Having been controversially cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Shailene Woodley looks set to turn down any possible return to the Spidey franchise as Mary Jane Watson due to her commitments to the Divergent franchise. When asked of the likelihood of her return for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 by Total Film, she responded, “I have no idea and […]
David Duchovny to headline Charles Manson drama
David Duchovny looks set for an immediate return to the small screen when his current series Californication finishes its seven-season run this year, with The X-Files star signing on for NBC’s 13-episode event series Aquarius, which will see him as a police detective on the trail of notorious cult leader Charles Manson. According to […]
Three more names join the cast of Terminator: Genesis
Last week it was announced that Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games) had joined the cast of Terminator: Genesis, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that three more names have been added to the cast of the upcoming reboot, with Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) having secured a “key role” alongside Michael Gladis (Mad Men) […]
Newcomer Jack Stanley to pen Chronicle 2
Back in September it was confirmed that screenwriter Max Landis was no longer involved with Fox’s planned sequel to the 2012 found footage super-powers hit Chronicle, but it seems the studio is still keen to push on with its plans for the follow-up, with Deadline revealing that newcomer Jack Stanley has been hired to write […]
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer talks about the plot for Top Gun 2
Before the death of director Tony Scott back in 2012, it finally seemed that the long-rumoured sequel to the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun was finally starting to move forward, with leading man Tom Cruise all set to reprise his role as ace pilot Maverick. Last year, Jerry Bruckheimer suggested that development on Top Gun 2 […]
Samuel L. Jackson says Frozone will return for The Incredibles 2
Last month, Disney CEO Bob Iger delighted fans of Pixar’s 2004 animated classic The Incredibles by announcing that the superhero family would return under director Brad Bird for the long-awaited sequel, and now Samuel L. Jackson has confirmed that we should expect to see his character Frozone back alongside Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl and their super-powered […]
MGM announces a live-action/CG hybrid Pink Panther movie
MGM has announced that it is working on a new Pink Panther movie, although rather than following the adventures of Inspector Clouseau, it “will harken back to the tone shared by the original Friz Freleng and David De Patie cartoons as well as that of Blake Edwards’ films” with a live-action / CG animated hybrid […]
Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine to cameo in The Fantastic Four
With Chronicle director Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four gearing up to go into production, Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox will take the first step in merging its Marvel properties with the upcoming reboot, with the site revealing that X-Men veteran Hugh Jackman will appear in a brief cameo role in the film as the adamantium clawed […]
Bradford International Film Festival 2014 Review – Blue Ruin (2013)
Blue Ruin, 2013. Written and Directed Jeremy Saulnier.Starring Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack and Eve Plumb. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight […]
DVD Review – Klown (2010)
Klown (Denmark: Klovn: The Movie), 2010. Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard.Starring Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jessa and Mia Lyhne. SYNOPSIS: In order to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend, Frank ‘kidnaps’ her 12-year-old nephew and tags along on his best friend Casper’s debauched weekend canoe trip. The bumbling fool, the blithering idiot, the blissfully […]
