There is this book by author S. Bergstrom called The Cruelty. The story of said book is a somewhat familiar one, although not exactly. See if you recognize it: When her diplomat father is kidnapped and the U.S. Government refuses to help, 17-year-old Gwendolyn Bloom sets off across the underbelly of Europe to rescue him. Following the only lead she …

Only a few months ago Paramount Pictures surprisingly announced that 2013’s highly-underrated and fun – but also under-performing box office-wise – Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which starred Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, would get a sequel. Bruno Aveillan was attached to direct and the script would be written by Tommy Wirkola (who directed the original) and Michael Finch (Predators). Now …

Christmas is coming early this year. That is if you like your Santa Claus to actually be a short secret agent who lists “couch destruction” as one of his hobbies. In a really cool and totally unexpected move, Paramount (via THR) have announced that they’ve pushed forward the release date of Mission: Impossible 5 from Christmas day this year to July …

Kervyn posted a lengthy piece yesterday on Sony Pictures’ decision to cancel the release of The Interview following threats of terrorist action against movie theatres should screenings of the movie go ahead on Christmas Day. This was subsequent to five of the US’ largest cinema chains deciding against screening the movie because of these threats; and further motivated by additional …

Only a few months ago Robert Orci, writer and producer of the first two movies in the Star Trek reboot-iverse (new word, just in time for Christmas), took over the directing helm of the franchise from J.J. Abrams (who’d moved over to a little known franchise called Star Trade Dispute or something) and spoke a bit about his vision for …

Despite achieving a fair amount of widespread recognition and acclaim, Darren Aronofsky is not what you would call a mainstream director. He’s shown several times in the past that he’s not willing to flinch from his dramatic vision for a film, four quadrant appeal be damned (Requiem for a Dream, anyone?). The thing is though, none of those previous films …

Ok, so that doesn’t sound all that impressive, but “sources” have supplied Variety with some numbers for the premium offering from Paramount Pictures, and they do tell a tale.  The $50 dollar tickets included seeing the movie 2 days before the official release, a pair of custom 3D glasses, a limited edition poster, popcorn, and a copy of the Blu-ray, …

You may have heard recently about how Tom Cruise now officially has a fifth mission (Impossible) which he’s chosen to accept, and in that earlier story we even mentioned that all signs and rumours thus far has pointed to Cruise’s Jack Reacher director, Christopher McQuarrie, helming the pentequel. But actually there was no mention of McQuarrie as director in the official M:I5 press release …