Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies
by Maria Lattila | Jun 09, 2025 | News
Warner Bros. Discovery will split into two separate companies next year as David Zaslav looks to separate the studios and streaming from traditional...
130,000 film and TV scripts stolen by AI companies, BFI report suggests
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 09, 2025 | News
A new report published by the BFI suggests that around 130,000 scripts from TV and film have been used for 'training' by generative AI companies....
How To Train Your Dragon review | Dragons galore, imagination less so
by Maria Lattila | Jun 09, 2025 | News, Reviews
DreamWorks follows in Disney’s footsteps as it makes its first live-action adaptation. Here’s our How To Train Your Dragon review. ...
The Twilight Zone | Ben Stiller in line to direct a new film adaptation
by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News
Legendary suspense anthology series The Twilight Zone could be making a return to the big screen courtesy of star and Severance director Ben Stiller....
UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates confirmed: release list well into 2025
by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | News
A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates well into 2025: here's what's coming to disc and when....
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: upcoming UK releases and dates
by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | News
As the format continues to gain traction, here's our regularly-updated list of upcoming 4K Ultra HD disc releases in the UK....
American Pie 2 comes to 4K, sequels and straight to DVD films now heading to Blu-ray
by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | News
Seven more entries in the American Pie series are getting fresh Blu-ray releases - including a 4K release for American Pie 2....
Dave Bautista linked with Damien Chazelle's prison movie
by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News
Damien Chazelle's untitled prison movie looks to be adding Dave Bautista to its line-up. More on the story this way....
The Lost Bus trailer | Matthew McConaughey stars, Paul Greengrass directs
by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News
Apple TV+'s The Lost Bus sees Paul Greengrass back directing, with Matthew McConaughey in the lead. Here's the trailer....
Alien | When one monster isn’t enough for a single franchise
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 09, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
This summer’s Alien: Earth TV series serves up more than one kind monster - something we’ve seen before in the long-running Alien franchise… NB...
Podcast | The HD DVD disc format (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014)
by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | Podcasts
In this Film Stories podcast, the format war battle that saw HD DVD defeated, and the tale behind the terrific Nightcrawler......
Madame Web was made by people without "a creative bone in their body" says Dakota Johnson
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | News
Dakota Johnson has continued to be candid about her thoughts on the 2024 film she headlined, Madame Web, and the people who made the creative...
Falling Into Place review | Skye's the limit
by Maria Lattila | Jun 06, 2025 | News, Reviews
Two strangers strike up a close and unexplainable bond in Aylin Tezel’s first feature. Here’s our Falling Into Place review. ...
Ang Lee is finally making another film again
by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | News
It's been 2019 since Ang Lee made Gemini Man. Now, after struggling to get his Bruce Lee biopic going, Old Gold Mountain has been announced....
Dracula | Luc Besson has had a go, trailer here
by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News
There's a new take on Dracula heading our way this year, with Luc Besson directing. Here's the trailer for the latest iteration....
Tim Curry has written his memoir, due out in October
by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | News
Tim Curry's memoir, Vagabond, is going to be published in October. Here's more information on what's in store for us....
Alien: Romulus sequel set to shoot in October
by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News
In a surprisingly quick turn of events, it looks like Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus sequel will go before cameras later this year....
Street Fighter | Walton Goggins set to play the villain, M Bison
by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News
White Lotus and Fallout star Walton Goggins is reportedly in talks to play M Bison, the main villain in the forthcoming Street Fighter movie....
Ballerina | Had the film followed the original script, Ana de Armas would have killed over 1,400 people
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | Feature, News
The original script for Ballerina was even more bloodthirsty than this year’s finished film, with a death count of over 1,400. We compare and c...
Podcast | In conversation with Dean DeBlois
by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | Podcasts
Writer/director Dean DeBlois on the How To Train Your Dragon films, live action movies, losing his father, Ireland, and a whole lot more......
Alien: Earth | The full trailer bursts out
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | News, TV
Ghost In The Shell meets the xenomorph (kind of) in Alien: Earth. Here's the first trailer, with some eyeball-popping moments....
007 First Light | As a movie remains AWOL, a videogame again steps in to fill the gap
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | Gaming, News
The makers of Hitman are making the newly-revealed 007 First Light. It's not the first time a videogame has filled a gap between Bond films....
Ridley Scott returning to Bee Gees project in November; talks jadedly about Alien
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | News
The ever-prolific Ridley Scott says he plans to start making his Bee Gees film in November, and elsewhere expresses doubt about directing another...
Saw | Franchise’s future might have been sorted out, as stake changes hands
by Simon Brew | Jun 05, 2025 | News
Blumhouse buys into the Saw franchise, which might just lead to Saw XI finally getting off the ground. More here......
Mikey Madison replacing Sydney Sweeney on A24's Masque Of The Red Death
by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News
The A24 adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death is to shoot this year, with Mikey Madison replacing Sydney Sweeney in the lead....
The Exorcist | Mike Flanagan says his movie is delayed, Universal agrees
by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News
Director Mike Flanagan has said his take on The Exorcist won't make its March 2026 release date, while Universal has removed it from its schedule....
Ma 2 | Octavia Spencer returning for Blumhouse horror sequel
by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News
More Ma is in the pipeline, with Blumhouse set to revive Octavia Spencer's creepy matriarch Sue Ann for Ma 2....
Shark films and why humans are (still) the real villains
by Maria Lattila | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature
Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals hits cinemas this week and serves as a clever reminder that humans truly are at the bottom of the food chain. Some w...
Film Stories Podcast Network | Mission Impossible's final reckoning, Doctor Who's epic conclusion, Twin Peaks and more
by A J Black | Jun 05, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: extreme stunts, twisting realities, lots of cups of coffee and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...
Waking up snotface | Drop Dead Fred at 34
by James Harvey | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature
Cat Davies and director Ate de Jong revisit cult Rik Mayall hit, Drop Dead Fred....
