Posts Tagged ‘Tom Hanks’
The Top 10 Young Quest Movies
E.T., Super 8 and Hugo all show just how courageous and brave children can be, fighting for what they believe in, taking risks and creating their very own adventure. One of the most captivating and wonderful aspects of films that feature a young person going on a quest is their expression of pluck and irrepressible human spirit. The upcoming...
Potter director & Emma Watson collaboration?
Harry Potter director David Yates is set to take on an adaptation of Emma Forrest's book Your Voice in My Head, and if rumours are true he wants to hire Emma Watson to star in it. David Yates has been busy for the past few years, making the last four Harry Potter movies a roaring success, but it would seem he is still attached to the stars...
World War Z and other films bring over £20m to Glasgow
Remember how the Scottish city of Glasgow is being used as a location for lots of films recently? Glaswegians were raving about how much money this would bring to the city, now it has been revealed that this has indeed happened. Last year we brought you the news that World War Z and Cloud Atlas were filming in Glasgow, which was expected...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – images and trailer
The first pictures and trailer for the screen adaptation of the New York Times best selling novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close are here. The film stars Thomas Horn in his acting debut as eleven-year-old Oskar Schell, who goes on a journey of self-discovery after his father is killed in the tragic events of September 11. The story...
Tom Hanks to star in sci-fi webseries
Tom Hanks, in a break from tradition, is due to star in a web-based sci-fi series. While that sinks in, I'll throw some knowledge at you. Electric City is a series set in the aforementioned metropolis, a place that seems like paradise, until a more sinister side hidden away underneath its glossy exterior is revealed. Hanks has done writing...
Depp is UK’s most wanted Christmas guest
Who would you most like to have for Christmas dinner? For most of the UK it's the man behind Captain Jack Sparrow we would want wishing us a Yo-h0-happy Christmas. Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Tom Hanks, have been voted the top three Hollywood stars who the nation would most happily invite over for Christmas, according to a poll...
Tom Hanks and Halle Berry head to Scotland’s film hot spot
The residents of the Scottish city of Glasgow are only just recovering from the flurry of action during the filming of World War Z. No time to relax though, as the news comes that yet another high-profile film is coming to town. Tom Hanks and Halle Berry will be in the city later this month filming Cloud Atlas. Based on a...
Bryan Cranston to star in Argo AND The Gangster Squad?
Bryan Cranston may star in Ben Affleck's political film, Argo, AND upcoming crime thriller, The Gangster Squad. Bryan Cranston might be best known for his portrayal of the dad in the Fox comedy, Malcolm in the Middle, and his role in Breaking Bad, for which he has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...
Tom Hanks working on 3D film about astronaut action figure
It was as if he had disappeared, but now all of a sudden Tom Hanks is everywhere again. The latest news from the Hanks camp is that his production company is working on a 3D film based on the action figure toy Major Matt Mason. Hanks has written the script himself and may also take the lead. It is rumoured that Back to the Future director...
American Idiot coming to a cinema near you
Green Day fans are going to either love or hate this next bit of news. American Idiot, the Broadway musical based on the Green Day album of the same name, is going to be adapted for the big screen. Universal Studios is currently in negotiations to get the screen rights and has already hired the director of the stage production, Michael...
Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts in Larry Crowne trailer
It's been a while since we've seen Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts together on screen. Four years a go in fact when the pair starred in the Oscar nominated Charlie Wilson's War. But they have reunited once again, and this time for a romcom called Larry Crowne, written and directed by Hanks himself. The film tells the story of Larry...
Tom Hanks to appear in modern-day pirate film
Tom Hanks, or as he's more commonly known to people, "Woody", is due to play the role of Captain Richard Phillips - a man whose cargo vessel was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Yeah, not quite Pirates of the Caribbean, is it? But the idea sounds like a good one, simply because it really reinforces the fact that pirates really aren't the...
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen to star in Jungle Cruise
Disney are looking to cash in on the huge success of the rides-to-riches story that was Pirates of the Caribbean. This time around, they've hired Woody and Buzz. Jungle Cruise, the ride in question, is pretty much what it says on the tin - a cruise, through a jungle. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it goes wrong, and there's...
Before they were famous, they were… quiz
We know them as actors, singers and all-round celebrities, but before that they were just like you and me. So, what did they do? Let's see how much you know about the former lives of the famous... [QUIZZIN...
Tom Hanks helps Ron Howard defend Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons isn’t even released until next week, but it’s already got the Vatican in a tizz - according to Ron Howard anyway. During a news conference in Rome, the director told the press that the district had interfered with his effort to get filming permission to the point that crew members had to pose as tourists and take photos of...
Angels and Demons
Clearly not scared of facing the Pope’s wrath, Columbia Pictures is dishing out yet another Dan Brown adaptation for the big screen... Penned by the writer before The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons acts as a prequel to famed mega hit novel – and so this time round we see Tom Hanks fighting off the years to play an ever so slightly younger...
