Extras! 18 December 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: December 18, 2014
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON doing reshoots for more action; may add another character
While the word “reshoot” is sometimes a warning klaxon that something on a movie needs to be fixed (or made worse – here’s looking at you, 47 Ronin), additional shooting has become par for the course when it comes to Marvel. The comic book film studio regularly has their flicks go back in front of the camera, usually to either …
King Kong prequel SKULL ISLAND grabs Tom Hiddleston and a director
One of the only real surprises that came out of this year’s rather tame Comic-Con was the reveal that Legendary, fresh from making some waves with their Godzilla reboot, were doubling down on the classic giant monster movie business by developing Skull Island, a prequel to the classic King Kong. Besides for the reveal that Godzilla writer Max Borenstein would also be penning this tale, and the …
Loki to play Ben-Hur?
Tom Hiddleston is being sought to fill the sandals once worn by the late Charlton Heston in the new adaption of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ by Lew Wallace. This will be the third adaption following the afore-mentioned 1959 Charlton Heston epic and the original 1925 silent film. However, it will boil down to a matter …
Extras! 31 July 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: July 31, 2014
Movies out today: Racing against time, revenge and pirate fairies
Yet another public holiday in South Africa means the vast majority of the week’s new film releases are out from today – Workers’ Day. And there are seven of them. 3 Days to Kill: Kevin Costner plays a terminally ill CIA agent in this action espionage thriller, written by Luc Besson and directed by McG. Costner’s character wants to reconnect …
Top List Thursday – The Nicest Bad Guys
Good guys make great villains – so goes the saying in the entertainment industry. So it would be better to meet these actors between takes… Tom Hiddleston His breakthrough onto the A-list came as a result of Loki, the super-villain that Tom Hiddleston plays so well. Granted, it is a bit of a debate these days if Loki is really …
It’s always a bit weird with family in the new ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE trailer
Vampires have had a really bad time of it ever since the Twilight series came out. Gone are the days of the decadent, broody, romantic Anne Rice vampires, replaced instead with creepy, sparkly, washed-out wimps from Stephanie Meyer’s wish-fulfilment fantasies. Last Updated: March 10, 2014
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