Extras! 11 June 2014
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: June 11, 2014
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: June 11, 2014
Disney has had plenty of characters and films over the years, but the one thing that they’ve never shared between them all? A continuity. Rarely have you seen Snow White party with Belle, or Mulan kick some ass alongside Peter Pan. Expect that universe to get a shake-up in the near future though, as most of those characters got bizzay, and …
Snow White and the Huntsman made some considerable cash at the box office during the course of its run, grossing close to $400 million. That’s more than double the budget of the flick, and with those kinds of numbers, a sequel was inevitable. What wasn’t inevitable though, was finding out that ol’ Stoney face herself, Kristen Stewart, would be getting …
Well, it appears that this town is in fact not big enough for the three of them, as Disney has halted production on their proposed Snow White re-imagining, which would have seen Saoirse Ronan as the titular fairy tale character as an English girl in 19th century Hong Kong, “who escapes her wicked stepmother and takes refuge with seven men …
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 …
While that other Snow White film gets ready to enchant families across the globe with some sickeningly sweet humour and design, the other Snow White film that is coming out this year looks set to be a more thrilling, darker version of the original fairy tale. Which means that it is far more faithful, because the original print story is …
In case you weren’t aware, there are two very distinct Snow White films appearing this year. One of them, is targeted more towards families, and tells the classic tale in a manner that is so sickeningly sweet, that assorted doctors have had to slap diabetes warning stickers on the film posters. The other, puts its grittiest leg forward, starring Kristen “One face wonder” Stewart …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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