The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher […]
A24 picks up Michael Fassbender-led Trespass Against Us
A24 has picked up yet another Michael Fassbender vehicle. According to Deadline, the film distribution company has officially acquired the U.S. rights to Adam Smith’s feature debut Trespass Against Us. The heist film follows the Cutler family of outlaws led by Chad Cutler (Michael Fassbender) and his father (Brendan Gleeson). When the law catches up […]
Steven Spielberg’s The BFG finds its Sophie
DreamWorks Studios has announced that Steven Spielberg has found his Sophie for the upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic tale The BFG, with 10-year-old newcomer Ruby Barnhill securing the role in what will be her first feature film. “After a lengthy search, I feel Roald Dahl himself would have found Ruby every bit as marvellous […]
Viola Davis set to play Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad
A couple of weeks back we reported the casting news for Suicide Squad now that the whole team is in place. But one name missing was the lady behind the team, Amanda Waller. Well, according to Latino Review (who are hit and miss with their reports), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) is […]
The Interview New York premiere cancelled; certain cinemas will not show the film due to “9/11-style attacks” threat
It’s not been a great week for Sony, having been involved with a little email hack you may have read about. And it’s not going to get any better as the New York premiere for controversial comedy The Interview has been cancelled. The announcement came from a spokesperson for Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema, in the wake of an ominous […]
The destruction in Man of Steel will play a major part in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Since it was announced last year, we’ve heard a lot of talk about one half of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but not so much on the other. Over the weekend our comments section blew up as people gave their thoughts on the colour of Batman’s new outfit, but there wasn’t so much talk […]
Neil Gaiman talks Sandman movie, wants Tom Hiddleston for Morpheus
As Warner Bros., David S. Goyer and Joseph Gordon-Levitt continue to chip away at development on the long-awaited Sandman movie, creator Neil Gaiman has shared his thoughts on who he’d like to play the lead character of Dream, a.k.a. Morpheus. “It’s a funny thing with Morpheus. Again, it’s that thing where you look around and […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th December 2014… Exactly a year after The Desolation of Smaug debuted in first place and two years after An Unexpected Journey did the same, Peter Jackson is back at the top of the UK box office chart with the […]
The Amazing Spider-Man is a beautiful disaster
Anthony Stokes on The Amazing Spider-Man… As a kid growing up in the 90s, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy was effectively my Star Wars. I loved them as a kid, and grew up and then appreciated them even more. They’re dark, funny, inventive, and sometimes extremely scary. To me they weren’t quite a close adaptation of […]
Evangeline Lilly says Ant-Man is in ‘good hands’ with Peyton Reed
Marvel’s Ant-Man got off to a rough start when original director Edgar Wright, who was working on the project from 2006, left over creative differences. Since his departure Peyton Reed took over and now in an interview with IGN to promote The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, star Evangeline Lilly has Peyton Reed […]
