HeyUGuys - UK Movie / Film Blog for News / Reviews / Interviews
UK Movie / Film Blog for News / Reviews
Relativity Media have acquired the rights to Timeless, a script by Bill Kelly (Enchanted). Timeless centers on a recently wed man who loses his wife and discovers she has left him a fortune. Haunted by an unresolved issue between himself and his wife, the man invests the money to build a time travel device, just [...]
His Rock-ness, Dwayne Johnson, along with Luiz Guzman (Traffic, Boogie Nights), Josh Hutcherson (Bridge to Teribithia) and Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) are now hard at work in Hawaii, shooting the sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. The sequel finds Hutcherson’s Sean receiving a coded distress signal from [...]
This evening last the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and it was a fantastic evening. I was there on the red carpet with more stars than I could count and got to speak to many of them. You can catch up with my report here. But if video interviews [...]
We told you last week about the impressive voice cast being assembled for Aardman Animation’s latest non-Wallace & Gromit offering, Arthur Christmas. We also brought you the synopsis, namely that it is the story of Santa’s misfit son, who on hearing that one of the world’s children has been overlooked on Christmas Eve, sets off [...]
Dino De Laurentiis, acclaimed producer of many films including the Hannibal Lecter franchise, sadly passed away on Wednesday, surrounded by his family at his Beverley Hills home. He was 91 years old. Earlier in his career, De Laurentiis worked with some of Italy’s most famous directors, including Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini, however in the [...]
We celebrated our two year birthday last Sunday and in those two years, we’ve not been invited to a Harry Potter premiere. This evening, all that changed as I got to attend the World Premiere for the seventh movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and it was quite an [...]
Secreted within a report on the BBC website about the rebirth of Hammer films there’s some brief set footage of The Woman in Black, Hammer’s big screen adaptation of Susan Hill’s novel. I spoke to Simon Oakes, CEO of Hammer, last month to talk about Let Me In and his vision for the future of [...]
Having saved Vincenzo Natali’s creative feature Splice from a DTV demise, it looks like Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment has savaged another film – this time keeping it from disappearing altogether. The Hollywood Reporter brings news that the “found footage” project Dark Moon, which was put into turnaround by Warner Bros. when they learned of a film with a [...]
Screen Crave has posted a number of visually-arresting stills which highlight the look and costume design of Julie Taymor’s upcoming version of The Tempest. Academy Award winning costume designer (and regular Scorsese collaborator) Sandy Powell has delivered the goods here and the overall visual tone looks very impressive indeed, with Djimon Hounsou in particular standing [...]
Martin Scorsese has taken a break from producing documentaries on his favourite musical heroes and has turned his attention to one of his cinematic inspirations, director Elia Kazan. Kazan (the filmmaker behind such reputable classics as On The Waterfront and East of Eden), had an equally dramatic life off-camera. In 1952, he testified against several [...]
Collider recently interviewed Rosario Dawson, ostensibly about her role in Tony Scott’s Unstoppable, but also about a number of other seemingly unrelated subjects. In the course of the interview, Dawson declared herself to be a Trekkie (I thought the term was now “Trekker” but maybe I’m just being a nerd) and said that she wanted [...]
Well it looks like someone was able to get rather close to the set of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, the sequel to the lackluster comic adaptation, Ghost Rider. While it isn’t much, the video gives us a close look at Nicolas Cage in his leather wardrobe along with his pretty badass motorcycle. Reprising his role as [...]
Revolver Entertainment have unveiled the official UK poster for Chatroom. Directed by Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata (Ring), Chatroom stars Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass), Imogen Poots (4.3.2.1), Matthew Beard (Hippie Hippie Shake), Hannah Murray (TV’s Skins) and Daniel Kaluuya (TV’s Skins). Synopsis: When jaded teens Jim, Eva, Emily, and Mo meet William online, they’re seduced by his [...]
Showbiz Spy are reporting that Zooey Deschanel is in the mix to join Columbia’s forthcoming Spider-Man reboot as Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson’s personal assistant and a love interest for Peter Parker. Marc Webb is attached to direct the reboot, with Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Martin Sheen and Rhys Ifans all on board. Deschanel [...]
There is something inherently timeless about A.A. Milne’s Pooh stories and the first two images released yesterday and the trailer released today for Disney’s forthcoming Winnie the Pooh movie look just perfect, and the details released so far make me very excited about this new dalliance in The Hundred Acre Wood. Stephen Anderson and Don [...]
Well folks, the day is finally here where Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 gets its world premiere right here in London’s Leicester Square. In true world premiere fashion, the weather here today in London is absolutely shocking but we won’t let that dampen our spirits! This evening, loads of the stars of [...]
Another new film to emerge from the American Film Market (AFM) is Shame, the second feature from UK artist turned filmmaker Steve McQueen. A follow-up to the director’s BAFTA-nominated Hunger, he’s reunited here with that film’s lead Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds, Fish Tank). Here’s the synopsis: Brandon (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds, Hunger, A Dangerous Method) [...]
Jon Favreau (Iron Man) is in talks to direct Magic Kingdom for Disney. Magic Kingdom has been in development since 2008, and the premise finds the theme parks beloved attractions come to life, in the style of 20th Century Fox’s Night at the Museum. Ron Moore, most notably known for TV’s Battlestar Gallactica, wrote the initial script. Favreau’s [...]
Not long before fans of James Cameron’s Avatar get to spend a little more time in the world of Pandora and as the Extended Collector’s Edition readies itself for the Blu-ray and DVD launch on the 15th of November, you can get a sneak preview of what to expect with this new clip from the [...]
