The World's End director is off the superhero film Here’s some disturbing news from the Marvel Cinematic Universe we definitely didn’t expect: Variety is reporting that The World’s End director Edgar Wright has left Ant-Man . Quoting a statement from the company and Wright himself, all we know so far is that Wright and Marvel parted ways due to differences in their vision for the...
Godzilla man reportedly off to that galaxy far, far away... When your studio filmmaking debut roars at the box office the way Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla did last weekend, people listen. And according to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney and Lucasfilm have him attached to direct one of the Star Wars spin-offs . It’s not yet clear which of the potential spin-offs the companies want him to tackle,...
Visit Sanfransokyo to meet Disney's robotics prodigy Having teased us with a snippet of gorgeous scene-setting footage , and, earlier, this week, some new stills , Disney’s animation team is finally ready to reveal more from its take on the Marvel universe, Big Hero 6 . The first teaser trailer has landed and it is adorable. Don’t go expecting Tony Stark or Steve Rogers to show up in this...
He's directing the pilot for a new horror TV series With one TV series already under his belt – that would be Netflix’s creepfest Hemlock Grove – Eli Roth has another small screen project he wants to pursue. He’s attached as a producer and will direct the pilot for US cable channel WE TV’s South Of Hell . Writers Matt Lambert and The Shield’s James Manos Jr. came...
Based on Peter Morgan's play The Audience Following its success adapting a scathing look at British politics into the US based House Of Cards, Netflix appears to be targeting the royal family next. The company is close to a deal for The Crown, a new series from Peter Morgan and Stephen Daldry . The show would be based on the pair’s celebrated 2013 play The Audience, in which Helen Mirren...
Gravity director may head to Overlook Hotel With documentary Room 237 and Stephen King's pseudo-sequel Doctor Sleep both arriving recently, The Shiniing has been enjoying something of a resurgence in interest. Also part of that is a prequel to Stanley Kubrick's film version currently developing at Warner Bros., and reports are coming in this morning that the studio has just offered The Overlook Hotel...
Gravity director may head to Overlook Hotel With documentary Room 237 and Stephen King's novel sequel Doctor Sleep both arriving recently, The Shining has been enjoying something of a resurgence in interest (if it ever went away). Also part of that trend is a prequel to Stanley Kubrick's film version currently developing at Warner Bros., and reports are coming in this morning that the studio has just...
The Godzilla man is off to a galaxy far, far away... When your studio filmmaking debut roars at the box office the way that Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla did last weekend, people listen. But even given that success, it's still great to hear that Disney and Lucasfilm have Edwards attached to direct one of the Star Wars spin-offs . It’s not yet clear which of the potential spin-offs the companies...
Days Of Future You Shall Not Passed This week, Empire Podcast veteran Hugh Jackman stops by to talk about London's second best fish and chip shop, Wolverine's love of Rick Astley and his top drawer pirate voice, with newcomer Ian McKellen instead using his interview to pitch for a job as a film reviewer. Both were in town to talk X-Men: Days Of Future Past , which the team also do, on top of some...
Entourage producer hits up Hells Angels Developing for at least a decade, and previously in the hands of the late Tony Scott, Fox's biopic of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has now landed with Entourage writer-producer Scott Weiss. "We're approaching this as a genesis story of the motorcycle club culture," says Weiss. "I've wanted to do something in the biker space...
Sequel to 2010 sci-fi in the works Remember Skyline ? The loony sci-fi FX showcase arrived in 2010 courtesey of tech-heads The Brothers Strauss ( AvP: Requiem ), and enjoyed a spirited rivalry with the similarly themed Battle: Los Angeles , released at almost exactly the same time. Neither was critically adored, but both did reasonably well at the box office. And while we might have predicted that,...
Entourage producer focuses on Sonny Barger Developing for at least a decade, and previously in the hands of the late Tony Scott, Fox's biopic of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has now landed with Entourage writer-producer Scott Weiss. "We're approaching this as a genesis story of the motorcycle club culture," says Weiss. "I've wanted to do something in the biker space...
Jesse is back in tune Shooting has just kicked off on the Pitch Perfect sequel with Elizabeth Banks making her directorial debut for more a capella capers. With the majority of the main cast reunited, a few lingering holdouts were left, and confirmation has arrived that Skylar Astin is aboard the film . Astin, of course, played Jesse, one of the competitive singing team known as the Treble Makers....
Kristen Stewart & Juliette Binoche create drama Summer Hours writer/director Olivier Assayas is in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year with Clouds Of Silas Maria , boasting the talents of Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz. The first trailer for the drama is now online. Clouds Of Silas Maria finds Binoche as critically acclaimed actress Maria Enders, who launched...
Akira Ifukube's original score finally gets a release We've had a good week of Godzilla fun on Empire recently, what with our spoiler podcast and feature on Gareth Edwards' version, and our tour through radioactive monsters . But the original - and, for many, still the best - Godzilla is the Toho creation of 1954, and its soundtrack is now available in full for the first time in its sixty year history,...
Visit Sanfransokyo to meet Disney's robotics prodigy Having teased us with initial footage, and, earlier, this week, some new stills , Disney’s animation team is finally ready to reveal some actual film material from its take on the Marvel universe, Big Hero 6 . The first teaser trailer has landed and can be watched below. Don’t go expecting Tony Stark or Steve Rogers to show up...
Ken Loach's Irish drama gets the once-over Church and community clash in Ken Loach’s period drama Jimmy's Hall . Set in '20s and '30s Ireland, it stars a charismatic Barry Ward as real-life Irish communist leader Jimmy Gralton. We first meet Jimmy as the returning local hero, back from a decade’s exile in the States and enjoying modest celebrity status in his small town, what with his...
Can Xavier Dolan become the d'Or daddy? In the space of five years and five films, Xavier Dolan has become the biggest overnight success story on the festival circuit in recent memory. That his latest film is in Competition this year is an astonishing enough achievement, that he has seen his work slotted in alongside the likes of Mike Leigh, Jean-Luc Godard and David Cronenberg is almost unbelievable,...
And it's shooting now... After months of guesses, speculation and one reveal of Ben Affleck’s Batman in a monochrome picture , we now know the title for Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel follow-up. Prepare yourself to visit a cinema in 2016 to see…. Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice .{Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice Title Revealed} Clearly intended to lead – as everyone and their...
Starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone He returned home to the States for Blue Jasmine , but Woody Allen has once more flitted to Europe – and the past – with his latest romantic comedy drama, Magic In The Moonlight . The first trailer has appeared and can be watched below. Colin Firth stars as a stage magician dispatched to the south of France to help his family with an intriguing puzzle....