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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....

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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......