While there’s still no sign of the “Deadpool” trailer that took Comic-Con by storm earlier this month,20th Century Fox has thrown fans a bone by releasing three new photos from Ryan Reynolds’ hotly anticipated superhero film, courtesy of the U.K.’s Empire magazine. We’ve seen Marvel’s infamous “Merc with a Mouth” in costume already, thanks to previously released promotional stills, but one of the new […]
The Endless River, the third film by award-winning South African director, Oliver Hermanus, made history on Wednesday when it was selected as the first ever South African film to compete for the top prize “The Golden Lion” award at the Venice International Film Festival. The line-up for films at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival […]
Rachel McAdams has confirmed she is in talks to star in Doctor Strange. The 36-year-old actress was reported to be the front runner to play the female lead in the Marvel movie opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, who will portray the titular superhero. Now McAdams has confirmed negotiations are ongoing about her joining the blockbuster and she’s interested […]
Urucu Media’s hugely anticipated drama Necktie Youth walked away with top honours at the Durban International Film Festival on Saturday night, winning both the best South African feature award and the international jury award for best director for director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer. Said the jury in their report on Necktie Youth: “a film desperate to […]
It’s the dawn of a new, exciting era of Comedy Central’s groundbreaking late-night franchise as “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” debuts on Monday, September 28 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. Noah will bring his smooth delivery of cutting-edge comedic commentary in the fresh incarnation of the iconic series. “The Daily Show” will continue its coverage […]
The next Christopher Nolan film has been announced – but it’s very different from the blockbusters we’re used to seeing from him. Nolan, who has directed movies such as Interstellar and The Dark Knight Rises, will next release a short film about two stop-motion animators. Titled Quay, the documentary centres on Stephen and Timothy Quay, as viewers will get an insight […]
Tommy Lee Jones has joined Matt Damon in the next installment of the “Bourne” franchise. Alicia Vikander and Julia Stiles are also on board to join the action series, while Paul Greengrass is back to direct and pen the script with Christopher Rouse. Frank Marshall will produce again alongside Jeffrey Weiner for Captivate Entertainment. Greengrass, Damon, Greg Goodman […]
Is it game over for Adam Sandler? His new comedy, “Pixels,” opened over the weekend to a mediocre $24 million, a disappointing result for the $88 million project. Sandler’s latest box office lemon comes on the heels of “The Cobbler” (Sandler’s lowest-grossing title ever, which opened to just $24,000 from 20 theaters in March), 2014’s “Blended” (the […]
Barry Allen found himself facing off against any number of colorful, larger-than-life adversaries in the first season of The Flash. With a beefier special effects budget than most TV shows, he found himself up against human tornadoes, a super-powered pyromaniac, and – perhaps most memorably – a huge, psychic, talking gorilla. Out of all the ridiculous concepts that […]
The closely-linked nature of careers that involve public performance is such that many musicians have taken a stab at becoming actors. Their stories range from the mega-successful (i.e. Will Smith) to the very short-lived (i.e. Britney Spears), and while many singer-to-actor transformations end up quickly proving to have been a bad idea, it’s always interesting to see whether […]
