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Movie Review – Baby Driver (2017)

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Baby Driver, 2017. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza Gonzalez, CJ Jones and Jamie Foxx. SYNOPSIS: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. To say that Baby Driver is […]

Edgar Wright says deal for Baby Driver sequel is “being hammered out as we speak”

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Writer-director Edgar Wright looks set to return to make a sequel to his kinetic car chase blockbuster Baby Driver and has said a deal is “being hammered out as we speak”.   Wright told Entertainment Weekly he is in the midst of talks surrounding a follow-up and said nothing had been agreed yet, but hoped […]

Why Are Audiences Gravitating Towards Genre Subversions?

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George Chrysostomou on audiences gravitating towards genre subversions… This month marks the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to the surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service and it is of course just as genre bending as its predecessor. The franchise clearly plays off of some of the silliness of the Bond movies, with their own versions of […]

Edgar Wright hasn’t watched so much as the trailer for Ant-Man

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Edgar Wright is currently out and about on the promotional tour for his new film Baby Driver [read our reviews here and here], although perhaps unsurprisingly he’s been unable to avoid fielding some questions about his experience on Marvel’s superhero origin story Ant-Man. Earlier in the week Wright discussed his split with Marvel Studios due to […]

Second Opinion – Baby Driver (2017)

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Baby Driver, 2017. Written and Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, and Eiza González. SYNOPSIS: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. Not too long ago as I […]

Edgar Wright on exiting Marvel’s Ant-Man

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It had seemed that writer/director Edgar Wright had caught a huge break back in 2006 when he was given the opportunity to helm Marvel’s Ant-Man, but apparently, it just wasn’t meant to be. Almost a decade later he left the project over creative differences while Peyton Reed went on to make the superhero blockbuster, which […]

Edgar Wright comments on the director situation on the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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With his latest film Baby Driver set to arrive next week [read our review here], Edgar Wright has been chatting to Digital Spy about the director situation on Lucasfilm’s latest project, Han Solo: A Star Wars Story. For those not up to speed, it was announced this week that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been […]

Edgar Wright has some ideas for Hot Fuzz 2, but unsure if it will ever happen

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During a promotional interview with MovieWeb for his upcoming film Baby Driver, director Edgar Wright was asked about the possibility of a sequel to 2007’s Hot Fuzz, the middle chapter of his Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, and while the filmmaker said he does have some ideas for a possible follow-up, he’s unsure if it will […]

Movie Review – Baby Driver (2017)

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Baby Driver, 2017. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, and Eiza González. SYNOPSIS: A young getaway driver yearns to break free from the clutches of a local crime boss and start a new life on the road with his waitress girlfriend. As I sat […]