Johnny Depp (Dark Shadows) is filming a cameo for crime thriller London Fields, which stars Amber Heard (The Rum Diary), Billy Bob Thornton (Parkland), Theo James (Underworld: Awakening) and Jim Sturgess (One Day). An adaptation of Martin Amis’ 1989 novel, the film is a directorial debut for Mathew Cullen. The story follows a mysterious femme […]

Once he finishes up his directing duties on Mission: Impossible 5, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Jack Reacher) looks set to turn his attention to the 70s anime sci-fi series Star Blazers, with Deadline reporting that the Oscar-winner has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation for Skydance Productions. Adapted from the Japanese anime […]

Millennium Films has announced that it has given the green light to London Has Fallen, a sequel to this year’s White House action thriller Olympus Has Fallen, which – as you can probably guess by the title – is set to shift the action to the UK capital. According to Screen Daily, the sequel will […]

Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins) has secured financing for his latest Yakuza film The Outsider, which will mark a rare English language outing for the cult Japanese filmmaker. The film is set to star Tom Hardy (Warrior, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) as “a former G.I. in post-WWII Japan […]

Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank’s ‘Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film’ season for a double-bill of Dracula and The Mummy… Define Gothic and Dracula immediately comes to mind. The high-arches and cobwebs, the creatures that scurry across the floor and the long drapes that falls from the ceilings – blood on the tips of fangs […]

Just this week, we heard from Fede Alvarez, director of this year’s Evil Dead reboot, who stated that Sam Raimi is set to direct the long-awaited fourth instalment of the original series, which is going by the title Army of Darkness 2. Well, while Ash’s next adventure looks set to be moving forward, it seems […]

It looks like pre-production on Warner Bros.’ Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman is about to step up a gear, with a tweet from Production Weekly revealing that a production office has been opened in Raleigh Michigan Studios in Pontiac, as well as confirming that Patrick Tatopoulos has been brought in by Zack Snyder […]

Tom Hiddleston returns as Loki today with the UK release of Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World [read our ★★★★ review here], and speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Hiddleston has discussed his cinematic influences for the fan-favourite bad guy, as well as the appeal of the character for himself as both an actor and movie fan. “I’m […]

Yesterday, 20th Century Fox gave X-Men fans our first look at next year’s time-travelling mutant epic X-Men: Days of Future Past thanks to the first teaser trailer for the Bryan Singer-helmed sequel, and now the director who originally launched the X-Men franchise back in 2000 has offered up some further insight, captioning a number of […]

While attending the 38th Toronto International Film Festival Trevor Hogg had an opportunity to chat with Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires about the making of Triptych… Robert Lepage “The thing is that my theatre background is very filmic,” remarks Robert Lepage (Le Confessional) who along with co-director Pedro Pires (Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach) adapted […]