Ricky Church reviews the premiere episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power… After years of development and build-up, Amazon Studios’ The Lord of the Rings prequel series The Rings of Power has finally arrived. The series – which already became one of the most expensive productions before filming began and is greenlit for a second […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s J. A. Bayona returning to disaster movies for Netflix survival drama Society of the Snow
He has dealt with disasters on an epic scale before, both manmade, in the case of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and natural, with 2012’s Tsunami weepie The Impossible, and now J. A. Bayona is returning to orchestrating chaos for real-life Netflix’s Spanish-language survival tale Society of the Snow (La Sociedad de la Nieve). According to The […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series synopsis revealed
For a long time details have been few on Amazon’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings series. About the only thing known of the series is it will take place during the Second Age of Middle-earth, which is thousands of years before J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved stories The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Now, however, we have some […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series to shoot in New Zealand
New Zealand is about to become Middle-earth once again as Amazon has revealed that their Lord of the Rings series will undergo production in Auckland. The country was famously used throughout Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, building many of the series’ most famous sets from scratch on location which have now become tourist […]
Markella Kavenagh cast in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series
Variety has reported that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings has made its first casting decision. Joining the anticipated series is Australian actress Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock). Specifics on Kavenagh’s role are currently being kept under wraps, but Variety notes her character is named Tyra. Development on the series has been really picking up […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings enlists J.A. Bayona as director
After hiring Game of Thrones writer and producer Bryan Cogman in May, Amazon’s The Lord of the RingsTV series has made another big addition behind the scenes, with Deadline reporting that the streaming service has enlisted director J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) to helm the first two episodes of the fantasy epic. “J.R.R. Tolkien created one […]
J.A. Bayona explains why he dropped out of directing World War Z 2
J.A. Bayona, director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, has explained why he is no longer working on World War Z 2. World War Z, the adaptation of the hugely popular novel of the same name, is finally receiving a sequel. Paramount had hired J.A. Bayona to direct the film but, unfortunately, it didn’t last. Bayona […]
Movie Review – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 2018. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones, BD Wong, Ted Levine, Isabella Sermon, Geraldine Chaplin, James Cromwell, and Jeff Goldblum. SYNOPSIS: When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs […]
How has Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom fared at the international box office?
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opened in 30 international territories this week, and with love-it or hate-it reviews streaming in like out-of-control CGI volcanic lava – read both our ★★ review and our ★★★★ review – it’s going to be interesting to see how that translates to box-office. Variety is reporting that the J.A. Bayona directed sequel to the […]
Second Opinion – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , 2018. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, James Cromwell, Justice Smith, Toby Jones, BD Wong, Ted Wheatley, and Jeff Goldblum. SYNOPSIS: Four years have passed since the Jurassic World theme park was closed, but now a volcano on Isla Nublar has become active and it’s threatening […]
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