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 29, 2013

Before Filmmakers decided to give cameras to crew with epilepsy conditions and then flash bright lights at them, fighting choreography in a film was one well rehearsed dance of spin kicks, wires, and a touch of CGI later in the 1990s. And of course, China ruled that scene. That led to big name stars such as Jackie Chan and Sammo …

One of the reasons why I’m not keen on sitting at a cinema, is having to endure all that damn crap on the big screen before I can see the film I just paid money for. And while cigarette adverts that told me that I’d be drop dead sexy if I used that product have given way to alcohol adverts …

It looks like M. Night Shake-n-Bake is getting ready to pull a plot twist on his career. After having been written off by many as one trick pony, Shyamalan’s next film, the Will and Jaden Smith sci-fi actioner, After Earth, actually doesn’t look too bad. But deadly futuristic father-son bonding is not the only thing on his plate. He’s also set to produce …

Despite the fact that last year was actually the year of the Mayan’s version of Y2K, 2013 finds itself with a number of movies about the world ending, and none of them look as crazy funny – emphasis on the crazy – as Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s This Is The End. It’s not everyday you get actors willing to play …

I had to pick up the phone last year when I perfectly called it in about the WWE using their own Irish stereotype, Hornswoggle, in the upcoming Leprechaun movie reboot. And while production has yet to suffer any problems in the form of a steel chair to the head or being busted through a Spanish announce table, the film itself …

What? More Bond news? Quite so fellows, so pay attention and bring back the luxury sports vehicles and collectible laser watches in one piece this time, won’t you? We’ve already read about the director shortlist for the next James Bond film, which will follow on from the highly successful Skyfall that Sam Mendes brought to the big screen last year. …

So a short while back, after the news broke that despite doing a stupendous job on Skyfall, Sam Mendes would not be returning to the director’s chair for the next James Bond film, I went and drew up a list of directors that I thought would be worthy of the gig. Pro-tip, boys and girls: Never let me pick your Lotto …