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The Joys of Old School Practical Effects

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the use of old school effects and filming techniques and whether they still have a place in the CGI age… Computers are a wonderful thing. The computer generated image has take cinema up to a point where almost limitless creative possibilities are at a film-makers disposable. You can create a whole […]

Tom Cruise on Top Gun: Maverick: “I don’t know if a movie will ever be made this way again”

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When speaking with Empire Magazine, Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have delved into their upcoming film Top Gun: Maverick, revealing new details and praising the creative process on the long-awaited sequel. Trying to follow the mega-success of their first collaboration back in 1986 is no easy task, but Cruise said once they started to […]

Tom Cruise shoots stunt sequences for Mission: Impossible 7 as filming resumes

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Mission: Impossible 7 may have halted production in Italy due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but cameras are rolling once again in the UK now and a batch of set photos have arrived online from the action sequel which offer a look at stars Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson shooting some stunt sequences for the movie; […]

Emily Blunt offers an update on the Edge of Tomorrow sequel

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Since Edge of Tomorrow was released back in 2014, there has been plenty of demand for a sequel to Doug Liman’s time-bending sci-fi action film. However, with stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt’s commitments to other franchises and Liman seemingly struggling to crack the code on the story, there has been a consistent doubt that the sequel […]

Mission: Impossible 7 production halted due to coronavirus

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Paramount has revealed production of the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise has halted due to the Italian local government putting a stop to all public gatherings as a result of the rising number of cases of the coronavirus. According to Deadline, production on the Christoper McQuarrie-directed Mission: Impossible 7 would have lasted three-weeks in Venice before […]

Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 will include three “obscene” Tom Cruise stunts

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Christopher McQuarrie, the director of Mission: Impossible 7 & 8, says that Tom Cruise will be seen doing even more “obscene” stunts. The Mission: Impossible franchise is well known for the incredible stunts performed by its star Tom Cruise, who has been seen doing all manner of remarkable feats throughout the action franchise. Director of […]

Nicholas Hoult joins Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 in villain role

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Another new addition has been made to Christopher McQuarrie’s upcoming Mission: Impossible sequels as the writer/director has announced via his Instagram account Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is the latest actor to join the franchise in what The Hollywood Reporter says is the villain role in the seventh and eighth films. McQuirrie asked Hoult through the […]

New image of Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick

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A new image has been released for the long-awaited action sequel Top Gun: Maverick featuring Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Go behind-the-scenes of Top Gun: Maverick with new featurette After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is […]