Neon has confirmed that Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets) and Charles Melton (May December) will star in Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn’s next movie Her Private Hell. Little has been revealed about the film beyond the title, and that joining Thatcher and Melton will be Kristine Froseth (The Society) and Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms). Check out the […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Famous Five gets a first-look image as cast announced
Last month came the rather unexpected news that Drive and The Neon Demon director Nicolas Winding Refn is producing a TV adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s books The Famous Five for The BBC, and now we have our first official look at the upcoming series. As revealed by the BBC with the first look […]
Nicolas Winding Refn adapting The Famous Five for the BBC
In one of the most unexpected news stories you’re likely to read this week, Deadline has revealed that Drive and Only God Forgives filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is developing a new TV adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic children’s book series The Famous Five for the BBC. According to the trade, Refn is producing three 90-minute […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop reboot is dead
Having spent several years in development, it was reported earlier this year that the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop was set to finally move forward this summer under director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration) from a script by Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). However, since then we’ve had no further updates, and it seems […]
Who are the contemporary Masters of Cinema?
Anghus Houvouras on the contemporary Masters of Cinema… Sometimes a good movie conversation can lead you to interesting places. Take the discussion around the wildly overpraised Baby Driver; a good movie that’s being called a ‘masterpiece’ (it’s not). During the discussion my friend Simon Columb posted this on Twitter: Edgar Wright ain't no "master". Bloomin' […]
Miles Teller joins Nicolas Winding Refn’s Amazon series Too Old To Die Young
Last month it was announced that Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, ) is writing, directing and producing a crime thriller series for Amazon entitled To Old To Die Young, and now comes word that Whiplash and Bleed for This star Miles Teller has signed on for the lead. “I’m a huge fan of Nic’s work, so […]
Nicolas Winding Refn to direct Amazon series Too Old To Die Young
It was only last month that a report came out regarding Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature, but now news has broken that Refn is to work on an entirely different project for Amazon. The man behind Drive and Only God Forgives is set to direct a new a crime thriller in the vein […]
Elle Fanning auditions in clip from Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
Following its world premiere yesterday at Cannes, a new clip has been released from writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn’s hotly-anticipated horror The Neon Demon; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for The Neon Demon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTpgg15olEM The film sees Elle Fanning (Maleficent) as an “aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles, where her youth and vitality are devoured […]
Why Maniac Cop is the remake you didn’t know you needed
Tom Jolliffe looks at the long rumoured remake of Maniac Cop… Hands up who’s seen Maniac Cop… Okay, a fair few cult movie enthusiasts of a certain age. Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins facing off against a vengeful, presumed dead ex-cop, played by the late, most granite jawed actor in history, Robert Z’Dar. It’s pure […]
Mann, Refn and the Safdies: Mastering Neo-Noir
Tom Jolliffe looks at a few examples of classic neo-noirs… Dark tales in rain sodden streets with the glistening neons of a big City. There comes that inevitable moment. A wrong choice, the self-destructive move to an inescapable corner. The neo-noir, the resurrection of the classic film noir genre that typified much of 30’s-50’s cinema. […]
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