Simon Brew, Author at Film Stories

The troubled attempts to promote 1999’s Office Space

by Simon Brew | Jun 25, 2020 | Feature

It's regarded as a comedy classic of the 1990s - but thanks in part to a 'difficult' marketing campaign, few people turned up to see Office Space....

Twister is set to get a reboot

by Simon Brew | Jun 25, 2020 | News

The 1996 windy weather movie Twister is the latest to line up for the Hollywood reboot/remake treatment....

Take That film musical is coming together

by Simon Brew | Jun 25, 2020 | News

Ruth Wilson, Cush Jumbo and Rosamund Pike will lead a new film musical based around the songs of Take That....

National Theatre streaming A Midsummer Night’s Dream for free

by Simon Brew | Jun 25, 2020 | News

Gwendoline Christie headlines a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the National Theatre, that you can watch for free from tonight....

Michael Bay producing new pandemic thriller, Demi Moore to star

by Simon Brew | Jun 25, 2020 | News

Michael Bay is to produce a new thriller, that will look at what happens if the current pandemic is still raging in two years' time - more details...

Emma Roberts and Jack Whitehall to headline sci-fi comedy

by Simon Brew | Jun 24, 2020 | News

From the co-writer of Borat comes Robots, a new comedy that Emma Roberts and Jack Whitehall are to take the lead roles in....

No Time To Die: Hans Zimmer on scoring the movie

by Simon Brew | Jun 24, 2020 | News

Hans Zimmer has been chatting about why he took the James Bond 007 scoring job on very late in the day for the movie....

Saint Maud: acclaimed horror rescheduled for

by Simon Brew | Jun 24, 2020 | News

Psychological horror Saint Maud is already looking like one of the must-see films of the year - and it's now heading our way in October....

How To Build A Girl heading to Amazon Prime

by Simon Brew | Jun 23, 2020 | News

The film of Caitlin Moran's How To Build A Girl is bypassing cinemas in the UK and heading to Amazon Prime Video instead....

Chicken Run 2 has been snapped up by Netflix

by Simon Brew | Jun 23, 2020 | News

Aardman's previously-announced sequel to Chicken Run is now set to be a Netflix production, it's been announced....

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UK cinemas to be given go ahead for July 4th reopening

by Simon Brew | Jun 23, 2020 | News

The government is set to give the greenlight for the reopening of cinemas from the first week of July, it's been revealed....

The Shows Must Go On: The Sound Of Music to stream for free

by Simon Brew | Jun 23, 2020 | News

The weekly programme of free streaming musicals is set to give an encore performance for The Sound Of Music this coming Friday....

Gerard Butler signs up for new action movie

by Simon Brew | Jun 23, 2020 | News

Gerard Butler is being called upon to sort of save the world again in the upcoming action movie Kandahar - more details here....

Joel Schumacher dies, aged 80

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | News

Joel Schumacher, one of the most successful Hollywood directors of the 1980s and 1990s, has passed away, it's been announced....

Mamma Mia 3 is being planned

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | News

Mamma Mia! looks like it's on its way to becoming a trilogy, with early plans in place for a third film in the series....

Podcast: True Lies (1994) and Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | Podcasts

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, the last James Cameron/Arnold Schwarzenegger collaboration, and a beloved film that went through...

Inception re-release confirmed for UK

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | News

Christopher Nolan's Inception will be back in UK cinemas next month, to celebrate its tenth birthday (and try and lure people back to multiplexes)....

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie pushed back to 2021

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | News

The big screen take on the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie will now be with us a few months later than planned, in February 2021....

People Just Do Nothing movie moves to 2021

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | News

The People Just Do Nothing big screen outing has vacated its August cinema release slot and will arrive in February 2021....

The permissions problems of Serial Mom

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | Feature, News

John Waters' superb Serial Mom came up with some interesting problems, as it looked to present an everyday suburban scene against, er, a quite dark...

Odeon announces new safety measures for its UK cinemas

by Simon Brew | Jun 19, 2020 | News

Odeon announces how it's going to be dealing with queuing, seating, payments and the purchase of assorted snacks when it reopens its doors....

Edgar Wright set to direct The Chain

by Simon Brew | Jun 19, 2020 | News

Adrian McKinty's novel The Chain has been snapped up for movie adaptation, with Jane Goldman set to adapt the book and Edgar Wright directing....

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Christopher Walken as Captain Hook streaming for free tonight

by Simon Brew | Jun 19, 2020 | News

The Shows Must Go On returns this evening, with a full musical production of Peter Pan streaming for free - details here....

The films that lured Cher back to the movies

by Simon Brew | Jun 19, 2020 | Feature

After she won an Oscar for 1987's Moonstruck, Cher found herself nervous as to what to tackle next - and it'd be a couple of years before she found...