Extras! 16 May 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: May 16, 2014
Joe Carnahan talks STRETCH; why Universal dropped it, and what's its current status
Slashfilm has done a massive interview with writer/director Joe Carnahan (NARC, Smoking Aces, The A-Team, The Grey), so massive that it needs to be split into three parts. The first part is out, and in it Carnahan talks about a myriad of topics like the success of the Marvel movies, how he may be doing that Death Wish remake after all, and what …
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA is being rebooted as a movie
Ron Moore’s 2003 reimagining of classically cheesy) 1970’s sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica was a bit of a game changer, prompting every other sci-fi show and his dog to suddenly get all gritty. The reason why they all wanted to copy BSG is because it was just that damn good. For 4 seasons we were all gripped as the remnants of the …
Rumour: CGI may be used for Paul Walker's scenes in FAST & FURIOUS 7
Last year November, we heard the sad news that Paul Walker, star of the $2.4 billion Fast & Furious franchise had tragically (and ironically) died in a car accident. Fans around the world grieved for the loss of the popular actor, but soon attention had to be turned to the macabre logistics of just how Universal Pictures and director James Wan would …
Fast & Furious star Paul Walker has died in a car crash
Solemn news to start off this week, as reports came in early yesterday morning that Paul Walker, best known for playing the role of Brian O’Conner in six out of seven Fast & Furious films, has died in a car crash at age 40. Last Updated: December 2, 2013
South African heist film iNUMBER NUMBER to get the Hollywood remake treatment
I think it started with Wikus Swart and his “fooken prawns” and then was definitely helped along with the 2010 Soccer World Cup and it’s non stop travelogues of our corner of the world, but soon every Denzel Washington and his Ryan Reynolds wanted to make a movie/TV series in South Africa. We were in the spotlight, and so too …
Extras! First scene from Batman vs Superman, Go behind the fury, Brie Larson takes a gamble, Universal cancels life, Jonas Cuaron gets lost in Atlantis, and Michael Bay gets attacked with an air-conditioner?! 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: October 18, 2013
Vin Diesel will fight orcs in SOLDIERS OF THE SUN
Though you may not know it to look at him now, muscleman Vin Diesel was quite the geek when he was younger (a Dungeons & Dragons geek, to be precise). So it should come as no surprise that he has a thing for sci-fi movies. As we just recently heard, he’s going to play an extraterrestrial tree in Guardians of the …
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