Andrew Niccol To Direct Saoirse Ronan In Meyer’s The Host

Andrew Niccol

Andrew Niccol is set to both write and direct the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host, with Saoirse Ronan to play the lead character, THR reports. Meyer’s original novel was published in 2008, and she’s spoken of developing it into a trilogy, so if Niccol’s film does well (and with the success of Twilight, [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Poster

As a big fan of the first movie I was (like most) disappointed with the sequels which followed to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and I do confess I went to this fourth instalment not expecting  great things. For this I am grateful, because I was actually relatively pleasantly surprised. The run-time on this [...]

Win Tangled on Blu-ray Double Play

Tangled BD Packshot

To celebrate the release of TANGLED, on DVD, Blu-ray Double Play & 3D Blu-ray from 23rd May, we are giving away five copies of the Blu-ray and DVD Double Play to you, our lovely readers! Synopsis: When the Kingdom’s most wanted (and most charming) thief is forced to make a deal with the golden-haired, tower-bound [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Clip – Jack and Angelica

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Poster - Johnny Depp

Disney have released this new clip from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides which hits UK cinemas 18th May. The fourth movie in the series titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides stars Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Claflin, Stephen Graham, Yuki Matsuzaki and Gemma [...]

Straw Dogs Teaser Trailer Hits

Straw Dogs

Screen Gems have released the first teaser trailer for upcoming thriller Straw Dogs, a remake, a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film. Written and directed by Rod Lurie (The Contender), Straw Dogs stars Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), James Marsden (The Box), Alexander Skarsgård (Melancholia), Dominic Purcell (The Killer Elite) and James Woods (Casino). L.A. screenwriter David Sumner (Marsden) relocates with his wife (Bosworth) to her hometown [...]

New Poster for The Debt Starring Helen Mirren & Sam Worthington

The Debt Poster

Focus Features have released a brand new poster for their new thriller, The Deby which stars Sam Worthington, Ciarán Hinds, Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Adar Beck and is directed by John Madden. It’s released in the UK 30th September and as the poster suggests, August 29th in the US. Synopsis: In [...]

Mother’s Day UK Trailer

Mother's Day

Optimum Releasing have sent over the official UK trailer for horror-thriller Mother’s Day, a remake of Charles Kaufman’s acclaimed original. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Mother’s Day stars Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), Deborah Ann Woll (Little Murder), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), Lisa Marcos (The Listener) and Jaime King (Sin City). The new owners and their guests, gathered [...]

New Clip from Senna

Ayrton Senna

I’ve been flying the Senna flag for quite a while now and after watching the amazing documentary.  Senna is directed by Asif Kapadia and uses footage which spans from Senna’s early life where he became the Karting World Champion right through to that fateful day on May 1st, 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix [...]

Cannes 2011 – Jamie Foxx & Kanye West Perform Gold Digger in Support of Red Granite Pictures

Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Cannes 2011

This evening was one that will most likely stay in my memory until the day I die. Being in Cannes at all is a privilege and I can’t thank Stella Artois (and Chez Jacques!) enough for sending us over but this evening’s party, to promote Red Granite Picture (who have recently been reported to have [...]

First Look at Poster for New Sam Worthington Film Drift

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Eagle eyed visitors to Cannes can spot all sorts of new images and posters for the films that will be coming our way in the next few years and while waltzing from the beach to the next soiree Dave snapped the poster for a new Sam Worthington film. Drift, an Australian production, is to be [...]

New Final Destination 5 Poster Looks Painful

Final Destination 5 v2

We brought you a good look at the Final Destination 5 (5nal Destination seems to have gone the way of all things) poster recently and now we can bring you a new one. Well, I say new. What I really mean is a bit the same, just with some red on it and a skewed angle [...]

First TV Spot for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Warner Bros. Pictures have released the first TV spot for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the final instalment in the phenomenally successful fantasy franchise. Directed by David Yates, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton [...]

New Green Band Trailer for The Change Up

The Change Up

We’ve had the red band trailer (which is well worth a watch) and now this week, Yahoo released the brand new green-band trailer for the movie which stars Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds called, The Change-Up. The Change-Up is directed by David Dobkin who has previously brought us the likes of of Shanghai Knights and [...]

New Poster for Kevin James’ Zookeeper

Zookeeper Poster

Columbia Pictures have released a new poster for their new movie starring Kevin James, Zookeeper. The movie sees the Zoo come to life ansd includes a voice cast Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone and the movie is directed by Frank Corac. In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted [...]

More TV Spot Goodness for Super 8

Super 8

Word is beginning to filter through regarding 20 minutes of footage from JJ Abrams’ Super 8 that has been showcased and apparently, it is genuinely cracking stuff. JJ Abrams has been taking his usual low-key, don’t show too much approach with the marketing and publicity on this one, though he did acknowledge in a recent [...]

Hugo Weaving Re-unites With Wachowskis For Cloud Atlas, Sarandon, Broadbent and Whishaw Also Sign Up

Hugo Weaving Mr Smith

It’s been a few weeks since we had any news on Cloud Atlas, an adventurous, centuries-spanning adaptation to be directed by The Wachoswkis  (Bound, The Matrix, Speed Racer) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer). We heard that Tom Hanks was on board and now we hear that Hugo Weaving [...]

The Indestructible Alex Pettyfer Has Two Roles in the Pipeline

Beastly

Alex Pettyfer’s recent dismissive and derogatory comments about the town which keeps him in employment appear not to have had a negative effect on his career. The I Am Number Four star with not one, but two high-profile projects in the works. First up is the lead in Steven Soderbergh’s (thought he was retiring?) comedy [...]

Fright Night Trailer and Poster Unleashed

fright night poster 2011

Almost exactly a year ago I reported on the casting for the newly announced remake of the 1985 horror film Fright Night, with Colin Farrell and Toni Collette taking their place alongside the already cast Anton Yelchin and now we have the first poster and trailer for Craig Gillespie’s update. It’ll never beat the old [...]

Rob Lowe Signs On For Knife Fight

Rob Lowe

Deadline is reporting that Rob Lowe has signed on to star in political drama, Knife Fight, which is to be directed by two-time Academy Award winner Bill Guttentag (You Don’t Have To Die, Twin Towers). This comes just as Lowe’s autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, debuts this weekend at #3 on The New [...]

First Look at Bruce Willis in Rian Johnson’s Looper

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Following Brick with The Brothers Bloom cemented director Rian Johnson’s reputation as a master storyteller. There were a few dissenting voices who didn’t enjoy the conman capers of Stephen and Bloom but I loved it, and found myself intrigued as word of Johnson’s follow up reached us, and now we’ve got a first look at [...]