March 2012

News Round Up – woody allen & 1984 remake

Woody Allen doesn’t trust you to recognise Rome so he’s changed the name of his new movie again form Nero fiddled… it’s now called “To Rome with Love”.  Making it obligatory for every single review to refer to it as a love letter to Rome.   Home Alone 5 is now a horrible reality… thanks [...]

John Carter already declared dead

Disney was confronted this week the less than magical news that it now expects to loose in the region of $200milion (£126 million) on supposed sci-fi blockbuster John Carter. If these numbers prove to be accurate it would literally make this film the most expensive flop in the history of cinema. The film is based [...]

Dean Parisot directing RED 2

Red was something of a sneaky success story, earning nearly $200 million at the worldwide box office. Summit entertainment has been playing with a sequel ever since, with word that writers Jon and Erich Hoeber had been hired to write the script. Now director Dean Parisot is taking the job. He replaces Robert Schwentke, who opted [...]

News Round Up – Loan Ranger & Sequels News

Rounding up this week’s other breaking news… Jerry Bruckheimer, tweeted our first picture of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in Disney’s The Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp looks suspiciously like a goth Jack Sparrow with a bird on his head. Sony apparently plans to make a Venom spinoff movie despite re-booting the Spiderman franchise without him. Because [...]

Bill & Ted 3 Rocks On!

Lifting our spirits now with a “most excellent” piece of news, air guitars at the ready as this week Keanu Reeves confirmed that Bill & Ted 3 is one step closer to fruition, with a completed script which has been written, and is more than up to scratch. “Yeah, we have a script,” Reeves told [...]

Star Wars Artist Ralph McQuarrie Dies

The Movie world is currently in mourning at the sad news that Ralph McQuarrie, the legendary concept artist best known for his work on Star Wars, has died aged 82.  In a world where it’s often the director, screenwriter or star who gets the most recognition for the success of a movie, it’s a testament [...]

Jason Segel… Man or Muppet?

Is Jason Segel a man, or is he a Muppet? He seems to have definitely decided he must be a man now as he won’t be returning for the next Muppets adventure. Earlier in the week we heard the joyous news that a follow up to this year’s triumphant Muppet return was officially in the [...]