To celebrate the release of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons – directed by Philippa Lowthorpe – on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Download from December 12th, we take a look at some of the best book to film adaptations to have captivated young audiences. Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome’s classic series of novels have been loved by […]
Disney has record-breaking year at the box office
This won’t come as much of a surprise given that they already have four of the top five highest-grossing movies of the year in Captain America: Civil War, Zootopia, Finding Dory and The Jungle Book but The Walt Disney Company has announced that it has had its biggest-ever year at the worldwide box office with $5.85 […]
Why is everyone so upset about the live-action Lion King remake?
Luke Owen looks at the backlash to Disney’s live-action Lion King remake… Since Tim Burton re-imagined Alice in Wonderland in a live-action format in 2010 to an incredible box office return (the film earned over $1 billion), Disney have their new mission statement: re-telling animated classics for a new generation in live-action. This success continued with […]
Disney’s The Jungle Book hits $900 million worldwide
It’s certainly been a stellar year for Disney at the box office so far; Captain America: Civil War leads the way with over $1.1 billion, while Zootopia just reached the billion dollar mark last week. Well, Disney is celebrating another milestone today, with Jon Favreau’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic The Jungle Book reaching […]
Flickering Myth’s Formative Movie Experiences
Sean Wilson asks his fellow Flickering Myth writers about the film experiences that shaped their childhoods… I was more than a little startled when hit with the recent revelation that nineties family classic Free Willy this year passed its 22nd birthday. It’s not a lengthy period in the grand scheme of things but for me […]
Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book both hit $800 million at the global box office
It’s a double celebration for Disney today, as both Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book have crossed the $800 million mark at the worldwide box office. Civil War has already overtaken Deadpool ($762 million) and is expected to add around $70 million domestically this weekend, so when you throw in the international numbers, there’s […]
Idris Elba joins Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game opposite Jessica Chastain
Variety is reporting that Idris Elba (The Jungle Book, Bastille Day) is to take the male lead in Molly’s Game, the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs, The Newsroom). Jessica Chastain (The Martian, The Huntsman: Winter’s War) is also on board the film, with the actress set to play Molly Bloom, “a […]
Zootopia hits $900 million worldwide, Batman v Superman at $850 million and The Jungle Book tops half a billion
Walt Disney Pictures’ Zootopia has continued its fine box office run, cracking the $900 million mark this weekend as its pushes its worldwide haul to $907 million and counting. Zootopia is the highest-grossing movie of the year so far, and Disney’s third biggest animated movie of all time behind Frozen ($1.276 billion) and The Lion King […]
Jon Favreau to executive produce Avengers: Infinity War films
After helming two out of three of the first installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man and Iron Man 2, director Jon Favreau decided to take a lesser role on future projects, serving as an executive producer on The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3, the latter of which he also returned […]
Second Opinion – The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johnasson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: Mowgli, a young boy raised in the jungle by a panther and a pack of wolves, is forced to travel to a man village when Shere Khan, a […]
