Actress and producer Anel Alexander (‘Discreet’, ‘SemiSoet’, ‘Faan Se Trein’) and Johan Kruger (‘Prisoner of War’, ‘Winnie Mandela’, ‘Spud II’) are teaming up to adapt ‘Rachel Weeping’, a soon to be released novel by best-selling local author Brett Michael Innes (‘The Story of Racheltjie de Beer’), into an Afrikaans feature film provisionally entitled ‘Sink’. Innes […]
Get on Up, the biopic of legendary performer James Brown, will open this year’s Zurich International Film Festival. The feature from The Help director Tate Taylor looks at Brown’s rags-to-riches rise from extreme poverty to topping the music charts as a soul and funk superstar and proponent of black pride. Chadwick Boseman, who played another African American legend, Jackie Robinson, in Brian Helgeland‘s 42, is the Godfather of […]
2003 saw an unlikely milestone emerge in the form of the supernatural horror/action genre-blend franchise, Underworld. The vampires vs. werewolves flick featured an untested creative team (Len Wiseman and Kevin Grevioux) shepherding a collection of unlikely action stars, which included theatrically trained actors like Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) and Bill Nighy (Harry Potter); a pretty-boy leading […]
Shonda Rhimes has already made a huge name for herself as a showrunner, creator and producer. Now, she’s slated to add actress to her list of achievements with an appearance on “The Mindy Project.” In an episode slated to appear early in the fall, Rhimes will play herself, according to media reports. No further plot details […]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier kicked of the 2014 blockbuster season with a bang, and though it may eventually be eclipsed by Guardians of the Galaxy in box office earnings, Cap’s first sequel was an unequivocal smash hit. Of course, this means our expectations for Captain America 3 are very high. Knowing how The Winter Soldier ended – including the film’s post-credit scene – […]
The Generations Actors Guild (GAG), now in the second week of withholding their services from SABC1 soap opera, Generations, convened a press briefing today to address the media about the reasons behind the stay-away. This was against the background of misinformation being communicated to the press, particularly around issues of the actor’s remuneration and a […]
We hope you love sequels, because we’ve got all kinds of news about the next installments in franchises you already love in today’s roundup. Director Ridley Scott is 76 years old, an age where many of his compatriots are well into retirement and spending their time in a tropical locale. However, theAlien director isn’t ready to hang up […]
In a surprising turn of events, this weeks number 1 film is not unacquainted with the position, Guardians of the Galaxy returns to the top position making over R1.17 million on its third week running. The film makes an astronomical jump from last week`s number 3. The film is distributed by Ster-Kinekor and was screened […]
Warner Brothers’ adaptation of Stephen King has reportedly settled upon Matthew McConaughey as its star name of choice, with the studio keen to recruit him for either one of two major roles. According to Deadline, the studio has McConaughey in mind for the role of the villainous Randall Flagg in the post-apocalyptic saga, a man who […]
Cartoon Network (DStv channel 301) has announced the return of two popular shows: the Emmy award-winning,The Powerpuff Girls as well as the 5th season of Adventure Time. On Saturday 23 August, the channel featured a 30 minute special titled Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed and has announced that the show will return to the network in 2016. According to the […]
