Here’s a news story that may send shivers down the spine of martial arts fans – and indeed movie fans – everywhere… According to Aint It Cool News, director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand) is keen on remaking Enter the Dragon, the 1973 classic which made Bruce Lee a global sensation. Ratner […]
And the Academy Award should have gone to… Barry Lyndon
Sam Carey on Barry Lyndon and the Oscars… March 1976 saw One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest fly in to the 48th Academy Awards and leave with statues for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. It was only the second time a single film has walked away with awards in […]
Joseph Gilgun cast as Cassidy in AMC’s Preacher
British actor Joseph Gilgun (This Is England, Misfits) has joined the cast of AMC’s Preacher pilot, where he’ll play the role of Irish vampire Proinsias Cassidy. Deadline describes his character as “the most wild-ass, bestest “bro” you’d ever want to meet. He may be 100 years dead but no one’s more boisterously alive than Proinsias Cassidy. […]
Home defeats The Divergent Series: Insurgent at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th March to Sunday 22nd March 2015… DreamWorks Animation’s Home fended off competition from YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent to take top spot at the UK box office this past weekend with a hefty £6,025,917 opening, although that did include £3.4 million […]
Neill Blomkamp and Simon Kinberg to produce The Leviathan
After causing quite a stir with his rather splendid CGI proof of concept video last week, filmmaker Ruairi Robinson (The Last Days on Mars) has nabbed a couple of producers for his planned sci-fi feature The Leviathan, with Neill Blomkamp (Chappie) and Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) boarding the project. As per Deadline, […]
The Return of Nintendo: The Rise of a Great Gaming Brand
It looks like Nintendo, after years of failing to follow in the footsteps of its most fierce competitors Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox, is set to venture into gaming applications for phones. The revelation that they had finally shaken off their aversion to non-console platform gaming and were taking what has been described as a […]
Dwayne Johnson gives an update on Shazam
A few days ago Dwayne Johnson shared some thoughts on his role as Black Adam in Warner Bros.’ Shazam movie and the possibility of the character joining the Justice League at some point in the future, and now the Furious 7 star has offered up another update on the progress of the 2019 DC feature […]
Ryan Reynolds talks Deadpool, says the “debate rages on” over PG-13 or R rating
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly about his new film Woman in Gold, Ryan Reynolds offered up some comments on the long-gestating Deadpool movie, which is finally about to go into production after years of development hell. “It’s just how unusual he is,” said Reynolds when asked about the appeal of the character. “You understand […]
Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine to star in Colm McCarthy’s She Who Brings Gifts
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Glenn Close (Guardians of the Galaxy), Gemma Arterton (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and Paddy Considine (The World’s End) have signed on to star in She Who Brings Gifts, the feature debut of director Colm McCarthy, whose TV credits include Sherlock, Doctor Who, The Tudors and Peaky Blinders. Based […]
Interview: Director Rob Baard talks The Ninja Immovable Heart
david j. moore chats with The Ninja Immovable Heart director and star Rob Baard… The endurance of the ninja genre is evident in 2015 with Rob Baard’s debut feature film The Ninja Immovable Heart, currently out on DVD across the US (and out in the UK as Ninja on April 20). Baard, a 4th degree […]
