Poster, Trailer And Stills For Cracks, The Debut Film Of Ridley Scott's Daughter Jordan
Jordan Scott's debut film is an adpatation of Sheila Kohler's novel Cracks, adapted by the director and Brit TV stalwarts Ben Court and Caroline Ip.
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/Film UK - Minority Report, Philip Ridley Video Interview, Ken Loach's Black Jack
Coming to you from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice. This week’s is a special installment with two big review pieces and some video reports. Fox have released the Blu-ray of Minority Report in the UK and Europe and they've taken a different tack to the Paramount… -
Spierig Brothers To Direct Dark Crystal Sequel
Sorry, Samurai Jack fans - Genndy Tartakovsky is no longer attached to direct The Power of the Dark Crystal. Boo? Hiss? I know he was an incredibly popular choice, but for years all I was hearing was that his version of the film was going nowhere. But there's good news. According to a smoking hot… -
Secret JJ Abrams Film To Be Unveiled With Trailer Before Iron Man 2
Much of the world has received Iron Man 2 already (I've seen it with a paying crowd, and rather liked it), but the USA and Canada do not. Almost as though compensation for the wait, however, it seems that the film's prints are coming to North American cinemas with a special in-the-can bonus. Pretty much recreating… -
/Film UK - Iron Man 2 Mini-Review, Avatar's Stephen Lang, James Bond And Your Chance To See Prince Of Persia This Week
Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice. This week's is a special installment including 90 minutes of audio to stream or download. During last weekend's rollicking Fan Fest event at the London Film Museum, I was honoured to host three on-stage Q&As. The… -
Disney Considering Whole Raft Of Film-To-Stage Shows? Toy Story, Alice In Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas And Many More
The web-digging sleuths at Stitch Kingdom have uncovered a series of URLs registered recently by Disney. They reveal plans for not one, not two but... oh, loads of new stage shows and musicals to be adapted from big-screen movies. Some of them have already happened, some we've known about for some time, while others are… -
Has Adam Shankman Quit Bob: The Musical To Beat Sam Mendes To Oz Job?
We've already discussed that Sam Mendes and Adam Shankman were frontrunners to direct Oz the Great and Powerful, an origin story for the Wonderful Wizard that looks set to star Robert Downey Jr. as the titular warlock. Now, it's looking like Shankman is taking his campaign for the job into the public arena. Shankman's biggest,… -
Kevin Smith's Free Comic Book Day Commercial
The first Saturday in May is always Free Comic Book Day, when you can stop by your local comic shop and pick up some FREE strips to enjoy. Of course, you don't need me to tell you this when, embedded below the break, we have Kevin Smith's commercial for the event and he does a… -
Sam Rockwell Cast As Batman, Josh Hamilton As Superman, And Leslie Bibb As Wonder Woman...in New James Duffy Short Film
Today's This month's most bizarre casting news has broken: Sam Rockwell is going to play Batman, or at least The Bat-Man. Joining him will be Josh Hamilton as Superman, Leslie Bibb as Wonderwoman, John Hodgeman as The Penguin and Justin Long as Robin. All together now: Wha??? Didn't see this coming? Well, I did... kinda...… -
Mad Max: Fury Road To Be A 2D-To-3D Conversion?
Samsung have just last night unveiled their latest size-zero-slim range of LED TVs at a big shindig in the Saatchi Galleries of London. In attendance, as well as the journalists and tech bloggers that Samsung will have been very keen to impress, were a host of celebs with Kevin Spacey, Noel Clarke and newly-ordained Film… -
Chris Sanders And Dean DeBlois Have Parallel Sequels Planned For How To Train Your Dragon
The inevitable news of a How to Train Your Dragon sequel broke yesterday, courtesy of a Dreamworks conference call and press release. We learned that the film would be made for cinemas, released in 2013 and... actually, that was it. But what more information about this proposed follow-up is actually out there? There's a quote… -
Clash Of The Titans And Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Sequels In The Offing, But Original Directors Won't Be Coming Back
I don't imagine there's going to be much fan loyalty to either Louis Letterier or Eric Brevig for their first films in the Clash of the Titans and Journey to the Centre of the Earth franchises, and it looks like there's going to be no studio loyalty either. As sequels to both films start to… -
The Last Airbender And Green Hornet Were Planned And Shot For 3D?
If you've seen the hideous monstrosity that is Clash of the Titans, replete with its horrendous and eye-torturing attempts at 3D imagery, you probably don't have much love at all for post-production dimensionalisation. I've seen the online reaction to two upconvert projects that have been announced in just the last 24 hours, Michel Gondry's Green… -
/Film UK - A Human Centipede Sequel, The Stephen Langathon, Nighy And Blunt In Wild Target And Much More
Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every Friday I’ll be bringing you a round up of news, links and coverage specific to the motion picture comings and goings here in the UK. Sometimes we’ll be talking about films that have already… -
Fan Fest 2010: Ray Harryhausen, Avatar's Stephen Lang, A Barrage Of Bond Stars And /Film's Brendon Connelly, All Live On Stage
Fan Fest takes place at the London Film Museum (on Google Maps) this Saturday and Sunday, the 24th and 25th April. The official website describes it as "The Ultimate Spy and Sci-Fi Event" and an "Action & Entertainment Weekender For All the Family". I can also tell you that it's going to be the single… -
Paramount Renews World War Z Option For "Half The Time And Twice The Money"
Here's some pretty solid indication that apocalyptic zombie epic World War Z will finally be coming to the big screen soon: Paramount have renewed their option on the book for what its author Max Brooks described as "half the time and twice the money". That's not the kind of cheque you just throw out there, so I can… -
Barry Sonnenfeld Confirms Will Smith And Tommy Lee Jones For Men In Black 3D
Straight from director Barry Sonnenfeld comes news that Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are set to return for a third Men in Black picture and, in a move which will surprise precisely no-one, Sony will be releasing it in 3D. The official line seems to be that while Smith and Jones have both agreed… -
Mark Hamill And Jennifer Aniston To Direct Movies
Mark Hamill and Jennifer Aniston: What they really want to do is direct? It would seem so. Jen has apparently let slip that she's developing a film to direct. Why now? Here's her thinking: After you get enough movies under your belt you sit back and go, 'What's next?' It's getting to a time where… -
/Film UK - Crying With Laughter, The London Film Museum, Penelope: Princess Of Pets And Much More
Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every week I’ll be bringing you a round up of news, links and coverage specific to the motion picture comings and goings here in the UK. Sometimes we’ll be talking about films that have already… -
Four Clips From Luc Besson's Adele Blanc Sec
Never mind the French audio, just look at these beautiful images. After the break are four clips from Luc Besson's incoming The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec. I promise that as soon as subtitled versions appear, I will update - but the French language teaser and full trailer went down so well I was… -
/Film UK - Heartless, Doctor Who, Mighty Boosh Alumni, A Screenwriting Masterclass And More
Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every Friday I’ll be bringing you a round up news, links and coverage specific to the motion picture comings and goings here in the UK. Sometimes we’ll be talking about films that have already played… -
Andrew Lincoln Gets Lead Role In The Walking Dead
When I last mentioned AMC, Robert Kirkman and Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead, it looked like Johnny Lee Miller was the favourite for the lead role. Now, whatever goes on behind the scenes went on and it seems that, in lieu of Mr. Miller, the production has plumped instead for Andrew Lincoln. Two groups of… -
Peter Hedges To Adapt His Novel The Heights Into A Movie
One of my favourite screenwriters at work today is Peter Hedges. He's a master of light-touch characterisation and sweetly woven plotline, and in the two films he's directed as well as scripted, he's shown that his eye for acutely telling detail and clear storytelling can be manifest visually as well as on the page. His… -
Time Loop Sci-Fi War Film All You Need Is Kill Coming Soon
Dante Harper's film CV is a varied one: editing a documentary about Static-X; directing and acting in the surrealist black comedy The Delicate Art of the Rifle; a small mountain of production manager credits, very often on DVD supplements; a little role in The Onion Movie; scripting an adaptation of Charles Burns' Black Hole. Add to… -
Harrison Ford Joining Jon Favreau's Cowboys And Aliens?
He's had experience with aliens, and he's turned up in the Old West before, but never at the same time. It could be time to pull one ridiculous fanboy daydream into reality, as it seems like Harrison Ford might well be joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens. In case you haven't been keeping up,… -
Is This Inception's Dream Machine?
While attending Christopher Nolan's Inception panel, /Film's own Peter Sciretta was given a ticket for some Warner Bros swag which included a mysterious t-shirt. The full size image is lurking beyond the break. The back of the shirt features a QR code that I assume will play some part in upcoming viral activity. Here's the… -
Carey Mulligan And Saoirse Ronan In The Frame For Geoffrey Fletcher's Violet And Daisy
Geoffrey Fletcher's screenplay for Precious has won awards from The Academy, Independent Spirit, NAACP, AAFC, Black Reel and more. It would seem he's also being rewarded with a pair of cracking leads for his upcoming directorial debut. Violet and Daisy is described as "Thelma and Louise meets Superbad and Pulp Fiction". What does that mean?…
