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: April 2, 2013

With Twilight finally riding off into the sparkly sunset, the search is on for the next big thing. with studios just snapping up the rights to YA adult novels like Darryn in a pie shop. We’ve already seen the first big contender earlier this year in The Hunger Games, which showed us that having that tweeny romance angle that Twihards …

I’ll say one thing about Mirror Mirror. If you have a daughter under 10, chances are she’ll absolutely love this colourful fantasy comedy – the first of two Snow White fairy tale adaptations coming out in 2012 (the second being Snow White and the Huntsman next month). For everyone else in the audience though there’s little to recommend about Mirror …

From wolves to thoroughbreds, monkeys to Julia Roberts, it’s a very critter-centric weekend at the movies – with the following new releases hitting cinemas… The Grey: My pick of the week is this survival thriller from the creative team responsible for 2010’s A-Team movie. After a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness, Liam Neeson attempts to lead the small band of …

A few weeks back we brought you the soul destroying news that Lily Collins, the model/actress daughter of musician Phil Collins, had been cast as Ash in the remake of cult classic Evil Dead. There was much gnashing of teeth and pulling out of hair. Plagues were visited upon man. These were the Dark Times, as people raged against the thought …

As if the mere fact that Sam Raimi’s cult horror film being remade was not enough to leave a sour taste in your mouth, Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the lead role of Ash – the wisecracking, chainsaw-handed protagonist once famously portrayed by Bruce Campbell – has finally been cast. And to call it a slightly unexpected choice would be …