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Monsters Sequel, Monsters: Dark Continent, officially begins Production

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Gareth Edwards made a remarkable debut back in 2010 with Monsters. After production began on Edwards’ follow-up film, Godzilla, last week, news now comes that the sequel to his first film, entitled Monsters: Dark Continent, has begun production as well. Edwards is still on board as an executive producer, and he hands over the reigns [...]




Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston Eyed for Godzilla

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Bryan Cranston (Argo) are said to be in early talks to take on roles in Godzilla. The pair would star opposite Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass) in the Legendary Pictures reboot, though official offers are unlikely to be made until Frank Darabont delivers a finished script. Gareth Edwards, who hit [...]




Win a Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Boxset

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To mark the release of the Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection out today 1st October, we’ve got one to give away! Digitally restored from high resolution film elements in perfect high-definition picture and perfect high-definition sound for the first time ever, Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection brings together the very best of Universal’s [...]




First Official Synopsis for Monsters Sequel, Monsters: Dark Continent

Monsters

Released back in 2010, Gareth Edwards’ Monsters is one of the finest indie films and one of the finest British films we’ve seen in years. Revolving around a cast of two, and with a film crew made up of four or five, the film took the monster genre in a new direction and made very [...]




Misfits’ Tom Green to Direct Monsters Sequel, Monsters: Dark Continent

Monsters

Gareth Edwards’ 2010 indie film, Monsters, was by far one of the best feature debuts in recent memory. The writer-director brought us a fantastic vision of an alien-invaded world in the BAFTA-nominated sci-fi rarely, if ever, seen on screen. Vertigo Films announced last year their intentions to develop a sequel, and word now comes that [...]




Is Imagination in Film fading due to New Technologies and a Culture of Remakes?

Empty Cinema

A survey was conducted recently by Bombay Sapphire with the aim of adding to the ongoing debate of originality and imagination in cinema and the results, though not surprising, appeared to point to a contradiction in how those terms can be applied in getting quality films out to their audience. The results from the research [...]




Finding Nemo Gets A Blu-Ray Trailer And More Classic Disney/Pixar Will Return In 3D!

Finding Nemo

On the off chance you haven’t been to a cinema recently or seen any of the advertising for it elsewhere, you may not have heard the fantastic news that the 1994 classic Disney film, The Lion King, has just been re-released in cinemas in 3D. I was too young to see it as a child [...]




Monsters Director Gareth Edwards’ Next Film To Be “A Robot Star Wars”

Gareth Edwards

When Monsters came out last year, it instantly became one of my favourite British films of all time. To me, writer and director Gareth Edwards made a masterpiece with his feature debut. He then signed on to direct Legendary Pictures’ new Godzilla film earlier this year, with David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Blade) currently rewriting [...]




Tom Hanks Announces Toy Story 4 Is Being Developed Right Now

Toy Story

In an interview with Tom Hanks on the BBC Breakfast Show this morning, he told the BBC that not only is Toy Story 4 going ahead, but that it’s being worked on right now, Ain’t It Cool News report. A decade had lapsed in between the releases of the second and third films, which left [...]




Awesome Fan-Made Pixar Places Posters

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FirstShowing.net is showing off a set of eight great fan-made posters for some of the establishments in the Pixar films, made by Brazilian art student, Mario Graciotti, a.k.a. Mr. Bluebird on deviantART. For anyone interested, he’s also done a great set of posters for Paul Thomas Anderson’s feature films, which you can see here, as [...]




Aronofsky and Clooney Show Us Their Human Nature

Darren Aronofsky

Ever since Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Pi, Requiem for a Dream) jumped ship from The Wolverine, we have wondered which beach he would finally wash up on. Needless to say, the critical acclaim (and now apparently hefty BO receipts) enjoyed by Black Swan gave Aronofsky some breadth of choice and accordingly, we hear he may [...]




Vertigo Films Plans Monsters Sequel Without Gareth Edwards Directing

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A little unexpectedly, Vertigo Films has announced that they’re planning to make a sequel to last year’s brilliant film, Monsters, The Playlist reports. However, with Edwards set to direct a new Godzilla film for Legendary Pictures, he won’t be returning as director for the project. Monsters was hands down my favourite independent film of last [...]




Monsters Blu-ray Review

Monsters Blu-ray

There are two stories told on this Blu-ray release of Gareth Edwards’ Monsters. One is the critically acclaimed and highly accomplished sci-fi film depicting a desperate road trip through the dark heart of an alien infested no-man’s land in Central America and the other is the equally desperate process of making the film. Both are [...]




Jameson Empire Awards – Gareth Edwards Interview

Gareth Edwards

We’ll be posting last night’s interviews that we took from the red carpet at the Jameson Empire Awards today and tomorrow. If you haven’t watched them yet, you can keep track here. This time round we’ve got Gareth Edwards, the man responsible for the phenomenal Monsters, and who will shortly be bringing Godzilla back to [...]




A Night with Monsters at the Jameson Cult Film Club

Jameson Cult FIlm Club

I’m late to writing about this particular party, but the recent Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Monsters was a lot of fun, not least because we had the chance to see a wonderful film charm and astonish an audience in equal measure. This event took place a couple of weeks ago at the Royal [...]




London Critics’ Circle Film Awards 2011 – The Winners

The Critics Circle Awards

Tonight saw the fall of the 31st Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which was held for the first time at London’s BFI Southbank. Our full report will be online later today with all the red carpet gossip and winner’s reactions. Want to see Danny Boyle advertising Moët, hear about Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO series, or find [...]




Could Godzilla Turn Promising Filmmaker Into a Monster?

One of this past year’s hidden gems was Gareth Edward’s Monsters. Despite the overt nature of the title, the ‘Monsters’ in question only made the briefest of appearances, with the main crux of the story concentrating on the developing relationship between the two protagonists.The sci-fi element of the plot was really more of a backdrop [...]




Gareth Edwards to Direct Godzilla for Legendary Pictures

Gareth Edwards

Gareth Edwards has signed on to develop and direct Legendary Pictures’ new Godzilla film. Edwards, director of the highly acclaimed low-budget indie sci-fi film Monsters, will work with a new, as-yet-unhired, writer on the script. Warner Bros. will co-produce, co-finance and distribute per its ongoing deal with Legendary Pictures. Legendary Pictures aim to release Godzilla [...]




London Critics’ Circle Awards: Nominations

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The nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Awards have been announced. Another Year and The King’s Speech lead with seven nominations apiece. The London Critics’ Circle Awards will take place on February 10, 2011 at the BFI Southbank. Below is the full list of nominees: Sky 3D Award: Film of the Year: Black Swan The [...]




The King’s Speech and Monsters Triumph at The 2010 BIFAs

Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech took the lion’s share of the awards on offer last night at the 13th British Independent Film Awards, winning the Best British Independent Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Cater, who also took home the Richard Harris award [...]