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Patty Jenkins directing Superman, The Mummy bombs, Tom Hardy in Aladdin and more – Weekend News Roundup

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PATTY JENKINS 4 SUPERMAN Having scored the best-reviewed DCEU entry with Wonder Woman – which dropped only 45% in its second week – director Patty Jenkins has been talking about other characters she’d like to tackle. In a Reddit AMA, Jenkins told her fans, “It’s no secret that I love Superman but right now I’m just […]

Exclusive interview with Chris McKay on The LEGO Batman Movie and LEGO Universe

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Tai Freligh interviews director Chris McKay… Chris McKay has an extensive background in television work, including editing, directing, producing, animation and visual effects. He is best known for his editing work early on for Robot Chicken and Moral Orel before later adding directing to his resume.  He was animation co-director on The LEGO Movie with Phil Lord and Christopher […]

The Best TV and Film Performances of 2017 So Far

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Samuel Brace with the best TV and film performances of 2017 so far… Having already discussed the top TV shows of 2017 so far, it’s time we cast our gaze towards the standout acting performances, in either TV or film, of the year to date. There have been many truly wonderful turns given, spreading across […]

Nightwing casting, Alien franchise in trouble, Thor: Ragnarok opens huge and more – Daily News Roundup

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NIGHTWING CASTING RUMOURS There was a rumour going around over the weekend that Stranger Things star Dacre Montgomery had been cast as Nightwing in the DC solo movie, however the film’s director Chris McKay has taken to Twitter to say that casting for the movie hasn’t gotten underway yet. “We haven’t started the process of […]

Wonder Woman opens HUGE, Alien 5 officially dead, Dan Aykroyd slams Paul Feig and more – Weekend News Roundup

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WONDER WOMAN’S HUGE OPENING Early projections for Wonder Woman‘s opening were around $65 million, which then dropped to nearly $40 million when the pre-order numbers were released. However, due to some great reviews and positive word of mouth, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman has opened huge for the DCEU. The movie debuted in several big territories […]

Exclusive interview with Wonder Woman costume designer Lindy Hemming

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It’s breaking box office records and winning critical plaudits around the world – but Wonder Woman would be nothing without its threads. Sean Wilson talks to Oscar-winning costumer Lindy Hemming about the movie… After several false starts the DC Extended Universe has finally got itself on track with Wonder Woman, director Patty Jenkins’ terrific, character-led […]

Tom Cruise And Why Top Gun 2 Should Be Canned

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Neil Calloway says it’s time Hollywood started saying no to Cruise… It’s a cliché to say success has many fathers while failure is an orphan, but it’s no less true for that. The most recent example of this in Hollywood is everyone disowning The Mummy and blaming its poor box office on star Tom Cruise […]

Do We Judge a Film Before We Watch It?

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Henry Bevan on whether we judge a film before we watch it… One of the most disheartening things ever happened a few days ago. Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, generally awesome dude and woke bae, attacked film critics on Twitter because they didn’t like his new movie, Baywatch. According to Dwayne, “Fans LOVE the movie” whilst […]