J.J. Abrams Wont Direct Star Wars

Lost and Star Trek Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed that he won’t be in the running to direct the new Star Wars Trilogy opener Episode VII for Disney. Ruling himself out of the task of continuing the beloved space saga  he admitted that he felt put off by the burden of trying to live up to the iconic original [...]

New Star Wars Film Gets Writer & Original Cast

Toy Story 3 screenwriter Michael Arndt appears to be the leading candidate for producing a script for Disney’s new Star Wars film.  The seasoned writer also wrote indie favourite Little Miss Sunshine and recently adapted the screenplay for Hunger Games Sequel Catching Fire. The most recent rumours are that Arndt has produced a 40 page [...]

Harrison Ford Open To New Star Wars Films

Mark Hamill had already revealed that he and Carrie Fisher spoke to George Lucas about the new Star Wars Sequels as early as August. Now Entertainment Weekly is reporting that a ‘highly placed souce’ has hinted that Harrison Ford is not only open to the idea of reprising his classic role as charismatic space smuggler [...]

Nicolas Cage Joins Expendables 3 Cast

Sylvester Stallone has confirmed via his own Facebook page that Nicolas Cage has joined the cast of the inevitable Expendables 3 sequel. Cage has long be one of the names Stallone admitted he wanted to pursue for the next testosterone packed action ensemble piece. Stallone has been widely advertising  a potential wish-list that includes Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford and Wesley [...]

Mark Hamill talks about New Star Wars Films

In a recent interview Star Wars leading man Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker, has admitted that he and co-star Carrie Fisher have known since August about the recent sensational news that the Star Wars Saga is now expanding to include Episodes VII, VIII and IX.  ”[L]ast August, [Big George] asked Carrie and I to have [...]

Disney Making New Star Wars Trilogy

The Walt Disney Company has sensationally announced the acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd in exchange for $4.05 billion in cash and stocks. Disney has also confirmed that they will immediately start work on extending the Star Wars saga beginning with a new trilogy of films for Episodes 7, 8 and 9. The sensational move by Disney [...]

Kevin Costner Joins Jack Ryan Reboot

Kevin Costner has officially signed on to join the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s Jack Ryan reboot alongside leading man Chris Pine. Costner is undergoing a major career resurgence thanks to a prominent role in new Superman movie Man of Steel and has landed the key role of William Harper in the similarly rejuvenated Jack Ryan [...]

Kenneth Branagh To Play Jack Ryan Villain

Kenneth Branagh is already directing Paramount’s big screen reboot of the Tom Clancy’s espionage hero Jack Ryan. But the multi-talented director and stage actor now looks increasingly likely to also take on the role of the film’s main villain. Branagh would be playing an evil Russian financier at the centre of a plot to finance [...]

Indiana Jones Arrives on Blu-Ray

Indiana Jones the man in the hat is back and this time he’s in glorious crystal clear HD quality. Paramount has confirmed that the complete collection of the Indiana Jones movies is finally swinging it way onto Blu-Ray on September 18th. No doubt there will be a few new special features to entice fans to [...]

Harrison Ford Won’t Return for Bladerunner Sequel

  Following his Alien prequel Prometheus, Ridley Scott is once again set to return to his back catalogue of classic sci-fi noir for a planned sequel to Blade Runner. The original film followed a rough edged detective in a grim dystopian future who reluctantly accepts a final assignment hunting down a group of dangerous escaped [...]