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Exclusive Interview – Maze Runner author James Dashner on his new novel The Fever Code, the challenges of writing prequels and more

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Alex Moreland chats with author James Dashner about his new Maze Runner prequel The Fever Code… Why do you write? Why do I write? Well… you know, it’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid, when I was very young and I was obsessed with books, and I grew up in […]

New images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer, Shazam casting and more – Daily News Roundup

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NEW JEDI IMAGES We’ve posted a few new images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi yesterday [see here], and then we got a brand new look at the film’s mysterious villain Supreme Leader Snoke thanks to a Topps trading card, along with a new shot of Luke Skywalker. Check them out here. DRACULA: ORIGINS Stop […]

Kathryn Bigelow and cinematic journalism

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Henry Bevan on Kathryn Bigelow and cinematic journalism… Hollywood is obsessed with journalists. From Howard Hawks pictures to most superhero films and romcoms, journalists are often window dressing for plot and snarky dialogue. Journalists themselves are represented as sheriffs or scoundrels, often overly moralistic or morally bankrupt. For an industry in love with newsroom culture, […]

Flickering Myth Film Class: How To Edit Action

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Tom Jolliffe begins a series of film classes. This week, featuring a guide on how to edit action scenes… In a new recurrent series, Film Class, I will take you through a guide on various topics relating to all manner of differing film aspects. From everything in front, or behind the camera, during shoot or […]

Exclusive Interview with Wonder Woman: Warbringer author Leigh Bardugo

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Ricky Church chats with Wonder Woman: Warbringer author Leigh Bardugo… One of DC’s latest initiatives to broaden its audience, characters and stories is to bring them to the Young Adult sphere with the DC Icons line of books. The first of the DC Icons was Wonder Woman: Warbringer, a new tale featuring a young Diana of […]

Star Wars Episode IX loses director, Wonder Woman is a box office hero, new Thor: Ragnarok promo posters and more – Daily News Roundup

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TROUBLE IN LUCASFILM Following the news a couple of months ago that Phil Lord and Chris Miller exited the Han Solo spin-off movie with only a few weeks of production left, it was revealed yesterday that Colin Trevorrow has left the director’s chair of Star Wars: Episode IX over creative differences. According to EW, there have […]

Exclusive Interview – Marvel Visual Development Supervisor Andy Park on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the Marvel house style, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with Andy Park about all things Marvel… First of all, could you tell us a little bit about how you became involved with the Marvel movies, and what your responsibilities are as Visual Development Supervisor? Yeah! I started at Marvel about seven, eight years ago – Marvel’s Kevin Feige and Louis D’Esposito […]

Inhumans opens strong, Doctor Who in the MCU, Bad Boys 3 still alive and more – Weekend News Roundup

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INHUMANS OPENS STRONG It may have been demoted from a big screen blockbuster to a small screen TV show, but Marvel’s Inhumans has had a strong showing in its IMAX release. According to Boxofficemojo, Inhumans brought in around $2.6 million worldwide – pretty good considering the season four finale of Game of Thrones made $1.4 […]

Autumn 2017 Movie Preview

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Liam Hoofe looks ahead to some of the biggest releases in cinema over the coming months… With summer nearly in the rear-view mirror, it is time to look ahead to the autumn – or fall, to our friends on the other side of the Pond – and all the fantastic movies it has to offer […]