Matt Smith's showing off... You may have seen the first image from Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River last month, released ahead of the film’s premiere at Cannes and listed as one of the movies we were most anticipating in the festival. If you thought the first clip might offer more lucid context, we’ve got bad news on that front. Though it certainly does make it seem stylish...
See JJ Abrams' letter to his crew Well, folks, it's on. In a galaxy not too far away, J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII shoot has been officially started and was shepherded through its first full week with a sinew-stiffening letter from the director/co-writer to his cast and crew. Click below for a closer look. {Star Wars letter to crew} In the months to come Abrams and his cameras will be rolling...
You're still welcome. If the first trailer for Marvel’s interstellar comedy action film Guardians Of The Galaxy was a tease introducing us to the rag-tag assortment of thieves, thugs, assassins and lunatics that makes up the titular team, this new promo delivers on action, spectacle and the same swagger we’ve come to expect from what is shaping up to be another leap by the comic book crew. ...
He's rumoured as in talks for the new Harry Potter spin-off As Warner Bros. plunges headlong back into the world of Harry Potter with prequel spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them , the studio recently announced a 2016 release date for the first planned film. To help it reach cinemas, Fantastic Beasts will need a director, and it appears Warners is turning to one of the former Harry helmers,...
Damien is heading to small screens Because several sequels, TV movies and the 2006 remake clearly weren’t enough, someone now wants to turn 1976 horror classic The Omen into a TV series. The Walking Dead veteran Glen Mazzara is that someone, preparing a small screen follow-up called, predictably, Damien . The new drama – which will first, unexpectedly, air on US network Lifetime (a channel...
Will Poulter & Tye Sheridan also recruited for the drama Hiring just one buzzed-about actor is usually good enough for most directors. But Ain’t Them Bodies Saints ’ David Lowery is aiming for three for his latest, hiring Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Poulter and Tye Sheridan to star in The Yellow Birds . Lowery has written the script himself, adapting Iraq War veteran Kevin Powers’...
To almost no one's surprise As you may already have read on this very site , the new take on Godzilla has opened to big success at box offices around the world, and that can mean only two things: lots of Hollywood types back-slapping each other about the bonuses to come and plans being put in place for a seque l. Given how eager Legendary Pictures has in particular been to develop franchises, it should...
Oculus director tackling Stephen King With cult horror success Oculus under his belt, prolific writer/director Mike Flanagan isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. He has two more films churning through post-production, others waiting in the wings and he’s now made a deal to direct a thriller based on Stephen King novel Gerald’s Game . Flanagan had a leg up on the script already,...
And around the world... Though his film earned divided opinions from critics – and it’ll be interesting to see how it plays in its second weekend – Gareth Edwards’ first big studio effort has already earned huge dividends. Godzilla is a hit out of the gate, drawing in an impressive $93.2 million in the US on its first weekend of release. Add to that a successful opening overseas...
He's on for the Oscar Wilde film We’ve gotten used to seeing Hugh Dancy on TV screens as the haunted, bearded Will Graham in the excellent Hannibal. He’ll be reaching for something a little more light-hearted this year, as he’s joining the cast of The Happy Prince , a story about a turbulent period in Oscar Wilde's life . Rupert Everett is starring, wrote the script and makes his...
The great cinematographer has died aged 82 Photo: Getty Images Gordon Willis, the Director of Photography for films including The Godfather , Annie Hall , Manhattan and one of the most influential cinematographers in history, has died aged 82. Willis was born in New York, where his father worked as a make-up man for Warner Bros. in Brooklyn. Initially, the movie-loving Willis dreamed of acting, but...
Do Robert Pattinson and co. cut the moutarde? Expectations were high for The Rover , Aussie David Michôd’s follow-up to Animal Kingdom , and this post-apocalyptic thriller is just as gripping, atmospheric and, yes, disturbing. Guy Pearce is the drifter wandering the most deserted Australian outback, apparently troubled by nothing apart from the sudden theft of his car. Pursuing the culprits,...
They're putting together their next film Having scored one of their most successful hits with Inside Llewyn Davis , filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen are sticking with a period milieu for their next project. According to Deadline, the brothers are setting up Hail Caesar , which despite the title, will not be set in Roman times . Instead, it’ll chronicle the behind-the-Hollywood-scenes wrangling...
Based on the Dave Eggers book Photo: Marco Vittur These are busy times for Daniel Radcliffe, who seems to pick up a new potential film role every other month. In January, he was attached to a drama about Brooklyn Bridge engineer Washington Roebling . Screen International brings word that he’s also on board for Dave Eggers adaptation You Shall Know Our Velocity . Wells Tower wrote the...
For Ol Parker's latest Thanks in part to consistent work – including his recent role as Sam “Falcon” Wilson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier , Anthony Mackie is in demand at the moment. It appears he may finally get to realise an ambition and play Jimi Hendrix on the big screen, as Ol Parker has come aboard to direct Jimi . The film, which was once called Crosstown Traffic...
In Go Down Together Charismatic, chaotic criminals Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow have been the subject of several films and TV series, most famously in Arthur Penn’s 1967 outing starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. That isn’t deterring Michael Sucsy, who has revisionist tale Go Down Together set up with Nicholas Hoult and Emilia Clarke aboard to play the duo . Up...
They're reuniting for Richard Linklater The last time Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis shared a cinema screen, we got the funny, if occasionally underwhelming The Campaign . Richard Linklater has reunited the duo for a new blend of comedy and emotion in Larry’s Kidney . Adapted from Daniel Asa Rose’s comic memoir, Larry’s Kidney will see Ferrell playing the author, who headed to...
And Jonah Hill may be involved Clearly happy to keep collaborating following their run on the Hangover films, Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips have decided to take their professional relationship to the next level by co-founding a production company with a deal based at Warner Bros. Their first project together will be real-life pic Arms & The Dudes . The pair nabbed the rights to Guy Lawson’s...
Will Deckard really return? Both Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford have repeatedly provided grist for the rumour mills in recent years by discussing the slowly developing Blade Runner sequel. While there's been much speculation, however, there have been few reports from the actual studio development side; it's seemed like an idea just out there in the ether rather than an actual, solid, future film....
Here's an animalistic one-sheet for the crime thriller A few days ago we reported that Hyena had been chosen as the opening film for this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival . Now here's the first poster for the film, giving a nice spin to that title and its relationship to lead character Michael Logan (Peter Ferdinando).{Hyena Exclusive Poster} The story sees corrupt copper and high-functioning...