A few days ago we brought you the news that Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in the prison break drama Escape From Pretoria, and now comes word from THR that Sam Neill (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) has joined him in the cast. The film tells the real-life story of two anti-apartheid activists who famously […]
Taika Waititi talks Thor: Ragnarok tone, confirms two cameos
Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi was interviewed by the A.V. Club and was asked about the tone of the upcoming Marvel Phase Three sequel, as well as confirming a couple of cameos in the film. “I think the overall sense that I’m trying to give to the audience and what I want the audience to […]
Poster and trailer for golfing biopic Tommy’s Honour starring Peter Mullan and Jack Lowden
The first poster and trailer have arrived online for director Jason Connery’s upcoming drama Tommy’s Honour. Based on Kevin Cook’s Tommy’s Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf’s Founding Father and Son, it tells the story of the pioneering golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son Young Tom Morris, […]
Trailer for sci-fi thriller MindGamers starring Sam Neill, Tom Payne and Melia Kreiling
A new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming sci-fi action thriller MindGamers which stars Sam Neill, Tom Payne and Melia Kreiling; check it out below after the official synopsis… In MindGamers, a group of brilliant young students make a scientific breakthrough: the creation of a wireless neural network, connected via a quantum computer and […]
Flickering Myth Podcast #42 – should Marvel and Star Wars carry on forever? How DC can save Superman!
Subscribe on iTunes. Support Flickering Myth, buy a t-shirt. Email in your questions: oli@flickeringmyth.com Join Oli and Luke in this week’s Flickering Myth Podcast for… SCOOPERHERO NEWS – it’s investor conference call week! That means the real power people (those with all the money) at both Warner Bros and Disney have been talking about their plans for […]
Sam Neill reuniting with Taika Waititi (and Jeff Goldblum) on Thor: Ragnarok
Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Sam Neill has revealed in an interview with Shortlist that he’s reuniting with director Taika Waititi on next year’s Marvel threequel Thor: Ragnarok. “Oddly enough, I’m not really allowed to say this, and I can’t tell you what it is [but] I did a couple of days on Thor, just […]
Second Opinion – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Knightley and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Hunt for the Wilderpeople occupies a strange place, that purgatory […]
Movie Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. SYNOPSIS: Ricky is a foster child. He is taken to Bella and Hector, who live near the New Zealand bush. After Bella unexpectedly dies, Hector and Ricky trek through the forest and find out who they really are… Stuffocation, a book by James […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Knightley and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Taika Waititi’s The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the kind […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Written and Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. There is a definite temptation to begin this […]