The news of DreamWorks Animation’s film How to Train Your Dragon 2 being nominated for an Academy Award is about the only good news to come out of the animation studio as of late. Variety is reporting that DreamWorks Animation (DWA) is cutting 500 jobs and closing their Bay Area animation division Pacific Data Images […]
Andy Serkis’ Avengers: Age of Ultron character details revealed?
Since the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer arrived a few months ago, there’s been a lot of speculation that Andy Serkis will be playing the Black Panther villain, Ulysses Klaw. This has now seemingly been confirmed, with Schmoes Know reporting that Serkis will indeed portray Klaw, as well as offering up some details about the […]
Paul Bettany teases Avengers: Age of Ultron’s “enormous” scale
Paul Bettany, who has played Tony Stark’s A.I. butler J.A.R.V.I.S. multiple times in the Marvel cinematic universe, will be showing up in the flesh for Avengers: Age of Ultron, as popular character and android The Vision. We still know very little about his role, and have yet to see him in any of the footage that’s been […]
Luke Evans says he won’t be doing The Crow remake “in the near future”
Relativity Media certainly hasn’t had a smooth ride when it comes to its long-planned remake of The Crow, with the project passing through the hands of several filmmaker before settling upon its latest director Corin Hardy (The Hallow), who signed on to the project in December. At the time, Luke Evans (The Hobbit: The Battle […]
Jesse Eisenberg talks reprising Lex Luthor role after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
With his latest film, The End of the Tour, premiering at this month’s Sundance Film Festival, Variety caught up with Jesse Eisenberg about the film, but also dropped in a few questions about another small indie film he has coming out next year, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While Eisenberg didn’t divulge too much, […]
MGM executives want Adele return for SPECTRE
It seems Adele’s involvement with Skyfall was so well received that executives at MGM want the singer to return for the latest James Bond film SPECTRE. The singer was spotted in Los Angeles and a source at MGM reportedly said, “Everyone thinks Adele is here for her much anticipated new album, but she is actually working […]
Karl Urban, Jeff Nichols and Noam Munro linked to Aquaman movie
With the launch of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice still over a year away, Warner Bros. is continuing with preparations for the rest of the films they have announced for their DC Cinematic Universe. One of those announced and already in pre-production is Aquaman, the aquatic hero who can talk to fish, starring Jason […]
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight starts filming, adds new cast members
Opening later this year, Academy Award Winner Quentin Tarantino’s new film The Hateful Eight has today started principal photography (in 70mm) in Telluride, Colorado, the Weinstein Company has announced. In addition, the supporting cast has expanded, with many have worked with the filmmaker in the past. James Parks (Kill Bill), Zoë Bell (Death Proof), Gene […]
Movie Review – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Directed by Matthew Vaughn Starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill, Tom Prior and Jack Davenport SYNOPSIS: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing. Marking the second time Matthew Vaughn has directed a comic book created […]
The End of the Tour may have a distribution deal with A24
Having only just starting in the US, it seems that some of the line-up at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is too good to turn down. In what would be the fourth sale already before the festival gets into full swing, distributors A24 are considering picking up the rights to The End of the Tour, […]