The Dark Tower Collapses At Universal

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We reported at some length back in September of last year on the audacious plans being hatched by Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsmith and Brian Grazer to turn Stephen King’s 7-novel Dark Tower series into a trilogy of feature films, interspersed with two seasons of a television series. Universal were considering funding the project, mindful of [...]

Win Henry’s Crime on Blu-ray

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To celebrate the release of Henry’s Crime released on DVD and Bu-ray 6th June, Entertainment Film have given us five copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray. Henry (Keanu Reeves) gets an unexpected wakeup call when he becomes an unwitting participant in a bank heist. Rather than give up the names of the [...]

No Way! Script for Bill & Ted 3 Completed

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Some most excellent news (thanks for the heads-up Movie Web) has been delivered by Bill S. Preston, Enquire (aka Alex Winter) via his Twitter account. Seems that the long-mooted script for the third instalment of those heavy metal-obsessed time travelling world saviours, Bill & Ted, is now with Winter! Penned by Chris Matheson and Ed [...]

“47 Ronin” Starts Shooting This Month – More Casting News

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Back in mid-January, Dave met with Keanu Reeves to discuss Henry’s Crime and also got an update from him on “47 Ronin”, which was known to be in development. You can refresh your memory on what Keanu said by clicking here. We now have news from Universal Pictures that shooting is set to kick off [...]

Exclusive Video Interview: Keanu Reeves Talks Henry’s Crime & Updates on Future Projects

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Earlier this week I got to speak to Hollywood legend, Keanu Reeves about his new movie, Henry’s Crime which is released in the UK tomorrow, 14th January and co-stars James Caan and Vera Farmiga. In the interview I asked him about how the project came about and how he found working on the screenplay as [...]

Samurai Sword-fighting Antics in 47 Ronin Will Now be in 3D

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News comes in from Coming Soon that action period adventure 47 Ronin will now be produced and released in 3D. Keanu Reeves (who must be hoping for a Matrix-style career revival here) stars in the 18th century Japanese tale of a band of samurai swordsmen who set out on an epic journey to avenge the [...]

Universal Studios Gives Us Release Date for Bourne: Legacy + Other Titles

Deadline have announced multiple release the dates on behalf of Universal Studios this afternoon which tell us when some of their biggest movies will be released. Now that we know the Tony Gilroy directed Bourne: Legacy is on the way, and now we know when  - August 3rd 2012. Other movies announced include: Larry Crowne [...]

47 Ronin get a director

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Variety is reporting today that Universal Pictures are close to naming Carl Erik Rinsch as director for the forthcoming 47 Ronin movie. It will be Rinsch’s first feature, he is best known for being a director of commercials. The movie is set to be a big budget action movie along the lines of 300, so [...]