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Jared Leto is Hugh Hefner, Optimus Prime in Bumblebee, Halloween casting and more – Daily News Roundup

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IN LIKE HEFF Less than a week since his passing and Brett Ratner’s Hugh Hefner biopic is picking up steam, announcing yesterday the casting of Jared Leto as the Playboy creator. “Jared is an old friend,” Ratner told The Hollywood Reporter. “When he heard I got the rights to Hef’s story, he told me, ‘I want […]

DC Extended Universe is connected after all, M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass gets underway and more – Daily News Roundup

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100% CONNECTED There’s quite a lot of confusion around Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe, with reports a few days ago that films would no longer be connected the same was as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, conversely, Geoff Johns has now said on Twitter that the DC Universe is “100%” connected. Try and work this […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Siddhartha Khosla talks Marvel’s Runaways, the need to maintain an authentic sound, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with Siddhartha Khosla about Marvel’s Runaways and more… So, how did you first get involved with Marvel’s Runaways? Well, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are the creators of the show so we, you know, set up a meeting with them to talk about doing their show and we had a kinda common […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Dominic Lewis on DuckTales, The Man in the High Castle, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with composer Dominic Lewis… So, first of all, how did you first get involved with DuckTales? How did I get involved? Well, I had a meeting with the head of Disney TV, a long time ago, two years ago, and we’ve been trying to work together for a long time, but my […]

Exclusive Interview – Director Michael Winterbottom discusses his new film On the Road

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Michael Winterbottom’s acclaimed new film On the Road – a semi-fictional take of life on tour with the British rock band Wolf Alice – opens in UK cinemas this coming Friday, and Flickering Myth’s Ben Robins has been chatting to the filmmaker about the movie; watch it in the video below or check it out […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Nathan Barr on his score for Flatliners, his musical voice, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with composer Nathan Barr… So, first of all, how did you first get involved with Flatliners? The head of music at Sony, Spring Aspers, brought me in to submit a demo when they decided to replace their initial composer. They wanted to try a different musical direction. I submitted sort of a […]

Sex and the City 3 canned, huge Terminator 6 update, It becomes the biggest horror film of all-time and more – Weekend News Roundup

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GIRLS GONE COLD After making over $700 million across two films (although the second took a major dip in box office receipts), Sex and the City 3 seemed like a sure thing. The film had been in development for some time and a lot of talks were taking place, but it looks like the movie […]

The Essential Ryan Gosling Films

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Continuing in the build up to Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the essential Ryan Gosling… In the past decade, Ryan Gosling has seen something of a transformation. He’s developed into an actor who can be relied upon to deliver a note worthy performance. He’s gone from being […]

Why Do So Many Sequels Disappoint?

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Neil Calloway looks at why so few sequels are better than the films that precede them… With the advance word on Blade Runner 2049 good, with some saying it’s at least the equal of the original (read our review here), it’s got me thinking why so few sequels surpass the first film. In theory, it […]