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Are Alternative Facts Being Used In Stats About The British Film Industry?

January 29, 2017 by Neil Calloway

This week Neil Calloway looks into claims that 2016 was a record year for the British film industry… On Thursday the British Film Institute released their annual statistics, revealing that 2016 was yet another record-breaking year for British cinema. Last year saw £1.6 billion spent on film production in the UK, the highest ever amount. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Neil Calloway Tagged With: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Bridget Jones's Baby, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find the Material to Fill a Five-Film Franchise

November 27, 2016 by Henry Bevan

Henry Bevan on the Fantastic Beasts franchise… Hitler is everywhere in Hollywood movies. The Emperor is Space Hitler. Davy Jones is Sea Hitler. Loki is another Space Hitler. Harry Potter is not immune to the trend. Voldemort, with his blood status obsession, shares a creed with the 20th century’s big bad. Voldemort is Wizard Hitler. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Henry Bevan, Movies Tagged With: Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter, Johnny Depp

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them passes $600 million at the worldwide box office

December 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has crossed another box office milestone this past weekend, with the film cracking the $600 million mark around the globe. Fantastic Beasts has earned $608 million worldwide to date, including $72.5 million in China, where it is now the highest-grossing chapter of J.K. […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter

David Yates, David Heyman and J.K. Rowling defend Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts casting

November 20, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Warning. Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow… Earlier this month it was announced that Johnny Depp would be appearing in a major role in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as making a brief cameo appearance in the first movie, with director David Yates subsequently […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: David Heyman, David Yates, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Johnny Depp

5 Actors for Young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

November 8, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Matt Spencer-Skeen suggests five actors for the role of young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them… With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them out next week news and rumours have been ratcheting up around the sequel, with Johnny Depp rumoured to be playing Gellert Grindelwald and David Yates confirming Dumbledore’s return […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Matt Spencer-Skeen, Movies Tagged With: Christian Bale, Damian Lewis, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter, Hugh Laurie, James McAvoy, Mark Gatiss

J.K. Rowling on whether Dumbledore will be openly gay in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

November 11, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Back in 2007, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore is gay, and that in his youth he was smitten with rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Well, with Dumbledore and Grindelwald both set to appear in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Screen Crush has asked Rowling whether Dumbledore’s sexuality will […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

Casting underway for the role of Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2

November 8, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Despite it taking place some 70 years before the Harry Potter series, there’s been plenty of speculation as to whether Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling’s now five film franchise Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could feature appearances from some familiar faces from the Wizarding World. Well, we now have official confirmation on that […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: David Yates, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them role confirmed by David Yates

November 9, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last week it was announced that Johnny Depp has been cast in the sequel to the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and may potentially make a brief appearance in the first movie, which opens next week. Although Depp’s role was being kept under wraps, speculation pointed towards the character […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, Harry Potter, Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel

November 1, 2016 by Gary Collinson

We’re still a couple of weeks away from the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but we now have our first piece of casting news for the second instalment, with Deadline reporting that Johnny Depp is officially joining J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. According to the site, Depp’s role is being kept under […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, Harry Potter, Johnny Depp

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016)

November 16, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, 2016. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp. SYNOPSIS: In 1926 New York the visiting Magizoologist Newt Scamander must recapture his […]

Filed Under: Matt Spencer-Skeen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Colin Farrell, Dan Fogler, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter, Jenn Murray, Johnny Depp, Jon Voight, Katherine Waterston, Ron Perlman., Ronan Raftery, Zoe Kravitz

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