Magnetos and Professor Xs launch the new mutant marvel Another day, another blockbuster premiere in London, as X-Men: Days Of Future Past debuted in town with a brace of Magnetos and a couple of Professor Xs on hand.{X-Men: Days Of Future Past UK Premiere} This film sees past and future collide as the First Class cast encounter the original X-cast thanks to some time-travel shenanigans. Specifically,...
Alien designer dies aged 74 Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who contributed design work to one of the most iconic creatures in cinema history for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Alien , has died at the age of 74. Giger is best known for his biomechanical horror work, inspired, he said, by night terrors. Born in Switzerland in 1940, his father initially encouraged him to become a pharmacist, worrying...
Reboot won't share X-Men universe after all Out doing the rounds for X-Men: Days Of Future Past , screenwriter Simon Kinberg has naturally also been quizzed about his and Josh Trank's new Fantastic Four . Kinberg had previously hinted that there were discussions underway at Fox to merge the studio's Marvel properties along the lines of Marvel/Disney's own interlocked franchises, but, for the time...
She'll lead Amity in the Divergent sequel The Divergent film universe launched successfully earlier this year, overcoming mixed reviews to score with audiences. The second entry, Insurgent is preparing to shoot, and will now boast the Oscar-winning thespian talents of Octavia Spencer . Spencer, who scored her award for The Help , is joining the cast as Johanna, the leader of the Amity faction as the...
Catch up with the speed-addicted road racing doc "I feel the need, the need for speed." Those immortal words may not originally have been uttered by the stars of Road , but they might as well have been. The new documentary focuses on motorbike road racers like the Dunlop family, led by the late, great Joey Dunlop, two generations of which have dominated the sport, and the dangers and...
Star Trek/Pixar veteran is off to play with dinosaurs Portrait: Art Streiber Though it’s almost hard to imagine a Jurassic Park film without John Williams composing all the music, that’s exactly the situation we had with Jurassic Park III , where Don Davis stepped in. For Jurassic World , director Colin Trevorrow has hired a more natural successor to Williams’ mantle, in Michael...
Will Smith's new sci-fi adventure With Will Smith now confirmed to star in sci-fi thriller Brilliance , the filmmakers have been looking to fill the cast around him. They’ve picked a veteran of another well known, if controversial, science fiction film, with Prometheus ’ Noomi Rapace set to take the other lead role . Brilliance , which David Koepp has adapted from Marcus Sakey’s...
Orphan Black star set to join Helen Mirren & Ryan Reynolds She’s used to playing up to seven distinct, if cloned, roles – sometimes several at once in Orphan Black. But Tatiana Maslany will settle for just one part in the new Holocaust survivor drama The Woman In Gold , as she’s in talks to sign on . Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren are leading the cast, which is drawn from a true...
She'll lead Amity in the Divergent sequel The Divergent film universe launched successfully earlier this year, overcoming mixed reviews to score with audiences. The second entry, Insurgent is preparing to shoot, and will now boast the Oscar-winning thespian talents of Octavia Spencer . Spencer, who scored her award for The Help , is joining the cast as Johanna, the leader of the Amity faction who's...
Shirty rotten scoundrels Remember Oxford Blues , in which Rob Lowe’s uber-jock pursues unfeasibly well-to-do Lady Catherine Smugglington-Teacups from America to Oxfordton University where he woos her, gets a first class degree in PPE and joins the first available Tory government?* Well, The Riot Club , is shaping up to be absolutely nothing like that. Lone Scherfig’s new drama –...
Georges St. Pierre also steps into the ring Buried in news about a remake of one of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s films, Bloodsport last July was word that another of his early martial arts canon, Kickboxer would be headed into the rework ring . As the film’s backers head to Cannes in the hopes of drumming up international sales, Dave Bautista and Georges St-Pierre have been announced as part...
Bumblebee's had an upgrade... While the human characters add a certain something to the films, we all know that the majority of the audience is more excited by the robots in the Transformers franchise. To play to that crowd, the latest batch of images from Age Of Extinction include pics of top ‘bots Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. {New Transformers: Age Of Extinction Imagery} Bumblebee, it would...
Cranston, Taylor-Johnson, Olsen and company stomp in Photo: Getty Images It was a monstrously fun time last night as Godzilla stomped into London for its European premiere, ahead of its cinema debut this Thursday. The human stars of the film, as well as director Gareth Edwards, were on hand to introduce it, but the big lizard himself was strangely absent. Perhaps he's shooting elsewhere right now.{Godzilla...
Did someone order Simon Pegg and a talking dog? They've taken their sweet time about it, but finally the fates have conspired to bring us a Terry Jones movie about a schoolteacher (Simon Pegg) who is given godlike powers by aliens (the rest of the Monty Python team) and has a dog who can talk (Robin Williams). The film's name is Absolutely Anything , and it's just wrapped, releasing...
The provocative new thriller will kick things off The Edinburgh International Film Festival (or EIFF, if you're into the whole brevity thing) begins on June 18, and the opening film has just been named as Hyena , described as a "provocative thriller" and crime drama from director Gerard Johnson and producer Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen and Joanna Laurie. The film stars A Field In England...
The tarp should come off tomorrow... Though shooting has been underway for a while now on the yet-to-be-titled, Batman-filled follow-up to Man Of Steel , Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. have been careful not to let too much slip. Now, though, it appears the wraps are coming off both figuratively and literally, as the director has teased a look at the film’s Batmobile in readiness for a likely reveal...
Legendary hires him for a twisted Christmas tale After centuries of fear, distrust and hatred, it would appear that Krampus – the naughty kids’ terrifying alternative to Father Christmas – is the toast of Hollywood. Kevin Smith is already working up Anti-Claus about the creature, and here comes Trick ‘R Treat ’s Michael Dougherty with his own take on the subject . Legendary...
With more casting to come Earlier this year, Terry Gilliam revealed to us that he’d finally rounded up some fresh financing for long-cherished, once-begun dream/nightmare project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote . He talked up a potential September start date and how he’d had to make some changes to reflect a reduced budget. But it appears he’s still aiming high in casting terms, reaching...
Whar's on the way? After its was announced as going to series in the US last week, it was inevitable that the first trailer for the TV take on DC’s Constantine would arrive in short order. So it has come to pass, with some initial footage heading online as the big American networks prepare to do their song-and-dance for advertisers this week in New York at the Upfronts. This first active look...
'I'll transform somewhat...' The focus of chatter about the Avatar sequels has been on James Cameron’s plans and the phalanx of writers he’s assembled to work on the scripts as he prepares for the ambitious task of churning out not one, not two, but three sequels to his 2009 hit. We’ve had some casting talk, but Sigourney Weaver dropped a nugget of information about her role –...