Ridley Scott’s Prometheus Begins Production at Pinewood Studios

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Exciting times ahead! The Pinewood Studios website is reporting (with a nod to their Twitter account) that production has begun on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus which confirms our earlier report stating the movie was shooting in the UK and not in Canada. This will be the fifth film of Scott’s to use the facility. He made [...]

The Wachowskis set up Robin Hood update at Warner Bros.

Should you have found yourself feeling short-changed by Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (2010), the recent BBC series, his cameo in Shrek or any other adaptation of the popular myth in recent memory, you can console yourself with the news that The Wachowskis (The Matrix) will be rebooting updating the character for their new movie – [...]

HeyUGuys in Wonderland!

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On the 4th of June Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland will finally be released on Blu-ray and DVD giving us all a chance to own our own piece of his colourful vision of Lewis Carroll’s Underworld.  To mark the occasion Disney invited HeyUGuys to tumble down the rabbit hole and discover the place the adventure [...]

Photos from the Robin Hood Premiere Afterparty in Cannes

Robin Hood Premiere Afterparty - Sponsored by Lancia

Ridley Scott’s take on the Outlaw of Sherwood Forest is one of the most anticipated films of the year and it was this film that opened the Cannes film festival yesterday. Dave saw the film a few days ago and his review is here and Simon (who is currently in Cannes for HeyUGuys) got to [...]

Interviews with Russell Crowe & Mark Strong on Robin Hood

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Mark Strong is a very busy man at the moment, yesterday, we had an exclusive interview with him talking about Sherlock Holmes as the DVD / Blu Ray is released on Monday. But here’s an interview with the man who plays the perfect bad guy talking about his latest movie, Robin Hood. We’ve also got [...]

Five Adaptable Alternatives To Robin Hood

Yesterday, to coincide with Ridley Scott’s adaptation, starring Russell Crowe and released this week, i looked at the legend of Robin Hood, and why so many movies and TV shows have been based around the popular character. The story of the outlaw that robs from the rich and gives to the poor is certainly compelling, but it got [...]

Why Has Robin Hood Endured Cinematically?

This week sees the release of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood adaptation, starring Russell Crowe as the titular outlaw, and Matthew Macfadyen as the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Scott is no stranger to epic historical action, having previously directed Gladiator, which also featured Australian actor Crowe.  Scott’s Hood is just the latest in a long line of Robin [...]

HeyUGuys at Cannes 2010: ROBIN HOOD

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I wont offer a full review of Ridley’s latest, as David has already trodden those boards with his earlier review. But I will give you the highs and lows of the opening film of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, as it would be a crime to experience today’s Salle Debussy screening without comment. The screening [...]

Third and Final Trailer for Robin Hood

It seems a bit odd that Universal Pictures would release a trailer for one of their movies literally a day before release bet I’ll forgive them! I got to see Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott’s new movie, Robin Hood yesterday and you can read my review here. The movie is released in UK cinemas today [...]

Robin Hood Review

Robin Hood is to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this week but we’ve seen it and here’s our review. In the movie, we see Ridley Scott re-team with Russell Crowe in their fifth collaboration together. Many have wondered if Crowe can pull off the task of making a convincing Robin Hood.  Read on to [...]

Does Hollywood’s Future Really Lay In The Past?

The big news this week has revolved around JJ Abram’s next project, and the rumours and half truths surrounding it. Did he just direct the teaser, is he directing the full film? Is it a Cloverfield sequel or prequel? Right now we have as many questions as answers, but we do know that JJ Abrams [...]

HeyUGuys at Cannes 2010: The Highlights?

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Now that the film schedule has been announced, and Ive discovered that my day-early departure means I will only miss ‘Burnt By The Sun 2: Exodus’ of the films I was definitely keen to see, I have a better idea of the films showing, and have come up with the ten most important films showing [...]

Win a Limited Edition Framed Robin Hood Print

Robin Hood Frame

To celebrate the release of Robin Hood in cinemas on 12th May, we’ve teamed up with Universal give one lucky winner a chance to win an exclusive Limited Edition Framed Robin Hood print! Oscar® winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure Robin Hood, whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination [...]

HeyUGuys at Cannes 2010: Final Touches to the Line-Up

HeyUGuys at Cannes 2010

As I suggested in my last update, the Cannes film festival line-up we announced earlier this month has since changed slightly, with new additions coming quickly after the initial announcement, and the hoped for inclusion of Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life not making it to the party after all. Below is the new- and with [...]

2010 Summer of Cinema UK Trailer

Summer 2010 at the Cinema

If you’re in need of a video montage to whet your appetite for all the movies coming to the UK this Summer, then fear not as we can provide just that! We’ve been given this video by the Film Distributors Association which features forty of the biggest summer releases in the UK including Iron Man [...]

New Robin Hood Video – Ridley Scott’s Vision

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With only a few short weeks until Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood is unleashed onto our big screens  we’re being inundated with trailers, images and featurettes for the film and while the bulk of the marketing has focused on stars Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and the mighty Mark Strong this new video is all about the [...]

54 New High Resolution Images from Robin Hood

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Earlier today we have 10 new lovely high resolution images from The A-Team and now, the guys at Collider.com have topped that by posting 54 new high resolution images from Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. The new images give us a complete 360 degree view of the movie from the filming to behind the scenes and [...]

Ridley Scott Updates on the Monopoly Movie

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There’s a Battleship movie on the horizon, a film based on the game Risk on its way, Cluedo has already been made into a glorious film, and when we wrote up the news that Ridley Scott was working with Hasbro to bring about a big screen version of the game Monopoly there was a due [...]

Where Are 2010′s Cinema Classics?

Last weekend saw Kick-Ass underperform at the box office. Critical reviews of the movie have been great, but the public’s interest in the movie hasn’t drawn. Kick-Ass was one of this year’s most highly anticipated films so far, and hopes for its success were high. We are now about to enter the second third of the [...]

Ridley Scott Talks Alien Prequel

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Ridley Scott is currently on the press trail for Robin Hood which comes out next month. During an interview with MTV, he got talking about the Alien Prequel. He gives MTV the following details: “It’s set in 2085, about 30 years before Sigourney [Weaver's character Ellen Ripley]. It’s fundamentally about going out to find out [...]