Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) is set to direct a movie remake of the cult 1970’s telemovie and TV series The Night Stalker. Disney Pictures is developing the film as a potential star vehicle for Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland), who will be […]
Idris Elba confirmed for Nelson Mandela biopic
Well, we first broke the news way back in December and now Idris Elba (The Wire, Thor, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) has finally confirmed that he’s set to play former South African leader Nelson Mandela in a biopic based upon Mandela’s 1995 autobiographical book Long Walk to Freedom, with cameras set to roll on […]
Silence is Golden: The Making of The Artist
Trevor Hogg explores the making of Michel Hazanavicius’ Best Picture contender, The Artist… “The first person I had to convince was me, and think, ‘Okay, even if everybody thinks it is undoable, I am going to try because I really want to do it’,” stated French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius who began developing The Artist (2011) […]
Jim Caviezel joins Schwarzenegger and Stallone in The Tomb
300 producer Mark Canton’s testosterone-fest The Tomb has found its bad guy, JoBlo are reporting, and it’s none other than Christ himself, Jim Caviezel. He’ll be providing the foil to the fearsome Arnold Schwarzenegger / Sylvester Stallone combo, who are playing against type as Ray Breslin and Church, hard-men inmates attempting to escape from a […]
Holy Franchise, Batman! – Now available for pre-order…
Just a quick update to let you know that my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen – which charts the entire live-action and animated history of Gotham City’s Grim Avenger, from the 1943 Batman movie serial through to The Dark Knight Rises and beyond – is now available to pre-order […]
DVD Review – Caprice (1967)
Caprice, 1967. Directed by Frank Tashlin. Starring Doris Day and Richard Harris. SYNOPSIS: A female spy (Doris Day) working for a cosmetics company gets caught up in a complex plot to discover the formula to a new hairspray. Teaming up with a fellow spy (Richard Harris) they discover an underworld involving more than just beauty […]
DVD Review – Miss Bala (2011)
Miss Bala, 2011. Directed by Gerardo Naranjo. Starring Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier, Gabriel Heads, Jose Yenque and James Russo. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring beauty queen is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel and quickly finds herself sucked into the vicious world of South American drug trafficking. Films about the South American drug […]
DVD Review – Demons Never Die (2011)
Demons Never Die, 2011. Directed by Arjun Rose. Starring Robert Sheehan, Ashley Walters and Tulisa Contostavlos. SYNOPSIS: A group of troubled teens make a suicide pact after a classmate takes her own life. But all is not what it seems. The best way to describe Demons Never Die is to call it an ‘urban horror’. […]
Second Opinion – Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, 2012. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth, Fergus Riordan and Christopher Lambert. SYNOPSIS: Former motorcycle stuntman-turned-Satan’s bounty hunter Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is approached by a religious sect and tasked with protecting a young boy (Fergus Riordan) from […]
Committing to a TV series
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Jane Mulkerrins interviewed Dustin Hoffman for The Telegraph, regarding his new television series, Luck… “This transfer of some of film’s greatest talents to the small screen – Martin Scorsese directing HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; the likes of Al Pacino, Julianne Moore, and now Hoffman taking on TV roles – […]
