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The Dark Tower poster, four more Alien movies after Covenant, The Matrix prequel rumours and more – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… THE DARK TOWER MARKETING BEGINS It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the marketing campaign for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy epic The Dark Tower is about to begin, with the first teaser poster arriving online on Sunday. Now, how about that trailer… […]

Ridley Scott says there will definitely be four more Alien movies after Covenant

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Earlier this month, Ridley Scott revealed that he already has a script for another Alien movie to follow this year’s Alien: Covenant, and that we could get a further six movies in the franchise before he decides to call it a day. Although that sounded like hyperbole from Scott, the filmmaker has now revealed to […]

Wonder Woman and Baby Driver trailers, Avatar 2, Gladiator 2, Pegg and Frost reunite, and what’s going on with The Dark Tower? – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… WONDER WOMAN GETS AN ORIGINS TRAILER On Saturday, Warner Bros. gave us another look at its first DC Films release of 2017, unveiling an ‘Origins’ trailer for June’s Wonder Woman solo movie starring Gal Gadot. If you’re yet to see the trailer, or you just want to watch […]

Movie Review – Alien: Covenant (2017)

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Alien: Covenant, 2017 Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz and James Franco. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted […]

Ridley Scott confirms that he will direct all three Prometheus sequels

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Ridley Scott has confirmed that he will direct all three of the currently announced Prometheus sequels, in an interview with Den of Geek. SEE ALSO: Ridley Scott reveals Prometheus 2 will be titled Alien: Paradise Lost SEE ALSO: Ridley Scott to “reintroduce a fresher form of alien” in Prometheus 2 Promoting his new release The […]

Ridley Scott talks Philip K. Dick adaptation The Man in the High Castle, new images released

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Entertainment Weekly has debuted two new images from The Man in the High Castle, Amazon Studios’ adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 novel The Man in the High Castle, which takes place in an alternate history 20th Century where the Allies lost World War II and the globe is now split between German […]

November 2019: Welcome to Blade Runner

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Blade Runner in the month and year it was set… Remember when 2014 was coming to an end? There was a clamour of snorting giggles as people bemoaned the impending 2015’s lack of self drying clothes, flying cars, hydropizza and hover-boards. Granted, Back to the Future Part II did get […]

The Greatest Director of All Time?

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Tom Jolliffe ponders the question: who is the greatest director of all time? One of the toughest of tough film related questions. Who is the greatest director ever? Think over all the icons throughout history. There have been countless, many who crossed from silent to sound, such as Fritz Lang, Carl Theodore Dreyer, D.W Griffith […]

Blade Runner 2 is the best thing Harrison Ford has ever read, according to Ridley Scott

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Ridley Scott may still be undecided about whether he’s going to direct Blade Runner 2, but the filmmaker is still determined to push ahead with the sequel to his 1982 sci-fi classic, and now he’s offered a brief update to MTV, with the Exodus: Gods and Kings helmer saying the script is the best thing […]