News

24 The Movie Finally in Development

February 9, 2010 · Comments

There’s been talk of a 24 movie for years and the closest it got was a 2 hour TV special where Jack Bauer ended up in Africa and was called 24: Redemption. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed it but it seems that Keifer Sutherland (who is an executive producer on the hit TV series) has managed to convince Twentieth Century Fox that a feature length theatrical version is a good idea. Variety have reported today that screenwriter, Billy Ray (State Of Play and Flightplan) has been brought in my Fox to start writing a script which sees Jack Bauer go to Europe to rid the world of all things... [Read the full story]

Reviews

Review: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

February 8, 2010 · Comments

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a series of five books written by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the first of the book and sets the scene for both us, the audience and for Percy himself. After the Harry Potter series, kids seem to be in need of another fix of something mysterious and wonderful and it seems that Percy Jackson is where it’s at. It’s not so big in the UK yet but after the release of the new movie with a mix of all star cast and semi-newcomers, will the films start a wave of Percy Jackson here in the UK? Hopefully my review of the film might help... [Read the full story]

Trailers & Clips

New Trailer for Neil Jordan’s Ondine

February 7, 2010 · Comments

Neil Jordan’s filmography is full of powerful, fantastical tales with Mona Lisa and The Crying Game two iconic early works. His 2009 film, Ondine, was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival last year is due out sometime this year and there’s a nice new trailer out today. Telling the story of an Irish fisherman, played by Colin Farrell who catches a mermaid in his net, this would appear to play nicely alongside Jordan other supernatural films such as The Company of Wolves and In Dreams. What is certain from the trailer, cinematographer Christopher Doyle has made the most of... [Read the full story]

Features

MouthOff Episode 6 – The HeyUGuys Official Podcast Returns!

February 8, 2010 · Comments

It’s been a while but the latest episode of MouthOff, the official podcast of HeyUGuys is finally here. Dave, Gary and I were joined by /Film’s UK correspondent Brendon Connelly to talk over the latest film news and reviews, this week we delved into Disney’s latest hand-drawn animation movie The Princess and the Frog and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus. Some of the news discussed includes the merits and problems of 3D processing, in the light of news that Clash of the Titans and the final two Harry Potter films are having a third dimension thrust upon them. Also under the MouthOff... [Read the full story]

Stills

New Set Photos for Jonah Hex Reshoots

February 9, 2010 · Comments

Jonah Hex is currently reshooting some scenes for the movie which stars Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon and is directed by Jimmy Hayward. SpoilerTV have today released some new set shots from the reshoots showing Josh Brolin and Megan Fox. Jonah Hex is scheduled for release 18th June in the US (no UK release date as yet) and is an adaption of the DC Comic of the same name. Check ou the gallery below and click the images to enlarge. Synopsis: Here’s the synopsis: 1970s-era DC antihero Jonah Hex makes his way to the big screen as Crank co-writers Mark Neveldine... [Read the full story]

Competitions

Competiton: Win Merchandise from The Wolfman

February 8, 2010 · Comments

To celebrate the new release of Universal’s new movie, The Wolfman, they been kind enough to provide us with loads of cool merchandise from the new movie.The Wolfman is released this Wednesday 10th February. If you’ve not seen it yet, head over here to view the trailer. Synopsis: Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar® winner Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged... [Read the full story]

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24 The Movie Finally in Development

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Tim Robbins Joins The Green Lantern

Good news for fans of The Green Lantern in that THR have reported today that Tim Robbins has signed on to join the cast to play the ‘disapproving father’, Senator Hammond of the badie, Dr. Hector Hammond who is played by Peter Sarsgaard. Robbins joins the movie that has also already cast Ryan Reynolds in...

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New Set Photos for Jonah Hex Reshoots

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Evening Standard British Film Awards Announced

The surfeit of talent on show tonight at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards is a great indication of the place British film finds itself at the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Andrea Arnold’s tough tale of life on a council estate and winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes...

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Review: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

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The Thing Prequel Has its Cast

Last month we reported on the character breakdowns for Matthijs Van Heijningen’s prequel to John Carpenter’s parasitic alien thriller The Thing, and today Heat Vision have given names to a couple of the leads. You can see those character breakdowns in full here, but the two roles cast are: [KATE LLOYD]...

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MouthOff Episode 6 – The HeyUGuys Official Podcast Returns!

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Bill Murray Talks Ghostbusters 3

Who you gonna call? UK newspaper, the Mail on Sunday has managed to find out some more details about Bill Murray’s character in the Ivan Reitman Directed Ghostbusters 3. (Slight spoiler ahead) The good news is that he’s confirmed that he’ll be in the movie and he goes on to say that he told the producers...

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HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project – Week 3

The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films, as ranked by the users of the biggest movie Internet site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of The Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, and arguably...

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Watch the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief UK Press Conference in Full

Last week, almost all of the cast of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief descended on London to promote their new movie. Chris Columbus, the man who brought us Gremlins, Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire, the first two Harry Potter movies and some film called The Goonies was with them and proved himself to be the legend...

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Review: A Single Man

Tom Ford’s feature debut is a triumph of style and substance, of ecstatic emotions and deadening grief which among its merits is the chance it gives for its lead, Colin Firth, to realise his potential as an actor with a performance worthy of the awards nominations it is receiving. He has done some fine work in...

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2010 Super TV Spots

The Super Bowl is the place where the big film studios get to show of their upcoming movies to an audience that is estimated to be around 100m in the US alone let alone the nutters like me who stay up to the wee small hours watching men smash into each other with full body armour. Think they should all watch a big...

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Joe Johnston Talks Captain America, Confirms Red Skull

Doing the rounds promoting Universal’s The Wolfman director Joe Johnston has been answering questions about his forthcoming adaptation of the Marvel comic book series Captain America. The World War II period story will focus on the origin of Captain America and Johnston has confirmed that Red Skull will be the...

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Up, Coraline and Princess and the Frog honoured at the Annies

The 37th annual Annie awards were held last night with Pixar’s Up taking the prize for the Best Animated feature, adding weight to the expectation that it will walk away with the Oscar for Best Animated Feature when the awards are handed out on March the 7th. The International Animated Film Society also honoured...

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New Trailer for Neil Jordan’s Ondine

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World to be in 2D?

In a world where every movie in the world has to be released in 3d, Edgar Wright has just broken the news on his Twitter account that his new movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is to be released in 2d: Here said: “Breaking film news: In a groundbreaking release strategy, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is to be released...

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Daredevil is Heading for a Reboot

Following in Spider-Man’s footsteps Fox affiliates New Regency is looking to reboot the Daredevil franchise seven years after Ben Affleck faced off against Colin Farrell, turning a few heads commercially and prompting the Jennifer Garner spin off Elektra. Deadline Hollywood shared the news with the world, and...

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Theatrical Trailer for Chloe Released

A brand new trailer has been released over on Yahoo for new thriller Chloe which is directed by Atom Egoyan and stars Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and lady of the moment, Amanda Seyfried.The movie premiered at the London Film Festival last year and Jon was able to watch a very early preview of it. You can read his review...

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How to Train Your Dragon – Q&A with the Author, Directors and Producer

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be invited along to a super early screening of How to train your Dragon. The movie wasn’t in it’s finished form but was 90% complete with a few wire frame models with shading in some parts. The audio wasn’t 100% complete either, in fact they were busy recording...

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Five New Awesome Clash of the Titans Posters Released

Warner Bros. have released five new posters for their new movie, Clash of the Titans which is directed by Louis Leterrier. These aren’t just five posters though, they’re absolutely incredible! They were premiered over on UGO and all look fantastic. I’ve made a gallery below which you can click to...

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