Harald Zwart’s remake of The Karate Kid is exactly the film you expect, and nothing like the film you expect. It echoes the 1984 original endlessly, but expands it immeasurably – training montages take place on the Great Wall instead of a sour looking beachfront, the shopfronted Karate class is changed into a thousand strong [...]
Johnny Depp Comic-Con Teaser Trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
July 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Jon posted the news that Johnny Depp invaded Comic-Con dressed in his Jack Sparrow best to deliver the news that we all knew already, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is on the way! The footage was shown in 3d to the Comic Con crowed and they’ve now released the 2d version. It’s great [...]
Exclusive Steven Moffat Interview
July 26, 2010 By 3 Comments
If you’ve been watching the BBC at all over the last few weeks, you’ll almost certainly have noticed the trailers for Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ 21st Century update of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, which premiered on BBC 1 last night. We were recently given the chance to talk to Moffat, Gatiss and the series’ star, [...]
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz Appear on Top Gear in the Reasonably Priced Car
July 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Those not familiar with BBC TV show, Top Gear, won’t know too much about their feature called ‘Star in a reasonably priced car’. Top Gear is one of the BBC’s most successuful programmes and attracts the likes of some of the biggest movie stars around. The general idea is that they put a famous person [...]
Director for X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 Down to Two Big Names?
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Despite the publicity Captain America and Thor are receiving this very fine Comic-Con, it is surprising that more stage-time hasn’t been afforded another of Marvel’s superheroes: Wolverine. After months of apparent radio silence following the announcement that Christopher McQuarrie had been hired to script the sequel, news has finally broken that 20th Century Fox have [...]
First Jackass 3D Poster
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
At Comic-Con, Paramount Pictures unveiled the first teaser poster for Jackass 3D, the the first 3D film in the popular stunt-comedy series, Jackass. The film was directed by Jeff Tremaine, who was responsible for the first two instalments, and features the original cast of Johnny Knoxville, Preston Lacy, Steve-O and Bam Margera. Synopsis: The Jackass pranksters are at [...]
The Gathering of Robert Englund and Linda Blair
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Treasure Entertainment, in association with Highland Mist Entertainment, are reported by Variety to be in the process of uniting several high-profile horror actors for The Gathering, lead at present by Doug Bradley, Udo Kier and William Sadler. Currently in talks with producers Mark Heidelberger and Jesse Felsot are Robert Englund and Linda Blair, stars of [...]
Video Vault: Night of the Comet
July 25, 2010 By 3 Comments
The apocalypse doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom! I first caught this memorable, cheaply-made horror/sci-fi hybrid back in the late-80’s, when it was part of the screening programme on BBC2 show, Moviedrome. I was in love with lead actress Catherine Mary Stewart at the time, having fallen for her after seeing The Last [...]
Cowboys and Aliens First Image Released
July 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
The first image of Cowboys and Aliens has been released and it shows Daniel Craig sporting cowboy hat, clothes and a lazer. Jon Favreau also previewed about eight minutes of footage at Comic Con from the upcoming 2011 film that stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell who were all also introduced on stage to [...]
Comic-Con: The Avengers Logo
July 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
During the Marvel panel at Comic-Con yesterday, Joss Whedon unveiled the official logo for The Avengers, a film about a team of Marvel superheroes who band together to take on some of the greatest evils the earth has ever seen. While the other day brought the official confirmation that Joss Whedon would be directing the [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio to star in George Clooney’s Farragut North?
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Playlist are reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is circling a new film, Farragut North, which could, if it all comes together, be written and directed by George Clooney. It’s been rumoured that Clooney and DiCaprio have had discussions surrounding the collaboration, and have even done a few read-through’s. Warner Bros. own the rights at this [...]
Another Let Me In Trailer Appears
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Judging from the storm of positive tweets flying out of Comic Con, the Matt Reeves directed Let Me In is winning friends and influencing people. Two clips were played from the film and while I’m sure most of the audience will have seen Thomas Alfredson’s sublime Let the Right One In, and may have been [...]
Yet Another Clip from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Finish Him
July 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
I am worried Universal Pictures and in turn, director of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Edgar Wright, are in danger of giving away the entire movie in clip form for their new movie. Scott Pilgrim is released in the UK 25th August and stars Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha), Lucas Lee (Chris Evans), Todd Ingram (Brandon [...]
The First Images of Destroyer from Thor
July 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
The enemy to Thor has turned up at Comic Con in the form of The Destroyer and a couple of new images have appeared on The Marvel website.This goes along with all the other images from Thor that we’ve posted in the last few days. Thor is directed by Kenneth Branagh and also stars Natalie [...]
Walking Dead Trailer from Comic Con Lurches Online
July 24, 2010 By 5 Comments
Brand New Clip from Countdown to Zero
July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a brand new clip from a documentary called Countdown to Zero. It’s brought to us by the same people who created An Inconvenient Truth except this time, rather than tackling the issue of global warming, they look at nuclear weapons and how the word is full to the brim with them. A trailer for [...]
Official Green Lantern Logo
July 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
Warner Bros., with only a few hours until a panel for the film convenes at Comic-Con, have released the official logo for Green Lantern, the latest comic-book adaptation, and it’s a lot like the previous iteration we saw – I wonder if we’ll see the ‘Anyone Can Be Chosen’ tagline again? Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell [...]
New Images from Welcome to the Rileys
July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Shockya have debuted four new images from the independent drama, Welcome to the Rileys. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mixed reviews, while critics praised the performances of the three central leads – James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart and Melissa Leo. Synopsis: A powerful drama about finding hope in the most unusual [...]
Casey Affleck to Star in F-Word?
July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Casey Affleck (The Killer Inside Me) is in negotiations to feature in the romantic comedy, F-Word. The film, set to be directed by Alex Holdridge (In Search of a Midnight Kiss), will be based on T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi’s play Cigars and Toothpaste. Synopsis: A story of a young [...]
Comic-Con: Drive Angry Teaser Trailer
July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Courtesy of Bloody-Disgusting, we have the official teaser trailer for Summit Entertainment’s Drive Angry 3D, straight from Comic-Con. The film, directed by Patrick Lussier, stars Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Christa Campbell and Charlotte Ross. The official synopsis is embedded below: Drive Angry stars Nicolas Cage as Milton, a hardened felon who has broken [...]
