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2017 Summer Movie Preview

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Liam Hoofe looks the summer’s big movie releases… While the rest of the world continues to go a little mad, movies fan the world over are super excited about what looks to be one of the biggest summers in the history of cinema. Several big franchises are releasing sequels/prequels/spin-offs and several new franchises are bringing […]

The Dark Tower poster, four more Alien movies after Covenant, The Matrix prequel rumours and more – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… THE DARK TOWER MARKETING BEGINS It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the marketing campaign for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy epic The Dark Tower is about to begin, with the first teaser poster arriving online on Sunday. Now, how about that trailer… […]

Wonder Woman and Baby Driver trailers, Avatar 2, Gladiator 2, Pegg and Frost reunite, and what’s going on with The Dark Tower? – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… WONDER WOMAN GETS AN ORIGINS TRAILER On Saturday, Warner Bros. gave us another look at its first DC Films release of 2017, unveiling an ‘Origins’ trailer for June’s Wonder Woman solo movie starring Gal Gadot. If you’re yet to see the trailer, or you just want to watch […]

What the hell is going on with The Dark Tower movie?

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Samuel Brace is starting to get a little concerned about The Dark Tower… The Dark Tower adaptation currently set for release this summer seems to be in big trouble. We are months from release and there’s no trailer, the film has recently been delayed, and now reshoots are taking place. None of this looks good […]

Matthew McConaughey on choosing The Dark Tower over Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Before Kurt Russell was cast in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Ego, the Living Planet, Marvel reached out to Matthew McConaughey for the role of Star-Lord’s father, only for the Oscar winner to turn the opportunity down in favour of portraying The Man in Black in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Dark […]

8 Films to Look Forward to In 2017

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As 2016 nears its end, here’s eight films to look forward to in 2017… Like the television landscape in 2016, film has been difficult to stomach. On one hand we’ve had genuine surprises like The Nice Guys and The Invitation, and on the other we have had absolute travesties like Suicide Squad. We also have our […]

The Dark Tower TV series announced, will adapt Wizard and Glass

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Coinciding with Stephen King’s 69th birthday today, Sony and Media Rights Capital – the production company behind the upcoming movie – have announced that the companion TV series to The Dark Tower is officially a go. EW is reporting that Sony and MRC have committed to financing a run of between 10 and 13 episodes […]

Ron Howard on bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the screen

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After spending years developing the project, producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are now less than half a year away from realising their dream of bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the big screen. However, as we’ve seen and heard, director Nikolaj Arcel’s film is not going to be a direct adaptation of King’s fantasy […]