Blade Runner Sequel Gets Script Re-Write

Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Hampton Fancher have spent the past year working on a script for an unlikely Blade Runner sequel. Now Alcon Entertainment has reportedly brought in writer Michael Green to give the script another draft. Relative newcomer Green recently produced a new draft for Steven Spielberg blockbuster Robopocalypse, shortly before that project [...]

Tom Hiddleston To Play Coriolanus In West End

Avengers and Thor star Tom Hiddleston will take to the stage at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London’s West End for a new contemporary production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. The rapidly rising British superstar tackled the epic role of Prince Hal in the stunning BAFTA winning 2012 television adaptation of  Henry VI and Henry V for The Hollow Crown mini-series. Tom also previously performed in Donmar [...]

Visual Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92

Special Effects genuis and stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen passed away today in London at the age of 92. The sad news was confirmed by his family through The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page. In a moving obituary reprinted below in full his family outlined the extraordinary legacy Ray left behind. He  forever changed the [...]

Cannes Film Festival 2013 LineUp

This year’s Cannes Film Festival 2013 runs from 15th May to 26th May, opening with Baz Luhrmann’s opulent adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mullgan. South African crime thriller Zulu starring Orlando Bloom and Forrest Whittaker will close the festival. The glittering line up of film competing for the top prize of Palme D’Or include new films from directors Nicolas [...]

BAFTA Full Guest List Confirmed

Stephen Fry hosts Britain’s answer to the Oscars this weekend on Sunday night at Royal Opera House forthe EE British Academy Film Awards. The annual ceremony  recognizes, honours and rewards individuals for outstanding achievement in feature and short films, produced worldwide and released in UK cinemas. Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln leads with 10 nominations; Les Miserables and Life Of [...]

Daniel Day-Lewis Calls For More Hospice Care

Steven Spielberg’s historical masterpiece Lincoln looks set to dominate this year’s academy awards, with Daniel Day-Lewis seen as an inevitable winner of his third best actor award for his flawless performance as America’s most iconic president. Speaking in Dublin on the red carpet at the charity European premiere of film, the acclaimed method actor opened [...]

Lincoln Review

The Plot: Steven Spielberg’s long awaited biopic of iconic American President Abraham Lincoln focuses on the last few months of his life as he attempts to pass the 13th Amendment through the House of Representatives and abolish slavery forever. However this triumphant historical moment is set against the end of the brutally destructive American civil [...]

Warner Bros. plans Gremlins Reboot

In Hollywood’s on-going quest to remake every good idea ever previously captured on film it seemed inevitable that Gremlins would eventually be next in the firing line. The 1984 homage to b-movie magic was produced by Steven Spielberg and told the story of the small American town beset by an army of mischievous monsters after [...]

Anne Hathaway In New Shrew Adaptation

Anne Hathaway is currently busy collecting awards for her performance in Les Miserables but has now officially signed on for a modern day adaptation of Shakespeare classic The Taming of The Shrew, based on a screenplay by Abi Morgan (Shame,The Iron Lady). There have already been numerous re-imaginings of the familiar Shakespearean comedy, most recently [...]

Jurassic Park 4 Gets Release Date

Universal Pictures have announced the official release date for Jurassic Park 4, the fourth installment in the blockbuster dinosaur saga will be out in cinemas 13th June 2014. Universal made the announcement on Twitter but have yet to confirm a director for the project or any casting details. Steven Spielberg will return to at least produce the [...]