Too Hot To Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II will – as it sounds – look back at 1989’s Ghostbusters II, and the documentary is pretty much done. The story of 1989’s not entirely easy to make Ghostbusters II movie is the subject of a brand new feature documentary, going by the name Too Hot To Handle: ... Ghostbusters II documentary is finished, after eight years
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Remember when films such as A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2 had an outtakes or bloopers reel? We look back at a lost but much-loved Pixar extra. With Toy Story 5 out this month, Pixar has mad 30 feature films and counting. Several more are planned and on the way, and the studio remains ... Celebrating the bloopers reel at the end of Pixar movies
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Hugh Jackman and Ridley Scott are joining forces for Treasure Island, with Jack Thorne writing the script. Other projects look set to knock on. Just a quick status update where Ridley Scott is concerned. The original plan for the bearded one was he’d jump from Gladiator II straight onto the long-mooted biopic of the Bee ... Ridley Scott, Hugh Jackman set for Treasure Island
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It’s Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor on the run from Colin Firth in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller, Disclosure Day. Here’s our review: No one else but Steven Spielberg could have made Disclosure Day. Not just because of its subject matter – this being the latest in a line of the director’s UFO-related movies which also ... Disclosure Day review | Steven Spielberg returns to the saucer age
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Dan Lin, the new film boss at Netflix, says his company will no longer work with directors “who still want theatrical.” David Fincher has his latest project for Netflix – which isn’t called The Adventures Of Cliff Booth – going to IMAX cinemas this year. Further ahead, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is also ... Netflix says it won’t work with directors who like cinemas
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Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Jurassic Park film might have changed blockbuster cinema – but heck, were there challenges during its production. The original Jurassic Park movie was set to land a few years earlier than it did. Announce in 1990, director Steven Spielberg would move on to making Hook while some of the art team were ... Podcast | Jurassic Park (1993), and the struggle to bring dinosaurs…
There are clear parallels between Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and 1971’s Clint Eastwood thriller, Dirty Harry. Here’s why the latter is still a classic.
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Here’s the curious case of how the planned fourth and final film in the Divergent series was nixed by the decision to switch to TV at the last minute. In the past decade or two, there have been plenty of franchise non-starters based on young adult (YA) fantasy novels, flopping in the wake of bigger ... The Divergent Series and the finale that never was
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Marjane Satrapi, the artist, creator and director behind the Oscar-nominated Persepolis and many other works, has sadly passed away. The French-Iranian author, artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has sadly passed away aged 56. Satrapi was perhaps best known for Persepolis, her autobiographical graphic novel that told the extraordinary story of her childhood in Iran; first ... In memoriam:…
What does a 1950s sci-fi film have to do with a former Google CEO, AI and rockets? Here’s the answer. Readers, I can’t stop thinking about rocket ships. Not because they keep exploding on launchpads, though that’s definitely happening, but because of a chap named Eric. You may have seen the clip by now, since ... When Worlds Collide, rockets and AI
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As Backrooms becomes A24’s biggest hit to date, its director Kane Parsons is said to be teaming up with Longlegs filmmaker Osgood Perkins for another movie. Parsons and Perkins may sound like a no-win-no-fee legal firm, but it could be a pair of names you’ll see on the credits of a horror movie in a ... Backrooms director Kane Parsons to collaborate with Osgood Perkins on a new project
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Pig director Michael Sarnoski is working on adapting Adrian McKinty’s The Chain for TV. More on that project below. We’ve still got a couple of weeks to wait for director Michael Sarnoski’s latest film, The Death Of Robin Hood, in which Hugh Jackman plays a very moody version of the character. But for fans of ... The Chain is getting a TV adaptation from Michael Sarnoski and Damon Lindelof
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This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: psychedelic spies, cursed weddings, tap legends speed demons and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to… Don’t Call Us Shirley! An absolute disaster this time around for AJ Black and Matt Latham. The film they’re discussing with guest Guy Walker isn’t good either as they look ... Film Stories Podcast Network | Casino Royale 1967, Something Very Bad…
Birmingham! Join us for a screening of Madfabulous, where we’re going to be joined by its director, Mr Celyn Jones! More here. This should be a whole lot of fun. Releasing later this week is the acclaimed Madfabulous, the new film from director Celyn Jones. Starring Callum Scott, Ruby Stokes, Rupert Everett, Paul Rhys, Louis ... Madfabulous | Join us in Birmingham for a special screening with…
A new James Bond game has landed, but has 007: First Light beaten Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming film in telling an exciting origin story? We take a look. The reviews are in and appear to be pretty unanimous. 007: First Light, the much-heralded James Bond videogame from IO Interactive, is a real triumph. After decades wading ... 007: First Light might have stolen Denis Villeneuve’s thunder
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Boxcar Bertha director Martin Scorsese has officially joined the AI bandwagon as he helps promote a new storyboard-generating app. Like the final act of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, the townsfolk have been taken over, and now all speak alike. To the growing horde we can now add Martin Scorsese – the New York filmmaker ... Martin Scorsese | Oh no. Not you as well, Marty
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Will Doctor Who be returning to our screens at Christmas? That’s a good question. We don’t yet have an answer, but things are happening… The silence surrounding Doctor Who at the moment is notably deafening, just over a year since we saw Ncuti Gatwa depart the role, and the Disney+ money go away. The cliffhanger ... Doctor Who | Russell T Davies addresses rumours of 2026 no-show
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Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is a based on a viral YouTube series filled with lore. So why does the film swerve backstory? With spoilers, here’s the answer: Backrooms, Kane Parsons’ debut feature for A24 which adapts his own hugely successful YouTube horror series, is a deeply weird exploration of everyone’s favourite term right now, ‘liminal space’. ... Backrooms | Why the hit film doesn’t need to…
Zack Snyder is set to write and direct a “down and dirty” remake of John Carpenter’s Escape From New York, in the works at StudioCanal. In April, StudioCanal announced its plans to produce a reboot (or perhaps a remake) of Escape From New York – John Carpenter’s 1981 dystopian action classic. It’s now being reported ... Escape From New York | Zack Snyder set to direct the remake
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There’s no more Euphoria in our future and the final season, especially the finale, has received some criticism. Sam Levinson’s Euphoria has officially come to an end. Season 3 was always presumed as the final season and it has now been made official by HBO. Zendaya’s Rue and her groups of friends won’t be returning ... Euphoria to officially end with season 3, finale receives mixed…
References to Office Space, RoboCop and Highlander? A supporting character named Fisto? Sign us up. Our Masters Of The Universe review: Throughout the many iterations of Masters Of The Universe, a project that’s been in development hell of some kind for near 20 years, I’d love to know exactly where the idea came it to ... Masters Of The Universe review | When Office Space meets He-Man
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The New Mutants was designed to take the X-Men movies in a slightly different direction – but fate was about to get in the way. The idea wasn’t a bad one. With the cost of X-Men movies spiralling, 20th Century Fox was interested in a lower cost, slightly more niche film in the saga. One ... Podcast | The New Mutants (2020), and a big missed opportunity
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ET: The Extra Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg followed George Lucas’ lead and digitally altered the film – but never again. The close working relationship between Steven Spielberg and George Lucas has long been demonstrated – to varying degrees of success – across the four Indiana Jones films to date. The ... E.T. | Steven Spielberg and the tinkering he’d come…
Audiences choose scares over Star Wars, as Obsession and Backrooms soar at the box office while The Mandalorian And Grogu splutters. A little over a decade ago, a new Star Wars film was still considered a major pop culture event. In 2026, Lucasfilm’s spin-off The Mandalorian And Grogu has found itself well and truly upstaged ... The Mandalorian And Grogu drowned out by low-budget horror on its…
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds is getting a reimagining in the form of a limited series and Sarah Snook is set to star. More on that below. Nature fought back against humanity in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds back in 1963 and has only grown in relevance since its release, so it’s not surprising a new adaptation ... A limited series of The Birds in the works with Sarah Snook starring
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A24 is adapting the 1987 novel Angel Heart into a TV series with Zac Efron in the lead. More on that below. A24 is having a very busy year! Not only are they eyeing up a very big weekend at the box office with Backrooms and have set an October release date for Crystal Lake, ... A24 and HBO developing a new Angel Heart series
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In 2001, Alec Baldwin began filming a $25m production that was to be his directorial debut – but it was just the start of a whole host of problems. Stories of actors having the opportunity to direct their own film? Well, they’re pretty common. Just recently, I was listening to the excellent Team Deakins podcast, ... When Alec Baldwin’s directorial debut was impounded by the authorities
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Jalmari Helander’s John Rambo, starring Noah Centineo, has found a suitable release date next June. Details on that below. We’re just over a year away from the release of Lionsgate’s John Rambo, it turns out. As per Deadline, the studio has set the film to open on the 4th June 2027. Good news is that it ... John Rambo sets a June 2027 release
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Simon Brew brings Film Stories Live to the Mockingbird Cinema in Birmingham on 2nd June and here’s how you can grab tickets! Birmingham! Simon is returning to the Mockingbird Cinema with his 90-minute show that’s all about the current trends and behind-the-scenes stories of movies! Film Stories Live will take over the Mockingbird Cinema on ... Film Stories Live takes over the Mockingbird Cinema…
Simon Brew will bring Film Stories Live to the Plaza cinema in Truro and welcoming Mark Kermode as his special guest for the evening. Film fans in and around Truro, what are you doing on the evening of 4th June? If you have nothing planned, may we suggest coming down to the Plaza cinema to ... Film Stories Live with special guest Mark Kermode is coming to Truro next week!
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