The belated sequel to 2007’s Enchanted is finally in the pipeline, with a director and planned filming date in place.
Disney’s Enchanted is an often forgotten gem in the recent studio pantheon, which starred Amy Adams as Princess Giselle who finds herself transported from her joyous fairy-tale animated world of Andalasia into the real-life hardships of 21st century Manhattan in New York.
Now the planned sequel, titled Disenchanted, is set to finally go-ahead with filming starting next year.
The first teaser trailer for the forthcoming Power Rangers reboot has landed online, and fans are finding it all pretty hard to comprehend.
Following the relatively mixed response to the new Power Rangers suits earlier this year, the first official trailer has arrived ahead of a panel at New York Comic Con, hoping to tickle our memories of the beloved 90s TV show and those action figures we all threw around with reckless abandon.
But what’s this? Why is there kids with emotions and things? Where’s the mighty-morphin action at?
Ben Affleck has admitted he does not have a script or a budget for his upcoming Batman movie, despite having a title for it.
The actor, who played the vigilante hero in Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad, has announced he will direct a related film of his own called The Batman, according to IMDB. It’s due for release in 18 months’ time.
But talking during a Facebook Live interview, the Oscar winner divulged that while Warner Bros are backing him, he has no firm idea of how much money he’ll have or what the story will be.
Oh.
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reprised their breakthrough roles in 1997’s Good Will Hunting for a live script reading in New York.
Actor John Krasinski reunited the pair for the Film Independent and New York Times series of ‘live reads’ which sees actors re-enact screenplays to a live audience, but for attendees on Friday (October 7), there was a little surprise in store.
As Krasinski introduced the unannounced cast for the Good Will Hunting live read, which included his wife Emily Blunt as Minnie Driver’s Skylar, he duped the audience by saying he would take… Read the full story
The new music for the upcoming film has been teased on JK Rowling’s website Pottermore.
Eddie Redmayne was adorably picky about his Fantastic Beasts wandCalling all witches and wizards! Dust off your wands, pull on your capes, insert your headphones and immerse yourself back into the magical world of Potter.
Hot on the heels of the bewitching play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find them, the JK blockbuster heading to the big screen this winter.
If the shift in temperature hasn’t been enough to set off… Read the full story
Beautifully whacked-out romantic comedy Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is being turned into a TV series.
The much-loved 2004 movie stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as lovers who wipe each other from their respective memories, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
Now the bittersweet story of Joel and Clementine will take a trip to… Read the full story
Marvel movie Black Panther has added Forest Whitaker to its already bulging ensemble cast of top Hollywood talent.
The Oscar-winning actor, who will be next seen in Star Wars prequel Rogue One, will join Chadwick Boseman – who made his debut bow as the titular hero in Captain America: Civil War earlier this year.
It’s believed that Whitaker will play Zuri, an elder of Wakanda – the fictional country ruled by Boseman’s King T’Challa.
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JK Rowling’s continued efforts to keep the Harry Potter universe alive through Pottermore updates has been lapped up by fans, but they’ve noticed a crucial mistake in her latest magical yarn.
Past stories on the fan website have included revealing lore nuggets such as the truth behind Remus Lupin’s werewolf condition, but her latest short story surrounding the Magical Congress in the United States of America has had some fans spinning over a certain inaccuracy.
Think you can spot it? We’ll be mightily impressed.
Legendary Polish director Andrzej Wajda has died at the age of 90.
The director, who was considered to be a titan of world cinema, was known for his towering work that chronicled the state of Poland throughout some of the most challenging periods in its history.
His trilogy of wartime movies (A Generation, Kanal and Ashes and Diamonds) were hailed for their portrayal of brave resistance fighters who bravely battled against Nazi occupation – taking in historical events such as the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
It’s bad news for Hellboy fans.
Ron Perlman, who played the titular cigar-chomping hero in Guillermo Del Toro’s big screen adaptation of the Dark Horse comic, has said that a third instalment is unlikely.
Speaking at New York Comic Con, Ron said that he’s stopped talking about a possible sequel to 2008’s Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – because both he and director Guillermo Del Toro are too damn busy.
‘Because he’s busy, and I’m busy. Maybe one day he’s going to call and say, “Hey, let’s do it”.
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Emily Blunt says that she’ll be taking Mary Poppins in a whole new direction – which means that classic songs such as A Spoonful of Sugar WON’T be appearing in the sequel to the iconic Disney movie.
Blunt will play the famous nanny in the 2018 film – taking up the precious and iconic role that originally bagged Julie Andrews an Oscar in 1964.
But she now says that the film won’t feature any of the original songs, and it will instead offer a fresh take… Read the full story
First up, we should tell you that there’s an emoji movie happening.
It sounds like the punchline to a questionable joke, but there IS a movie coming out next summer that is solely based around those little faces that you put on the end of a text.
And now, James Corden has been announced as the voice of Hi-5, a character that is literally a human hand with a face and some oddly disproportionate legs.
There he is on the right – looking like he’s primed to burn nightmarish images into your cerebral cortex for… Read the full story
Guy Ritchie could be about to make Disney’s wish come true by signing on to direct a live action version of Aladdin.
The classic 1992 animation is getting a reboot, which according to The Hollywood Reporter, will be ‘an ambitious and non-traditional take’.
Big Fish’s John August has written the script while The Lego Movie‘s Dan Lin will act as producer.
It’s the latest in an increasingly long line of live action remakes following on from Maleficent, Cinderella and most recently The Jungle Book.
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Kelsey Grammer has thrown some serious shade at the current cinematic offerings from Hollywood.
Cillian Murphy just said what most of us are thinking about all these superhero moviesThe actor, who plays a supporting role in Warner Bros’ new animation Storks, says these type of films are the only good ones being made right now.
‘I think most animated films are the only really good films being made these days, honestly,’ Grammer told Metro.co.uk during a roundtable interview in Los Angeles.
As Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them edges closer to its November release, a new series of posters promoting the film has teased a very strong link to the Deathly Hallows.
Across the eight posters published by Entertainment Weekly, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston and Dan Fogler are among actors portrayed in character, and each revealing small clues about their role in the Harry Potter spin-off.
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A fan thinks they’ve deduced exactly who Andy’s mum really is.
And those clever Pixar bods might have given us a hint that’s been staring us in the face all this time.
Not much is given away about Andy’s parents, but from the mere sighting of a hat a fan named Jon Negroni thinks he’s worked out the link between Andy’s mum and Andy’s toys.
Andy has a toy named Jessie in the second film. Jessie wears a red hat. Andy is also spotted wearing a very similar red hat, minus the white band, although there appears to be the markings of where that white band might… Read the full story
Not content with having a piece of our hearts, the bigwigs at Disney are taking our wallets as well by releasing these gorgeous ‘Big Sleeve’ editions of six classic Disney movies.
The 12″ vinyl-style sleeves will offer fans the opportunity to own the films on DVD and Blu Ray as well as a complete set of collectible and bespoke artwork.
Aladdin, Beauty And The Beast and Cinderella are among the first six to be released, along with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Finding Dory and Guardians Of The Galaxy.
There will also be further releases planned for 2017 (can we put a request in now for Fantasia?)
Read the full storyEvangeline Lilly has confirmed she has been given a Marvel-lous role in a future Avengers film.
The 37-year-old Canadian star says she can’t wait to pull on her CGI wings and get stuck into the action as Hope van Dyne in Ant-Man sequel, Ant-Man And The Wasp.
She also teased that she will be joining the ranks of Chris Evan’s Captain America, Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and Chris Hemsworth’s Thor as an Avenger in an upcoming superhero mega mash!
Jesse Eisenberg is reportedly set to become a dad for the first time.
According to E! News, the Social Network star is expecting his first child with Anna Strout, his on-off girlfriend since 2002.
The pair initially split in 2012, before Jesse dated Alice in Wonderland star Mia Wasikowska after meeting on the set of Richard Ayoade’s The Double.
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