Despite various setbacks, script problems and Bill Murray loudly proclaiming he ISN’T DOING IT GODDAMMIT, it seems that the rumour mill is still going full speed on Ghostbusters 3. According to Production Weekly, Sony have set a start date of May 2011, which means it could be on our screens by summer 2012.
Just when you thought there wasn’t any flesh left in this franchise to shave off and wear, out comes news of yet another sequel. Twisted Pictures have apparently been planning a seventh (yep, seventh) outing for Leatherface for a while now, and have finally settled on writers Adam Marcus and Debra Sullivan to pen a script
Finally, a worthy successor to the biting day-glo comedy Mean Girls. Easy A is an effortlessly cool high school comedy, fronted by the delightful up-and-comer Emma Stone. Though laid back parents Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson absolutely steal the show, there’s not a lot to dislike about this witty tale of gossip, reputation and the power of infamy.
Another one bites the post-production dust. In what can only be a final cry for help before a violent suicide, George Lucas has decided to convert our beloved Indianna Jones Trilogy into 3D in time for a theatrical re-release. Well, those cheques to the devil don’t pay for themselves, you know.
If you were one of those people that thought Lost In Translation was just too chock-full of jokes, Somewhere is for you. Fans of Sofia Coppola will probably be won over by this gentle tale of a film star and his slow burning existential crisis, but for the rest of us, its just more of the same self-satisfied, time-munching film-glaze. A few nice moments create the skeleton of a good film, but sadly it’s just never fleshed out enough for us to get a grip on it.
Not content with getting us all in a flutter with Top Gun 2 news, our favourite scientologst (and seriously, that’s top of a big list) has set the film world a-flame once again with rumours that he’ll be appearing in musical Rock Of Ages. Singing? Dancing? Presumably platform disco shoes? We’re pretty much in.
Watching Alpha And Omega is essentially like watching an hour and a half of deleted cut-scenes from a 90s Sonic The Hedgehog Sega game, if the special effects were worse and it was made by a suspected sex offender. Dull, unfunny and bizarrely adult in parts, under no circumstances should you or your children be subjected to this.
Hurrah for the bloody goriness that is Guy Fawkes day! A proud, dastardly time indeed in our national history, and a great excuse to give children some fire to mess around with. So considering the film world is usually so ready and willing to hijack our most exciting tales, our question is, where are the films to accompany Bonfire Night?
Based on the infamous Burke And Hare murders of 1827, Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis provide a darkly silly romp through Edinburgh town aided by every British celebrity you can think of. Go on, think of one. Was it Michael Winner, or Paul Whitehouse? It doesn’t matter, they’re both in there. Though it doesn’t have the cult brilliance of Shaun Of The Dead or the gloriously bizarre sting of The League Of Gentlemen, it’s nevertheless gorily enjoyable stuff and if nothing else, it’s lovely to see Jessica Hynes (neĆ© Stevenson) back on our screens. Not so much good writing as canny use of cameos, Burke and Hare will nevertheless just about satisfy most comedy-loving Brits. After all, who doesn’t love seeing Ronnie Corbett in a funny hat, eh?
The strange tale of a boy trapped on a boat with a Bengali tiger, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan took the world by storm when it was published back in 2001. And – as with basically any book that causes a flurry of excitement – it was perhaps inevitable that the story would make the leap onto the big screen. Director Ang Lee has today confirmed that he’s cast unknown actor and Delhi highschooler Suraj Sharma as lead character Pi.
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