Macon Blair's Toxic Avenger movie gets a trailer
by Dan Cooper | Mar 21, 2025 | News
After years without a distributor, Peter Dinklage's Toxic Avenger is finally coming out. And what's more, we have a trailer to enjoy....
Disney’s Snow White | Can we have live-action back in live-action films, please?
by Maria Lattila | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News
Snow White is Disney’s latest live-action remake, but why isn’t there that much live-action in it? Some thoughts on that below…...
Jason Bourne a free agent as the franchise leaves Universal
by Dan Cooper | Mar 21, 2025 | News
Skydance, Apple and Netflix are said to be in contention to buy the Jason Bourne franchise as its rights go up for sale....
Departures | Lloyd Eyre-Morgan on tackling break-ups and body image in new queer drama
by Maria Lattila | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s Departures is about to send the BFI Flare audience on a trip of a lifetime. We caught up with Eyre-Morgan to chat a...
Film Quiz Friday | Robert De Niro's Waiting...
by Mark Harrison | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature
You talkin’ to me? What colour is the boathouse at Hereford? Could you milk me? All Robert De Niro questions, just not in this week’s film quiz…...
Apple TV+ loses over $1bn a year, a report suggests
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2025 | TV
Ted Lasso and Severance are raising its profile and subscriber numbers, but streaming platform Apple TV+ is still losing over $1bn a year according to...
Untitled Quentin Tarantino project listed to begin shooting in 2025
by James Harvey | Mar 20, 2025 | News
Salt ahoy! A new film from Quentin Tarantino has appeared in Production Weekly, suggesting it would begin shooting in December this year....
Severance | Ben Stiller promises fans won’t have to wait three years for season 3
by Maria Lattila | Mar 20, 2025 | News, TV
Ahead of the Severance season 2 finale, Ben Stiller has promised we won’t have to wait too long for season 3 of the acclaimed TV show. ...
Neuromancer | Dane DeHaan joins Apple TV+ adaptation
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2025 | TV
Dane DeHaan has joined the cast of Neuromancer, Apple TV+'s forthcoming series based on William Gibson's cyberpunk novel....
Jonah Hill to make Cut Off for Warner Bros
by Dan Cooper | Mar 20, 2025 | News
Actor and filmmaker Jonah Hill will star and direct in the upcoming studio comedy Cut Off, expected to enter production later this year....
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos: 'Do they have it out for us?'
by Dan Cooper | Mar 20, 2025 | News
Ted Sarandos, the head of Netflix, wonders if the threatened cinema industry might harbour some kind of bias against his company. Hmmm....
Film Stories Podcast Network | Physical media chat, 70s science-fiction, the 13th Doctor and more
by A J Black | Mar 20, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: physical media lives, 70s sci-fi dies, a Doctor regenerates and more. Here’s what we’ve been up...
Shopping For Superman | New documentary film on the demise of the comic shop
by Simon Brew | Mar 20, 2025 | News
The decline of the comic shop is charted in Shopping For Superman, a new indie documentary. Here's the trailer and more details....
Warner Bros shifts several key 2025 release dates
by Dan Cooper | Mar 20, 2025 | News
In the wake of Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17 performing poorly at the box office, Warner Bros moves a bunch of release dates around....
The Net | Bill Gates was supposed to play the villain, director confirms
by Simon Brew | Mar 20, 2025 | News
1995's cyber-thriller The Net starred Sandra Bullock - but it nearly co-starred Bill Gates as the villain. More on the story here....
Doctor Who series 3 and beyond | A few thoughts on the storm clouds that appear to be gathering
by Simon Brew | Mar 20, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
Doctor Who rumours are swirling again, with suggestions that the future of the show is looking grim. A few thoughts on it all....
Podcast | In conversation with Irwin Winkler: Alto Knights, Goodfellas, Rocky, Raging Bull, The Net and more
by Simon Brew | Mar 20, 2025 | Podcasts
Hollywood legend, Oscar-winning producer Irwin Winkler, joins the Film Stories podcast for a long chat about his career....
Our status as bums | Attempting Withnail & I's infamous drinking game
by James Harvey | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
Mia Autumn Roe looks at the lasting impact of the cult classic Withnail & I, and chronicles her experiences of its infamous drinking game....
The Moment | A24’s latest, starring Charli xcx, begins shooting in London
by Maria Lattila | Mar 19, 2025 | News
A24’s The Moment has begun shooting in London and is set to star a cavalcade of Hollywood stars as well as Charli xcx. ...
Fing | Taika Waititi and Mia Wasikowska starring in film adaptation
by Maria Lattila | Mar 19, 2025 | News
The best selling children’s book Fing is getting the feature film treatment, courtesy of Sky. More on the project below. ...
Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were-Rabbit returning to UK cinemas
by Simon Brew | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Cracking news: Wallace & Gromit are returning to UK cinemas with a release of Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were-Rabbit....
Netflix | Director Carl Erik Rinsch indicted in an $11 million fraud case
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Director Carl Erik Rinsch has been arrested for allegedly defrauding $11 million from Netflix - money originally earmarked for an abortive sci-fi...
Village Roadshow's landmark library of titles up for sale
by Dan Cooper | Mar 19, 2025 | News
After filing for bankruptcy this week, Village Roadshow's vast collection of films - from The Matrix to Wonka - will be sold to the highest bidder....
Plane 2 | Ship is still stuck in port, reckons Mike Colter
by Simon Brew | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Mike Colter is still keen to make Plane 2, known as Ship. But the strikes of 2023 have left the film still stuck in port. More on it here....
Materialists trailer | Celine Song directs, Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans lead cast
by Dan Cooper | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Past Lives director Celine Song brings us Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. Trailer here....
Happy Gilmore 2 | First trailer, Adam Sandler stars
by Dan Cooper | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Adam Sandler's next part of his Netflix contract gives us Happy Gilmore 2. Here's the trailer for the film, due this summer....
Here | It’s flawed, but Robert Zemeckis’s drama is a bold departure from convention
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
Robert Zemeckis’s time-hopping drama Here may be flawed, but it still dares to experiment in ways most modern movies don’t....
Mental Health Matters | Bullies
by Sarah Myers | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
In this week's mental health chat, a few words on the hold that bullies have over us, even many years down the line....
God Of War | Amazon has ordered two seasons of the TV adaptation
by Maria Lattila | Mar 18, 2025 | News, TV
Prime Video is working on a God Of War TV adaptation and showrunner Ronald D. Moore has just revealed there’ll be two seasons to look forward t...
Eve Of Destruction | One of the weirdest Terminator clones of the 1990s is on Prime Video UK
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature
A gender-flipped riff on The Terminator, 1991 killer robot thriller Eve Of Destruction is on Prime Video in the UK - and it's quite a time capsule......
