Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: May 30, 2014

I have to admit, I have about as much enthusiasm for the new Annie as I did for the old Annie, which is to say that it ranks somewhere between rearranging my sock draw by colour and going shopping for Venetian blinds. I am a decent enough fan of just about everybody involved in this 21st century upgrade to the well known …

I can easily live with a Stargate remake. What I can’t understand though, is a need to remake one of the finer Billy Connolly films out there, The Man Who Sued God. Well brace yourselves, because it’s happening. Last Updated: May 30, 2014

We’re starting to reach a ceiling of sorts with CGI-animated films. Sure, there’s a ton of great examples of the genre out there that look fantastic, but a standard style is also beginning to emerge, which neglects the fact that animation can be equally impressive and artistic. But this trailer for the Guillermo Del Toro produced The Book of Life? …

When it comes to sci-fi films, there are three great “Star” franchises out there. Star Wars, Str Trek and Stargate. Despite only creating one kickass film, Stargate spun-off a ton of TV content in the years after before the final show Stargate: Universe closed the book on that galaxy-hopping saga. MGM wants a remake of the flick though and they’re …

It’s a bit of a quieter week at the movies with just four new releases hitting cinemas in addition to local Marikana-centred documentary Miners Shot Down. Transcendence: This sci-fi drama is the directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer – and frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator – Wally Pfister. Johnny Depp plays a controversial artificial intelligence researcher who finds his consciousness separated from …

There are very few filmmakers in Hollywood with the visual imagination of Guillermo Del Toro (Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy 1 & 2, Blade II), and unfortunately for our imaginations he’s often employing it to dream up nightmarish creations. And that definitely appears to be the case with his and Carlton “Lost” Cuse’s upcoming FX vampire series, The Strain. And if there …

When you have massive success with a movie where Wolverine teaches a giant robot to box, you better find some way to up the ante on your next few cinematic endeavours. Real Steel director Shawn Levy totally didn’t do that with his Google-based Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy, The Internship, but he may just make up for it with his latest, This Is Where I …