Sky Sign Exclusive Deal with HBO

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Sky have signed an exclusive five-year deal, worth an estimated £150m, with HBO for UK broadcast rights to their programmes. The deal, which includes access to previous HBO series’ including Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Sopranos, will see all HBO programmes shown on UK Sky channels shortly after their US premieres. Boardwalk Empire, Martin Scorsese’s adapted [...]

Go Behind the Scenes of Tangled with this New Featurette

Disney have released this brand new featurette for their new movie, Tangled which comes to the UK early 2011. The US get it much easier than us on 24th November. Tangled (original called) Rapunzel has had a teaser trailer released a month or so ago which you can see here. It has a voice cast [...]

A Second Saw 3d Motion Poster Released

Saw 3d Poster

A week or so ago, Jamie gave us news of the first motion poster for Saw 3d and today, UGO have provided us with the 2nd. The movie is going to be the last in the Saw franchise and sees Tobin Bell back as Jigsaw. Saw 3d (or Saw VII) is directed by Kevin Greutert [...]

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff DVD Review

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There’s an excellent chance that you already know the work of Jack Cardiff, and picking a few prominent films from his considerable career behind the camera, as a director and one of the celebrated cinematographers of all time, yield a collection of images both haunting and luminous. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff [...]

FanTasia 2010: Air Doll Review

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The premise of Air Doll is one than will instantly alienate a lot of people which is unfortunate as it is a premise that Koreeda uses not in the most obvious ‘wacky’ way that people might expect but to investigate emotional subjects. The film is based on a Manga by Yoshiie Goda entitled The Pneumatic [...]

Thor Comic Con Footage Hits

After the ridiculous wealth of posters, concept art, sets, props, costumes and images with which Comic-Con was deluged last week and with which we worked tirelessly to keep you updated, Trailer Addict have now gone and snagged themselves a fully-formed five minute trailer. After the frustration of yesterday’s three-second “footage” clip from Battle: Los Angeles, [...]

New UK Trailer and Poster for Mr. Nice

Mr Nice UK Poster

E1 Entertainment have just sent is this rather awesome new poster and trailer for their latest movie starring Rhys Ifans, Mr. Nice. The movie is directed by Bernard Rose and also stars Rhys Ifans, Chloe Sevigny, David Thewlis, Luis Tosar, Crispin Glover, Omid Djalili, Christian Mackay, Elsa Pataky, Jamie Harris and Jack Huston. It was [...]

Guillermo Del Toro to Direct At the Mountains of Madness

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Ever since Guillermo Del Toro pulled out of directing The Hobbit, we’ve been waiting for him to make an announcement about his next directing gig. At Comic-Con last weekend, he confirmed he would write and produce a remake of The Haunted Mansion for Disney. Now, at long last, Deadline has confirmed that Guillermo Del Toro will [...]

Win Tickets to The Expendables UK Premiere

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Today we have rather a fantastic competition for you! The guys over at Lionsgate know how much our readers want to see The Expendables (released in the UK August 19th), and have been kind enough to give us two pairs of tickets to the UK premiere which takes place in London’s Leicester Square on Monday [...]

Steve Coogan is No Idiot

Steve Coogan

Coogan fans out there who bemoan the fact that the great comedian has yet to make that progression to big Hollywood star (his first lead feature Hamlet 2 failed to make a dent) will be happy to learn Deadline have reported that he has landed a role in the upcoming comedy My Idiot Brother. With [...]

FanTasia 2010: 1 Review

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Based on the short story/essay One Human Minute by Stanislaw Lem, 1 is a Hungarian film adaptation by director Pater Sparrow who has created a baffling, mesmerizing and beautiful film. 1 opens with a series of clips of strange found footage depicting a variety of events from mankind’s history. It then cuts to a bookstore [...]

Carell to be “Raised by Wolfs”

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Hollywood Reporter has announced that Dreamworks Studios has picked up a pitch for an original comedy film scripted by television writer Les Firestein. Steve Carell is currently attached to star in the project, as well as producing it through his company Carousel Productions. Dreamworks are currently remaining tight-lipped about the storyline, although the title apparently relates [...]

I Love You Phillip Morris DVD Review

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First, a confession- I used to be a pretty stellar Jim Carrey fan. For me, his oft-mentioned rubber-faced buffoonery just didn’t cheapen, no matter how many times I saw Liar Liar or The Mask. Heaven forgive me, I  even quite enjoyed his take on Edward Nigma/The Riddler in Batman Forever (just imagine for a minute [...]

Fincher Confirmed as Director on First Film in Millennuim Trilogy

David Fincher fans take heed. Digital Spy are reporting that the auteur is denying the rumours suggesting he will be involved in all three film adaptations in The Millennium Trilogy – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. The Fight Club director [...]

First Yogi Bear 3D Teaser Trailer Hits

Yesterday we posted a brand new poster for Yogi Bear 3D, the upcoming live action / CGI feature film centred on the infamous character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Today, Yahoo! Movies have uploaded an exclusive teaser trailer for said film. The film, directed by Eric Brevig, was initially announced in 2008, with a release date [...]

Family Friendly Poster for Legends of the Guardians Appears

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After the unveiling of the bombastic fetishism of Sucker Punch it’s time to tone things down for this slice of Zack Snyder. His big screen 3D CG adaptation of Kathryn Lasky’s Guardians of Ga’hoole will be hitting screens in the US on the 24th of September and so far we’ve seen some pretty impressive trailers [...]

Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton to Visit The Retreat

The Retreat

Deadline are reporting that Cillian Murphy (Inception) is set to star opposite Thandie Newton (2012) in the upcoming thriller, The Retreat. Cillian Murphy will replace Jason Isaacs, who was previously attached. The film is set to shoot this September on location in Wales. However, it has not yet been revealed who will direct The Retreat, [...]

Justin Timberlake Offered Lead In I’m.Mortal

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Earlier this month it was announced that Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) had been signed to star in Andrew Niccol’s upcoming movie I’m.mortal, ComingSoon have unearthed news that Justin Timberlake has been offered the film’s lead. Taking place in a future in which “time has become the currency”, I’m.mortal sees a rebel go on the run [...]

Some Spice Added to Cast of Horrible Bosses

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We reported a little while ago that Jennifer Aniston would be appearing with Jason Bateman, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Donald Sutherland in Horrible Bosses, a comedy about three friends conspiring to murder the bosses who are standing in the way of their happiness. We then followed up more recently with an on-set shot [...]

Titanic 2 Trailer – No This is NOT a Joke!

The title of the movie, to be clear is Titanic II, not ‘Titanic II – No this is NOT a Joke’ as the title may suggest! I can’t believe it either as the movie that could never, ever spawn a sequel, has indeed, spawned a sequel! Will it hit an ice berg? YES?!?!With the tragic [...]