Like turkey, disappointing crackers and the traditional game of ‘find grandad’s wig’, Christmas films are always the same. And the strange thing is, we wouldn’t want it any other way. What is on your essential Christmas film list? We bet you’ll find at least a few of them here…

No one who watched Titanic could forget the image of Leo Di Caprio sinking to his icy death. It seems that now, there’s no fear of any of us forgetting that picture. Leo is to star in a new animated feature The Guardians as Jack Frost, the traditional folk-lore bringer of ice.

PT Anderson, director of such films as Magnolia and There Will Be Blood, has announced that his new film The Master will focus on a story of a man who starts his own religon, and will star the wonderful Philip Seymour Hoffman as the cult’s charismatic leader.

We always knew a time would come where we get our news entirely and unashamedly from Facebook. We are happy to report that today is that day. According to Vin Diesel’s Facebook page, The Chronicles Of Riddick 3 is underway and looking for possible locations.

Hollywood loves drawing on twisted old fables for inspiration, so perhaps it was inevitable that the traditional tale of the Pied Piper and his irresistible music would one day charm its way onto the big screen. However, according to the developers- Persistent Entertainment, Pantry Films and Zenescope Entertainment – the story is getting a serious 21st century kick in the pants.

Hold on, you Pattinson-thirsty blood feasters. This isn’t about extending the Twilight saga itself, we’re afraid. Instead, it’s more about extending the money roll-in of this cinematic phenomenon.

We don’t know about you, but we felt the first two Jackass films left a lot of loose ends. Thank goodness then that Jackass 3 is soon to begin filming.

After the terrifying success of The Da Vinci Code in 2006, it was only a matter of time before the Dan Brown cow was milked for all it was worth…

Say what you like about Take That, but there’s no denying that they’ve made one of the most impressive comebacks in music history. It seems like only yesterday Gary Barlow..

We all heard the news a few months ago, a film remake (yawn) of My Fair Lady, directed by Joe Wright- the man who brought us Keira Knightley being all big-chinny in Pride and Prejudice and Keira Knightley playing ‘my chin is quite sad’ in Atonement. But wait! Today it’s been announced that this whole Joe Wright palava is one big porky.