Tom Jolliffe looks at whether the days of the superstar headliner are disappearing with audiences more drawn to franchises or film concepts than the stars attached… You could say it started in Hollywood’s classic era. The movie star. The big name. They were in some ways manufactured, or at least their image was. Rock Hudson […]
Can we please stop the de-aging and CGI resurrection fascination?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the current fascination with de-aging and digital resurrections… There have been plenty of annoying movie trends in Hollywood over the years. They tend to come and go. 3D was a novelty that didn’t quite work in the 80’s, which was more recently revolutionised by James Cameron (after another brief period of […]
Quit While You’re Ahead: Why Bad Boys 4 is Too Much of a Good Thing
Tom Jolliffe looks at the prospect of Bad Boys 4 after the success of Bad Boys For Life… Bad Boys For Life, a long awaited third entry in the franchise, came out earlier this year to not only the best reviews of the series, but a surprisingly strong opening weekend on its way to almost […]
Will Smith is on the run in harrowing new trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s slavery drama Emancipation
Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for Emancipation, the upcoming drama from director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) which sees Will Smith looking to put the Oscar controversy behind him as he takes on the role of an enslaved man who embarks on a perilous journey, risking his life to reunite with his family after […]
Will Smith slavery drama Emancipation gets a trailer and poster
Apple TV+ has debuted the first trailer for Emancipation, the upcoming drama from director Antoine Fuqua which sees Will Smith looking to put The Slap behind him as he takes on the role of an enslaved man who embarks on a perilous journey, risking his life to reunite with his family after escaping the plantation […]
Will Smith to team with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Paramount’s Brilliance
Will Smith is making moves after the Oscars drama from this year’s event. The actor and producer is set to work with Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on a new sci-fi thriller film based on the novel Brilliance. Deadline reports that the four-time Emmy- and two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will make her narrative feature directorial […]
Bringing Men in Black to the Screen: 25th Anniversary
Hasitha Fernando on Men In Black’s journey to the screen as it celebrates its 25th anniversary… Before Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones were protecting the earth from the scum of the universe as part of a super-secret organization policing alien life, the Men in Black had already become a part of modern-day pop culture […]
Martin Lawrence says Bad Boys 4 is still happening
Following the fall-out from “the slap” Bad Boys 4 was one of a multitude of Will Smith projects to be put on the back-burner by studios, but now Martin Lawrence has come forward with a positive statement regarding the future of the duo’s blockbuster franchise. 2020’s Bad Boys for Life was one of the last […]
Netflix not moving forward with Bright 2
As the fallout from ‘the slap’ continues to see Will Smith’s future projects cancelled, you can now add the sequel to David Ayer’s Bright to the pile, because it has been revealed that Netflix have cancelled plans to move forward with a follow-up to the 2017 action-fantasy. One Netflix’s first big-hitters, Bright was critically mauled […]
Harry Lennix says Will Smith should return his Best Actor Oscar after Chris Rock incident
In the story that everyone has a take on, we now have Man of Steel star Harry Lennix offering his recent feelings about Will Smith’s Oscar controversy. Yes, Lennix was so moved by the situation that he turned to Variety and penned a piece regarding Will Smith and what he should do to atone for […]
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