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Disclosure Day review | Steven Spielberg returns to the saucer age

17h ago·1 min read·96 words

Celebrating the bloopers reel at the end of Pixar movies

1d ago·1 min read·93 words

Ridley Scott, Hugh Jackman set for Treasure Island

1d ago·1 min read·87 words

Ghostbusters II documentary is finished, after eight years

1d ago·1 min read·87 words

Netflix says it won’t work with directors who like cinemas

2d ago·1 min read·93 words

Loved The Dark Knight? Then you should watch Dirty Harry

2d ago·1 min read·52 words

Podcast | Jurassic Park (1993), and the struggle to bring dinosaurs to the screen

2d ago·1 min read·105 words

In memoriam: Marjane Satrapi, author, artist and filmmaker

5d ago·1 min read·87 words

The Divergent Series and the finale that never was

5d ago·1 min read·90 words

Backrooms director Kane Parsons to collaborate with Osgood Perkins on a new project

6d ago·1 min read·102 words

When Worlds Collide, rockets and AI

6d ago·1 min read·81 words

The Chain is getting a TV adaptation from Michael Sarnoski and Damon Lindelof

Jun 3·1 min read·102 words

Martin Scorsese | Oh no. Not you as well, Marty

Jun 3·1 min read·93 words

007: First Light might have stolen Denis Villeneuve’s thunder

Jun 3·1 min read·90 words

Madfabulous | Join us in Birmingham for a special screening with director Celyn Jones

Jun 3·1 min read·105 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Casino Royale 1967, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Cuban Fury and more

Jun 3·1 min read·120 words

Masters Of The Universe review | When Office Space meets He-Man

Jun 2·1 min read·96 words

Euphoria to officially end with season 3, finale receives mixed reactions

Jun 2·1 min read·96 words

Escape From New York | Zack Snyder set to direct the remake

Jun 2·1 min read·99 words

Backrooms | Why the hit film doesn’t need to rely on lore

Jun 2·1 min read·99 words

Doctor Who | Russell T Davies addresses rumours of 2026 no-show

Jun 2·1 min read·96 words

A limited series of The Birds in the works with Sarah Snook starring

Jun 1·1 min read·102 words

The Mandalorian And Grogu drowned out by low-budget horror on its second weekend

Jun 1·1 min read·102 words

Podcast | The New Mutants (2020), and a big missed opportunity

Jun 1·1 min read·96 words

E.T. | Steven Spielberg and the tinkering he’d come to regret

Jun 1·1 min read·96 words

Film Stories Live takes over the Mockingbird Cinema in Birmingham

May 29·1 min read·93 words

John Rambo sets a June 2027 release

May 29·1 min read·85 words

A24 and HBO developing a new Angel Heart series

May 29·1 min read·90 words

When Alec Baldwin’s directorial debut was impounded by the authorities

May 29·1 min read·93 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | CineMortuary @200, Punisher One Last Kill, Masters of the Universe 1984 and more

May 28·1 min read·117 words

Film Stories Live with special guest Mark Kermode is coming to Truro next week!

May 28·1 min read·105 words

Stan Lee will be “resurrected” in AI form

May 28·1 min read·87 words

Sherlock’s been kidnapped in the first Enola Holmes 3 trailer

May 27·1 min read·93 words

Backrooms review | The era of YouTube horror is here to stay

May 27·1 min read·99 words

Tuner review | Good vibrations

May 27·1 min read·78 words

When Shakespeare In Love dramatically fell apart, three weeks before filming

May 27·1 min read·96 words

Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell to pen Paddington 4

May 26·1 min read·90 words

Dracula arriving on 4K, will include long-lost footage

May 26·1 min read·87 words

The Mandalorian And Grogu scores the lowest opening weekend for Star Wars

May 26·1 min read·99 words

When Hammer made a vampire kung fu movie

May 26·1 min read·87 words

007 First Light is a Bond game for today

May 25·1 min read·90 words

James Bond, Goldfinger, and how Pussy Galore got past the censors

May 25·1 min read·96 words

Finding Emily review | Hang on, they’re making romcoms for cinemas again?

May 22·1 min read·99 words

Michael 2 | Lionsgate boss promises an “incredibly entertaining” sequel that won’t make anyone uncomfortable

May 22·1 min read·108 words

Radio Silence directing a Choose Your Own Adventure movie

May 22·1 min read·90 words

Cliffhanger reboot stuck up mountain; no longer out in August

May 22·1 min read·93 words

The Odyssey | Christopher Nolan epic has a runtime of 172 minutes

May 22·1 min read·99 words

Gremlins 2 | Before Grogu, there was Gizmo, and some of the most elaborate puppetry ever committed to film

May 22·1 min read·120 words

Michael Bay to direct a movie about Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran

May 21·1 min read·99 words

Melania | Jeff Bezos praises “good business decision”, but wasn’t involved in it, guv’nor

May 21·1 min read·105 words

The Adventures Of Cliff Booth | David Fincher’s film is getting an IMAX release, but Netflix is being coy about the title

May 21·1 min read·129 words

Why Star Wars and Close Encounters wouldn’t get made in 2026

May 21·1 min read·96 words

Rick And Morty movie is finally moving ahead

May 20·1 min read·87 words

The Getaway | Adolescence director to helm Steve McQueen remake for Netflix

May 20·1 min read·99 words

Podcast | In conversation with Thea Sharrock – Ladies First, Wicked Little Letters, The Beautiful Game, posh chairs

May 20·1 min read·117 words

When Francis Ford Coppola was awarded $80m for not making Pinocchio

May 20·1 min read·96 words

Practical Magic, Interview With The Vampire heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

May 20·1 min read·99 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Hokum, Scary Movie, Yakuza Apocalypse and more

May 20·1 min read·99 words

The Mandalorian And Grogu review | Star Wars for shareholders

May 19·1 min read·93 words

Curry Barker isn’t against an Obsession sequel

May 19·1 min read·84 words

Her Private Hell | First teaser emerges for Nicolas Winding Refn’s fashion horror

May 19·1 min read·102 words

Pearl Harbor at 25 | Disney’s battle to convince Michael Bay to direct

May 19·1 min read·102 words

Jack Ryan: Ghost War review | The first Ryan feature film in 12 years

May 19·1 min read·105 words

Francis Lee to direct a reimagining of The Servant

May 18·1 min read·90 words

Hope | A 160-minute Korean monster movie just debuted at Cannes; here’s the trailer

May 18·1 min read·105 words

Magic | Sam Raimi to direct new take on the puppet horror story

May 18·1 min read·102 words

Seth Rogen takes aim at writers who use AI: “go do something else”

May 18·1 min read·102 words

Sylvester Stallone and the $60m, three-picture deal that fell apart

May 18·1 min read·93 words

Podcast | Hook, and how it became the Steven Spielberg film that Steven Spielberg doesn’t like

May 18·1 min read·111 words

Zorro is getting the horror treatment next

May 15·1 min read·84 words

Night Of The Living Dead still getting a ‘final’ sequel; Kate Beckinsale to star

May 15·1 min read·105 words

Cannes 2026 and the unanswered question about AI in cinema

May 15·1 min read·93 words

James Bond | Auditions officially underway for next 007

May 15·1 min read·90 words

BBC’s Dear England trailer and release date revealed

May 14·1 min read·8 words

Jackie Chan making action sequel Armour Of God IV, due for release in 2027

May 14·1 min read·14 words

Heart Of The Beast | Director David Ayer’s next film out in September

May 14·1 min read·13 words

Alien On Stage director very poorly, and could use some help

May 14·1 min read·11 words

Tintin 2 | Peter Jackson to direct sequel to 2011’s The Secret Of The Unicorn

May 14·1 min read·15 words

Obsession review | Romance turns sour in 2026’s most disturbing horror yet

May 14·1 min read·12 words

Marvel’s VisionQuest gets a release date

May 13·1 min read·6 words

The Midnight Library | Adaptation to star Florence Pugh, will begin filming in 2027

May 13·1 min read·14 words

Rush Hour 4 | Brett Ratner has flown to China with Donald Trump

May 13·1 min read·13 words

Warcraft at 10 | Why Duncan Jones’ action fantasy deserves a second look

May 13·1 min read·13 words

Nia DaCosta set to direct and produce Prime Video’s new series Sex Criminals

May 12·1 min read·13 words

The Man With The Bag | Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas movie coming to Prime Video in December

May 12·1 min read·16 words

Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo has set up a new animation studio

May 12·1 min read·11 words

Westworld remake in the offing; David Koepp writing the script

May 12·1 min read·10 words

The special reward for Lethal Weapon 3’s filmmakers

May 12·1 min read·8 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Daredevil finale, Queer Bond, The Harry Hill Movie and more

May 12·1 min read·15 words

Sound Of Movement snags Birmingham filmmaking award, includes hugely ambitious dance sequence

May 12·1 min read·12 words

Somewhere Out There | Director Shawn Levy lines up “emotional sci-fi” movie

May 11·1 min read·12 words

Eddie The Eagle | A true-life comedy drama that deserves a lot more love

May 11·1 min read·14 words

First Christmas | British indie lands Mark Addy, Eleanor Tomlinson, Russell Tovey and more

May 11·1 min read·14 words

Gerard Butler to save the World Cup in new thriller

May 11·1 min read·10 words

Podcast | Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003), and one hell of a challenge to secure the Terminator rights

May 11·1 min read·20 words

Sally Field loves The Legend Of Zelda

May 8·1 min read·7 words

High Noon to be rebooted for film and TV by the producers of Godzilla Vs Kong and John Wick

May 8·1 min read·19 words

Charlize Theron to reteam with Apex director for Six Clean Kills

May 8·1 min read·11 words

Swordfish | How its big effects shot nearly missed its deadline

May 8·1 min read·11 words

Hereditary and Eddington director Ari Aster to return with Scapegoat, starring Scarlett Johansson

May 7·1 min read·13 words

The Bear season 5 gets a June release date

May 7·1 min read·9 words

Actor Q’orianka Kilcher is suing the makers of Avatar for alleged face theft

May 7·1 min read·13 words

Planet Of The Apes to be rebooted by the makers of Fantastic Four: First Steps (report)

May 7·1 min read·16 words

The 1990s films of Michael Caine: A Shock To The System (1990)

May 7·1 min read·12 words

Mortal Kombat II review | Hold on to your (bladed) hats

May 6·1 min read·11 words

Aliens | 40 years on, James Cameron is considering converting his 1986 hit to 3D

May 6·1 min read·15 words

King Snake | Director Jeff Nichols returns with starry horror, Neon to distribute

May 6·1 min read·13 words

A 4K restoration of The Devils to screen at Cannes

May 6·1 min read·10 words

The 1985 E.T. parody movie you’ll never get to see

May 6·1 min read·10 words

Edge Of Tomorrow 2 could film this autumn, claims report

May 5·1 min read·10 words

Longlegs sequel | Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins’ new movie due out January 2028

May 5·1 min read·14 words

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 won’t be getting a release in 2026

May 5·1 min read·14 words

Lockout | The 2012 film that got sued by John Carpenter

May 5·1 min read·11 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Michael, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cannibal Holocaust and more

May 5·1 min read·13 words

Podcast | Contact (1997) and how it nearly fell apart, plus David Frankel on The Devil Wears Prada 2

May 4·1 min read·19 words

Star Wars | Will The Mandalorian And Grogu make less money than Solo? Box office projections suggest so

May 1·1 min read·18 words

The Blair With Project | 1999 film’s actors and directors are now executive producers on reboot

May 1·1 min read·16 words

Rich Moore | New animated Jack And The Beanstalk movie crewing up

May 1·1 min read·12 words

Hokum review | The director of Oddity returns with a superior hotel horror

May 1·1 min read·13 words

First Resident Evil trailer drops

Apr 30·1 min read·5 words

New Casper The Friendly Ghost TV series in the works with Steven Spielberg producing

Apr 30·1 min read·14 words

Disclosure Day rated PG-13, rumoured to run for 145 minutes

Apr 30·1 min read·10 words

Streamer | Upcoming thriller will explore the terror of playing games live online

Apr 30·1 min read·13 words

Michael 2 | Looks like Michael Jackson biopic sequel will need a new director

Apr 30·1 min read·14 words

The Bikeriders | A powerful drama about the making of a monster

Apr 30·1 min read·12 words

The Devil Wears Prada 2 review | Chanel boots and corporate brutes

Apr 29·1 min read·12 words

Fast X director Louis Leterrier has made a sci-fi thriller, The Last House

Apr 29·1 min read·13 words

Ally | Bong Joon-ho has made a $52m animated film about a cute squid, due out in 2027

Apr 29·1 min read·18 words

Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Director Curry Barker promises “brutal” reboot, says original was “good for its time”

Apr 29·1 min read·17 words

Sudden Death: the film where Van Damme fought a penguin to death

Apr 29·1 min read·12 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Mutiny on the Buses, Ranking 007 and more

Apr 29·1 min read·17 words

Ted Lasso season 4 release date confirmed by new trailer

Apr 28·1 min read·10 words

Andy Muschietti gives an update on IT: Welcome To Derry season 2

Apr 28·1 min read·12 words

Django/Zorro movie in the works

Apr 28·1 min read·5 words

The fading joy of small town cinemas

Apr 28·1 min read·7 words

Podcast | Cape Fear (1991), and when Martin Scorsese read it three times and hated it

Apr 28·1 min read·16 words

John Doe | Jason Statham and David Ayer working on another action film this September

Apr 28·1 min read·15 words

The Sheep Detectives review | And then there wool none

Apr 27·1 min read·10 words

Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner to star in Possession remake

Apr 27·1 min read·10 words

Battlefield videogame series getting a movie adaptation; Michael B Jordan to star

Apr 27·1 min read·12 words

Stars including Matthew McConaughey and Pedro Pascal align for Park Chan-wook’s The Brigands Of Rattlecreek

Apr 27·1 min read·15 words

Rush Hour 4 hits problems, neither Chris Tucker nor Jackie Chan signed up

Apr 27·1 min read·13 words

Alien | The birth and curious death of HR Giger’s Space Jockey

Apr 26·1 min read·12 words

Exit 8 review | Finally, a great videogame movie

Apr 24·1 min read·9 words

I, Robot director Alex Proyas is making a new, ‘AI-enabled’ sci-fi film

Apr 24·1 min read·12 words

Clueless sequel series no longer in development

Apr 24·1 min read·7 words

The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum reveals its cast, with Kate Winslet among new names

Apr 24·1 min read·18 words

Disclosure Day and its connections to an obscure 2002 Spielberg series

Apr 24·1 min read·11 words

Clayface lays out its horror credentials in first trailer

Apr 23·1 min read·9 words

Heart Eyes 2 will hit cinemas in 2028

Apr 23·1 min read·8 words

The Rock: the crucial rewrite that got Sean Connery on board

Apr 23·1 min read·11 words

Obsession director Curry Barker to make new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie

Apr 22·1 min read·11 words

YouTube introduced tool to identify AI deepfakes (but only for rich people)

Apr 22·1 min read·12 words

Sunshine is still Danny Boyle’s most beautiful-looking film

Apr 22·1 min read·8 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1, Alien: Resurrection, Interstellar in concert and more

Apr 22·1 min read·17 words

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return in Practical Magic 2 trailer

Apr 21·1 min read·11 words

Elden Ring | Film adaptation’s cast announced, release set for 2028

Apr 21·1 min read·11 words

I Am Legend 2 is still happening, seemingly; Steven Caple Jr confirms he’s directing

Apr 21·1 min read·14 words

The lost Brendan Fraser-headlined Mummy movie

Apr 21·1 min read·6 words

More 2000AD films hinted as wraps come off Duncan Jones’ Rogue Trooper

Apr 21·1 min read·12 words

Glen Powell said to be joining the Them! remake we’d completely forgotten about

Apr 20·1 min read·13 words

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy: Why put a director’s name in the title?

Apr 20·1 min read·12 words

Podcast | Dick Tracy (1990), along with the strange trick to hold onto its rights

Apr 20·1 min read·15 words

Call Of Duty movie set for 2028 release

Apr 17·1 min read·8 words

World War Z 2 | Paramount officially announces sequel to its 2013 hit

Apr 17·1 min read·13 words

Top Gun 3 officially announced, with Tom Cruise reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer

Apr 17·1 min read·13 words

Thrash, now on Netflix, is the best sharks-in-the-kitchen thriller you’ll see in 2026

Apr 17·1 min read·13 words

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy review | Dead or alive?

Apr 16·1 min read·9 words

Disclosure Day trailers show nothing of the movie’s final act, Steven Spileberg promises

Apr 16·1 min read·13 words

The numbers behind director Doug Liman’s new AI movie don’t make sense

Apr 16·1 min read·12 words

Warner Bros | A brief history of terrible mergers

Apr 16·1 min read·9 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Censor, Rush Hour, Scream 5 and more

Apr 16·1 min read·12 words

Weapons director Zach Cregger making a sci-fi film, The Flood, for Warner Bros

Apr 15·1 min read·13 words

Balls Up review | A new comedy from a double Oscar winner

Apr 15·1 min read·12 words

Bradley Cooper’s Ocean’s prequel will follow Danny Ocean’s parents

Apr 15·1 min read·9 words

Longlegs | Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins making a new movie in the same universe

Apr 15·1 min read·15 words

Disney’s new boss starts, sends email announcing 1000 layoffs

Apr 15·1 min read·9 words

The Naughty List | Robert Rodriquez is making his first animated film

Apr 14·1 min read·12 words

Escape From New York | There are still plans for a reboot

Apr 14·1 min read·12 words

Over 1,000 filmmakers and stars oppose Paramount-Warner takeover

Apr 14·1 min read·8 words

The Hunt For Ben Solo | The Star Wars movie that never was

Apr 14·1 min read·13 words

Sony Pictures boss | Cheaper tickets, fewer ads needed for healthier cinema industry

Apr 14·1 min read·13 words

Chucky | New movie in the works from creator Don Mancini

Apr 13·1 min read·11 words

Wonka 2 | Reclusive chocolatier sequel set to begin filming this summer

Apr 13·1 min read·12 words

The Blob | This cult horror contains one of the best death sequences of the 1980s

Apr 13·1 min read·16 words

Podcast | Wild Wild West (1999), and its impact on The Matrix and The Iron Giant

Apr 13·1 min read·16 words

Podcast | In conversation with Paul Feig – The Housemaid, Bridesmaids at the Oscars, Ghostbusters and more

Apr 10·1 min read·17 words

Paranormal Activity 8 | Director Ian Tuason will make “surprise connections” to the original films (exclusive)

Apr 10·1 min read·16 words

Mutiny | Jason Statham is out for revenge in new trailer

Apr 10·1 min read·11 words

undertone review | Podcasting made scary

Apr 10·1 min read·6 words

Metal Gear Solid movie in the works at Sony

Apr 10·1 min read·9 words

Starfleet Academy was supposed to be Star Trek’s next big thing – so why is it ending so soon?

Apr 10·1 min read·19 words

Avatar 4 | Sequel said to be in limbo as Disney mulls how to reduce costs

Apr 9·1 min read·16 words

Veritas | Fuze director David Mackenzie plans to make a film using AI (exclusive)

Apr 9·1 min read·14 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Project Hail Mary, Video Nasties, Ready or Not 2 and more

Apr 9·1 min read·16 words

How the director of Con Air accidentally invented Rickrolling

Apr 9·1 min read·9 words

Noah Hawley set to direct a remake of Argentine horror movie Terrified

Apr 8·1 min read·12 words

Basic Instinct | Erotic thriller reboot ‘mostly done’ says screenwriter

Apr 8·1 min read·10 words

The Manchester firms that lost the Mars Attacks! job

Apr 8·1 min read·9 words

Podcast | In conversation with David Mackenzie

Apr 7·1 min read·7 words

Mars Attacks! heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, up for order

Apr 7·1 min read·11 words

Dune Part III IMAX screenings are already selling out

Apr 7·1 min read·9 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | introducing The Nasty Cast

Apr 7·1 min read·9 words

Crime 101, and when actors stop playing superheroes

Apr 7·1 min read·8 words

Highlander is getting a 40th anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray boxset

Apr 2·1 min read·11 words

Flesh Of The Gods | Wagner Moura joins Panos Cosmatos’ vampire flick

Apr 2·1 min read·12 words

Fuze | Director David Mackenzie on directing this spring’s twistiest thriller

Apr 2·1 min read·11 words

Exclusive: Fuze and Hell Or High Water director David Mackenzie working on a space sci-fi film

Apr 1·1 min read·16 words

Skibidi Toilet | Reports of Michael Bay’s crapper adaptation float back up again

Apr 1·1 min read·13 words

Scream 8 | The showrunners of Poker Face to write slasher sequel

Apr 1·1 min read·12 words

Robopocalypse | The lost Steven Spielberg AI sci-fi movie

Apr 1·1 min read·9 words

Paramount merger | Savings to be higher than expected (which presumably means jobs)

Mar 31·1 min read·13 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | James Bond, Daredevil: Born Again, Monkey Island and more

Mar 31·1 min read·14 words

Code Of Silence | The Chuck Norris film that captures a mid-1980s era of robot mania

Mar 31·1 min read·16 words

The Babadook director Jennifer Kent to direct a mystery sci-fi film

Mar 30·1 min read·11 words

Lights Out 2 finally moves forward with a new screenwriter

Mar 30·1 min read·10 words

Prometheus | A tribute to its spectacularly hapless space explorers

Mar 30·1 min read·10 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | introducing The Bond Corner

Mar 30·1 min read·9 words

Podcast | Judge Dredd (1995), and the long battle to get it made

Mar 30·1 min read·13 words

The X-Files | Himesh Patel to co-star with Danielle Deadwyler in Ryan Coogler’s reboot

Mar 27·1 min read·14 words

Propstore | You could have a life-size statue of Kurt Russell in your living room

Mar 27·1 min read·15 words

A Look Back at the 1990s Filmography of Sir Michael Caine: Jekyll & Hyde (1990)

Mar 27·1 min read·15 words

Fast X director set to make the sci-fi action thriller, Liminal

Mar 27·1 min read·11 words

Ryan Gosling set to join the Daniels’ next film after Everything Everywhere All At Once, due out in 2027

Mar 27·1 min read·19 words

Flowervale Street is now The End Of Oak Street, trailer contains Anne Hathaway and dinosaurs

Mar 26·1 min read·15 words

MANCHESTER | Simon Brew Film Stories Live heads your way in April

Mar 26·1 min read·12 words

It director Andy Muschietti teases six-hour supercut

Mar 26·1 min read·7 words

The Furious | Forthcoming martial arts thriller features two stars from The Raid, has ace trailer

Mar 26·1 min read·16 words

The Bookie & The Bruiser | S Craig Zahler thriller now co-stars Theo James, starts filming in April

Mar 26·1 min read·18 words

Disney, Sora, and an AI bullet dodged – for now

Mar 26·1 min read·10 words

Shane Black making a new pulp thriller, The Executioner

Mar 25·1 min read·9 words

Stephen Colbert writing a new Lord Of The Rings movie with his son

Mar 25·1 min read·13 words

OpenAI axes Sora, its AI video slop generator, ends deal with Disney

Mar 25·1 min read·12 words

John Wick | Donnie Yen directing new spin-off movie Caine, filming about to start

Mar 25·1 min read·14 words

King Kong 1976 | A salute to its spectacularly unreliable mechanical ape

Mar 25·1 min read·12 words

Send Help confirmed for DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in May

Mar 24·1 min read·13 words

Moana | Dwayne Johnson says it took two hours to apply his Maui wig and prosthetics

Mar 24·1 min read·16 words

Jennifer’s Body 2 | Diablo Cody reportedly writing a sequel

Mar 24·1 min read·10 words

Director Jason Reitman to make the real-time thriller, 71 Minutes

Mar 24·1 min read·10 words

Mercy | An AI thriller made at least a decade too late, is now on Prime Video

Mar 24·1 min read·17 words

Michelle Rodriguez to star in Left Seat, a thriller from the director of Boiler Room

Mar 23·1 min read·15 words

Fast Forever | The sequel to Fast X, out in 2028, is being rewritten again

Mar 23·1 min read·15 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | 2026 Oscars, The Bride!, 13 Going on 30 and more

Mar 23·1 min read·15 words

Podcast | X-Men (2000), and how it changed superhero cinema

Mar 23·1 min read·10 words

Podcast | In conversation with Christopher Miller and Phil Lord | Project Hail Mary, Rocky IV, Geostorm 2 and more

Mar 23·1 min read·20 words

The Good Dinosaur, and the Pixar that film time forgot

Mar 23·1 min read·10 words

Chuck Norris dies at the age of 86

Mar 20·1 min read·8 words

Sofia Coppola scraps a “sad” film she planned to shoot with Kirsten Dunst in 2026

Mar 20·1 min read·15 words

Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come review | Let the games begin (again)

Mar 20·1 min read·14 words

Project Hail Mary spoilers | Can we have a chat about how much the marketing gave away?

Mar 20·1 min read·17 words

Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three are still releasing on the same day, and nobody wants to budge

Mar 19·1 min read·18 words

Propstore | You too could emerge from a rhino’s backside like Jim Carrey

Mar 19·1 min read·13 words

Damien Chazelle’s prison film sounds like a remake of Stallone’s Lock Up

Mar 19·1 min read·12 words

Netflix denies it reiterates plot points several times in its films

Mar 19·1 min read·11 words

The importance of Professor Quatermass

Mar 19·1 min read·5 words

Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer finally emerges

Mar 18·1 min read·7 words

Film Stories #59, a handmade Ben Wheatley special, is out now

Mar 18·1 min read·11 words

Propstore | Lots of horror movie memorabilia up for auction

Mar 18·1 min read·10 words

Birmingham | Simon Brew’s Film Stories Live show returns!

Mar 18·1 min read·9 words

Unpicking the truth behind Kubrick conspiracy theories

Mar 18·1 min read·7 words

Warner Bros | David Zaslav set for nearly $1bn off back of Paramount takeover

Mar 17·1 min read·14 words

Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere review | A Venn diagram of weaponised toxicity

Mar 17·1 min read·13 words

UK government scraps plans to allow AI firms to steal copyrighted work

Mar 17·1 min read·12 words

At the 2026 Oscars, genre cinema was the big winner

Mar 16·1 min read·10 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Luc Besson’s Dracula, horror Oscars, Backbeat and more

Mar 16·1 min read·13 words

Buffy The Vampire Slayer | Reboot dead at Hulu

Mar 16·1 min read·9 words

Max Landis | Paramount decides not to go with his G.I. Joe pitch after all

Mar 16·1 min read·15 words

Logan’s Run at 50 | Why MGM’s sci-fi thriller didn’t get a trilogy, and why it deserves a remake

Mar 16·1 min read·19 words

Podcast | The Postman (1997) and Wag The Dog (1997). Two films. The same weekend. Very different reputations

Mar 16·1 min read·18 words

Oscars 2026 – winners updated LIVE!

Mar 15·1 min read·6 words

Get our exclusive Oscars predictions with our newsletter!

Mar 13·1 min read·8 words

Scream 8 may happen, but don’t expect Kevin Williamson to write or direct

Mar 13·1 min read·13 words

Disclosure Day is beginning to look a lot like a Close Encounters sequel

Mar 13·1 min read·13 words

Commando 2 | Exploring the lost 1989 Schwarzenegger sequel

Mar 13·1 min read·9 words

Alien: Romulus 2 | A Quiet Place: Day One director rumoured to be sequel’s new filmmaker

Mar 12·1 min read·16 words

Netflix reportedly paying $600m for Ben Affleck’s AI software company

Mar 12·1 min read·10 words

Happy Death day director Christopher Landon to make a new horror film, Final Boarding

Mar 12·1 min read·14 words

How Roger Corman brought Lovecraft to the masses

Mar 12·1 min read·8 words

The gates of hell have cracked open, revealing a Tilly Norwood music video

Mar 11·1 min read·13 words

Saw co-creator James Wan to direct a remake of The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil

Mar 11·1 min read·15 words

Maniac Cop | A flawed cult gem that could work as a remake

Mar 11·1 min read·13 words

In the land of movie music biopics, Bon Jovi being lined up next

Mar 11·1 min read·13 words

Project Hail Mary review | Ryan, we have a problem

Mar 10·1 min read·10 words

John Rambo | Sylvester Stallone hops aboard as executive producer

Mar 10·1 min read·10 words

Top Gun | Steelbook release confirmed for 40th birthday

Mar 10·1 min read·9 words

The quietly groundbreaking videogame of RoboCop 3

Mar 10·1 min read·7 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Scream 7 (twice!), The Secret Agent, Get Over It and more

Mar 9·1 min read·16 words

Arnold Schwarzenegger | Conan 3, Predator – and a possible Commando 2?

Mar 9·1 min read·12 words

Podcast | Joker (2019) and Cat’s Eye (1985) – the stories behind the films

Mar 9·1 min read·14 words

The troubled attempts to promote 1999’s Office Space

Mar 9·1 min read·8 words

Are we secretly in a kids’ animation golden age?

Mar 6·1 min read·9 words

The Wild Robot 2 in the works

Mar 6·1 min read·7 words

Deadpool director Tim Miller making time loop sci-fi thriller with Keanu Reeves and sharks

Mar 6·1 min read·14 words

When Disney sued the Academy Awards

Mar 6·1 min read·6 words

Ocean’s 11 prequel film suddenly needs a new director

Mar 5·1 min read·9 words

The Bear to end with season 5

Mar 5·1 min read·7 words

Soulm8te reappears, gets a rating, but who’s actually going to distribute it?

Mar 5·1 min read·12 words

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple confirms for DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in April

Mar 5·1 min read·16 words

The John Grisham movie almost buried by its studio

Mar 5·1 min read·9 words

Prime Video’s Life Is Strange adaptation finds its Max and Chloe

Mar 4·1 min read·11 words

Tombstone | Kurt Russell on his regrets about the film

Mar 4·1 min read·10 words

Alien On Stage | We’re putting on a screening in Birmingham, with Q&A!

Mar 4·1 min read·13 words

How Steven Spielberg fell out of love with Jurassic Park 2

Mar 4·1 min read·11 words

Yellowjackets season 4 is now in production

Mar 3·1 min read·7 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Scream, Cruise of the Gods, The Usual Suspects and more

Mar 3·1 min read·15 words

Nicolas Winding Refn’s remake of 1988’s Maniac Cop set to film in 2026

Mar 3·1 min read·13 words

Paramount/Warner Bros now promising 30 films in cinemas a year

Mar 3·1 min read·10 words

Die Another Day, and how the invisible car helped change James Bond

Mar 3·1 min read·12 words

Hoppers review | One beaver after another

Mar 2·1 min read·7 words

Film Stories Live! Tickets on sale for our London show on 19th March

Mar 2·1 min read·13 words

Alien: Earth season 2 readies for production at Pinewood Studios

Mar 2·1 min read·10 words

Scream 8 likely to film this autumn as Scream 7 exceeds box office expectations

Mar 2·1 min read·14 words

The physical media landscape in 2025 and beyond

Mar 2·1 min read·8 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | introducing Modern Horror Screams

Mar 2·1 min read·9 words

Gaza, death threats and the FBI | The fall and rise of Scream 7

Feb 27·1 min read·14 words

Ghosts feature film announced, production to begin this spring

Feb 27·1 min read·9 words

The Mandalorian And Grogu | Disney said to have “concerns” that its latest trailer didn’t generate excitement

Feb 27·1 min read·17 words

Metacritic deletes Resident Evil Requiem review written by AI, issues warning to other sites

Feb 27·1 min read·14 words

Netflix drops Warner Bros bid, Paramount on course to acquire the studio

Feb 27·1 min read·12 words

Scream 7 | Some things I want to get off my chest

Feb 27·1 min read·12 words

Scream 7 review | Can Neve Campbell’s return save the franchise?

Feb 26·1 min read·11 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | The X-Files, Wonder Man, Send Help, and more

Feb 26·1 min read·13 words

Scream 7 | LA Premiere interrupted by pro-Palestinian protestors

Feb 26·1 min read·9 words

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe | The story of cinema’s weirdest superhero franchise

Feb 26·1 min read·11 words

Paramount ups its offer to buy Warner Bros, Warner Bros makes positive noises

Feb 25·1 min read·13 words

The Sony Spider-Man universe isn’t dead, Sony’s Tom Rothman says

Feb 25·1 min read·10 words

Martin Scorsese finally starts shooting a new film

Feb 25·1 min read·8 words

The Silence Of The Lambs | Its impact on pop culture, 35 years on

Feb 25·1 min read·14 words

Doctor Who | Future remains clouded, multiple 2026 endings have been written

Feb 24·1 min read·12 words

The X-Files | What could Ryan Coogler do with a new series?

Feb 24·1 min read·12 words

Ryan Coogler’s The X-Files reboot gets a pilot order, Danielle Deadwyler to star

Feb 24·1 min read·13 words

Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in a film about the making of Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Feb 24·1 min read·16 words

KPop Demon Hunters getting Criterion disc release

Feb 24·1 min read·7 words

For The Love Of The Game and the battle over Kevin Costner’s bottom half

Feb 24·1 min read·14 words

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos accuses James Cameron of being “part of the Paramount disinfirmation campaign”

Feb 23·1 min read·15 words

The Mist | Mike Flanagan “going in different direction” from Frank Darabont’s 2007 film

Feb 23·1 min read·14 words

The state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – from a 1992 article!

Feb 23·1 min read·12 words

Podcast | Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Maybe Baby (2000) – The never-ending shoot, and Ben Elton’s directorial debut

Feb 23·1 min read·19 words

In Crime 101, even Chris Hemsworth is lonely

Feb 20·1 min read·8 words

Netflix ownership of Warner Bros would be disastrous for cinema, James Cameron warns

Feb 20·1 min read·13 words

They Know | Bill Hader to write, direct and star in a new, original horror film

Feb 20·1 min read·16 words

In Manhunter, Tom Noonan created one of the great screen villains

Feb 20·1 min read·11 words

Podcast | What on earth is film ‘testing’? – a podcast special, with Kevin Goetz

Feb 20·1 min read·15 words

Jaws | Steven Soderbergh’s working on an app dedicated to the making of Spielberg’s classic

Feb 19·1 min read·15 words

The Hunt For Ben Solo | Steven Soderbergh expresses frustration over cancelled Star Wars movie

Feb 19·1 min read·15 words

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos insists on 45 day theatrical window for Warner Bros films, barely anyone believes him

Feb 19·1 min read·17 words

Plane 2 | The sequel, Ship, was capsized by Gerard Butler just before filming, co-star says

Feb 19·1 min read·16 words

How To Make A Killing review | Glen Powell: does he have the edge?

Feb 19·1 min read·14 words

Netflix accuses AI video firm of treating its work as “free, public domain clip art”

Feb 18·1 min read·15 words

First Christmas | Samuel Anderson set to exec produce indie festive film

Feb 18·1 min read·12 words

Shark Tale star Martin Scorsese to cameo in Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu

Feb 18·1 min read·14 words

How Batman (1989) helped shift Commodore Amiga computers

Feb 18·1 min read·8 words

Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters | Bed rotting

Feb 18·1 min read·8 words

Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95

Feb 17·1 min read·9 words

Hollywood takes more legal action against AI slop

Feb 17·1 min read·8 words

Carrie | Mike Flanagan’s TV show heading to Prime Video this October

Feb 17·1 min read·12 words

The little dig in the end credits of 1996’s Scream

Feb 17·1 min read·10 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Oscars 2026 Predictions, Eyes Wide Shut, Whistle and more

Feb 17·1 min read·14 words

Disney and Paramount are very angry about that new AI video app from the makers of TikTok

Feb 16·1 min read·17 words

They Follow | It Follows sequel to begin filming “in the months to come” says producer

Feb 16·1 min read·16 words

Podcast | Hulk (2003), and the ongoing sequel problem

Feb 16·1 min read·9 words

The superb promotional campaign for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Feb 16·1 min read·12 words

Wuthering Heights review | Emerald Fennell’s adaptation is limp and disappointing

Feb 13·1 min read·11 words

Obsession | New trailer released for indie filmmaker Curry Barker’s horror film

Feb 13·1 min read·12 words

Severance | Apple buys rights, season 3 to begin filming this summer

Feb 13·1 min read·12 words

AI clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fight goes viral, prompting a stern response from the MPA

Feb 13·1 min read·18 words

Glengarry Glen Ross | How Jack Lemmon solved its top billing problem

Feb 13·1 min read·12 words

F1: The Movie | Producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirms sequel

Feb 12·1 min read·9 words

Predator | Dan Trachtenberg still involved in franchise after signing Paramount deal, he says

Feb 12·1 min read·14 words

Whistle | Director Corin Hardy on high school horror, stop motion and The Crow

Feb 12·1 min read·14 words

The Mist | Mike Flanagan to write and direct new film adaptation

Feb 11·1 min read·12 words

Greyhound 2 is in production, Tom Hanks and Stephen Graham returning

Feb 11·1 min read·11 words

Whistle and its nod to The Crow reboot we’ll never see

Feb 11·1 min read·11 words

BioShock | Gore Verbinski’s R-rated adaptation would have included both of the game’s endings

Feb 10·1 min read·14 words

Melania used music from Phantom Thread without artists’ permission, Paul Thomas Anderson and Jonny Greenwood claim

Feb 10·1 min read·16 words

Film Stories Podcast Network | Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Primate, Spy Game and more

Feb 10·1 min read·14 words

The 1980s films of Michael Caine: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Feb 10·1 min read·10 words

Taxi Driver, and Martin Scorsese’s subtle talent for horror

Feb 9·1 min read·9 words

The Adventures Of Cliff Booth | David Fincher’s sequel gets its first trailer

Feb 9·1 min read·13 words

How Whistle fuses A Nightmare On Elm Street with The Deer Hunter

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

Podcast | The Untouchables (1987), plus the prequel that never was

Feb 9·1 min read·11 words

Super-noir | How Sam Raimi defined a new genre

Feb 6·1 min read·9 words

New reimagining of The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari in the works with Michael Shannon

Feb 6·1 min read·14 words

Predator Badlands director signs three-year deal with Paramount

Feb 6·1 min read·8 words

Fuze | Aaron Taylor-Johnson heist thriller in cinemas this April

Feb 6·1 min read·10 words

Podcast | In conversation with director Angel Manuel Soto

Feb 6·1 min read·9 words

A24 planning a Texas Chainsaw Massacre TV series as well as a movie

Feb 5·1 min read·13 words

Seance On A Wet Afternoon | Rachel Weisz, Matthew Macfaden to star in 1960s thriller remake

Feb 5·1 min read·16 words

Filmmakers buying cinemas might be the new way forward

Feb 5·1 min read·9 words

What The Last Of Us could learn from Fallout

Feb 5·1 min read·9 words

F1: The Movie | Apple and Formula 1 execs tease sequel

Feb 4·1 min read·11 words

US Senators grill Netflix boss Ted Sarandos, show who they are

Feb 4·1 min read·11 words

Carry On Unfilmed: the unmade Carry On movies

Feb 4·1 min read·8 words