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Snowden: first trailer for Oliver Stone's movie hits the web
Teaser trailer for film about the NSA spy scandal starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, arrives, but offers few clues to eventual shape of movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/06/2015

Oscars chief: Academy to 'normalise' membership through diversity
Cheryl Boone Isaacs says record intake of younger, ethnic minority and female voting members reflects goal of inclusiveness for world's most powerful film awards ceremony.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/06/2015

Guillermo Del Toro Reportedly Departs DC's Dark Universe
It's always a sad day when Guillermo del Toro has to let go of one of the many projects he has bubbling away in his mad scientist's development lab. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, he's stepping away from Warner Bros.' plans to make a Dark Universe film.
From: Empire Online 30/06/2015

Daniel Radcliffe Recruited For Surreal Indie Swiss Army Man
Despite all his years of dealing with spells, spooks, strange creatures and Snape, Daniel Radcliffe might not be ready for the surreality of his next project. He, alongside Paul Dano and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, is all aboard Swiss Army Man.
From: Empire Online 30/06/2015

Matt Gerald Joins Nicolaj Coster-Waldau In Shot Caller Cast
With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lake Bell and Jon Bernthal already cast, action drama Shot Caller is continuing to round out its roster. Latest to sign up is Matt Gerald, lately perhaps best known as Daredevil's Melvin Potter.
From: Empire Online 30/06/2015

Del Toro, Hutcherson: Escobar is truthful
Benicio Del Toro stayed "truthful" while depicting his character in Escobar: Paradise Lost. The 48-year-old actor portrays infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in the forthcoming romantic thriller, which also stars Josh Hutcherson.
From: Film-News 30/06/2015

Zadie Smith to co-write space adventure with French director Claire Denis
The Man Booker shortlisted novelist will make her screenwriting debut on the Beau Travail director's first English-language film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/06/2015

Russian culture minister calls for tax on Hollywood films
Vladimir Medinsky wants an end to the current system, which the Russian government believes is subsidising the US film industry.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/06/2015

Peter Jackson turns home into replica of Bilbo's Hobbit house
A set artist reveals that the Lord of the Rings director has turned the basement of his New Zealand mansion into the home of Tolkien's protagonist.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/06/2015

Katie Holmes is Miss Meadows
Beneath the perfect manners and petticoats, Miss Meadows (Katie Holmes) harbours a dark secret. When she's not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she's moonlighting as a gun-wielding vigilante who teaches justice in her spare time, killing her victims if they refuse to repent.
From: Film-News 29/06/2015

Chloe Grace Moretz Joins Brain On Fire
There's another round of changes for indie dramas happening at the moment. We reported on Wednesday that Dakota Fanning was replacing Mia Wasikowska in Brimstone. Which means that director Gerard Barrett needed someone new to star in Brain On Fire.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2015

DreamWorks Finds Michael Crichton's Micro
Given co-owner Steven Spielberg's connection to Michael Crichton's work through the Jurassic Park films, and the huge success of this year's Jurassic World, it's perhaps not all that surprising that DreamWorks would snap up another title by the late author. The company has, in fact, bought the rights to his last novel, Micro.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2015

Teresa Palmer Says Lights Out
Given that he kicked his directorial career into high gear with a short that spawned the Saw franchise, James Wan feels like the right person to help guide other filmmakers into converting their own shorts into movies. He's now producing David Sandberg's horror pic Lights Out, which has Teresa Palmer aboard to star.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2015

Chris Pine And Zachary Quinto Sign Deals For Fourth Star Trek Film
If - and despite the studio's driving need for franchises and the evergreen nature of the title, it is still just if - Paramount decides to make a Star Trek 4, it can count on Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock reporting for duty. Because actors Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have renegotiated their contracts to allow for a fourth Trek adventure, in a move that also boosts their salary.
From: Empire Online 28/06/2015

'Runoff,' 'A Little Chaos,' 'The Third Man' Modest In Debuts: Specialty B.O.
It's hardly the dog days of summer, but the specialty movies are staying. Some numbers have trickled in this morning, and it appears some are hiding in the shade.
From: Deadline 28/06/2015

Game of Thrones, Evil Dead and Buffy come to Melbourne's Comic-Con
Oz Comic-Con begins its first event in 2015 with headliners including Emma Caulfield and Amber Benson from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/06/2015

Comic-Con 2015 Film Schedule: 'Star Wars,' 'Mockingjay,' And More Attending
Comic-Con International is starting to reveal the full schedule for the 2015 convention, even if it is letting details out like more a slow morphine drip than a torrent.
From: Deadline 27/06/2015

45 Years scoops Edinburgh film festival's top award
Drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay takes best British film prize at Edinburgh, with Diary of a Teenage Girl nabbing best international feature.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/06/2015

Ava DuVernay joins 'most diverse' Oscars board election race
Record numbers of women and ethnic minority candidates, including Selma director, stand in poll for Academy of Motion Pictures governorships.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/06/2015

Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers, dies aged 93
London-born actor was best known for his role as dapper John Steed in 1960s 'spy-fi' series, but also appeared in Spinal Tap and Bond film A View to a Kill.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/06/2015

Rose McGowan: Sheila Wenzel did not fire me over Hollywood sexism tweet
Actor and director made headlines after railing at a misogynist casting call for an Adam Sandler film, but says Wenzel had already left agency Innovative.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/06/2015

William Friedkin To Live And Die In LA Again
William Friedkin's hard boiled '80s action thriller To Live And Die In LA is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And to celebrate, it's coming back in a new form. Friedkin himself has been developing it as a TV series for MGM (the home of Fargo), and will serve as executive producer and director of some episodes. Bobby Moresco (Crash) is also an exec producer and will write.
From: Empire Online 26/06/2015

Exclusive Look At The Art Of Ex Machina
Alex Garland's Ex Machina has been one of the unexpected gems of the year, a strikingly original and modern sci-fi that has already been enshrined as a cult hit. Now, with its UK and US theatrical releases behind it, there's an opportunity to lift its shell and examine the wiring beneath.
From: Empire Online 26/06/2015

Channing Tatum's Ghostbusters Spinoff Won't Be Happening, Get The Details
It appeared for some time that Paul Feig's upcoming adaptation of Ghostbusters showcasing an all-female main cast was going to be spun-off into an all-male project starring Channing Tatum. However, recent comments from Tatum's producing partner indicate that recent developments may have just cancelled plans to pick up his proton pack.
From: Cinema Blend 26/06/2015

What Are The Chances Tyrese Gibson Actually Plays Green Lantern?
At the beginning of the year, Furious 7 star Tyrese Gibson kicked off his campaign to play Green Lantern in the DC Cinematic Universe.
From: Cinema Blend 26/06/2015

Lucy 2 Is Defintely Happening, Will Scarlett Johansson Return?
Last year, despite minimal fanfare, Luc Besson's imaginative spin on femme-fatale ass-kickery, Lucy became a $458 million global sensation.
From: Cinema Blend 26/06/2015

Why Tom Cruise Fired Mission: Impossible's Insurance Company
Making movies is an expensive undertaking, and stars are incredibly valuable to a film's production. When these two things combine the result is often an insurance company that dictates what a star can and cannot do in a film.
From: Cinema Blend 26/06/2015

Das reboot: German studio plans remake of underwater thriller
Wolfgang Peterson's Oscar-nominated war drama Das Boot is to be updated by the production company behind the original.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/06/2015

US TV show postponed after Ben Affleck slavery controversy
PBS show Finding Your Roots 'violated' standards after it was revealed that details of the Oscar-winner's ancestry were removed after a request from the star.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/06/2015

US critic: 'undeniably racist' Gone with the Wind should be banned from cinemas
Lou Lumenick suggests that the 1939 epic romanticises slavery and should be rejected along with the Confederate flag.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/06/2015

The Academy Is Officially Getting A Museum, Get The Details
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has celebrated achievements in moviemaking for decades.
From: Cinema Blend 25/06/2015

Emilia Clarke: Terminator was epic
Emilia Clarke thinks her bad driving was "apt" for her latest movie role. The British actress stars in the fifth instalment of the Terminator franchise, titled Genisys, and was thrilled to be a part of the action.
From: Film-News 25/06/2015

Searchlight Shooting 'Wilson;' Judy Greer And Cheryl Hines Join Cast
Fox Searchlight has begin production in Minnesota on Wilson, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Ghost World's Daniel Clowes.
From: Deadline 25/06/2015

Joseph Fiennes To Star In 'Chariots Of Fire' Follow Up 'The Last Race'
Joseph Fiennes is set to star in The Last Race, an unofficial follow-up to multi-award winning Brit epic Chariots of Fire, that takes the story of Scottish runner Eric Liddell through the latter parts of his life.
From: Deadline 25/06/2015

Channing Tatum: I was forced to make GI Joe: Rise of Cobra
The actor tells Howard Stern he hates the movie and only took part after being threatened with legal action.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/06/2015

Indiana Jones named greatest movie character of all time in new poll
Swashbuckling adventurer played by Harrison Ford takes top spot in Empire survey despite studio Disney preferring to focus on new Star Wars movies.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/06/2015

Moroccan director accused of 'pornography and debauchery' over sex worker drama Much Loved
Reports from Morocco say director Nabil Ayouch and actor Loubna Abidar have been summoned to court to face indecency charges over their explicit film about the country's clandestine sex industry.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/06/2015

Alicia Vikander Joins Bourne 5
Like Jason Bourne's battered Mini on a Parisian périphérique, things are suddenly lurching forward on Paul Greengrass's re-Bourne franchise. Hot on the heels of the confirmed Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander is a newly announced to an increasingly exciting Bourne 5. She's been in talks since May.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2015

Exclusive First Look At London Has Fallen
When we last saw him in Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard Butler's peppery secret service agent Mike Banning had seen off most of North Korea's special forces in a flurry of punching, gunplay and salty quips.
From: Empire Online 24/06/2015

Kit Harington Joins Cast Of Martin Koolhoven's 'Brimstone' Opposite Dakota Fanning
Kit Harington has joined the cast of Martin Koolhoven's Brimstone opposite Dakota Fanning (Night Moves,), Guy Pearce (Lawless) and Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones). Also in the cast is Paul Anderson (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Jack Roth (The Great Train Robbery) and Carla Juri (Wetlands).
From: Deadline 24/06/2015

'Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation' To Receive Investment From Alibaba Pictures
Jack Ma's Alibaba Pictures is making an investment in the latest instalment of Paramount's Tom Cruise secret agent Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation. The investment, which was announced on Alibaba Pictures' website, would rep the first in a Hollywood project for Ma's group.
From: Deadline 24/06/2015

Veteran TV actor and Eight Is Enough star Dick Van Patten dies at age 86
Van Patten, who most recently starred in Arrested Development and Hot in Cleveland, died on Tuesday in California of complications from diabetes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/06/2015

Tom Holland named as next Spider-Man
The 19-year-old star of The Impossible and Wolf Hall will swing into action as New York's favourite super-son with a cameo in Captain America: Civil War.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/06/2015

Meryl Streep urges Congress to back equal rights amendment
Movie star Meryl Streep sent a letter to each member of Congress on Tuesday urging them to revive the battle to add the equal rights amendment, guaranteeing parity for women under the law, into the US constitution.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/06/2015

Dwayne Johnson set to take on a gorilla, a lizard and a wolf in 80s arcade movie
The San Andreas star will headline video game adaptation Rampage, reuniting him with the producer of the hit earthquake romp.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/06/2015

Indian director Mahmood Farooqui arrested on suspicion of rape
Co-director of 2010 film Peepli Live denies sexually assaulting a woman at his home in Delhi in March.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/06/2015

Ava DuVernay reportedly set to direct Marvel's Black Panther film
Selma director will reportedly become the first black female director to take charge of a Marvel superhero film as the franchise continues diverse recruitment.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/06/2015

Entourage's Adrian Grenier: "I'm not a tool of greenwash"
Star of TV show and film says he is cautious about signing deals to be spokesperson for brands.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/06/2015

Oldboy director gives thumbs up to South Korean adaptation of Fingersmith
Park Chan-wook returns to Korean-language film with the Booker prize-nominated story of a con artist falling in love with her victim.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/06/2015

Malcolm McDowell cancels Edinburgh film festival appearance after protest
Union Bectu targeted actor after crew members complained they were never paid for work on the cancelled serial killer thriller Monster Butler.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/06/2015

David Tennant Replaces Robin Williams In Comic Book Adaptation Chew
What is turning out to be a nerd-dream come true, former Doctor Who star David Tennant has now joined Felicia Day as well as Walking Dead star Steven Yeun for an animated adaptation of the critically-acclaimed Image Comic, Chew. The part, which was originally going to be filled by Robin Williams, will now be voiced by the fan-favorite Doctor.
From: Cinema Blend 20/06/2015

Watch Emilia Clarke And Jake Gyllenhaal Do Their Best Arnold Schwarzenegger Impressions
Graham Norton is at it again. His show seems to be the place where the celebrities are having more fun than the audience. This time he had icon Arnold Schwarzenegger as a guest along with a couch full of other celebrities.
From: Cinema Blend 20/06/2015

Pixar Has A Secret Formula For Making Audiences Cry
A great movie is an emotional journey. The movie makers at Pixar have become masters of taking us on emotional journeys over the years.
From: Cinema Blend 20/06/2015

James Salter Dies: Writer Of 'Downhill Racer' Was 90
James Salter, a critically acclaimed author who also indulged an ultimately unsatisfactory flirtation with Hollywood, has died. He was 90 and lived in Bridgehampton, NY but passed away Friday in Sag Harbor, his widow Kay Eldredge confirmed to the New York Times.
From: Deadline 20/06/2015

Charles Bukowski's Women set to be made into a movie
Semi-autobigraphical tale will follow other Bukowski adaptations including 1987's Barfly, 1983's Tales of Ordinary Madness and 2005's Factotum.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/06/2015

After two months of dragging, Japan rushes to see Whiplash
The Oscar nominee is still gaining remarkable momentum in east Asia after release eight weeks back, echoing its storming performance in South Korea.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/06/2015

Tom Hanks to play hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger for Clint Eastwood
Oscar-winning film-maker's tale of miraculous 2009 water landing will be Eastwood's follow-up to controversial box-office smash American Sniper.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/06/2015

Controversial Indian film-maker seeks police protection over beheading threat
Elders from an Uttar Pradesh village put a bounty of 51 buffaloes on Vinod Kapri, who is releasing a satirical film that allegedly mocks 'khap panchayats'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/06/2015

Groucho Marx's final days to be made into a movie - by Rob Zombie
The horror director reveals plans for biopic based on the memoir of Steve Stoliar who ingratiated himself into Groucho's home at the end of the star's life.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/06/2015

Zookeepers are recreating the Jurassic World raptor scene with real animals
Who needs raptors when you have walruses? Zookeepers are recreating Chris Pratt's raptor squad taming scene and the internet loves it.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/06/2015

Nicole Kidman: Hollywood is 'not an even playing field' for women
Oscar-winner says girls should be made to feel more empowered about the stories they could tell, while Ava DuVernay says 'Hollywood is like the boyfriend who doesn't call' and Avatar star Zoe Saldana hits out at studios' attitudes towards pregnant actors.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/06/2015

Fifa movie director calls his film 'a disaster'
It's the biggest box office turkey of the year so far and currently boasts a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the jabs just keep on coming for Fifa's failed football drama United Passions.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/06/2015

Christopher Lee's voice to grace Edgar Allan Poe anthology Extraordinary Tales
Horror star joined Guillermo del Toro, Roger Corman and Julian Sands on the animated project, also said to feature Bela Lugosi.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/06/2015

Star Wars premieres in China four decades late
Filmgoers in Shanghai praise special effects in George Lucas's 1977 space opera blockbuster, but some criticise 'unattractive' male and female leads.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/06/2015

Kenneth Branagh boards Murder on the Orient Express remake
British star set to direct new movie version of Agatha Christie's locomotive homicide favourite.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/06/2015

Depardieu 'insisted' we show Fifa film United Passions, says Cannes head
Thierry Frémaux has said that the French star lobbied hard for an official screening of the football flop - eventually shown on the beach - but that he himself 'did not find the film horrible at all'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/06/2015

Gingerfinger: Damien Lewis new bookies' favourite for next James Bond
William Hill slashes odds after flurry of bets amid speculation Daniel Craig might step down following release of Spectre.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/06/2015

Marcus Dunstan Will Direct Halloween Returns
We knew, as of February this year, that Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton were finally writing the much-delayed next Halloween sequel. This morning comes the relatively unsurprising news that Dunstan will also direct. Production is due to start imminently, and the film now has a title too. It's (ahem) Halloween Returns.
From: Empire Online 16/06/2015

Jason Segel Considers Collateral Beauty
Following Joe Wright's Pan, Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara are already both set to work together again on Collateral Beauty, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's follow-up to his Sundance hit Me And Earl And The Dying Girl. Now it's looking as if they'll be joined by Jason Segel, who's in talks to take on an as-yet unspecified role.
From: Empire Online 16/06/2015

Bradley Cooper To Wrangle Ghost Army
Clearly enjoying the fit of the producer's hat he recently donned for Hyperion, Bradley Cooper is now also putting together a WWII project at Warner Bros. He's developing, along with regular honcho Todd Phillips and American Sniper's Andrew Lazar, the WWII tall tale Ghost Army.
From: Empire Online 16/06/2015

First Look At The Good Dinosaur
Armed with early footage, character art, storyboards and even a brilliant on-screen flick-book of his own life story, director Peter Sohn arrived in London yesterday to reveal how 2015's second Pixar movie, The Good Dinosaur, is shaping up.
From: Empire Online 16/06/2015

IMAX, China Media Capital Launch Film Fund For Local-Language Tentpoles
Already a brand force in China, IMAX is expanding its Middle Kingdom footprint with a fund earmarked for local-language productions.
From: Deadline 16/06/2015

London Has Fallen Three Months Later Than Planned
Olympus sequel won't be competing with The Martian after all.
From: Empire Online 15/06/2015

New Imagery For The Martian
20th Century Fox definitely wants to keep science fiction drama The Martian on our radar screens. With the trailer (sitting at the bottom of the page) and a featurette already online, here comes some new imagery from the movie.
From: Empire Online 15/06/2015

Amy Poehler's Toy Story inspiration
Amy Poehler looked to classic Disney film Toy Story for acting inspiration. The 43-year-old comedienne voices character Joy in Pixar's forthcoming animated movie Inside Out.
From: Film-News 15/06/2015

Indie teen comedy Dope to become first film to accept Bitcoin payments
In an industry first, moviegoers will be able to use digital currency to buy tickets to the Sundance hit.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/06/2015

Gérard Depardieu: 'What people know is that I pissed on a plane'
In frank interview on French radio, actor talks about August 2011 incident, going off the rails and decision to take Russian citizenship, and insists he has no regrets.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/06/2015

Paul Walker's estate sues associate over the disappearance of seven cars
The Fast and Furious actor's estate has demanded the return of a Porsche and six other vehicles that were allegedly taken hours after Walker was killed in a car crash.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/06/2015

New Spectre Featurette Crashes In
That nice Sam Mendes is spoiling us with a selection of Spectre DVD extras before the film has even been finished, let alone released in cinemas.
From: Empire Online 15/06/2015

Bryce Dallas Howard On Jurassic World's Groundbreaking Death Scene
The Jurassic Park franchise is stacked with iconic death scenes. Perhaps it's because there are so few movies out there where dinosaurs can be shown chomping on human flesh, but pretty much every character who meets a violent, early end in the series has done so with a bit of memorable style.
From: Cinema Blend 15/06/2015

Star Wars Technology Will Place Superfans Inside The Classic Movies
The Star Wars expansion extends far beyond The Force Awakens. With new anthology films debuting in between installments of the upcoming trilogy, comic books and video games, Lucasfilm continues to capitalize on their franchise. The latest development, however, will allow fans to set aside the boundaries of 2-dimensionality and step inside their favorite movie scenes.
From: Cinema Blend 15/06/2015

The Spider-Man Casting Has One More Finalist
Another day, another name to throw onto the pile of potential young actors who might play Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
From: Cinema Blend 15/06/2015

Magic Mike XXL stars dance for LA Pride
Magic Mike XXL stars showed off their sexy moves at the 45th Annual LA Pride Festival. Actors Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Adam Rodriguez boogied down on a float in the LA Pride parade on Sunday in an effort to promote their forthcoming male stripper film.
From: Film-News 15/06/2015

UTA Signs 'American Hustle' Scribe Eric Warren Singer
UTA has brought Oscar-nominated writer Eric Warren Singer into the agency fold, signing him over the weekend. Singer shared screenplay credit and an Oscar nom with David O Russell for American Hustle, and he also scripted the Tom Tykwer-directed The International.
From: Deadline 15/06/2015

STX Hires Jason Markey As Head Of Music; Octavius Johnson Has 'Sleepless Night'
Veteran music exec Jason Markey has joined STX Entertainment as EVP and Head of Music. Markey will be in charge of all aspects of the music for films including production of scores and soundtracks.
From: Deadline 15/06/2015

Tracy Falco Partners With Lawrence Bender In First-Look Deal With Len Blavatnik's AI Film
Tracy Falco, former EVP Production at Universal Pictures, is joining producer Lawrence Bender in a first-look deal with Len Blavatnik's AI Film. The deal will see Falco boost the creative ranks of the deep-pocketed banner.
From: Deadline 15/06/2015

'Maleficent' Sequel On Disney Drawing Board As Linda Woolverton Makes Scripting Deal
Disney has begun moving toward a sequel to Maleficent, the 2014 blockbuster fairy tale that starred Angelina Jolie as the winged title character. The studio has engaged Linda Woolverton to write the sequel, and I'm told the studio is keeping Jolie in the loop and that the sequel will be written for her to reprise.
From: Deadline 15/06/2015

Alibaba To Launch Netflix-Style Video Streaming Service In China
Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group will launch a Netflix-style video streaming service in about two months, Reuters reported Sunday from Shanghai where the city's film festival got under way over the weekend. The streaming service will be called TBO, or Tmall Box Office.
From: Deadline 14/06/2015

'Get Smurfy' Unveiled: Demi Lovato Joins As Smurfette, Rainn Wilson As Gargamel
Today happens to be Global Smurfs Day, and Sony Pictures Animation is marking the occasion with the unveiling of Get Smurfy as the title for the studio's until-now movie-without-a-name third adventure in the brave blue world.
From: Deadline 14/06/2015

Arnie: Terminator fans will love Genisys
Arnold Schwarzenegger says people will be "surprised" by the new Terminator movie. The 67-year-old actor reprises his role as the cyborg assassin in the upcoming Terminator Genisys.
From: Film-News 14/06/2015

Liz Hurley's son is master filmmaker
Elizabeth Hurley's son gets Hugh Grant and Joan Collins to star in his movies. The British actress has 13-year-old Damian with her former partner Steve Bing and she describes herself as an Italian mother, as in her eyes her son can do no wrong.
From: Film-News 13/06/2015

Mike Medavoy On Robert Chartoff's Other Legacy
A couple of nights ago, I lost a wonderful old friend. I met him in the late 1960s. He and his partner, Irwin Winkler, were making their way as two very prolific producers in Hollywood who could get things done.
From: Deadline 13/06/2015

'The Stanford Prison Experiment' Trailer: Students Take Role Playing To Extremes
"Nobody likes guards." And these guys seem to get a little too deeply into their role playing in director Kyle Patrick Alvarez's drama based on Stanford professor Philip Zimbardo's infamous social experiment using college kids as prison guards and inmates.
From: Deadline 13/06/2015

Marvel And Sony May Be Planning A Spider-Gwen Movie
The Spider-Man franchise has become...complicated. While the reboot appears to be booted and the wall crawler's next appearance on screen will be safely in the loving embrace of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony still has the rights to the character as well as other Spider-associated characters. Could this mean we're on the verge of a movie for the hottest character in the Spider-verse, Spider-Gwen?
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2015

Bryan Singer Teases Secret X-Mansion Scene In X-Men: Apocalypse
What did people do to hype up their movies before social media? These days you barely need to worry about getting the scoop from an inside source when the director will just tell you what they're up to. Such is the case with the latest news on the set of X-Men:Apocalypse as Bryan Singer himself is showing off the set for a "secret scene" in a not so secret location, the hallway outside of Cerebro's room underneath the Xavier School.
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2015

Chris Pratt Signed On For More Jurassic World Movies
Can't get enough of Chris Pratt? Well apparently the Jurassic World franchise is right behind you, as they've signed the star on for a sequel to the already blockbuster hit. Going into its release weekend, Jurassic World already has brought in some major bank, and now the star of the dinosaur thriller has finally opened up about whether or not he'll be in a sequel.
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2015

Amy Poehler To Play House With Will Ferrell In New Comedy
Will Ferrell's career has been going to...interesting places recently. While having several hits to his name, he also has his share of duds. Amy Poehler, on the other hand, is on a hot streak of late the likes of which have rarely been seen.
From: Cinema Blend 13/06/2015

Film4's 'Beverly Hills Cop' Promo Will Make You Smile
It's not breaking news, far from it. But it's funny and shows a little creativity � 40 seconds' worth. Based on some of your comments about movies and TV we cover, creativity is a commodity in very short supply. So lighten up.
From: Deadline 13/06/2015

'Spider-Man' Casting Short List Chipping From The Green?
With Captain America: Civil War currently filming in Atlanta, the pressure on Marvel and Sony to cast a Spider-Man is high.
From: Deadline 13/06/2015

Son of Saul selected as Hungary's best foreign language Oscar entry
Auschwitz-set drama follows its successful premiere at Cannes, where it won the Grand Prix, with recognition from the Hungarian body that picks Academy award nominees.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2015

Chiwetel Ejiofor to play sorcerer Baron Mordo in Doctor Strange
Oscar nominee joins Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in increasingly British-themed cast for Marvel superhero movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2015

Kurt Cobain film is 'not a good legacy', says the Melvins' Buzz Osborne
Childhood friend of Cobain stands by his review of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck and criticises it for taking Courtney Love's side.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2015

Christopher Lee tributes led by Peter Jackson
Tim Burton, Martin Scorsese and Elijah Wood among Hollywood figures to remember the late British screen titan.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2015

John Sayles To Adapt Frank Herbert's Soul Catcher
Of the 27 novels and dozens of short stories Frank Herbert wrote, only Dune and its sequels have ever caught the interest of filmmakers. That's about to change, however, with the announcement that Herbert's Soul Catcher is in the process of being adapted. No less a name than John Sayles is writing the screenplay, and Chris Eyre will direct.
From: Empire Online 12/06/2015

New Clip From Noel Clarke's Legacy
Small in scale but grand in swagger, Noel Clarke movies delve into corners of London life you won't find explored elsewhere. His latest production, Legacy, is another slice of urban drama that's headlined by Attack The Block's Franz Drameh. A new clip from the film has dropped onto the internet. Click below for a closer look.
From: Empire Online 12/06/2015

Elizabeth Banks tapping Red Queen for vein of inspiration
The actor and Pitch Perfect 2 director might adapt Victoria Aveyard's young adult novel about a caste system based on blood colour.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2015

David Beckham in grumpy-knight cameo in Guy Ritchie King Arthur film
Unconfirmed report hints that British director plans a pop-culture take on the swords-and-sorcery myth - with Beckham failing to extract Excalibur.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/06/2015

Spider-Man Scratches The Walking Dead Star Off Its Casting List
We can't yet tell you who is playing Peter Parker and his costumed alter ego, Spider-Man, in the planned Marvel franchise reboot that the studio will make with Sony. But for today, at least, we can take one name off of the list of potential candidates wanting to slip into the legendary role, thanks to a tweet from an actor who was in the running.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2015

New Fantastic Four Clip Finally Adds Jokes To The Mix
For as long as the Fantastic Four reboot has been in production, we've known comparatively little about it. It was like Fox was nervous about what would happen once they admitted the film was real. Slowly but surely now, trailers have been released and we've been able to see a bit about what's going on in this movie. Now we have a new ad spot which makes the movie look a little less dark and gritty.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2015

2 People Fell In Love On The Mad Max Set, Later Got Married
We all know how tough it is to meet people. Getting set up on blind dates, online dating, people will try anything to find that special someone. Sometimes however, you meet people in the last place you expect, like the middle of an apocalyptic wasteland surrounded by murderous zealots trying to kill you.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2015

Asa Butterfield Is Apparently Out As Spider-Man, Leaving 3 Possible Choices
The Spider-Man casting process is a game of musical chairs at the moment. A chair gets removed, and every time the "music" stops, someone has to leave. Earlier, we reported that The Walking Dead co-star Chandler Riggs scratched his own name off of the list with a well-timed Tweet. And now an alleged frontrunner is supposedly out of the race.
From: Cinema Blend 12/06/2015

Paradigm Signs Film Scribe Peter Steinfeld
Peter Steinfeld, whose screenplay credits include Be Cool, Analyze That and the gambling drama 21, has signed with Paradigm.
From: Deadline 12/06/2015

Pixar's 'Good Dinosaur' Digs Up All-New Voice Cast Ahead Of Thanksgiving Bow
Disney-Pixar today unveiled the all-new voice cast of The Good Dinosaur, the long-in-the-works pic that showed footage at Cannes and hits theaters Thanksgiving week. Raymond Ochoa will play Arlo, an Apatosaurus who is separated from his family when he falls into a raging river and is swept hundreds of miles away.
From: Deadline 12/06/2015

Andrea Portes Novel 'Liberty' Lands At Fox 2000 & Temple Hill
In a pre-emptive deal, Fox 2000 and Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen have acquired screen rights to Liberty, the Andrea Portes novel that is being adapted by Portes and Joel Silverman.
From: Deadline 12/06/2015

Monica Lewis Dies: Singer-Actress And Voice Of Chiquita Banana Was 93
Monica Lewis, a singer and actress who performed with Benny Goodman and voiced the cartoon character Chiquita Banana, died today at her home in Woodland Hills. She was 93.
From: Deadline 12/06/2015

Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93
The veteran actor was best known for playing villains including Dracula and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings franchise.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/06/2015

Passenger caught smuggling cocaine into US via film stock
Demand for traditional film stock has fallen so dramatically in recent years that manufacturer Kodak last year threatened to halt production entirely - before a last-ditch deal with Hollywood studios ensured movies can still be shot and screened on traditional 35mm.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/06/2015

She-wolf of Wall Street: Reese Witherspoon to star in financial comedy
Oscar winner set to take on adaptation of Opening Belle, a novel about a woman juggling a high-powered banking career with motherhood.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/06/2015

Ron Moody, actor who played Fagin in Oliver! musical, dies aged 91
Oscar-nominated star appeared in stage and screen versions of Lionel Bart's Dickens adaptation.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/06/2015

Ultra-orthodox director bans men from London Israeli film festival screening
Complaints after Haredi film-maker Rechy Elias states screening of her drama Gift of Fire must be for women only.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/06/2015

Sir Christopher Lee 1922-2015
Screen icon and veteran actor Sir Christopher Lee died on Sunday, bringing to an end one of cinema's most remarkable acting careers. The actor passed at 8:30am, having previously been admitted to hospital with respiratory and pulmonary problems. He was 93 years old.
From: Empire Online 11/06/2015

David Oyelowo Considering The Water Man For Disney
Partly thanks to his thundering performance in Selma, David Oyelowo is a busy man at the moment. He has plenty of current acting jobs to keep him busy, is in demand for others and continues to push into producing. He's now in talks - alongside Selma executive producer Oprah Winfrey - to join Disney's new original drama The Water Man.
From: Empire Online 11/06/2015

Ron Moody 1924-2015
Ron Moody, best known for his portrayal of Fagin in the 1968 Charles Dickens adaptation Oliver!, has passed away at the age of 91, his family has announced.
From: Empire Online 11/06/2015

Christopher Lee Dies In London At Age 93
Iconic actor and multiple award winner Christopher Lee died on Sunday in a hospital in London, according to sources close to his family. Lee was 93.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2015

Christopher Lee dies
Sir Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93. The legendary British actor was known as a horror star in the 1950s before finding further fame in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy later in life.
From: Film-News 11/06/2015

Ron Moody dies
Ron Moody has died at the age of 91. The British actor is known to millions as his most famous character, pickpocket master Fagin in 1968's Oliver!
From: Film-News 11/06/2015

Rocky producer Robert Chartoff dies
Rocky producer Robert Chartoff has died. Lynn Hendee, the president of his company Chartoff Productions, has announced the Oscar winner passed away on Wednesday, at his home in California. The 81-year-old had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.
From: Film-News 11/06/2015

The Disgusting Jurassic World Scene That Got Cut
Riding a wave of early buzz, Jurassic World should expect an impressive reception when it hits theaters tomorrow. However, there is one side-splitting scene that moviegoers will miss out on. It seems that one crass bit of comic relief which had our lead characters "down in the dumps" was cut due to pacing issues.
From: Cinema Blend 11/06/2015

Brigitte Bardot to sue St Tropez artist for using likeness on candles and watches
French screen icon claims her image is being used on unauthorised merchandise in town synonymous with 1956's And God Created Woman.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2015

Joyce Carol Oates and that picture of Steven Spielberg with a 'dead' dinosaur
A photograph of the director with an animatronic dinosaur, posted online as a joke, prompted choice comments from Oates. The internet is bamboozled.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2015

Fifty Shades of Grey screenwriter says film is 'too painful' to watch
Kelly Marcel reveals she was left heartbroken after EL James refused to allow any changes to her original dialogue.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/06/2015

Pitch Perfect 3 Officially In The Works
With the huge success of Pitch Perfect 2 ($250 million worldwide and counting), the idea of a second sequel was less speculative, more damn near inevitable. But while the only real word on the next film came via Rebel Wilson talking to the LA Times' Amy Kaufman before the second one arrived, The Hollywood Reporter now brings the news that writer Kay Cannon is in negotiations to script another.
From: Empire Online 10/06/2015

Jaden Smith Joins Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down
He's recently been linked (though not officially) with the role of DC superhero Static Shock for a new Warner Bros. TV series. But while those deals are no doubt being wrangled, Jaden Smith has lined up a turn for Baz Luhrmann. He's joining Luhrmann's musical Netflix extravaganza The Get Down.
From: Empire Online 10/06/2015

Asif Kapadia Bringing Ronaldo Movie To The Screen
A galactico-class talent with a planet-sized ego, Cristiano Ronaldo may just be the showponiest sportsman currently in action. He's a one-man Harlem Globetrotters who sports enough hair product to burn its own private hole in the ozone layer and has about a bajillion goals to his name, and he'll soon be adding 'movie star' to his repertoire. Senna and Amy director Asif Kapadia is one of a team of filmmakers bringing his story to the big screen with a new documentary entitled simply Ronaldo.
From: Empire Online 10/06/2015

James Cameron says Terminator: Genisys is 'official' third film in saga
The director of the first two Terminator movies has said new movie has 'reinvigorated' the franchise and audiences should dismiss the third and fourth instalments.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

Matt Damon's Martian dilemma
Matt Damon was hesitant to star in The Martian after getting "stranded" in his last film. The American actor is set to appear Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi flick about an astronaut left behind on Mars by his crew.
From: Film-News 09/06/2015

Flashmob in the pan: Michael Haneke cans planned internet-themed movie
Michael Haneke's next film will no longer be his previously announced project about disparate online characters brought together.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

Chinese actor sued for staring too intensely from TV at viewer
Case of Zhao Wei being sued for causing 'spiritual damage' raises fresh concerns over frivolous lawsuits in China.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

Viktor Frankl's book on the psychology of the Holocaust to be made into a film
Frankl counselled fellow prisoners in Auschwitz, later writing Man's Search for Meaning, outlining the concept of survival through finding meaning in the world.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

JK Rowling hints Fantastic Beasts movie will reveal 'American Hogwarts'
Twitter exchange suggests Harry Potter author will also draw on Native American traditions for the 'magizoology' script she is working on.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

A new scope: books to revisit Star Wars from perspectives of key character
Trio of novels to offer insight into the minds of Leia, Yoda and Vader during the events of the classic original trilogy that hit cinemas between 1977 and 1983.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

Former Film4 head Tessa Ross to launch production company
Ross and Working Title's ex-TV chief Juliette Howell will produce both film and TV content.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/06/2015

Netflix Buys Brad Pitt's War Machine
Netflix has been making big inroads to acquire original content to go alongside the back catalogues it buys up. The company has made plenty of moves with TV, but is ramping up its efforts to make movies, dropping cash on deals with the likes of Adam Sandler and Idris Elba. Now it has made its biggest commitment yet, grabbing distribution rights to War Machine, which will star Brad Pitt.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2015

Elisha Cuthbert Joins Goon: Last Of The Enforcers
With co-writer and co-star Jay Baruchel taking the director's chair for the Goon sequel, the further misadventures of Seann William Scott's Doug "The Thug" Glatt is busy assembling its cast. First among the new faces for the follow-up is Elisa Cuthbert.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2015

Mary Ellen Trainor 1952-2015
Mary Ellen Trainor, a fixture of 1980s movies such as Lethal Weapon and Romancing The Stone, died last month at the age of 62.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2015

Ben Wheatley Adds Jack Reynor And Sam Riley To Free Fire
Anything Ben Wheatley sets his mind to brings a high degree of anticipation in these parts. Throw Martin Scorsese into the mix and you've got the recipe for something truly compelling. So it is with Free Fire, the next cab in Wheatley's rank after his upcoming High-Rise. It's just added Jack Reynor and Sam Riley its cast roster.
From: Empire Online 09/06/2015

Luisana Lopilato Boards 'Fair Market Value' For Reelhouse Productions
Reelhouse Productions has set Luisana Lopilato, Craig Bierko (Cinderella Man), Julia Duffy (Shameless), Tina Benko (Flesh & Bone) and Drew Moerline (South Of Hell) to star in Fair Market Value.
From: Deadline 09/06/2015

J.C. Chandor On Dance Card For A24's 'The Liar's Ball'
J.C. Chandor (All is Lost, A Most Violent Year) has signed on to produce the film adaptation of Vicky Ward's The Liar's Ball for A24 (Ex Machina).
From: Deadline 09/06/2015

Avenge her: Fans demand Black Widow movie with flashmob campaign
Anger after popular superhero played by Scarlett Johansson misses out on Marvel solo outing and is given short shrift in official Avengers merchandise.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/06/2015

This Rotten Week: Predicting Jurassic World Reviews
We have only one flick on the docket this week, but it's one that's been anticipated for years We are back in the world of dinosaurs as theme park attractions, as Jurassic World is arriving in theaters.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

Beautiful Devils starring Iain Glen in production
Principal photography commences this week on major new British film and psychological thriller Beautiful Devils. A stunning modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello set in the world of the contemporary music business, starring Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Resident Evil) alongside a raft of exciting up-and-coming talent including; Osy Ikhale (Mission Impossible, Rogue Nation); Elliot James Langridge (Northern Soul); Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan) and Danny Horn (Emmerdale) as well as some of the UK's most accomplished performers including; comedian Rufus Hound in his debut feature film and veteran actor Steve Waddington (The Imitation Game).
From: Film-News 08/06/2015

Bryce Dallas Howard: Jurassic was jaw-dropping
Bryce Dallas Howard's mind was blown when she first watched Jurassic Park. The 34-year-old was a youngster when Steven Spielberg's film came out in 1993, and it instantly made her think dinosaurs were roaming the earth.
From: Film-News 08/06/2015

Uwe Boll: Hollywood's elite should be 'wiped-out'
The German film-maker behind Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne has delivered two expletive-filled video rants against the industry after his Kickstarter campaign failed.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/06/2015

Eddie the Eagle: film of my life 'only 10%' accurate
British ski-jumper who finished in last place in the 1988 winter Olympics says biopic has largely dispensed with the truth.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/06/2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens merchandise suggests C-3PO has replacement red arm
A Mexican drinks can for JJ Abrams' movie shows the protocol droid with brightly-coloured replacement limb.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/06/2015

Alex Sharp and Helen Mirren head rollcall of British Tony awards success
Previously unknown star of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time beats top theatre names to win best leading actor award.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/06/2015

New Look At Ridley Scott's The Martian Touches Down
Chances are you got your first proper look at Ridley Scott's new sci-fi film The Martian from the exclusive pictures we put in print and online late last month.
From: Empire Online 08/06/2015

James Cameron Talks Terminator Genisys
The new Terminator movie, Terminator Genisys, is designed as a launchpad for further cybernetic mayhem so there's plenty riding on it for all involved.
From: Empire Online 08/06/2015

The Rock Hears Your Big Trouble In Little China Complaints, Has The Perfect Response
Dwayne Johnson knows that you hate his idea to remake John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China. He read the reactions online, and he has a genuine response to fans� while also acknowledging that they might be right, and the project could get shelved.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

The Blunt Reason Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow Won't Do A Star Wars Movie
Lucasfilm is cultivating some impressive up-and-coming names around their Star Wars films. Aside from J.J. Abrams directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson of Looper will direct Episodes 8 and maybe 9, while Godzilla's Gareth Edwards is helming the anthology film, Rogue One. Josh Trank of Chronicle and Fantastic Four was on board for the second anthology, but dropped out over behind-the-scenes drama.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

Halle Berry: Aliens are out there
Halle Berry isn't "egotistical enough" to deny the existence of aliens. In her TV show Extant, Halle plays an astronaut called Molly who discovers she's pregnant following a 13-month solo mission. The plot has made the 48-year-old star consider extraterrestrials and she's sure there must be other life somewhere.
From: Film-News 08/06/2015

Emile Hirsch Gets August Date For Mini-Trial On Paramount Exec Assault Charges
Almost 6 months after he allegedly attacked and choked the female VP of Paramount Digital at a Sundance Film Festival party, the Speed Racer actor today was back in court in Park City to ask to see what the authorities had on him. Off a stint in rehab that came out of the January 25 early morning incident, a suit wearing Emile Hirsch faced Judge Paige Peterson this morning in the latest hearing on the charges of aggravated assault and intoxication.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Tessa Ross And Juliette Howell Lauching Production Company Together
Former Film4 head Tessa Ross and exiting Working Title TV chief Juliette Howell are teaming up to launch a new production company together. Deadline understands the company will cover both film and TV production and will launch officially before the end of the year. It will have the advantage of two extremely high-profile and well-respected execs at the helm from the outset.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Game Changer! Netflix Lands 'War Machine', Brad Pitt's Next Star Vehicle
Netflix has acquired distribution rights to War Machine, the David Michod-directed drama which will star Brad Pitt as a four-star rock star U.S. military general. The character is patterned after Gen. Stanley McChrystal, for a time the commanding general of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Spurned By Crowdfunding, Director Uwe Boll Self-Stars In His Most Memorable Production; Slams Hollywood
Is this guy serious? German director Uwe Boll is failing in his attempt to raise funds for his film Rampage 3, and he delivers such a bile-filled and animated diatribe about Hollywood stars and film financiers, that it ought to go down as a classic. He's so over the top that all that's missing is the Hans and Franz characters.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Archery Pictures Takes Aim With Neil Jordan On TV Series 'Riviera' With Paul McGuinness And John Banville
Archery Pictures, the newbie production company set up less than a year ago by well-respected UK-based producers Kris Thykier and Liza Marshall, has come on-board to produce the Cote d'Azur-based TV crime drama Riviera with Neil Jordan (The Borgias) set to write, direct and showrun.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Caribbean Novel 'Double Play' Headed To Big Screen With Director Ernest Dickerson
Double Play, Curacaoan author Frank Martinus Arion's internationally acclaimed Dutch-language novel, is being adapted into a feature film to be helmed by Ernest Dickerson (Juice, The Wire).
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Pitch Perfect 3 Still High On Elizabeth Banks' To-Do List
Made for relatively little money, at least by Hollywood standards, the Pitch Perfect movies are two of the more profitable movies in recent memory. With such financial success, Pitch Perfect 3 is essentially a foregone conclusion�involved parties were already talking about it before the second one even opened�and Elizabeth Banks says it's high on her to-do list.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

FIFA's Movie United Passions Made An Embarassing Amount Of Money This Weekend
One would think that the controversy swirling around FIFA and its disgraced chief, Sepp Blatter, would attract curious patrons to theaters to see the organization's funded and sponsored origin drama United Passions. Well, the opposite actually happened, as the French film opened in 10 theaters in the U.S. this weekend and earned $607 on Friday and Saturday. Not per theater. Total.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

C-3PO May Sport This Different Look In Star Wars: The Force Awakens
It's not uncommon these days for toys or other merchandising tie-ins to unveil details about upcoming movies. Star Wars has always been a franchise with its logo slapped on anything that can be bought or sold, and a new piece of merch just revealed that everyone's favorite fastidious droid, C-3PO, is sporting a new look for The Force Awakens.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Sandman Absolutely Refuses To Do This
While Warner Bros is blazing ahead with the DC Cinematic Universe, progress on the Vertigo property Sandman has been moving significantly slower.
From: Cinema Blend 08/06/2015

IFC Midnight Acquires 'Dementia'
IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Dementia, the horror pic from BoulderLight Pictures that stars The Sacrament's Gene Jones Image (1) IFC-Midnight__120526182431.png for post 353947as an aging war veteran who suffers a stroke and is diagnosed with dementia. He is forced by his estranged family to hire a live-in nurse, only to find that she harbors a sinister secret.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

'Operation Cowboy' Movie A Go With Mark Canton & Lawrence Smith Saddling Up For True WWII Story
Mad Riot Entertainment, the production company of 300 producer Mark Canton and Lawrence Smith, has acquired rights to Operation Cowboy, the based-on-a-true-story book from Stephan Talty, whose book with Richard Phillips became the basis of the Columbia Pictures hit Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

IFP Reveals 2015 Independent Filmmaker Labs Projects & Fellows
The Independent Filmmaker Project is out with the list of projects for its 2015 Independent Filmmaker Labs, the annual yearlong ifp-logo2 fellowship for rookie filmmakers. The teams behind the 10 narratives began their first week of sessions on Monday at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP.
From: Deadline 08/06/2015

Ipswich murders film shows how street of terror has regained its pride
This week sees the film premiere of London Road, a musical based on one of Britain's most infamous serial killings. Local people say the area has finally moved on from a tragic time.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/06/2015

Extraordinary tale of Alain de Botton's 'heroine' grandmother
Yolande Gabai de Botton's adventures in a spy-filled Middle East are told in a new film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/06/2015

Vera Farmiga Joins Special Correspondents
Despite being at work on his latest film, Special Correspondents, Ricky Gervais took a moment out for a cast photo showing off his new ensemble. And with that, brought word that Vera Farmiga, America Ferrara, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Lake, Kevin Pollak, Mimi Kuzyk, Ra�l Castillo, Megan Heffern, Ari Cohen and Benjamin Bratt are on board.
From: Empire Online 07/06/2015

Nicole Perlman Re-Writing Sci-Fi Adaptation Wool
Nicole Perlman wrote the initial drafts that helped Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy start its journey to the screen, and the studio has kept her around as one of the duo writing Captain Marvel. Now she's found another, much darker science fiction project to work on at the same time, signing on to re-write the adaptation of Wool for 20th Century Fox.
From: Empire Online 07/06/2015

Radha Mitchell And More Set For The Shack
The cameras are about to start rolling on Exam director Stuart Hazeldine's latest, the adaptation of William Paul Young's 2007 novel The Shack. He's just added some new actors to the cast, including Radha Mitchell, Graham Greene and Aviv Alush.
From: Empire Online 07/06/2015

Top 10 Sir Anthony Hopkins films
Screen legend Sir Anthony Hopkins has created a brilliant career spanning the decades playing complex characters across genres, with forays into thrillers, biographies and dramas to name but a few. To celebrate the release of his latest film, KIDNAPPING FREDDY HEINEKEN, out on Blu-ray and DVD from the 8th June 2015 courtesy of Signature Entertainment, we take a look back at some of his greatest films.
From: Film-News 07/06/2015

Banks: Pitch Perfect 3 could happen
Elizabeth Banks is thinking "very seriously" about doing Pitch Perfect 3. The 41-year-old actress made her directorial debut with Pitch Perfect 2 - the sequel to the original 2012 movie.
From: Film-News 07/06/2015

Controversial 'An Open Secret' Tanks In Initial Limited Rollout
Amy Berg's controversial documentary An Open Secret, which addresses allegations of teen sexual molestation in Hollywood, performed poorly in its initial runs in nine theaters this weekend in Denver and Seattle, distributor Rocky Mountain Pictures said today.
From: Deadline 07/06/2015

'Love & Mercy' Rides High, 'Testament Of Youth' & 'Pigeon' OK: Specialty B.O.
Brian Wilson surfed a fairly wide bow and landed decently, while Testament Of Youth and the long titled A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence opened respectably in limited runs.
From: Deadline 07/06/2015

Actor Richard Johnson dies at 87
British star of film, television and theatre was a founding member of Royal Shakespeare Company.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/06/2015

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Australia cutting emissions is good economics
Actor and former governor of California describes claims that climate action hurts the economy as 'a bunch of nonsense' and urges all countries to cooperate.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/06/2015

Russell Crowe's Nice Guys Has A Secret L.A. Confidential Reunion
It's been 18 years since Russell Crowe bulldozed his way into the Hollywood consciousness with his portrayal of Bud White in L.A. Confidential. For many, this was their first look at the intense, brooding, but undeniably charismatic Australian, and since then his stock has only risen.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2015

The Real Reason Hugh Jackman Is Done With Wolverine
It all started back in March when Hugh Jackman teased over social media that he would only be reprising his iconic X-Men character one last time.
From: Cinema Blend 06/06/2015

Screen Actors Guild attacks Hollywood child sex abuse documentary
An Open Secret has angered SAG-AFTRA who believe the film unfairly labels them as complicit with the alleged behaviour of a committee member.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2015

John Cusack: Barack Obama is 'as bad or worse' than George W Bush
The actor has attacked the incumbent president's approach to civil liberties and his foreign policy, saying he has extended Bush's wars.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2015

Emily Blunt may hop aboard The Girl on the Train movie
Actor is lined up to play the unreliable narrator in a Tate Taylor-directed adaptation of the London-set thriller.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2015

Geoffrey Rush calls for more women behind the camera in Australian film
Oscar-winner and Aacta president would like to see an 'equal balance' of production and direction talent as exemplified on his film The Daughter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/06/2015

Exclusive: Paul Feig Talks Ghostbusters 3
Paul Feig is on this week's Empire Podcast to talk about his latest, Spy, which is out right about... now. But as well as the espionage-based chatter, there was plenty on Feig's next project, the reboot of Ghostbusters - starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon - and here below are some quotes from the interview to get you excited. Which Feig also happens to be, by the by.
From: Empire Online 05/06/2015

Rose Byrne: Working with beau is intense
Rose Byrne thinks making movies with her boyfriend is "intense". The 35-year-old actress began dating fellow actor Bobby Cannavale in 2012 and the pair are currently promoting their new movie Spy.
From: Film-News 05/06/2015

'Macbeth'- StudioCanal Releases Stunning First Theatrical Trailer
StudioCanal has released the first official theatrical trailer for Justin Kurzel's visually stunning adaptation of Shakespeare's great tragedy Macbeth.
From: Deadline 05/06/2015

Fifty Shades stars not bound to potential spin-off film
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson haven't been tied up to adaptation of Grey, new EL James novel from male perspective.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2015

How San Andreas is boosting California's earthquake industry
The success of Dwayne Johnson's disaster flick has helped trigger a spike in the number of California residents who are preparing for the worst.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2015

Bruce Willis signs up for Chinese second world war epic
Bruce Willis has signed on for Chinese second world war epic The Bombing, according to Variety.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2015

Fantastic Four film-makers respond to criticism of decision to cast black actor
Director Josh Trank says move to cast Michael B Jordan as Johnny Storm was taken to bring iconic comic book team into line with real-world demographics.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/06/2015

New Mission: Impossible 5 Trailer Is A Go
The new trailer for Chris McQuarrie's generously punctuated Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation was deployed (via covert operation) onto the internet this morning and you can watch it below.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2015

Samuel L. Jackson Won't Appear In Captain America: Civil War
The roster for Captain America: Civil War may be more stuffed than Tony Stark's quip drawer but one character who won't be appearing is Nick Fury. Samuel L. Jackson revealed to Collider that his man is taking the movie off.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2015

James Wan Confirmed To Direct Aquaman
As Fast & Furious 7 continues to speed past the competition in earning terms around the world ($1.5 billion and counting), director James Wan is busy revving the engine for the next part of his career. After reports that he was in talks for the film back in April, he's now made a deal to direct Aquaman for Warner Bros.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2015

Joel McHale Joins The X-Files
With Mulder and Scully headed back to our screens early next year for a new run of The X-Files, creator Chris Carter and his team have tracked down the first new face to join Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in the show.
From: Empire Online 04/06/2015

Domhnall Gleeson: My past job horror
Domhnall Gleeson remembers how awkward it was to pack Tampax during one of his early jobs.
From: Film-News 04/06/2015

Oculus VR's second virtual reality film stars a hedgehog named Henry
Facebook VR subsidiary's in-house studio follows up its first film with 'a heartwarming comedy' created by Pixar and DreamWorks veterans.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2015

Cameron Crowe apologises for casting Emma Stone as 'part-Asian' in Aloha
Oscar-winning film-maker says he is to blame, following accusations of 'whitewashing', and promises to heed calls for diversity in future.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2015

Agent Carter Gets A UK Release Date
Inspired by the Marvel one-shot short film of the same name, the eight-episode Agent Carter TV show aired on American TV screens in January, but British fans of Hayley Atwell's secret agent - as originally seen in both standalone Captain America films, as well as more recently in Avengers: Age Of Ultron - were left in limbo as to when they'd get to see the first series. Now, news arrives that Fox UK has picked it up, and July 1 will be the release date.
From: Empire Online 03/06/2015

Jason Isaacs Cast In A Cure For Wellness
While he can bring pretty much any character to life, Jason Isaacs is often at his best when he gets to be bad. Gore Verbinski has realised that, casting the actor in his supernatural horror pic A Cure For Wellness.
From: Empire Online 03/06/2015

Clint Eastwood Finds A New Biopic To Direct
American Sniper was a big hit for the director, so it's perhaps not surprising that Clint Eastwood is looking for another true-life tale with shades of heroism to make as his next film. He's flirted with a couple of biopics already, but appears to be targeting Sully.
From: Empire Online 03/06/2015

Disney to turn Fantasia sequence into live-action movie
The studio plans to give a Maleficent-style tone to an adaptation of Night on Bald Mountain.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2015

Back in the habit: Sister Act to be remade by Disney
Whoopi Goldberg comedy, about a singer who hides from the mob in a nunnery, is being resurrected by the writers of Legally Blonde.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2015

Star Wars fantasy short to get feature-length upgrade with Rutger Hauer
Oscar-winning set designer Roger Christian to direct extended version of his swords and sorcery tale Black Angel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/06/2015

Pirates of the Caribbean actor joins fight against Isis in Syria
British actor Michael Enright turns his back on Hollywood to help Kurdish People's Protection Units take on Islamic State extremists.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/06/2015

Sofia Coppola turns tail on live-action Little Mermaid movie
Lost in Translation director becomes second film-maker to depart the project, which has been in the works since at least 2011
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/06/2015

Average age-gap between male/female romantic movie leads is only four years
Survey of romantic films over 30 years widens debate reignited by comments of Maggie Gyllenhaal, 37, about being told she was too old to star opposite 55-year-old man.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/06/2015

Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann abandon Bad Moms
Husband and wife team too busy to commit to comedy about exhausted mothers battling over-protective parents at their children's school.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/06/2015

David Oyelowo: Spielberg asked me to reprise Martin Luther King role
The Oscar-winning director still holds the rights to make an official biopic of the influential civil rights leader that would use King's actual speeches, and is courting Selma star for the part.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/06/2015

Disney pushes plans for Tron 3 off the grid
Studio will not proceed with second sequel to pioneering 1982 cult classic, according to reports.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/06/2015

New Spider-Man: three Brit teens among hopefuls for Peter Parker role
Hugo's Asa Butterfield, The Impossible's Tom Holland and The Golden Compass's Charlie Rowe in frame to succeed Andrew Garfield as the web-spinning superhero.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/06/2015

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