Film News

Two films in, the Riddick flicks have had an up-and-down reception. Made by and starring super-geek Vin Diesel, they're also back in the works. In 2012, do you issue a press release or send assets to the press? Hell no, not if you're Vin Diesel! Vin chose, instead, to post the first on-set photograph of...

Have you always wanted to go to the Venice Film Festival? Do you have what it takes to make a $500,000 film? The YouTube Film Festival could give you this exact opportunity, as the site prepares to launch the competition that could change the face of film-making in the online world. After the success...

It's been a little while since his second directorial effort, The Boat That Rocked came out, but Richard Curtis is finally returning with a low budget film. The title will ring bells with all his fans who feel they've been waiting too long for the man to climb back behind the camera, About Time. You may...

Is anyone else confused by the teaser trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution, doubling as an advertisement for Sony products? I certainly am! The fifth instalment of the Resident Evil film franchise is hotly anticipated for Autumn this year, and the teaser trailer has been let loose for our...

Italian actor and director, Nanni Moretti, has been named as the president of the jury at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. Unlike last year's choice of jury president, US actor Robert De Niro, not all of you will have heard of Moretti, but that's not to say that he doesn't know his stuff. Moretti was...

I'm a fan of documentaries, and this one is no exception - Keanu Reeves, interviewing some of the most successful living directors in the world, about 35mm film. Most people tend to hate on Keanu, but I really like his acting and his work in general. But to see him doing a documentary is very interesting -...

Wild Bill, the directorial debut of Dexter Fletcher, is almost in cinemas and this London-based film looks like something we're likely to find dark and engaging. Bill is, by most counts, not a very nice bloke. Just out of prison after almost a decade, he finds that his children - left when they were small...

Do you love a good Hammer Horror film but wish that their quality was a bit more up-to-date? If so, then you're in luck as the famous horror studio have announced that they are to embark upon a global restoration project of the Hammer film library. They will be accompanied by multiple partners and the project...

The renowned graphic novels in the Bone series are in the works for a film adaptation. That adaptation has taken one step further towards completion with P.J. Hogan stepping up to direct. Bone is, like other, similar properties being transferred into cinema-friendly media, a popular and unique series of...

The hit West End show, War Horse, could surpass the profits made by Spielberg's film adaptation, possibly as soon as next year. This is according to Sir Nicholas Hytner, artistic director at the National Theatre, who thinks that the income from the Broadway shows will make the War Horse play more...