Back in September it was confirmed that screenwriter Max Landis was no longer involved with Fox’s planned sequel to the 2012 found footage super-powers hit Chronicle, but it seems the studio is still keen to push on with its plans for the follow-up, with Deadline revealing that newcomer Jack Stanley has been hired to write […]
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer talks about the plot for Top Gun 2
Before the death of director Tony Scott back in 2012, it finally seemed that the long-rumoured sequel to the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun was finally starting to move forward, with leading man Tom Cruise all set to reprise his role as ace pilot Maverick. Last year, Jerry Bruckheimer suggested that development on Top Gun 2 […]
Samuel L. Jackson says Frozone will return for The Incredibles 2
Last month, Disney CEO Bob Iger delighted fans of Pixar’s 2004 animated classic The Incredibles by announcing that the superhero family would return under director Brad Bird for the long-awaited sequel, and now Samuel L. Jackson has confirmed that we should expect to see his character Frozone back alongside Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl and their super-powered […]
MGM announces a live-action/CG hybrid Pink Panther movie
MGM has announced that it is working on a new Pink Panther movie, although rather than following the adventures of Inspector Clouseau, it “will harken back to the tone shared by the original Friz Freleng and David De Patie cartoons as well as that of Blake Edwards’ films” with a live-action / CG animated hybrid […]
Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine to cameo in The Fantastic Four
With Chronicle director Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four gearing up to go into production, Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox will take the first step in merging its Marvel properties with the upcoming reboot, with the site revealing that X-Men veteran Hugh Jackman will appear in a brief cameo role in the film as the adamantium clawed […]
Bradford International Film Festival 2014 Review – Blue Ruin (2013)
Blue Ruin, 2013. Written and Directed Jeremy Saulnier.Starring Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack and Eve Plumb. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight […]
DVD Review – Klown (2010)
Klown (Denmark: Klovn: The Movie), 2010. Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard.Starring Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jessa and Mia Lyhne. SYNOPSIS: In order to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend, Frank ‘kidnaps’ her 12-year-old nephew and tags along on his best friend Casper’s debauched weekend canoe trip. The bumbling fool, the blithering idiot, the blissfully […]
Thoughts on… Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 2014. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.Starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Robert Redford, Cobie Smulders, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell and George St-Pierre. SYNOPSIS: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat […]
Darren Aronofsky held discussions with Warner Bros. about directing Man of Steel
Having topped the U.S. box office this past weekend with his latest film Noah, director Darren Aronofsky has been doing the press rounds in promotion of the Biblical epic, and during a chat with MTV the subject of comic book movies was brought up. As we know, Aronofsky came close to rebooting the Batman franchise […]
Ivan Reitman on why he won’t direct Ghostbusters 3 and Bill Murray’s involvement
There has been a lot of talk recently about Ghostbusters III and it seems that the studios are keen to move forward with The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller at the helm, at least according to rumours. One person we know for sure who will only be in a producing role is Ivan […]
