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The Last of Us writer: “I don’t want that movie to be made”

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Seemingly stuck in pre-production purgatory, an adaptation of Naughty Dog’s blockbusting video game, The Last of Us, has been talked about since the game was released in 2013. Now the game’s director, Neil Druckmann, who has also also written the script for Sony Pictures and Screen Gems adaptation, has said that he doesn’t want that […]

Where Art Thou? A look at 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders

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Matt Rodgers on 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders… As Jimmy Kimmel steps out onto the Dolby Theatre stage to deliver his introduction to the 90th Academy Awards, spare a thought for those who still have their pre-ordered tuxedo hanging in the closet, or that dress they’d practiced the red carpet walk in still tagged for return, […]

Mark Hamill tweets James Gunn about potential Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 role

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Twitter has become an increasingly volatile place to spend time, but every so often it can do some good, and that might just be the case for both audiences and Mark Hamill, if his Twitter exchange with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is anything to go by. When asked by a fan whether Gunn […]

Movie Review – The Party (2018)

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The Party, 2018. Directed by Sally Potter. Starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy. SYNOPSIS: A celebratory gathering hosted by Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) brings together a generation of friends, lovers, and family members, for a soirée that will escalate beyond family squabbles, to guns, […]

Terminator 6 to start filming in May

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The Terminator franchise has asked us to remember a lot of important dates since 1984.There was August 29th, 1997, also known as Judgment Day. May 12th, 1984 was the day on which Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) arrived from the future to save Sarah Connor. Then there are the days we’d rather forget, such as July […]

Rivalry Resumed: Sonic the Hedgehog movie races ahead of Super Mario Bros.

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Having spent the last few weeks reporting the news that Nintendo were to move ahead with their long in the pipeline Super Mario Bros. animated movie, Paramount has confirmed that the plumbers’ biggest pixelated rival, Sonic the Hedgehog, will beat them to the big-screen with a November 15th, 2019 release date.  The Hollywood Reporter have revealed […]

Nightwing director to tackle Dungeons & Dragons movie

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Paramount Pictures, Hasbro Studios and their newly formed production division Allspark Productions are reportedly in negotiations with The LEGO Batman Movie‘s Chris McKay to direct the Dungeons & Dragons reboot. McKay will be busy, having also signed on to helm Warner Bros. and DC’s Nightwing movie, as well as his producer duties on The LEGO […]

UPDATE: Conflicting rumours emerge about the future involvement of Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers

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Ross and Matt Duffer, the creators of TV phenomenon Stranger Things, would have to be as mad as a jealousy fuelled Eleven to consider departing the Netflix show, but that’s exactly what some reports have suggested. Moviefone reported that a source close to the production had said that the next season could well be their […]

Legion season 2 promo claims ‘It’s all in your head’

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Those of you willing to embrace the creative lunacy of Legion were rewarded with one of the best TV shows of recent times. Now ahead of its April 3rd season 2 bow, FOX have released a brand new promo that suggests the mind boggling brilliance is set to continue. Watch the trailer here… Are you […]