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Steven Spielberg pipped James Cameron to the Jurassic Park movie rights

April 8, 2018 by Gary Collinson

During an interview with The Huffington Post, James Cameron has revealed that he attempted to acquire the movie rights to Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park, but ultimately lost out to Steven Spielberg by a matter of hours. Cameron went on to reveal that, in hindsight, Spielberg was a better fit for the material, and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: James Cameron, Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg says Indiana Jones 5 will be Harrison Ford’s last outing, open to female-led reboot

April 8, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Given that he’ll be pushing eighty years old by the time it hits cinemas, it probably won’t come as much of a surprise to hear that the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 will mark Harrison Ford’s final outing as the bullwhip-cracking, fedora-wearing archaeologist and adventurer. Speaking to The Sun during a promotional interview for his new […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones 5, Steven Spielberg

Ready Player One opens with $181 million worldwide

April 1, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One has enjoyed a healthy debut at the global box office, pulling in $181.3 million worldwide. Domestically, the pop culture sci-fi grossed $53.2 million across the Thursday to Sunday period to take top spot ahead of Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, and pulled in a further $128 million from […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg

Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)

March 31, 2018 by Ricky Church

Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao. SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Ricky Church Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Hannah John-Kamen, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance, Mckenna Grace, olivia cooke, Philip Zhao, Ralph Ineson, Ready Player One, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, Susan Lynch, T.J. Miller, Tye Sheridan, Win Morisaki

Steven Spielberg thinks Netflix films are TV movies and shouldn’t qualify for the Oscars

March 31, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Out on the promotional rounds for his new film Ready Player One, legendary director Steven Spielberg has been chatting about current trends in filmmaking – and specifically, the rise of original content on streaming services such as Netflix. “A lot of studios today would rather just make branded, tentpole, guaranteed box office hits from their […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Oscars, Steven Spielberg

Colin Trevorrow returning to direct third Jurassic World movie

March 30, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Having handed over the reins on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom to J.A. Bayona in order to focus on Star Wars: Episode IX, a project he’s since departed amid creative differences, it has now been revealed that Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow will be returning to the director’s chair to close out the trilogy. “Colin Trevorrow […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Jurassic World 3, Steven Spielberg

Ready Player One opens with $3.8 million in Wednesday previews

March 29, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One got off to a solid start at the North American box-office, with its Wednesday night previews collecting $3.8 million worth of coins for the Warner Bros. blockbuster. Box-office analysts have the adaptation of Ernest Cline’s book reaching between $38 to $42 million over this four-day weekend. Ready Player One will […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Ernest Cline, Mark Rylance, olivia cooke, Ready Player One, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, Tye Sheridan

Steven Spielberg’s involvement allowed Ready Player One to be crammed with pop-culture references, according to writer Zak Penn

March 29, 2018 by Jordan Jones

One of the best aspects of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is its unabashed affection for the past. Reading the book feels like a freefall into the 1980s, with each page packed to the brim with nostalgia. With that said, any film adaptation of Ready Player One would need access to this wealth of pop-culture […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg, Zak Penn

Ready Player One to win Easter weekend with $42 million at the box office

March 28, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is looking to come out of the Easter weekend the victor with a projected $42 million at the US box office. Now that Black Panther is finally slowing down at the box office, other movies are starting to come into the frame. Once such feature is Ready Player One, the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg

Exclusive Interview – Author Ernest Cline on Ready Player One and working with Steven Spielberg

March 28, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Coinciding with its UK release, Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris has been chatting to author Ernest Cline about Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed adaptation of his cult novel Ready Player One, and collaborating with Spielberg on the movie; watch the interview below, or check it out over on our YouTube channel here… SEE ALSO: Steven Spielberg’s involvement allowed […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Gary Collinson, Interviews, Movies, Thomas Harris Tagged With: Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg

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