Disney is thinking about shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales in Australia early next year, hoping to replicate the deal that saw the Australian government promise Disney $21 million for bringing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo to our shores. According to Deadline, production on 20,000 Leagues – originally set to be helmed by David Fincher – […]
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Jerry Bruckheimer believes fifth ‘Pirates’ will shoot in 2015
June 23, 2014 
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That elusive, inevitable fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie will likely shoot in early 2015. That is, if Jerry Bruckheimer has any say. The beleaguered blockbuster producer may no longer have a deal with Disney, but all parties still seem pretty keen to make the next instalment in the Pirates saga. Bruckheimer dropped the date […]
Continue readingWillenium – Transcendence review
April 22, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo April 22, 2014 Transcendence makes a convincing case for the abandonment of technology, although it’s not nearly as convincing as the case it makes for the abandonment of films about technology. This one unironically deploys phrases like, “We have to get off the grid”, and one particular event in the script is […]
Continue reading‘Alice in Wonderland’ sequel scores new title, might star Sacha Baron Cohen
January 22, 2014 0 Comments
That Alice in Wonderland sequel is still happening, in case you’d forgotten. Disney have sent out a reminder by announcing the official title: Through the Looking Glass. Through the Looking Glass, of course, is the follow up to Lewis Carroll’s original novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Weirdly, both were used as source material for Tim Burton’s hit 2010 film. James Bobin is taking […]
Continue readingTim Burton may direct Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice 2
October 23, 2013 0 Comments
In news that some may construe as more a threat than a promise, Variety has revealed Tim Burton may be close to jumping on board for Beetlejuice 2. Rumours about this sequel have circulated for years but the wheels may finally be in motion as Variety’s sources say writer Seth Grahame-Smith has a script written […]
Continue readingPirates 5 pushed to 2016
September 11, 2013 0 Comments
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 won’t arrive on our shores in 2015, as originally promised by Disney. The sequel – subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales – will now likely hit cinemas in the American summer of 2016. Deadline suggests the delay is due to the studio’s dissatisfaction with the script (or, at the very least, […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp mulls retirement in wake of Lone Ranger flop
August 1, 2013 0 Comments
Johnny Depp has told BBC Breakfast he’s “not too far” from retirement; a vague declaration made newsworthy by its proximity to his recent big screen flop, The Lone Ranger. His comments were captured for posterity by THR. Disney’s The Lone Ranger marked the second big budget failure for Depp in a row, following his 2012 […]
Continue readingThe Lone Ranger might lose $150 million for Disney
July 8, 2013 0 Comments
Disney is looking at a loss of $150 million thanks to the bombing of their most recent effort, The Lone Ranger. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the big budget western is set to follow in the footsteps of the studio’s notorious 2012 flop, John Carter. Produced for approximately $250 million (not including marketing costs), The […]
Continue readingHammer horror – The Lone Ranger review
July 2, 2013 1 Comment
By Simon Miraudo July 2, 2013 They worked so hard to make a movie out of The Lone Ranger, responding to the pleas of absolutely no one. Calls for a sequel will be even less thunderous. Director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and star Johnny Depp were just so darned keen to resurrect the long […]
Continue readingAnna Kendrick in talks to head Into the Woods as Cinderella
June 24, 2013 0 Comments
Anna Kendrick, everyone’s favourite cup-playing Oscar nominee, is being considered for the role of Cinderella in Rob Marshall’s adaptation of Into the Woods. According to Variety, Kendrick is in talks to star as the fairy-tale beauty, opposite the already-cast Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, James Corden, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Emily Blunt. Based on Stephen […]
Continue reading‘Muppets’ director might take over from Tim Burton on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ sequel
May 31, 2013 0 Comments
James Bobin, of The Muppets and Flight of the Conchords fame, is in talks to helm Disney’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Variety reports. The picture – tentatively titled Into the Looking Glass – is still being penned by Linda Woolverton, but the studio is no doubt keen to lock away principal talent, and replicate […]
Continue readingEmily Blunt headed Into The Woods
May 20, 2013 0 Comments
Emily Blunt is in talks to join Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, and Jake Gyllenhaal in the upcoming screen adaptation of Into the Woods, Variety reports. Blunt would play the lead female part of the Baker’s Wife in director Rob Marshall’s musical. Based on Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway hit, and inspired by classic fairy tales, […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp might go Into the Woods
April 29, 2013 0 Comments
Johnny Depp is considering a return to the world of musicals, THR reports. Depp is in talks to star in an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s beloved Broadway musical Into the Woods. He previously took on the lead role in Tim Burton’s adaptation of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Rob Marshall is set to helm Into […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp set for Transcendence and Black Mass
March 1, 2013 0 Comments
Johnny Depp’s year is quickly filling up as his reps confirm he’s added Transcendence and Black Mass to his schedule. Filming will first take place on Transcendence, the directorial debut of cinematographer Wally Pfister, who won an Oscar for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. At this point in time, producers are not revealing the film’s plot, which […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Lone Ranger
February 5, 2013 0 Comments
Disney chose the Superbowl to launch its newest trailer for The Lone Ranger, following our first sneak peak at this adventure-western back in October of last year. Based on the television series of the same name, this reincarnation comes from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbiniski; a Pirates of the Caribbean partnership that is […]
Continue readingJack White no longer scoring The Lone Ranger
December 17, 2012 0 Comments
There was a time when it didn’t seem Gore Verbinski’s ambitious, super-expensive Lone Ranger would ever see the light of day. Though Disney eventually gave it the green light, and production is now almost completed, we still won’t see Verbinski’s dream version of the project. Jack White was originally confirmed to compose music for the […]
Continue readingDisney plot Alice in Wonderland sequel
December 12, 2012 0 Comments
Disney is preparing to send Alice back down the rabbit hole as Variety announces a sequel to the 2010 blockbuster Alice in Wonderland is in the works. Despite some critical backlash, Tim Burton’s epic CGI adaptation of the much-loved Lewis Carroll book went on to make $1 billion worldwide, and the audience’s thirst for all […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Lone Ranger
October 5, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser for Gore Verbinski’s super-expensive Lone Ranger has arrived online. Though the project was originally nixed by Disney on account on the inflated price tag, Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer whittled it down to something more palatable. The trailer doesn’t reveal much, except for the fact that the movie exists; frankly, considering its troubled production history, […]
Continue readingAngela Lansbury joins Bill Murray for Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel
September 27, 2012 0 Comments
According to reports in UK magazine The Gentle Woman (courtesy of The Film Stage), Angela Lansbury has landed a role in Wes Anderson‘s next symmetry-fest, The Grand Budapest Hotel. While Ms Murder She Wrote is quoted as saying it is a small role, she is joining what’s turning into a pretty epic cast that includes the recently […]
Continue readingAll class – 21 Jump Street review
July 19, 2012 0 Comments
21 Jump Street – Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, and Brie Larson. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Rated MA. Originally published March 7, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. 21 Jump Street is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia, and via Quickflix Pay Per View. In this cinematic reimagining of the 80s TV show 21 Jump Street, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum star as incompetent and immature police […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp checks into Wes Anderson’s Hotel
July 18, 2012 0 Comments
Deadline reports that Johnny Depp is set to star in Wes Anderson‘s next film, allowing Depp to expand his cinematic horizons from just pirate and Tim Burton movies. Hot on the heels of his upcoming Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson is moving straight into his next feature, The Grand Budapest Hotel. With any luck Anderson can bring […]
Continue readingThe Lone Ranger’s budget blows out (again)
June 15, 2012 0 Comments
Disney halted production on Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Lone Ranger last year when the budget ballooned to $250 million. Months later, with costs cut and star Johnny Depp agreeing to a smaller upfront fee, the Mousehouse gave it the go ahead. That lowered $215 million budget has since exploded back to $250 million (and […]
Continue readingEdgar Wright might shoot Ant-Man this year
May 17, 2012 1 Comment
Edgar Wright is suddenly a very busy man. Just last week it was revealed he would finally reunite with Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost for The World’s End, and now it looks like his long-gestating superhero flick Ant-Man is getting off the ground too. Wright has been attached to direct Marvel’s Ant-Man for quite some time; he worked on the script with Joe Cornish (Attack the Block). […]
Continue readingStaying alive – Dark Shadows review
May 8, 2012 2 Comments
Dark Shadows – Starring Johnny Depp, Eva Green, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Directed by Tim Burton. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Dark Shadows is Tim Burton‘s best film in a decade. You’d have to go all the way back to Big Fish, or perhaps even 1999’s Sleepy Hollow to find anything comparable in quality. That might be […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Tim Burton films
May 4, 2012 1 Comment
The top 10 Tim Burton films. By Simon Miraudo. Few filmmakers have developed as fervent a following as Tim Burton. There’s just something about the scraggly haired hit-maker that connects with outcasts and, erm, incasts alike. Maybe it’s because many still see him as the oddball kid hiding away from his parents and the outside […]
Continue readingHollywood’s leading ladies line up to marry Depp’s Thin Man
March 30, 2012 2 Comments
It seems Hollywood’s finest actresses are in the running to star opposite Johnny Depp in Rob Marshall‘s The Thin Man, Deadline reports. Depp will star as former private eye and current drunk Nick Charles. Though no one has yet been offered the part of Nick’s wife Nora, here is the list of ladies meeting with Marshall next […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Dark Shadows
March 16, 2012 1 Comment
What’s that now? The trailer for Tim Burton‘s adaptation of 70s soap opera Dark Shadows makes it look like a barrel of demented fun? We wouldn’t have believed it either, unless we’d seen it with our own eyes… We’ve been unimpressed by much of Burton’s cinematic output for much of the last decade, and were sceptical of his latest endeavour. […]
Continue readingFirst look at Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger
March 9, 2012 0 Comments
The first image of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in action as Tonto and The Lone Ranger has arrived online, courtesy of producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s Twitter account. For a while there it seemed Gore Verbinski‘s super-expensive The Lone Ranger would never actually make it to the big screen, but lo and behold, visual evidence that people are […]
Continue readingWilliam Fichtner is The Lone Ranger’s villain
February 24, 2012 0 Comments
Leave it to William Fichtner to ride on in and save the day. The character actor will star as the lead villain in The Lone Ranger, replacing recent drop-out Dwight Yoakam, Deadline report. For a while there, Disney’s super-expensive Lone Ranger looked like it would never see the light of day. After director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer […]
Continue readingEdgar Wright to direct Johnny Depp in The Night Stalker
February 23, 2012 1 Comment
Edgar Wright has finally booked his follow-up to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, though his most devoted fans may be disappointed to learn it isn’t Ant-Man or his long-gestating third collaboration with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, apocalypse-comedy At World’s End. According to Deadline, Wright will direct The Night Stalker for Disney. It is a remake of a 1972 telemovie of the […]
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