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Paying Men Less Isn’t The Answer To Gender Equality In Hollywood

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Neil Calloway is unimpressed with new revelations this week… Friday saw an interview with Emma Stone published, where she admitted that some of her male co-stars had taken pay cuts so that she received an equal salary to them. Now, I’d happily appear in a film alongside Emma Stone for the price of a bag […]

Pacific Rim shared universe, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom trailer, all-female Marvel team-up movie and more – Weekend News Roundup

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PACIFIC RIM SHARED UNIVERSE It should come as no surprise given the latest Hollywood trend, but it has been revealed that Pacific Rim: Uprising could be a launching platform for a shared universe. “If enough people show up to this, we’ve already talked about the plot of the third movie, and how the end of […]

Spider-Man: Homecoming to open huge, Paul Walker returning to Fast and Furious, new Batman trilogy and more – Daily News Roundup

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HOMECOMING BRING HOME THE GOLD After a string of incredibly positive reviews, it looks like the opening weekend for Marvel Studios/Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming could be huge. The studio has projected a modest $80 million domestically but the film could earn anything between $85-$110 million, and $200 million worldwide. This would best both The Amazing Spider-Man […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images, The Flash script update, Justice League Dark loses another director and more – Daily News Roundup

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THE LAST JEDI, THE FIRST IMAGES The title of the movie might be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but we’ve now got our first official look at the cast via Vanity Fair. Included in the images are our first look at Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo and Benicio Del Toro’s ‘shady character’, who is apparently unnamed […]

Wonder Woman pushes the DC Extended Universe to $3 billion worldwide

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While the DC Extended Universe may have got off to a bit of a slow start in terms of critical acclaim, there’s no disputing that the first four films in Warner Bros.’ superhero franchise haven’t been a hit at the box office, with the latest instalment Wonder Woman helping to propel the series to $3 […]

Justice League is a “direct sequel” to Batman v Superman

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While much has been made of the tonal shift from last year’s divisive DC blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with the upcoming Justice League movie, Total Film has posted a piece where it described the ensemble as a “direct sequel” to Batman v Superman, as well as revealing that it will pick up […]

Rumour: Director Rupert Wyatt wanted for Green Lantern Corps

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Having brought David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel) on board as producer and co-writer with Justin Rhodes (Contract Killers) earlier this year, it now seems that Warner Bros. may have found a director for 2020’s DC Films release Green Lantern Corps. According to The Hashtag Show, the studio has tapped Rise […]

Critical Thinking: Don’t Believe the Hype

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Anghus Houvouras on hype and hyperbole… Hype is something every film writer constantly struggles with. The perpetual entertainment news cycle gives film fans so much to chew on. There’s a formulaic cycle of hype that happens with every new movie that strokes the cockles of film fans. Some movies come with preordained hype. A new […]