Judd Apatow plans This Is 40 sequel

Writer and director Judd Apatow is just about to release his Knocked Up spin-off movie This Is 40 in UK cinemas, but he already has plans for a sequel. This Is 40 focuses on the dysfunctional married life of Pete and Debbie, two supporting characters  from Apatow’s hit pregnancy comedy Knocked Up played by Paul [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch Joins The Imitation Game

Benedict Cumberbatch looks set to play British mathematician and computer genius Alan Turing in a new biopic directed by Mortem Tyldum. The Imitation Game will explore the life and tragic fate of the celebrated code-breaker who was credited with breaking the Nazi’s Enigma Code during World War 2. However despite becoming a national hero for [...]

Sony Plans Dragon Tattoo Sequel Without Daniel Craig

Sony is reportedly considering cutting Daniel Craig’s character Mikael Blomkvist out of their Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequel as a way of reducing the budget. Although the first film managed to take $223 million at the box office alone from a $90 million budget, it was less than the studio had hoped for. Feeling [...]

Kenneth Branagh Directing Live Action Cinderella

Kenneth Branagh looks set to  replace Mark Romanek in directing duties for Disney’s forthcoming live action Cinderella project. Cate Blanchet who was previously attached to play the wicked stepmother remains in place, with the rest of casting for the re-imagined fairytale set to begin once negotiations with Branagh have reached a seemingly inevitable successful conclusion. Disney [...]

Warner Bros Confirm Entourage Movie

The long rumored big screen version of HBO’s popular TV series Entourage is officially a reality. Warner Bros have given the go ahead to series creator Doug Ellin to direct the project based on his own script. The popular series followed the adventures of fictional movie star Vincent Chase and his ‘entourage’ of friends, as they navigated [...]

Cobie Smulders Set For S.H.I.E.L.D .TV Series

How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders who played special agent Maria Hill in The Avengers is in talks about reprising the character in the new spin-off S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. Despite her on-going role in How I Met Your Mother the beautiful sitcom star has confirmed in a recent interview that it wouldn’t prevent her having some kind [...]

Justice League Movie Depends On Man Of Steel Success

Warner Bros long delayed Justice League movie is already set for release in 2015 with a script currently in the works from Gangster Squad writer Will Beall, however production may now be dependent on the success of upcoming Superman reboot Man Of Steel, which opens on June 14th. With the disastrous box office failure of [...]

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Gets Sequel

The Weinstein Company is pushing forward with plans for a sequel to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, 12 years after Ang Lee’s original epic martial arts saga introduced the western world to the cinematic wonders of acrobatic wire work and swordplay. Woo-ping Yeun the choreographer behind the original masterpiece is set to return, but Director Ang [...]

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 [...]

Empire Awards 2013 Voting Under Way

Film fans across the globe have the opportunity to make their voices heard at the Jameson Empire Awards 2013 . The awards ceremony takes place on Sunday March 24 in London and is expected to attract a host of star names from the film industry. The Jameson Empire Awards are not voted for by the film industry [...]