With the recent release of “Maleficent,” which grossed more than $170 million worldwide in its opening weekend, Disney is working fast on its next live-action fairy-tale adaptation. Bill Condon is set to direct a live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast” for Disney. Evan Spiliotopoulos is writing the script with Mandeville Films producing. The studio’s 1991 animated feature version […]
HBO has put in development drama series MaddAddam, executive produced by Oscar-nominated Black Swanhelmer Darren Aronofsky through his Protozoa Pictures banner. The project, based on Margaret Atwood’s book trilogy Oryx and Crake(2003), Year Of The Flood(2009), and MaddAddam (2013), is being developed as a potential directing vehicle for Aronofsky. MaddAddam marks the first project to come out of the three-year first-look deal the filmmaker and his Protozoa Picturesinked […]
Andile Ncube has been announced as the host of the first The X Factor South Africa, which makes its highly anticipated debut on SABC1 on Saturday, 6 September at 18:00. Ncube began his TV career on the SABC1 music show One, which he helped transform into the channel’s flagship music show. Later, as one of the show’s executive […]
This weeks short film of the week, a movie documentary about a young boy who defies all the odds. Doctors gave him a five-percent chance of survival when he was born three months pre-mature. Now, he’s defying everyone’s expectations. Visit: www.shortoftheweek.com for full synopsis “MATT“ Director/ Producer: Seth Shapiro DP/Editor: Taylor Hawkins Camera: Erik Butts […]
Hey, remember “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?” Six months after its US theatrical release, no one would blame you if it’s already slipped to the back of your mind. Despite its prestigious trappings and its unplanned topicality in the wake of Nelson Mandela’s death last December, Justin Chadwick’s well-intentioned biopic of South Africa’s first democratically […]
If you are looking forward to catching all the explosive action of EFC AFRICA 30, but don’t have access to tickets for fight night, Ster-Kinekor has you covered! South Africa’s leading cinema chain will again be screening all 12 bouts of EFC AFRICA 30 live on its big screens, using the latest in digital projection, in select cinemas […]
When DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon was released in 2010, it took many by surprise—including the studio itself. Directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders‘ deeply compassionate and gorgeous film remains one of the best animated features in recent memory, and following its overwhelmingly positive response, DreamWorks began working on a sequel. The follow-up, How to Train Your Dragon 2, […]
Dineo Ranaka is no stranger to the reality TV empire and her returning to Vuzu on the 20th June at 19:00 is no longer a diary secret. In the first season we saw reality diva Dineo take on her new world without radio, finding her feet was important and in the second season we went through the tough […]
The Emmy award winning American drama series Homeland, which is due to start filming in Cape Town this month, has had to reschedule because of new visa regulations issued by the Department of Home Affairs. Complex new visa regulations threaten to disrupt the growth of South Africa’s booming film industry, which has created thousands of […]
e.TV has announced that Screentime with Nicky Greenwall is back for a third season and launches on Tuesday, 10 June at 8PM on e.tv and 9:30PM on eNCA. In this new and exciting season of Screentime, Nicky features DJ Lulo Cafe, singer-songwriters Jimmy Nevis and Jesse Clegg, singer Nandi Mngoma, rapper Jack Parow, actress Lesley-Anne […]
