For those hoping that 2021 would mark the end of massive delays for blockbuster films, sadly it’s not over yet. Universal Pictures is waiting it out just a bit longer, pushing one of its biggest releases back an entire year. The upcoming fifth installment in the Despicable Me franchise, Minions: The Rise of Gru, will […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru and Sing 2 get new 2021 dates
After being delayed a couple weeks ago, Universal and Illumination have now given a new release date for Minions: The Rise of Gru, the sequel to the Despicable Me spin-off, while also pushing the release of its musical animation sequel Sing 2. Minions: The Rise of Gru was set for a July 3rd, 2020 date before its […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru latest film pulled from summer release
With so many summer films having been pulled from their release schedule due to the COVID-19 crisis, it should come as no surprise Illumination Entertainment’s Minions: The Rise of Gru has become the latest to be pushed back to a later date. “In response to the severity of the situation in France, we are temporarily […]
Looking Back on the Summer Blockbusters of 2015
Matthew Lee takes a look back at the summer blockbusters of 2015… Last year, Forbes reported that last summer’s box office was down by a whopping $1.223 billion. Hollywood executives were undoubtedly shitting themselves. This was significantly more problematic considering last year’s summer held a number great critical surprises; Guardians of the Galaxy was a […]
LEGO unveils Minions: The Rise of Gru tie-in sets
LEGO has unveiled five new tie-in sets for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming Despicable Me prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru which are set to arrive in stores this April ahead of the movie’s July release; check out the official promotional images here… 75551 – Brick-Built Minions and Their Lair Kids who love Minions […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming Despicable Me prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru which tells the untold story of 12 year old Gru as he dreams of becoming the world’s greatest supervillain; watch it here… In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru gets a first-look teaser and poster
With the first trailer set to drop this Wednesday, a teaser was released during last night’s Big Game for Minions: The Rise of Gru, the next instalment Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s hit animated franchise which you can check out below along with a poster for the movie… This summer, from the biggest animated franchise […]
Pixels tops the UK box office thanks to four extra days of previews
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2015… Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels topped the UK box office chart with £2,660,772 from its opening “weekend”, which happens to include four days of previews, which accounted for £1.33 million of that figure. If it wasn’t […]
Straight Outta Compton goes straight to the top of the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th August to Sunday 30th August 2015… Having proven a smash hit over in the States, the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton took first place at the UK box office this past weekend, with the F. Gary Gray-directed film pulling in an opening […]
Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]
