Deadline is reporting that Carter Blanchard (Spy Hunter) is doing a re-write on the script for Independence Day 2. The script was originally written by director Roland Emmerich with producer Dean Devlin but the duties were handed over to James Vanderbilt (White House Down) whose script has been the one used for some time. Now […]

Last week we reported on a rumour circulating around the web that Jurassic Park sequel Jurassic World was going to be taking a very SyFy-esque direction with its plot. The rumour stated that there would be a new T-Rex / raptor / snake / cuttlefish hybrid that would be taken down by a group of […]

Good news for fans of Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans’ hard-hitting martial arts epic The Raid – Variety is reporting that pre-production on Screen Gems’ remake of the Indonesian actioner has been halted, although the film is not being placed into turnaround and is still aiming for an early 2015 shoot. The U.S. remake of The […]

Last Friday brought the news that Marvel and Edgar Wright have parted ways after eight years of development on Ant-Man, throwing the first Phase Three offering of the Marvel Cinematic Universe into turmoil as the studio looks to keep the production on track for its proposed July 17th, 2015 release date. Now The Hollywood Reporter […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

We’ve seen Ben Affleck as The Dark Knight, but we’re yet to see what director Zack Snyder and costume designer Michael Wilkinson has cooked up for Wonder Woman’s big screen debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice under actress Gal Gadot; well, while we wait, some new rumours have popped up online suggesting that […]

If you were hoping to see Stan Lee popping up for his customary Marvel cameo in X-Men: Days of Future Past, then you’ll have no doubt been disappointed by his absence in the mutant superhero epic. Speaking to CNN, the comic book legend has revealed that scheduling issues meant he was unable to feature in […]

If Deadline is to be believed, it seems that Edgar Wright has wasted little time choosing his next project after vacating the director’s chair on Marvel’s Ant-Man, with the site reporting that he’s once again turned his attention to a feature reboot of the cult TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker for Disney. Airing between […]

Trevor Hogg chats with James Rouse, Richard Lumsden and Jeremy Swift about walking across the UK to make a road movie… “My father was an accountant,” remarks British filmmaker James Rouse.  “My mother makes very good flapjacks but I’m not sure if that counts. Looking back perhaps they were both more artistic than their backgrounds […]

After putting The Hateful Eight on hold in January after a script leak, Quentin Tarantino’s stance towards shooting his second western seems to have softened recently. At the Cannes Film Festival Tarantino said he was considering how to take the project forward, and now Showbiz 411 is reporting that cameras will start rolling on The […]