Jon Favreau is rumoured to be onboard for a Disney film about the park coming to life every night. Yawn.

Roman Polanski’s political thriller The Ghost has been nominated for a raft of European Film Awards.

First-time deviser-director Gareth Edwards has been much lauded for his debut feature, a sci-fi road movie set six years after Mexico is invaded by gigantic aliens. There’s no doubt that, given the fact that he made it for less than $500,000 and edited it in his bedroom, Monsters is technically impressive – it’s just hard to appreciate his jack-of-all-trades prowess when you’re dozing off.

Spielberg? Potter? Cartoon? Mental.

Stephen Fry’s back. We told you he would be.

Arthur Christmas, released next December by Aardman Animations, is going to be the best Christmas film ever. Just so you know.

Forty years after becoming a stand-up, Billy Connolly remains box office gold and the world’s best-known Glaswegian. However, his first live DVD for three years exposes a distressing departure from his usual form. We’re loath to admit it, but it’s high time Billy hung up his banjo…

Bryan Singer, who is producing X-Men: First Class, has confirmed that Wolverine will not appear in the Marvel Comics prequel due out next year.

Everybody knows Christmas is a time for cinema, but this year there aren’t many fresh festive treats being served up. So in the spirit of charity and knowing what it’s like not to want to talk to your family, we’ve scoured the charts for December and found the films most likely to placate your clan for most of the festive season. Did someone say ‘eye-popping CGI and childish plotlines’?

The King’s Speech, the George VI biopic starring Colin Firth, has picked up a healthy 8 nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards.