Category: News
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Ben Affleck may not direct The Batman after all
Although Ben Affleck was announced to direct his standalone Batman movie, he’s now admitted that “it’s not a set thing”. Read More >
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Is the Han Solo movie set for a release date switch?
When the words “pushed back”, “delayed” or indeed “reshoots” are attached to a big film, a large chunk of the film community smells trouble. Whether to do with reshoots, scheduling changes or simply that a studio has lost enthusiasm for a project, such words always come with a sense of dread. Now it seems the… Read More >
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Box Office: Rogue One and Sing top New Year charts
As predicted, it was Lucasfilm and Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that came out as the box office champion over the holiday 4-day weekend and continued its surge towards becoming 2016’s top grossing film. The prequel, directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, has also continued to rake in… Read More >
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Ridley Scott on the state of cinema and directing a superhero film
Ridley Scott is certainly going to be a busy man in 2017. Starting this month with his new BBC show Taboo, which he executive produces alongside Tom Hardy (who stars) and Steven Knight, before getting busy again with the release of eagerly-anticipated sequels Alien: Covenant (his one directing gig) and Blade Runner 2049 later in… Read More >
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Bryan Cranston’s unique role in James Franco’s The Masterpiece
Of all the exciting films coming our way through the new year, one project is as exciting as you can get for many film fans: James Franco’s The Masterpiece. Based on the book The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, the film tells the behind-the-scenes story behind one of modern cinema’s biggest cult… Read More >
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Doctor Strange to appear in Thor: Ragnarok
2016 was another huge year in the life of Marvel Studios as they continue to conquer Hollywood. Captain America: Civil War took home the yearly crown for worldwide box office in 2016 with $1.153billion (although Rogue One: A Star Wars Story could beat it if its current form continues), while Doctor Strange also soared to… Read More >
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Lindsay Lohan still really wants to do Mean Girls 2
Back in 2004, Lindsay Lohan was at the peak of her powers: after starring in Freaky Friday a year earlier, Lohan became one of Hollywood’s biggest teen stars with the huge success of Mean Girls, which would gross over $129million. But ever since, the actress’ career has nose-dived with personal problems and high-profile film duds despite… Read More >
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New poster and images from Logan arrive
20th Century Fox has this week debuted a new poster and images from their upcoming comic-book action-thriller Logan. The new film sees James Mangold (The Wolverine) return behind the camera to direct Hugh Jackman, who plays the lead character for the final time on the big-screen. The new film is the most adult of all… Read More >
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Bad Moms are returning for a festive sequel
One of this year’s biggest comedies was Bad Moms, the latest from Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover) that despite some negative reviews, performed impressively at the US box office. Indeed during the late summer months, the film grossed $113million in the US, the second-highest R-rated gross of the year (behind Deadpool). Now, in… Read More >
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Carrie Fisher had finished “larger” Star Wars: Episode VIII role
This week saw a huge outpouring of good will and love after news broke that Carrie Fisher had passed away, aged 60. The actress, known for many films, script-doctoring and books, will be remembered by millions as Princess Leia in Star Wars and news from Deadline reports that Fisher had finished her work on the… Read More >
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