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J.K Rowling makes her debut with screen writing
Harry Potter fans get excited! Although there won’t be another Harry Potter film, Warner Bros has announced a new (but familiar) film written by J.K Rowling. “Warner Bros. announced on 12th September 2013 that J.K Rowling would be making her screenwriting debut with FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. The first in a new film series which is part of their exp...
Simon Pegg Hard at Work in Perth
‘The Fresh Pegg’ may have only arrived in Perth last week, but he’s already hard at work shooting his new film….and going to the pub…and “wowing” at kangaroos. It’s a hard life being an internationally acclaimed movie star. The Gloucester-born comedian/writer/actor is taking a turn as a murderer in the Aussie film KILL ME THREE TIMES. The crime thr...
Mark Wahlberg Graduates from High School at 42.
He may be a successful Hollywood actor, but until recently ‘Marky Mark’ hadn’t even finished High School. Wahlberg dropped out of school in year nine, opting instead for drugs and petty crime. After a stint in prison, he was lucky to ride on his brother’s fame and score a recording contract, thus getting back on the ‘straight and narrow’. As a househ...
More Star Wars Rumours
It’s always a good time to talk Star Wars and with a few rumours coming out lately it seemed like a good time for a quick update on what’s happening, or rumoured to be happening on the Star Wars front. So first up, spinoffs! As you likely already know we’re looking at an entire new trilogy of films labelled Episodes VII, VIII, and IX but we’re also looking at sta...
Jurassic Park 4 – title and release date
If you thought the rebirth of the deathly creatures that roamed Earth centuries ago was over – think again. The much successful franchise, created by Spielberg in 1993, has had a trilogy, rerelease in 3D and now, a fourth film. Universal Pictures had announced the name and release date. JURASSIC WORLD is scheduled to hit the big screen in 3D on June 21, 2015. With a mid year 201...
Paddington Bear Is Cast!
A Paddington Bear movie? Call me childish, but that is just too adorable! The cast is pretty darn cute too. Somehow previous news of this upcoming movie had eluded me. But I’m now in the loop – and incredibly happy to be! It comes to my attention as A-list casting gets underway. Nicole Kidman will be taking a turn as the badie, playing a determined taxidermist who wants Paddington...
Riddick Trailer
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance be...
The Smurfs 2 Trailer
The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has b...
Djimond Hounsou joins Kurt Russell for Fast and Furious 7
You can be excused if you thought Fast and the Furious 6 was the last one in the series. However, with it being the highest grossing movie in the entire series, Hollywood is not yet ready to say goodbye to the franchise. Can we really blame them? Fast and Furious 7 officially started shooting in Atlanta this week, with fan favourites Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker ret...
Locke & Key Film might still happen?
Locke & Key is the comic book series from writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. The series is published by IDW and is the winner of the 2009 Eisner for Best Limited Series, the 2011 Eisner for Best Writer, and was also nominated for Best Single Issue, Best Continuing Series and Best Penciller. Needless to say, this is a quality series. In 2011 a TV series pilot was produced based on th...
Trailer Debut – The Railway Man
From the director of aussie film BURNING MAN Jonathan Tiplitzky, comes his next film THE RAILWAY MAN starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård and Jeremy Irvine. Based on the novel by Eric Lomax this incredible true story is due for release this Boxing Day. Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway dur...
Marvel’s Ant-Man Released Earlier
ANT-MAN fans do a little jig: Disney has announced it’s bringing forward the film’s 2015 release date, meaning the 2015 U.S summer theatrical season will be EPIC!! Originally set for release on November 6 2015, Marvel must be feeling organisationally optimistic; promising the flick will hit American theatres three months earlier on July 31 2015 (don’t worry,...