Gary Ross Won’t Direct Catching Fire
Gary Ross has announced he won’t be directing the Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire. Despite the first film’s astounding global box office success, the screenwriter and director said he had decided not to make the next instalment in the trilogy “after difficult but sincere consideration”. Ross has denied reports of a falling out with distributors [...]
Ben Kingsley set for Iron Man 3
Sir Ben Kingsley is probably still best known for roles in films like Schindler’s List and Gandhi, but he’s certainly not above risking his credibility for lucrative paychecks playing villains in less lauded blockbuster fair Past examples include BloodRayne, Thunderbirds, What Planet Are You From?, War Inc., Suspect Zero, and Prince of Persia. Now he’s reportedly [...]
Anchorman Sequel Details Emerge
An Anchorman sequel was officially confirmed a few weeks ago and that announcement was greeted by the sound of triumphant jazz flutes. Writer/star Will Ferrell and writer/director Adam McKay are both on board for a second Ron Burgundy adventure, hoping it goes down just as smooth at the box office as the first film did. [...]
Short Circuit Reboot Details
A few weeks ago it was confirmed that Short Circuit was joining the ever increasing list of childhood memories getting a potentially ill-advised reboot. The 80′s cult classic tells the story of friendly robot Johnny Five, who escapes from a government facility after a lightning strike brings it to life. Alvin and The Chipmunk’s director [...]
News Round Up – woody allen & 1984 remake
Woody Allen doesn’t trust you to recognise Rome so he’s changed the name of his new movie again form Nero fiddled… it’s now called “To Rome with Love”. Making it obligatory for every single review to refer to it as a love letter to Rome. Home Alone 5 is now a horrible reality… thanks [...]
News Round Up – Loan Ranger & Sequels News
Rounding up this week’s other breaking news… Jerry Bruckheimer, tweeted our first picture of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in Disney’s The Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp looks suspiciously like a goth Jack Sparrow with a bird on his head. Sony apparently plans to make a Venom spinoff movie despite re-booting the Spiderman franchise without him. Because [...]
Bill & Ted 3 Rocks On!
Lifting our spirits now with a “most excellent” piece of news, air guitars at the ready as this week Keanu Reeves confirmed that Bill & Ted 3 is one step closer to fruition, with a completed script which has been written, and is more than up to scratch. “Yeah, we have a script,” Reeves told [...]
Jason Segel… Man or Muppet?
Is Jason Segel a man, or is he a Muppet? He seems to have definitely decided he must be a man now as he won’t be returning for the next Muppets adventure. Earlier in the week we heard the joyous news that a follow up to this year’s triumphant Muppet return was officially in the [...]
Del Toro set for Day Of the Dead
Guillermo Del Toro, one of our very favourite human beings, has decided to abandon hopes of ever sleeping again in favour of adding yet another project to his hectic schedule. The Mexican maestro will now be producing Day Of The Dead. Co-written and directed by Jorge R Gutierrez the film will tell a Romeo & [...]
Edgar Wright Will Direct Night Stalker Remake for Johnny Depp
In an effort to keep Johnny Depp playing a pirate until the world ends or we all get bored of drunk Keith Richards impersonations, Disney have green lit a remake of paranormal cult classic Kolchak The Night Stalker. The original was a 1972 American TV Movie about investigative reporter Carl Kolchak’s pursuit of a serial [...]