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The X-Files

The new X-Files film

17 Jul 2008

The new X-Files film continued to be shrouded in mystery last week, with all the actors publically refusing to reveal the plot. Billy Connolly will star as Father Joe alongside David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson’s Mulder and Scully, in the…

Tilda Swinton

Tildafest!

17 Jul 2008

Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton is to set up a small film festival in her hometown of Nairn in north-east Scotland. Bereft of the usual razzmatazz, Swinton and co-organiser Mark Cousins are keen to strip back the look [and cost] of festivals, such as…

Ang Lee looks to follow Golden Lion with Golden Horse

2 Nov 2007

Ang Lee has received 11 nominations for the Chinese language Golden Horse Awards for his film Lust, Caution. Set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II, the film tells the story of a Chinese woman involved in a plot to seduce and kill an…

Angels & Demons hit by Hollywood strike

2 Nov 2007

The sequel to The Da Vinci Code is among projects expected to be hit by a writer strike in Hollywood. The screenwriter was frantically trying to finish the script for Angels & Demons to avoid crossing a potential picket line - which is likely to…

Daniel Craig signs up for four more Bond adventures

2 Nov 2007

Critics who poured scorn on the idea that Daniel Craig could enjoy the odd vodka martini as a tuxedo-clad 007 should look away now – as the British actor has signed up for four more films. Craig, who was well received as a dark and brooding James…

Jason Statham confirmed for Crank 2

2 Nov 2007

Jason Statham is to return as monosyllabic tough guy Chev Chelios for the sequel to 2006 thriller Crank. The second installment doesn’t seem to stray far from the original, which saw professional assassin Chelios injected with a Chinese toxin…

Spider-Man 4 nets Zodiac writer James Vanderbilt

2 Nov 2007

The writer behind thriller Zodiac, James Vanderbilt, has been snapped up to write Spider-Man 4. Known for taking a character-driven approach to writing rather than overindulging on special effects, Vanderbilt’s appointment is an indication that…

Ving Rhames to pack a punch in Liston biopic

2 Nov 2007

Ving Rhames is to take on the role of 1960s heavyweight champ Sonny Liston, in the biopic Phantom Punch. Directed by Robert Townsend, the film will follow the infamous fighter from his bouts in the ring to mob ties. ‘The thing is that certain…

Worldwide Pants behind teens on election trail

2 Nov 2007

David Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants is planning a feature documentary about five 18-20 year-olds running for public office. The as-yet untitled project will follow the young hopefuls as they hit the campaign trail in the likes of New…

Bit early in the Star Trek universe for kung fu isn’t it?

11 Oct 2007

Unless you’ve seen Chopper, that headline will mean nothing. If you have seen Chopper, it’ll remind you of the finest single line in film history. All that wittering will eventually lead us to a point where I can reveal that Eric Bana has signed on…

Golden Compass points the way

11 Oct 2007

We’ve all been fooled by trailers before, I point you in the direction of both Godzilla and Spawn for mind-tearing evidence of this. Both had hugely exciting trailers, both were the filmic equivalent of having a kidney removed by a crack-smoking…

Kidman to go bust in Monte Carlo

11 Oct 2007

What we need now is Nicole Kidman in a high-concept comedy, possibly alongside Julia Roberts and set in a glamorous location. Hurrah then for Monte Carlo and director Tom Bezucha who will bring us the desperately in need of a hit duo as two…

Long Good Friday, hideous remake disaster

11 Oct 2007

Here’s a smashing idea, let’s remake the Long Good Friday and at the same time let’s stamp on the face of the British film industry and laugh ourselves silly to its faint gurglings for mercy. So it’s good news all round that Paul WS Anderson has…

Pablo Escobar, he’s so very now

11 Oct 2007

If you’re going to make a film about a Colombian drug lord you can reasonably expect to have a decent run at it without somebody turning up to queer the pitch. So Joe Carnahan must have thought when he signed on to direct Javier Bardem in Killing…

Terminator: I’ll be back, then again and once again

11 Oct 2007

I’ve never really seen the attraction of the Terminator - it’s alright but it’s no Turner and Hooch - so you’ll forgive me for not getting too excited at the news we are to be treated to a further trilogy of the franchise. First out of the blocks…

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, may get made at some point

11 Oct 2007

I don’t like Terry Gilliam’s films, there I’ve said it – they’re self-indulgent, really not very funny and they make me want to cry. And Brazil’s rubbish. So you can imagine the joy at the news his new film The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus has…

Document 5

Document 5

4 Oct 2007

The International Human Rights Film Festival is now, amazingly, in its fifth year. This year’s programme looks set to keep up the very high standards of previous outings. Opening film The Mother’s House details, in sometimes raw and over powering detail…

Eddie Murphy jumps the shark for Starship Dave

4 Oct 2007

Sometimes I like to play a little game, the rules are fairly simply, you just close your eyes, take a deep breath and try to remember when Eddie Murphy last made a good film. So far my record is 14 hours and 32 minutes when I briefly recalled…

Karate you have to be Kidding

4 Oct 2007

I know I go on about remakes and reimaginings with almost stultifying regularity, but sometimes you are simply left mouth agape and right knee shaking by the audacity, the raw-boned impertinence, of Hollywood. So, anyway, they’re remaking Karate Kid…

Lorca

Lorca

4 Oct 2007

The life and work of Spanish poet, painter, pianist, composer and revolutionary Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898–19 August 1936) is celebrated in this evening of film and music. A screening of Humberto López y Guerra’s hour-long 1976 documentary…

Pilton Video

Pilton Video

4 Oct 2007

Celebrating 25 years of service in the community this month Pilton Video present new shorts from their high definition filmmaking scheme, Streetwise. This selection features Brydon Graham’s vigilante flick Running, Graham Drysdale’s Stuck (pictured), a…

Queen 2: This time it’s most axiomatic and divinedly inspired

4 Oct 2007

Screenwriter Peter Morgan is apparently beavering away on a follow up to The Queen – but it’s not really focusing on her majesty this time. Rather we are to be treated to Michael Sheen’s third turn as Tony Blair as we follow his dealings with Bill…

Remake bandwagon rumbles hideously onwards, crushes The Brood

4 Oct 2007

The latest horror movie to capture Hollywood’s increasingly unimaginative eye would appear to be David Cronenberg’s The Brood. Not content with destroying Hallowe’en and thrusting a utterly pointless Friday the 13th rehash into our slack jawed faces…

Rome star dons hat of justice for Solomon Kane

4 Oct 2007

Heavily-oiled Rome star James Purefoy is to star in a trilogy of movies adapted from the Solomon Kane stories. You really can’t have enough films about 16th century soldiers who struggle to fight the good fight after discovering their actions have…

Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival

Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival

4 Oct 2007

The film arm of this excellent multi-media exploration of mental health issues, led by Glasgow Anti-Stigma Partnership, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, the Mental Health Foundation and the ‘See Me’ campaign includes free (ticketed) screenings of Ken…

Stopping Power proves worryingly apposite

4 Oct 2007

There was some excitement at the announcement deadpan quirk-o-phile John Cusack was going to be starring in a new Jan De Bont action movie going by the name of Stopping Power. Sadly that excitement must now be replaced in its box and nonchalantly…

Sugar and Spice Sunday

Sugar and Spice Sunday

4 Oct 2007

The 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the UK will be celebrated with this free (ticketed) all day event which includes African drumming classes, cookery classes, musical interludes, talks and martial arts workshops. Film highlights…

Wolverine rewrite not before time

4 Oct 2007

It’s an odd one the Wolverine spin-off movie, you can see where there’s a market for it, but the proposed storyline is baffling. The word on the seedy old internet highways is that we are to be treated to the origins of the adamantium-clawed…

All aboard the good ship Emmerich for a Fantastic Voyage

27 Sep 2007

What we really need in this age of terrorism, blue tongues and crunchy credit is a remake of 70’s camp-a-thon Fantastic Voyage. Thank the lord then that Roland Emmerich has stepped up to the plate to bring us just such a wonder. The Independence…

Law of diminishing returns to be highlighted by Transformers 2

27 Sep 2007

We’ve all mused on the intricacies of Dogme and poured forth interminable mince about how the Seventh Seal is like totally our favourite film ever. But we’re also all far too aware that we bleeding well LOVED Transformers and left the cinema silently…

Paris Hilton to captivate nation in Repo Opera

27 Sep 2007

Somewhere in the darkest corners of Burbank there’s a big tombola filled to the very brim with little pieces of paper on which are written a series of names, concepts and titles. Now Darren Lynn Bousman, he directed the Saw sequels you know, has…

Shazam, p’tang, yang, kipperbang and also the Rock

27 Sep 2007

There is no reason for that headline other than the fact I have always wanted to reference that particular film and the Rock is going to be in the adaptation of Shazam!. But the twist, the delicious twist, is that he’s going to allow the fans to…

State of Play ups the ante, bitter misanthrope unimpressed

27 Sep 2007

Much as it may be in my nature to hate everything, the increasing buzz about the movie adaptation of State of Play is really starting to distress me. The original TV series was a work of coruscating genius, the Hollywood version appears to be trying…

The Punisher, third verse same as the first?

27 Sep 2007

After Dolph Lundgren and Thomas Jane singularly failed to bring the charisma of the Punisher to the screen, Hollywood has decided to have another shot. The Lundgren version was just ridiculous and the Jane incarnation was so unremittingly vicious…

X-Files 2 to baffle the world

27 Sep 2007

The X-Files went through a curious process of being compelling then enjoyable and then something you occasionally noticed until it ended up being all but incomprehensible. So you’ll excuse my intransigence if I don’t lose control at the news we’re to…

Friday the 13th Pt 1297

20 Sep 2007

The word on the Hollywood street is that next summer is going to see something of an industry strike – you know the ones where nobody makes movies in case the rest of the preening egotists get annoyed with them. One of the consequences of this little…

Garner grabs Ghosts gig gingerly, gets greenlight, giggles gaily

20 Sep 2007

Alliterative madness will make you tell lies, however, the first part of the above farrago is indeed true. Jennifer Garner will be teaming up with Matthew McConaughey for New Line’s latest rom com effort Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. The story…

Harry Potter and the endless casting of British screen legends

20 Sep 2007

The Harry Potter big tent of British character actors we all know and love has increased its capacity to the tune of one. Which is an appallingly self-indulgent way of saying that Jim Broadbent has been cast in the next Harry Potter movie, which by…

Mummy 3 online, a nation celebrates

20 Sep 2007

After the stunning double miss of the Mummy Returns and the horrible, HORRIBLE Scorpion King, you’d be forgiven for greeting the upcoming Mummy 3 like a llama hair in a cream horn. However, the briefest of ganders at the new online featurettes (sigh…

Narnia and Wolfman in tardiness shame

20 Sep 2007

Not only is the ‘actors’ strike’ going to inflict a new Friday 13th on us, but it’s also gone and knackered two films that might be alright. The third of the Narnia films and Benicio Del Toro’s Wolfman have been pushed back by the growing fear that…

Star Trek secures an Uhura

20 Sep 2007

The geek on the street will be turning weak cordial cartwheels at the news that JJ Abrams’ Star Trek movie is continuing apace with its casting decisions. The latest to sign up for the sort of revisionist/prequel/depressing remake is Zoe Saldana…

Steady on, it’ll be Thor in the morning

20 Sep 2007

You, me, Rivaldo; we all love a good comic book adaptation. And Marvel are refusing to disappoint us by confirming that Matthew Vaughn will be directing a Thor movie. Apparently they see it as ‘like Gladiator with Norse mythology’, which is like…

Go-kart Race 2000?

13 Sep 2007

The planned ‘re-imagining’ of the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000 has taken something of an odd direction. Rather than a brutal cross-USA road race where your Sylvester Stallones and your David Carradines gain points for mowing down…

Gondola for Mr Lee

13 Sep 2007

Drama at the Venice Film Festival where Ang Lee took the Golden Lion for best film with his erotic spy drama Lust, Caution. It wasn’t a hugely popular choice with some of the jury, with claims of ‘fighting like cats and dogs’ in the jury…

Hollywood in ‘possibly ruining sacred cow’ shock

13 Sep 2007

Now, we can all agree that the BBC drama State of Play was a work of unfettered genius. Which is why the news that Edward Norton and Brad Pitt have been slated to appear in a big screen adaptation is something of a double-edged sword – it could be…

I am Iron Man

13 Sep 2007

It’s probably not within the remit of this lecture to get excited about a new teaser trailer, but to hell with all the ‘rules’ and what society ‘expects’. Right kids? Anyway, the latest internet leakery causing excitement on the intergeek highway…

Indiana Jones and the appalling name for a sequel

13 Sep 2007

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: dramatic. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: eerie. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: heroic. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: own-brand biscuits and lottery scratchcards. The…

Murphy to bring scary eyes to Dali flick

13 Sep 2007

Owner of the most terrifying eyes in all of Hollywood, and I include Christopher Walken in that, Cillian Murphy has signed on to appear in Dali and I: The Surreal Story. Unsurprisingly it’s a biopic, but focuses on art dealer Stan Lauryssens who…

Poorly kept secret confirmed

13 Sep 2007

The 80th Oscar ceremony is set to be hosted by the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, confirming possibly the worst kept secret since the ending of the Sixth Sense. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have rehired the satirist after the…

Producers erupt as Polanski walks from Pompeii

13 Sep 2007

Roman Polanski has walked away from the $100 million adaptation of Robert Harris’ Pompeii. The Polish director apparently asked for his ‘liberty’ from the project which had already been sold to distributors around the globe and producer Robert…

Sex and the City and the spent force

13 Sep 2007

The entirely unnecessary cinema adaptation of Sex and the City has taken a step closer to becoming a reality after Jennifer Hudson was signed on to appear. She’ll apparently play Sarah Jessica Parker’s assistant in the movie which is set four years…

Meet Quentin Tarantino in Glasgow

7 Sep 2007

The Oscar award winning film director Quentin Tarantino will be signing copies of his screenplay Death Proof at 5pm on Monday 10 September at Virgin Megastore, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The new film from the director behind Reservoir Dogs , Pulp…

Toronto opens with war drama Fugitive Pieces

7 Sep 2007

The Toronto International Film Festival launched on Thursday, opening with Fugitive Pieces, a drama based on a best selling novel about a Holocaust survivor. Written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, the film illustrates hope in the face of war…

Bizarre video game adaptation #146

6 Sep 2007

There’s a few slightly alarming video game adaptations in the pipeline. Hitman you can sort of understand, Halo might be a bit of a stretch and the new Resident Evil just looks rubbish. However, CP Productions have taken the bar, raised it a little…

Bourne for Bond

6 Sep 2007

The new Bond instalment, number 22 for the love of god, looks like it’ll continue the gritty action trend started by Casino Royale. Director Marc Foster has signed up Dan Bradley as his second unit director who, as we all know, was the ‘action…

Cohen lines up less amusing character for new movie

6 Sep 2007

After doing really rather well with Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen has inked to star in the movie version of his ‘not really as good’ character Bruno. Universal will be hoping the fashion reporter schtick will attract the huge audiences that lapped up his…

De Bont and Cusack may not have the Stopping Power

6 Sep 2007

A nation excited by the prospect of John Cusack doing the action thing for the first time since Con Air, may now have to return to their starting positions. It would seem Cusack’s plans to team up with Jan De Bont and Jason Isaacs for the everyday tale…

Fin for filming Finns

6 Sep 2007

In a move unlikely to rock the world of film to its core, Finland’s film-makers have gone on strike. They’ve downed light meters and clapperboards over what they claim is the government’s ‘broken promise’ to raise subsidies for movie…

I, Leonardo

6 Sep 2007

The rights to the magnificent I, Claudius have been acquired by producer Scott Rudin in a $2 million deal. Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to become attached to the project after he and writer William Monahan failed with a rival bid. There’s no word as…

Jolie to carry Atlas

6 Sep 2007

Angelina Jolie has been lined up to star in the Lionsgate adaptation of Ayn Rand’s 1957 doorstop Atlas Shrugged. It’s a happy-go-lucky tale positing what may happen were the world’s industrialists and thinkers to come out on strike. At the risk of…

Justice League on? Off? Dull?

6 Sep 2007

The continuing saga of Warner Brothers’ proposed Justice League adaptation continues to, well, continue really. There’s no definite word if the film has even been given a lock, but the word on the depressingly geeky street is that casting is being held…

Oscar worthy pitch for Judd

6 Sep 2007

Ashley Judd has signed on to appear in Helen, the latest Oscar-baiting music movie to grace the screens of a weary nation. The story of a music professor who suffers from crushing depression and is only understood by a female student, it’s been written…

Predictable video game adaptation #713

6 Sep 2007

At the very least the Joust movie will be odd, the news that a new live action version of Street Fighter is in the works just invokes a wave of crushing ennui. Though it’s going to have to go some to be as appalling as the Jean-Claude Van Damme/Kylie…

Belushi is quite the Catch

30 Aug 2007

K9 star Jim Belushi is set to make his directorial debut with Lionsgate’s new American football picture The Catch. The everyday story of a 42 year-old man who returns to college to play football of the American variety, the Catch will, of course…

Everyone is just not that into you

30 Aug 2007

Ben Affleck has joined the ever-growing cast list for new comedy Just Not That Into You, an everyday tale of very pretty people. Based on a book by Greg Berehndt, the movie will apparently examine the different ways in which men and women perceive…

GI joyride for Mummy helmer

30 Aug 2007

Stephen Sommers, the man who brought us The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, has signed on to direct Paramount’s toy tie-in GI Joe. Like Action Man but with added whizbangery, GI Joe has presumably been partly prompted by the success of this year’s big…

Goodman to get Bunyan treatment

30 Aug 2007

John Goodman is becoming something of a cartoon voicing veteran and is soon to turn his vocal talents to Bunyan & Babe. The CG animated effort will see, or at least hear, Goodman play legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Well legendary in America but…

Keanu stands still for Sci-fi remake

30 Aug 2007

Keanu Reeves is set to star in a big budget remake of the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. The Matrix star will reprise the role of Klaatu, the alien ambassador sent to convince mankind it’s on a path to destruction with the aid of an…

Lucas stays on target for Red Tails

30 Aug 2007

George Lucas has locked down John Ridley to pen the script for his long-cherished World War Two fighter pilot drama Red Tails. Tracing the history of the Tuskagee Airmen who had to battle racism for the right to fight for their country, the movie…

More Moore in October

30 Aug 2007

Michael Moore’s latest kick against the traces, Sicko, is due to be released in the UK on October 26. The American health care system is the latest subject to catch the documentarian’s hectoring eye and the resulting film has caused something of a…

Rock to plan further escape from Witch Mountain

30 Aug 2007

Suspiciously quiet of late wrestler turned actor Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson is to star in a new Witch Mountain movie for Disney. The Scorpion King star will play a Vegas cab driver who picks up two children with magical powers in the film which…

Stone rolls back round to ‘Nam

30 Aug 2007

Oliver Stone is to return to his favourite subject of all with his new project Pinkville. The Platoon director has already signed up Bruce Willis to star in his adaptation of the life story of General William R Peers, the soldier who launched the My…

Zellweger to flap about as fish out of water

30 Aug 2007

In the latest high concept romantic comedy thing, Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr are set to team up for Chilled In Miami. Previously called 32 And Single, like that was a bad thing, the movie will see Zellweger play a Miami businesswoman coming…

Bourne remembers how to top box office

23 Aug 2007

The amnesiac adventures of superspy Jason Bourne have proved irresistible to UK film-goers, with the third in the popular series racing to the top of the box office. The Bourne Ultimatum took an impressive £5.3 million in its opening weekend top cruise…

Cusack and Isaacs team up for de Bont

23 Aug 2007

Actionphobe John Cusack is set to join scene-stealing Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs in Jan de Bont’s new movie Stopping Power. Cusack last tried on his action trousers for the superlative Con Air and in the Twister director’s latest flick is set to…

Dorothy is no longer in Kansas

23 Aug 2007

Warner Brothers are supposedly attempting to remake the Wizard of Oz, but with something of a twist. History of Violence writer Josh Olson is in the process of rewriting the classic fantasy with input from Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. The idea appears…

Justice League poses more questions than answers

23 Aug 2007

The news that Warners are pushing ahead with their Justice League superhero picture has raised a few knotty questions. The studio are driving the comic book adaptation forward for a summer 2009 release and are keen to see it launch franchises for Wonder…

Logan on the run again

23 Aug 2007

The long-running Logan’s Run saga looks like finally breasting the finishing tape after going through a legion of directors. Bryan Singer was first in line to helm the adaptation of the sci-fi classic and when he dropped out Flightplan’s Robert Schwenke…

Miike throws a curveball

23 Aug 2007

Better known for the toe-curling violence of Audition and Ichi the Killer, director Takashi Miike has nonplussed movie goers by revealing he is hard at work on science fiction romantic comedy. Miike is working with producer Haruki Kadokawa on Kamisama…

Oscar fishing with Kidman and Fiennes

23 Aug 2007

The latest ‘nailed on for at least one Oscar production’ would appear to be The Reader, set to star Nicole Kidman and Ralph Fiennes. Based on the acclaimed bestseller by German author Bernhard Schlink, the movie is further upping its Oscar potential by…

Porno still no nearer completion

23 Aug 2007

The sequel to Trainspotting is still in the sidings according to author Irvine Welsh. Porno, his follow-up novel to his breakout hit, is still waiting on a workable screenplay, though the author did reveal it is currently being worked on by John Hodge…

The Blu-Ray war continues

23 Aug 2007

Early adopters may be wincing at their Blu-Ray players after Paramount and Dreamworks Animation announced they would only be releasing content on HD DVD. It’s also something of a kick in the teeth for Sony who are pitching their Playstation 3 as a…

Yet more comic adaps

23 Aug 2007

The latest comic to get the big screen treatment is set to be Frank Miller’s The Spirit and Eva Mendes has already signed on to appear. Despite popping up in the less than acclaimed Ghost Rider, Mendes is apparently undaunted enough to pitch up as the…

Beowulf the belle of Comic-Con

27 Jul 2007

The preview night of the San Diego Comic-Con was all about Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation of Beowulf. The director terrified children across the globe with his CGI over live action animation technique in Polar Express but using the same system for Beowulf…

Blade Runner gets its ultimate cut

27 Jul 2007

The final, final, last ever, really the director’s cut version of Blade Runner is to be released on HD-DVD, Blue-Ray, DVD and on a limited cinema run. The much vaunted unicorn dream sequence has been put back in, the hideous voice over removed and…

Guy Ritchie to direct The Gamekeeper

27 Jul 2007

Guy Ritchie is in talks to direct a film version of his own Virgin Comics series The Gameskeeper for Warner Brothers. Uber-producer Joel Silver is on board to guide the adaptation to the screen which will be something of a step away from the guns and…

Hood takes on Wolverine

27 Jul 2007

More comic adaptation news as Tsotsi director Gavin Hood has signed on to direct the X-Men spin off Wolverine. Hugh Jackman is already on board to reprise his role as the adamantium skeletoned mutant in what is expected to be an origins tale, despite…

Naomi Watts to play Draco in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

27 Jul 2007

Obligatory Harry Potter news Naomi Watts has signed on to the latest big screen outing for the boy wizard, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The King Kong actress is to play Draco Malfoy’s mother Narcissa in the penultimate movie in the series.

Rickman and Grant go for vintage roles

27 Jul 2007

Both Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant could be playing the same character in rival films about a wine tasting event. Severus Snape actor Rickman has already signed on to play Steven Spurrier in the forthcoming Bottle Shock which re-enacts the controversial…

Ridley Scott to produce The Passage

27 Jul 2007

Ridley Scott has agreed to produce an adaptation of Justin Cronin’s The Passage, after Fox 2000 agreed to pay $3.75 million for the rights. The only fly in the ointment is that Cronin has yet to finish the book. It does sound quite good though, with the…

Southland Tales to hit screens at last

27 Jul 2007

Richard Kelly’s critically savaged Southland Tales is ready to be released in cinemas on November 9 after massive recuts. The Donnie Darko director’s story of a disturbing future was panned when it was shown at Cannes last year, but has undergone major…

Sylar to Spock?

27 Jul 2007

To continue the geek-a-thon, rumours abound that Zachary Quinto is all but nailed on to be cast as Spock in the latest Star Trek movie. At the risk of ruining Heroes for everyone without satellite TV, Quinto plays Sylar in the hit American show and does…

Watchmen finally finds a cast

27 Jul 2007

It’s been bubbling under for what seems like an eon, but a big screen version of the Watchmen might just be on the horizon. There’s finally a cast in place for the Zack Snyder movie which will be filmed in the de rigueur 300 style, all rendered…

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