Lionsgate pulls a Now You See Me 3 rabbit out of its development hat
After initially abandoning plans for the third film, Lionsgate appears set to give Now You See Me 3 another go.
Extras! Sharknado strikes again, Now you see a sequel, Max Landis talks his Chronicle 2 script, Mary Jane gets a special, and Hollywood made more money than you think! Plus much more!
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: August 13, 2013
Movies out today: magicians, morons and mad spinsters
It’s a long weekend in South Africa, with the National Women’s Day public holiday tomorrow. As a result, the week’s new movies are all releasing today, Thursday. Here’s what you catch in local cinemas now. Last Updated: August 8, 2013
We review Now You See Me – This cheap trick is all smoke and mirrors with no prestige
Movie magic isn’t easy. I don’t mean the magic of movies itself, but rather depicting the art of illusion and prestidigitation on the big screen. Thanks to the fact that we can now do just about everything with CGI (even when sometimes we really shouldn’t), it’s just plain difficult to convince audiences that yes, that white dove actually did originate …
Monday Box Office Report – Hi ho Minions, away!
If there’s one thing that the Fourth of July weekend is good for, it’s not fireworks and the barbecuing of dead animals. It’s movies! Historically speaking, the Independence Day weekend is a damn good time for films to really rake in some cash, as the long weekend provides extra hours for people who should be at school/work, with which …
Monday Box Office Report – The Heat is on
Two new films hit the North American box office this past weekend, pitting a White House invasion doppleganger up against some stiff competition in the form of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy’s The Heat. Could the human binary code pairing up of the two female leads outdo Channing Tatum in ripped clothes? Last Updated: July 1, 2013
Monday Box Office Report – Man of Steel gets schooled
Up, up and away! After a solid performance last week, it looked like nothing could stop the Man of Steel from ruling the box office. Well scratch that, because the big blue boy scout didn’t just drop, but dropped two places after the weekend estimates came in from the North American box office. What force on earth could be powerful …
Tuesday Box Office Report – Man of steal
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? And why the hell are two people so excited about birds and planes in the first place? No, it’s a speeding box office runaway success story! As if there was any doubt, it looks like the Man of Steel film cleaned up nicely at the cinemas over …
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