Paddington Bear Movie Announced

I’ve just received news from Studiocanal that they are bringing Paddington Bear to the big screen. Harry Potter producer David Heyman will be working with Studiocanal on a CGI live action adaptation of Michael Bond’s classic children’s books. BAFTA-nominated director Paul King will be at the helm of what Studiocanal are describing as a “modern take on Paddington…

The Dark Knight Rises Trailer

I’m going to have to revisit both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, I enjoyed both but neither excited me particularly. They were a little serious for me. I like my superheroes to be a bit more amusing….

Robert B. Sherman Dies

Legendary songwriter Robert B. Sherman has died at the age of 86. The name may not be familiar to everyone but the songs will be. For many of us, including me, the songs that Robert Sherman and his brother Richard Morton Sherman wrote are an important part of our childhood. Most closely associated with Disney, the Sherman Brothers songs include Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious…

New Avengers Trailer

Marvel have released a new trailer for this summer’s superhero mash-up The Avengers and I think it’s looking pretty bloody good. Less emphasis on Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark/Iron Man and more of the rest of the team. Shame Jeremy Renner only got a couple of seconds but he’s certainly looking good as the next great action hero…

Bourne Legacy Trailer

Just a few days ago I made the (I think) quite bold claim that Jeremy Renner was likely to be the next big action hero, holding his own and even doing better than younger and more obvious actors like Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans…

Samantha Barks to play Eponine

The Les Miserables cast is coming together nicely now and my nagging feeling that the film could be a car crash is starting to die down. Since my last update there have been some more cast members announced including Mamma Mia’s Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Broadway star Aaron Tveita as student leader Enjolras…

Oscars 2012 Trailer

Awards season is fast approaching, the Golden Globes ceremony is only a few days away and excitement is building in Hollywood. I’ll admit it, excitement is building here too….

Les Mis – Some Good News

As regular readers know I am half excited and half terrified by the forthcoming movie version of my favourite musical, Les Miserables. The recent announcement that rising star Eddie Redmayne had been cast as Marius was a real relief, I couldn’t have stood it if Nick Jonas had got the role. More good news came this week from director Tom Hooper who has confirmed that filming would be in 2D rather than 3D

Q returns for Skyfall

It’s just been confirmed that the character of Q will return in the new James Bond film Skyfall. MI6’s technical genius and gadget boffin will be played by Ben Wishaw, a 31 year-old who has previously appeared Brideshead Revisited and the TV series The Hour. This is the first time that Q will be played by an actor younger than Bond and is certainly a bold move….

The Iron Lady Trailer Arrives

The full trailer for The Iron Lady, the Margaret Thatcher biopic has arrived online and it appears to show a fairly sympathetic portrayal of the former Prime Minister and her life. Early word came out on Twitter yesterday which seemed to imply that the Daily Mail critic enjoyed the film and the Guardian critic hated it. So no tribalism there then….