Jackie Chan joins The Expendables 3
With two financially successful instalments already under its belt, Lionsgate is looking to wheel out its collection of aging stars for another explosive action ensemble, with development already well...
View ArticleJack Black’s company producing new web comedy Ghost Ghirls for Yahoo
Jack Black’s (School of Rock) Electric Dynamite and Shine America have started production of Ghost Ghirls, a new web comedy series. According to Deadline the show centers on two young female ghost...
View ArticleRobert Downey Jr. talks Shane Black and Iron Man 3
Robert Downy Jr. has spoken out about his love for Iron Man 3 director Shane Black at the 24 hour Cinefamily Telethon a few days ago and even spoke about how he was influential on the first Iron Man...
View ArticleFull synopsis and Blu-ray special features for Batman: The Dark Knight...
Warner Home Video is set to release the concluding chapter of its animated adaptation of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns next month [if you've not seen the first part yet, then seek it out...
View ArticlePeep Show Series 8 - Episode 4 Review
Luke Owen reviews the fourth episode of Peep Show series eight...I’m beginning to run out of things to say about this series of Peep Show. After last week’s almost-good episode we’re met this week with...
View ArticleNovel Thoughts: A conversation with author Ramez Naam
Trevor Hogg chats with Ramez Naam about the evolution of technology and his debut novel Nexus which arrives on North American bookshelves today...“I can’t remember ever not being fascinated by...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino almost directed a Luke Cage movie
Speaking to MTV at a press junket for his forthcoming Spaghetti Western homage Django Unchained, acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has revealed that early in his career he planned to make a...
View ArticleJamie Foxx talks Amazing Spider-Man 2
While on the press junket for Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx (Ray) spoke about his role as Electro in Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the infamous green and yellow costume."It won’t be green and...
View ArticleVin Diesel set for Kojak under Skyfall screenwriters
Vin Diesel (Fast and Furious) is set to develop a love for lollipops as he is gearing up to step into the shoes of Kojak, the lollipop loving NYPD detective in a big screen remake of the hit 70s crime...
View ArticleRicky Gervais to take the lead role in Muppets 2?
Having already announced that Jason Segel won't be returning for the sequel to his Muppets reboot, The Hollywood Reporter are claiming that Walt Disney Pictures may have found their human lead in the...
View ArticleJames Franco not returning for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes?
With the news of Rupert Wyatt leaving the production of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Cloverfield director Matt Reeves stepping in, James Franco has recently told MTV that he might be joining...
View ArticleNoomi Rapace offered female lead in Animal Rescue opposite Tom Hardy
Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) has been offered the female lead in Animal Rescue, an adaptation scripted by Shutter Island and Gone Baby Gone author Dennis Lehane from his own short story, published in the...
View ArticleThe Hobbit: An Expected Journey to the top of the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 14th - Sunday 16th December 2012... The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was always going to comfortably top the UK box office chart in its...
View ArticleGame of Thrones getting 'super-sized' for season 3
As HBO's Game of Thrones turns its attention to (the first half) of George R.R. Martin's A Storm of Swords - the third book in his A Song of Ice and Fire saga - Entertainment Weekly has revealed that...
View ArticleDVD Review - Hope Springs (2012)
Hope Springs, 2012.Directed by David Frankel.Starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Jean Smart, Ben Rappaport, Marin Ireland and Mimi Rogers.SYNOPSIS:After thirty years...
View ArticleConstructive Concepts: A conversation with production designer Jack Fisk
Trevor Hogg chats with Jack Fisk, who was born 67 years ago today, about the craft of production design, and his collaborations with Terrence Malick, David Lynch, and Paul Thomas Anderson...“My mother...
View ArticleJeph Loeb and Samuel L. Jackson discuss Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D.
After his blockbuster success this summer with Marvel's The Avengers, writer-director Joss Whedon is heading back to the small screen next year to develop a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot for ABC, and Marvel's...
View ArticleX-Men: The Animated Series opening recreated with action figures
Any superhero fans old enough to remember the early 1990s will no doubt have fond memories of Marvel's rather fantastic animated X-Men series - and of course, its outstanding opening sequence (which...
View ArticleJustice League: Mortal - An extract from Holy Franchise, Batman!
Gary Collinson presents an extract from his book Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, detailing Warner Bros' attempts to develop a Justice League movie under director...
View ArticleHugh Jackman confirmed for X-Men: Days of Future Past
As soon as the title was announced, and as soon as Bryan Singer was drafted in as director, rumours of Hugh Jackman's involvement in X-Men: Days of Future Past had been circulating round. But now,...
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