Morphin’ heroes. According to the site, Daniel Zovatto (It Follows), Ross Butler (Chasing Life) and Brian ‘Sene’ Marc (Major Crimes) are testing for the role of Zack (Black Ranger), with […]
Countdown to Spectre – Thunderball Review
Ricky Church counts down to the release of Spectre with a retro review of Thunderball… In the next film of the Bond franchise, the evil organization SPECTRE takes center stage in their most ambitious plot yet as they hijack two nuclear bombs, ransoming the safety of a major American and British city in Thunderball. Though […]
