Mom's Night Out hits seventh There are many things that are over the top and gross about Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne and director Nicholas Stoller’s new comedy, and its box office gross is just another. Neighbors – which is known as Bad Neighbours over here, presumably to differentiate it from show that launched Kyle Minogue and, more importantly, Bouncer – opened to...
He's accepted the job of being the latest scribe With director Christopher McQuarrie deep in location scouting and other necessary preparation required to shoulder the challenge of making Mission: Impossible 5 , a new writer has been hired to work on the script for the new film. Relative film newcomer Will Staples is the man with the gig . Iron Man 3 ’s Drew Pearce kicked off the script, working...
Did you know the Llewyn Davis star was once a gronk droid? Photo: Getty Images One of the most exciting names announced in the casting for Star Wars: Episode VII was Oscar Isaac, who wasn't even rumoured until the day of the announcement. But he's one of those actors we'll always go out of our way to watch, so he further boosts our already sky-high hopes for the film. The shoulda-been-Oscar-nominated...
Wire veteran will be Sue & Johnny Storm's dad Having cast one veteran of The Wire in Michael B. Jordan, Fantastic Four reboot director Josh Trank is letting his gritty crime drama flag fly once more, adding fellow former fictional Detroit resident Reg E. Cathey as his father . Cathey, who spent several seasons playing Norman Wilson on the critically adored HBO series, is set to play Dr. Storm, dad...
They're voicing Autobots... Principal photography has been finished for a while on Transformers: Age Of Extinction . But with a group of new robots to find voices for, that doesn’t mean Michael Bay has stopped adding cast members. Two new additions have just been announced, with John Goodman and Ken Watanabe set to lend their tonsil talents . Goodman, last seen in The Monuments Men , will be...
In a Patricia Highsmith adaptation with Jessica Biel Having given cinema the likes of The Talented Mr. Ripley and this month's The Two Faces Of January, the novels of Patricia Highsmith are a constant well of material for filmmakers. The latest director to tackle one of her books is Andy Goddard, who has Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Imogen Poots and Toby Jones lined up to star in an untitled film...
Wire veteran will be Sue & Johnny Storm's dad Having cast one veteran of The Wire in Michael B. Jordan, Fantastic Four reboot director Josh Trank is letting his gritty crime drama flag fly once more, adding fellow former fictional Detroit resident Reg E. Cathey as his father . Cathey, who spent several seasons playing Norman Wilson on the critically adored HBO series, is set to play Dr. Storm, dad...
Can a song save Mark Ruffalo & Keira Knightley? Director John Carney enjoyed a big, musical-spawning hit with Once , so we can understand why he might want to go to the well again with Begin Again . The film, which was once called Can A Song Save Your Life? has posted its first UK trailer online. Begin Again follows Greta (Keira Knightley), who heads to New York with her long-time rock...
Playing housekeeper to Ian McKellen's Sherlock Holmes As announced last year, the Gods And Monsters team of director Bill Condon and star Ian McKellen are reuniting for the Sherlock Holmes drama A Slight Trick Of The Mind , based on the excellent novel by Mitch Cullin. We haven't heard much since the autumn, but word has just broken that Laura Linney has joined the cast, playing the aging Holmes'...
Back of the net Photo: Sarah Dunn Sensibly deciding to take his papier-mache head off for his Empire Podcast interview, Michael Fassbender was on fine form as he talked about his latest, Frank , as well as his stoat impersonation, his deleted dance sequence at the end of Prometheus and his love of Buck Rogers. Also under the interview lamplight were Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, directors of the inspirational...
While Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets second season There's been talk of Marvel parachuting Hayley Atwell's Agent Carter into her own solo stories for some time. The studio first mused further One-Shots like the one on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray. Then, last autumn, there were rumblings of a developing TV series. The latter is now officially a going concern, with US channel ABC ordering the Captain America...
Aboriginal sins The last time the Rudge Park posse travelled abroad, we got their misadventures in Malia. But for The Inbetweeners 2 , Jay, Neil, Simon and Will have headed to Australia to cause havoc in the Outback and beyond. Now the first look is just a quick, one-gag affair, but the teaser is online. All together now: “FIREWANKERS!” Post by The Inbetweeners . Co-creators...
Andrew Baldwin will draft the script Despite the disappointment of The Bourne Legacy , Universal is pushing ahead with the further chronicles of the Bourne universe as led by Jeremy Renner’s Aaron Cross. Fast & Furious director Justin Lin is on board to direct, and script duties have now been handed to Andrew Baldwin . He’ll take over the writing chores from Sherlock Holmes ’...
He's on for the Iraq War drama Nicholas Hoult was recruited to star in true-life Iraq War drama Sand Castle back in March, but it wouldn’t be much of a platoon without other actors. So Toby Kebbell will join him on the battlefield . Sand Castle is scripted by Chris Roessner, who spent two years serving in Iraq and went on more than 200 missions during his stint as a machine gunner in the war-torn...
Aboriginal sins The last time the Rudge Park posse travelled abroad, we got their misadventures in Malia. But for The Inbetweeners 2 , Jay, Neil, Simon and Will have headed to Australia to cause havoc in the Outback and beyond. Now the first look is just a quick, one-gag affair, but the teaser is online. Post by The Inbetweeners . Co-creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley have nabbed the director’s...
The Other Guys head to Bedrock... Yabba dabba doo! In today's remake news, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are reportedly planning a new animated film version of The Flintstones . Through their production company, Gary Sanchez Productions, the team are hoping to bring the animation to the big screen, with a script by The Campaign and The Other Guys veteran Chris Henchy. The Flintstones, of course,...
Universe, meet Star-Lord! Remember Cheers, about a bar where everybody knows your name? We reckon Peter Quill's Star-Lord in Guardians Of The Galaxy dreams of that place, since no one seems to have heard of him in his own haunts. Still, at least the Chris Pratt character becoming more familiar to viewers, with a couple of new stills of his full costume online courtesy of director James Gunn and...
When A Monster Calls... For the last couple of months, we’ve been reporting on the slow, steady development of The Impossible director Juan Antonio Bayona’s new film, When A Monster Calls . The story on Felicity Jones joining a couple of weeks ago also made mention of Bayona courting Liam Neeson to star as the titular creature. It’s clear his overtures worked, because Screen International...
In the new Clive Barker adaptation We're big fans of Lena Headey around Empire Towers. For just one reason why, check out this interview we did with her for 3 00: Rise Of An Empire . For another, we refer you to her work in Game Of Thrones. On screen, she’s not the sort of person you want to cross, and if you can imagine that attitude plus magical powers in a horror story, you'll have something...
Her first US-based film If people think a magazine’s editorial team are out all the time partying and whooping it up, they’d probably be bitterly disappointed to learn the truth that we mostly just sit around in jumpers and drink tea. But the sales team? That’s another story, and one that will be told by F ish Tank/ Wuthering Heights director Andrea Arnold, who is heading to the...