Gary and Martin Kemp are being reunited on the big screen in Assassin 22 August 2013 Martin and Gary Kemp are to reunite on the big screen in new British action film Assassin. The Spandau Ballet siblings – who last appeared in a film together in 1991 gangster movie The Krays – will star opposite […]
Movie mania grips One Direction fans
Amanda Ferguson spoke to devotees of One Direction from across Northern Ireland as they count down the days, hours and minutes until they see their idols’ big screen debut, This Is Us 21 August 2013 Thousands of ‘Directioners’ from all over the world descended on London’s Leicester Square last night for the world premiere of […]
Ricky Gervais has revealed plans to make a movie about his Office character …
Ricky Gervais could be taking David Brent onto the big screen 22 August 2013 Ricky Gervais has revealed plans to make a movie about his Office character David Brent. The British comedian recently resurrected the former Wernham Hogg boss for Comic Relief, followed by of a series of YouTube videos titled Learn Guitar With David […]
‘Blue Jasmine’ gets widest release ever for Woody Allen movie
By Todd CunninghamTheWrap Sony Pictures Classics is expanding “Blue Jasmine” into more than 1,200 theaters this weekend, making it the biggest release ever for a Woody Allen movie. Bing: Andrew Dice Clay on Woody Allen role That’s far more the 1,035 theaters that “Midnight in Paris,” Allen’s biggest box-office hit, was in at its peak. […]
Netflix replaces ‘Instant Queue’ with ‘My List’
By Michael BalderstonTheWrap Netflix streaming subscribers wondering what happened to their “Instant Queue” on Wednesday morning can rest easy — it’s not gone, it’s just been rebranded and re-engineered as “My List,” which an algorithm will reorder depending on what you’re most likely to watch first. Bing: Netflix strikes deal with Weinstein films The method […]
Olivia Munn in negotiations to join Johnny Depp in ‘Mortdecai’
By Jeff SneiderTheWrap “The Newsroom” star Olivia Munn is ready for her next assignment, as she’s in negotiations to join Johnny Depp in David Koepp’s Lionsgate movie “Mortdecai,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Kyril Bonfiglioli’s comedic crime novel “The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery” serves as the basis for the project, which […]
Fans mass for One Direction movie premiere
LONDON (AP) — A crowd of screaming fans has greeted boy band One Direction as it gathered in London’s Leicester Square, where its first feature film is getting its world premiere. Some slept there overnight to stake out a spot near the red carpet on Tuesday evening. One Direction: This Is Us,” a 3-D documentary […]
Melanie Griffith Says Most Hollywood Screenplays Are ‘Sh–ty and Stupid and Superficial’
By Tony MaglioTheWrap Hey Hollywood screenwriters: Melanie Griffith has a bone to pick with you. In a recent interview with Fox news promoting her independent thriller “Dark Tourist,” the “Working Girl” actress told Fox411, “In this day and age … most of the scripts are so sh–ty and stupid and superficial.” “I don’t go to the movies these […]
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ eyes ‘Social Network’ scene-stealer Dakota Johnson
By Jeff SneiderTheWrap Exclusive — The “Fifty Shades of Grey” rumors are flying fast and furiously on the Universal lot as the film — set to fog up theaters less than a year from now — prepares to finally tie down its all-important cast. The latest actress to emerge as a serious contender for the […]
Making 1D film was ‘nerve-wracking’
One Direction have been promoting their new film 19 August 2013 One Direction star Liam Payne has said making the boyband’s new film was “nerve-wracking” but there could be a follow-up if it is a hit. The singer and bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson were speaking at a press conference […]