When Homeland returns for its fifth season on 4 October, it will face the threat of Muslim extremist group ISIS and the Charlie Hebdo massacre, its President David Nevins announced Tuesday. “It deals with ISIS,” Nevins told TV Critics as part of an annual summer press tour. “I feel like this story is a very fresh story. […]
The BBC is finally changing its set of BBC channels on MultiChoice’s DStv pay-TV platform to update it to the rest of the world. At the beginning of the month BBC Worldwide told Channel24 in response to a media enquiry there isn’t a date yet for when the BBC channels will be changing, but is […]
A documentary feature film about a century-old community of Afrikaners in a remote region of Patagonia will have its world premiere at the Silwerskerm Festival later this month. Following the screening of the multiple-SAFTA nominated short film, The Last Boers of Patagonia, in July 2014 as part of the Encounters and Durban International Film Festivals, GOOD […]
‘Horrible Bosses’ director Seth Gordon will be behind the camera for all the slo-mo beach shots. Zac Efron is suiting up in red bathing trunks and hitting the beach. Efron is in negotiations to star opposite Dwayne Johnson in Paramount’s Baywatch, the big-screen take on the 1990s television series about California lifeguards. After years of development, the project seems […]
The feature adaptation of Devil in the White City is back at Paramount, with Leonardo DiCapriohaving enlisted his frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese to help make his passion project into a reality. Paramount, after having acquired and let go of the project twice before, has scooped up the project, with DiCaprio on board to star, Scorsese to direct and Billy Ray to write the script, The […]
Universal Pictures has made history, becoming the first studio to gross $5.53 billion in a single year. What’s particularly impressive about the studio’s feat is that it has shattered records less than eight months into the calendar year, and still has several major movies left to release, including rap drama “Straight Outta Compton,” adventure film “Everest” […]
Sony Pictures will attempt to revitalize the Ghostbusters movie franchise in 2016, having recruited writer/director Paul Feig (Spy) to direct a reboot of the supernatural action/comedy series headlined by stars likes Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. The studio has likewise been developing a number of projects that could potentially give rise to franchises, ranging from a film adaptation […]
Robert Downey Jr has been named the world’s highest-paid actor. The 50-year-old actor has topped Forbes magazine’s annual list for the third year in a row, after earning a huge $80m in the period June 2014-June 2015, $30m more than runner-up Jackie Chan. Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel placed third on the list with $47m, […]
The South African film industry is about to get a dose of happiness. The multi-award winning novel Happiness is a Four-Letter Word has been turned into a screenplay and filming commenced on 13 July in and around Johannesburg. The film, titled Happiness is a Four-Letter Word, tells the story of three friends trying to find their happiness while […]
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are to reunite on a new car show for Amazon Prime. The former Top Gear host – who was sacked from the BBC show earlier this year for punching a producer in a row over a steak – has teamed up with his co-presenters once again, with the first series […]
