We may be done with superhero and comic book movies for 2015, but there’s a load of the coming next year (Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse to name but a few). Some feel like we’re in a glory period of comic book flicks (unless you’re our own […]
Mark Ruffalo says Hulk is NOT in Captain America: Civil War
It had been rumoured for some time that Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk would be featured in the already-packed Captain America: Civil War, but according to the actor, this isn’t the case. Just so you know, this quote has been translated from Italian by Google. “I thought that I would be in the film, but in the […]
Goosebumps sequel already in development
It’s not even released yet (but will be shown at this year’s London Film Festival), but it looks like Sony already have plans for a sequel to Goosebumps. Sources for The Tracking Board have confirmed to them that Sony are looking for a new writer to start work on the sequel draft. There’s no word […]
Universal planning reboots for Jaws and Back to the Future
Let’s be honest, if you didn’t think you’d hear this news in your lifetime, you were kidding yourself. In the wake of the news that Spielberg and Dreamworks were splitting from Disney to go and work with Universal, The Hollywood Reporter dropped in a very interesting note. It turns out that the studio has had plans […]
Straight Outta Compton goes straight to the top of the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th August to Sunday 30th August 2015… Having proven a smash hit over in the States, the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton took first place at the UK box office this past weekend, with the F. Gary Gray-directed film pulling in an opening […]
Nima Nourizadeh talks American Ultra
Jesse Eisenberg is slacker turned sleeper agent in Nourizadeh’s hi-octane action-comedy, American Ultra. “For me, the script combined so many different things in an interesting and organic way. The conventions will be familiar to filmgoers, but they are mashed up a little bit, which changes everything.” Iranian-British filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh is talking about action comedy […]
Movie Review – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, 2015. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Jon Bernthal, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, and Molly Shannon. SYNOPSIS: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a […]
Chevy Chase comedy Oh! Heavenly Dog set for a remake
20th Century Fox has announced that it is set to remake the Chevy Chase comedy Oh! Heavenly Dog, with Tim Hill signing on to direct as well as co-writing the script with Dave Johnson. Released in 1980, Oh! Heavenly Dog starred Chase as a private investigator who is killed after discovering a dead body. Seeing […]
Josh Gad to play Roger Ebert alongside Will Ferrell’s Russ Meyer in Russ & Roger
Variety is reporting that Josh Gad (Frozen) has signed on to play celebrated film critic Roger Ebert in Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming comedy Russ & Roger, which has Will Ferrell attached as sexploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer. The film is described as “a debauched comedy” that will provide “an outrageous look at two no-holds-barred outsiders who defied […]
Vincent Cassel to play the villain in Bourne 5
Variety has revealed that Black Swan star Vincent Cassel is to play the villain in the fifth installment of the Bourne franchise. Director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon are returning to the series after skipping The Bourne Legacy, and have already signed Alicia Vikander (Ex_Machina) and Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive) to star alongside […]
