Tom Jolliffe looks at when comedic actors take on more challenging (and sometimes darker) material… When you’re a star renowned for a particular genre, it can be hard to break out of that. Over the years, many a comedy star has become synonymous with churning out an array of comedy vehicles. It’s often easier to […]
New international poster for Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Following on from last month’s teaser trailer, Lionsgate has now unveiled a new international poster for the next instalment in the Saw franchise, Spiral: From the Book of Saw featuring Chris Rock; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell reveals Chris Rock expressed his interest in the franchise to him years ago SEE […]
Spiral: From the Book of Saw receives an R-rating
As a surprise to no one who is even remotely familiar with the franchise, Spiral: From the Book of Saw has received an R-rating, as with all eight previous instalments in the horror series. Reported by Bloody Disgusting, Spiral: From the Book of Saw has officially been rated “R” for “sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, pervasive […]
Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell reveals that Chris Rock expressed his interest in the franchise to him years ago
The news that Chris Rock was to executive produce and star in a brand-new instalment in the Saw franchise was a surprise to everyone. However, according to Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell, who wrote the screenplay for the first three movies, Rock had expressed his interest in working on a Saw title with him at a party back in 2015 […]
Saw reboot Spiral gets its first teaser trailer and poster
The news that Chris Rock was to executive produce a new installment of the Saw franchise had every one sit up and take notice, which is something you probably hadn’t expected as the law-of-diminishing returns had long since taken over the horror series. Well, now it’s almost upon us, and not only have Lionsgate released […]
First trailer for Fargo season 4 starring Chris Rock
FX has released the first trailer for the fourth season of the acclaimed anthology series Fargo. This season follows two crime syndicates in Missouri during the 1950’s – one African-American and the other Italian-American, who have struck an uneasy peace, until tragedy strikes; watch it here… In 1950, at the end of two great American […]
Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps, Keegan-Michael Key, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Chris Rock, Aleksandar Filimonović, Ivo Nandi, Phil Abrams, T.I., Snoop Dogg, Kazy Tauginas, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leonel Claude, Gerald Downey, Joshua Weinstein, Chelsea Gilson, Denise Milfort, A.J. Tannen, Aaron Craven, Michael […]
Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Titus Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Chris Rock and Snoop Dogg. SYNOPSIS: When the struggling stand-up Rudy Ray Moore adopted the foul-mouthed stage persona of Dolemite, he became an overnight success. But stage dominance […]
Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols join Chris Rock in Saw reboot as filming begins
Back in May it was announced that Lionsgate and Chris Rock are joining forces to reboot the Saw horror franchise, and now comes word that the comedian is set to be joined in the cast of the film by Samuel L. Jackson (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Marisol Nichols (Riverdale). […]
Chris Rock teaming with Lionsgate for new Saw movie
Lionsgate will be hoping that comedian Chris Rock can do for the Saw franchise what Danny McBride did with Halloween last year, as the studio has announced that it is teaming with Rock to expand the world of the horror series with a new film set to arrive in October 2020. “I’ve been a fan […]