You can watch Timothée Chalamet’s charming chocolatier in Uhd very soon. More on the Wonka 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD release here.
Paul King’s charming, thoroughly lovely Wonka has been doing well for itself. The film, which debuted in cinemas in December, has just crossed the $500m mark at the global box office.
The film follows a young Willy Wonka as he arrives in Europe with a head full of dreams and chocolate recipes. He faces a gang of rival chocolatiers, but nothing can come between Willy and his sweeties, it seems.
The film was critically acclaimed, with many praising Chalamet’s performance and King’s direction. Our own Simon Brew found the film “flat-out brilliant, brimming with magic, confidence, colour and life.” You can read more about his feelings on the film here.
If you’re itching for a rewatch but would rather do so from the comfort of your home,...
Paul King’s charming, thoroughly lovely Wonka has been doing well for itself. The film, which debuted in cinemas in December, has just crossed the $500m mark at the global box office.
The film follows a young Willy Wonka as he arrives in Europe with a head full of dreams and chocolate recipes. He faces a gang of rival chocolatiers, but nothing can come between Willy and his sweeties, it seems.
The film was critically acclaimed, with many praising Chalamet’s performance and King’s direction. Our own Simon Brew found the film “flat-out brilliant, brimming with magic, confidence, colour and life.” You can read more about his feelings on the film here.
If you’re itching for a rewatch but would rather do so from the comfort of your home,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Writer Pat Proft says he’s “blocked” from Naked Gun 4, as he and director David Zucker discuss the planned sequel.
The original The Naked Gun film, starring the much-missed Leslie Nielsen, is remarkably celebrating its 35th birthday. And The Hollywood Reporter has celebrated in time honoured fashioned by chatting to some of the team behind it.
Specifically, co-writer and director David Zucker, and co-writer Pat Proft.
The full piece is here, and there’s much to munch on for the (many) fans of the original film. But towards the end, talk turns to the planned fourth Naked Gun film, that Paramount has in development.
The current plan for Naked Gun 4, which it won’t be called, is for Liam Neeson to play Frank Drebin, with Seth McFarlane producing and the terrific Akiva Schaffer (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) directing.
See also: Naked Gun 4 | The story of the lost sequel, featuring...
The original The Naked Gun film, starring the much-missed Leslie Nielsen, is remarkably celebrating its 35th birthday. And The Hollywood Reporter has celebrated in time honoured fashioned by chatting to some of the team behind it.
Specifically, co-writer and director David Zucker, and co-writer Pat Proft.
The full piece is here, and there’s much to munch on for the (many) fans of the original film. But towards the end, talk turns to the planned fourth Naked Gun film, that Paramount has in development.
The current plan for Naked Gun 4, which it won’t be called, is for Liam Neeson to play Frank Drebin, with Seth McFarlane producing and the terrific Akiva Schaffer (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) directing.
See also: Naked Gun 4 | The story of the lost sequel, featuring...
- 12/22/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Warner Bros Discovery is circling a possible merger with Paramount – but that’d put its CEO, David Zaslav, in charge of two studios. Sigh.
I’ve never met David Zaslav.
For all I know, the CEO of Warner Bros Discovery may be a lovely, caring man. He may spend his evenings devouring movies, checking on the wellbeing of his staff, and adopting puppies. I hope that’s the case.
This piece isn’t about the personal side of the man. There’s too much of that out there in entertainment reporting, and I want no part of it.
Almost as much as, on a professional level, I want David Zaslav to have no part at all of Paramount Pictures. I think he’s become a totem for much that’s wrong with modern movie studios.
News broke overnight that David Zaslav has had a discussion with his opposite number at Paramount,...
I’ve never met David Zaslav.
For all I know, the CEO of Warner Bros Discovery may be a lovely, caring man. He may spend his evenings devouring movies, checking on the wellbeing of his staff, and adopting puppies. I hope that’s the case.
This piece isn’t about the personal side of the man. There’s too much of that out there in entertainment reporting, and I want no part of it.
Almost as much as, on a professional level, I want David Zaslav to have no part at all of Paramount Pictures. I think he’s become a totem for much that’s wrong with modern movie studios.
News broke overnight that David Zaslav has had a discussion with his opposite number at Paramount,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
James Cameron’s eagerly-awaited remasters of True Lies, Aliens and The Abyss have come in for some pushback…
We’re still some months away from the physical media 4K releases of a bunch of James Cameron films, but the digital releases of the movies in question have caused a few eyebrows to be raised.
This week, in the US at least, the digital 4K remasters of True Lies, The Abyss and Aliens have debuted. The remastering work is set to be the basis of next March’s much-anticipated 4K disc releases. And whilst the file size of the disc version is going to significantly exceed that of a download, there are still a few little niggles that are cropping up.
True Lies is the transfer that appears to be coming in for the most pushback. Over at the Blu-ray.com forum, there’s a growing thread with screencaps from the release,...
We’re still some months away from the physical media 4K releases of a bunch of James Cameron films, but the digital releases of the movies in question have caused a few eyebrows to be raised.
This week, in the US at least, the digital 4K remasters of True Lies, The Abyss and Aliens have debuted. The remastering work is set to be the basis of next March’s much-anticipated 4K disc releases. And whilst the file size of the disc version is going to significantly exceed that of a download, there are still a few little niggles that are cropping up.
True Lies is the transfer that appears to be coming in for the most pushback. Over at the Blu-ray.com forum, there’s a growing thread with screencaps from the release,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Terrifier 3 is going to have a budget several times that of Terrifier 2 – and a UK cinema release has been confirmed too.
A day or two back, we got the confirmation of a fresh sequel to a film with very low budget roots. That’d be Saw XI, that’s landing in cinemas next September. However, what promises to be an even more profitable venture is just a few weeks behind it.
That’d be Terrifier 3, the horror franchise that puts a vicious, murdering clown at its heart. The second film in particular was made for a fraction over $200,000, and ended up scaling the US box office chart. The $15m box office take might not be Marvel levels, but it’s a return that independent horror films very rarely get to see. And the franchise is clearly on an upwards trajectory too.
Terrifier 3 thus promises to be even bigger.
A day or two back, we got the confirmation of a fresh sequel to a film with very low budget roots. That’d be Saw XI, that’s landing in cinemas next September. However, what promises to be an even more profitable venture is just a few weeks behind it.
That’d be Terrifier 3, the horror franchise that puts a vicious, murdering clown at its heart. The second film in particular was made for a fraction over $200,000, and ended up scaling the US box office chart. The $15m box office take might not be Marvel levels, but it’s a return that independent horror films very rarely get to see. And the franchise is clearly on an upwards trajectory too.
Terrifier 3 thus promises to be even bigger.
- 12/13/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
The Avatar creator James Cameron has opened up about the many trips to Pandora that are on our horizon.
James Cameron has spoken to People magazine where amongst other things, he confirmed that the third Avatar film is still on track for a December 2025 release.
Cameron and his team were able to get most of the shooting for Avatar 3 (and some of the fourth film) done in the space between the pandemic and this year’s strikes. As such, the filmmaker reckons that so far work on the third instalment has been much smoother than with its predecessor, Avatar: The Way of Water.
“Three is actually much more straightforward than two,” says Cameron.
“Two, we got hit with the pandemic in the middle of it and we were interrupted, and then we had to reboot and reboot the production and all that sort of thing. And it was a scramble to get it done.
James Cameron has spoken to People magazine where amongst other things, he confirmed that the third Avatar film is still on track for a December 2025 release.
Cameron and his team were able to get most of the shooting for Avatar 3 (and some of the fourth film) done in the space between the pandemic and this year’s strikes. As such, the filmmaker reckons that so far work on the third instalment has been much smoother than with its predecessor, Avatar: The Way of Water.
“Three is actually much more straightforward than two,” says Cameron.
“Two, we got hit with the pandemic in the middle of it and we were interrupted, and then we had to reboot and reboot the production and all that sort of thing. And it was a scramble to get it done.
- 12/13/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
The James Bond rumour mill continues, as Paul Mescal appears to be the candidate of choice for the minute.
We’re still clearly some time away from the new James Bond film, and from the identity of the next 007. Given that it’s been two years since the release of No Time To Die, and around four years since a James Bond film was actually shooting, nobody could accuse Barbara Broccoli and the team at Eon of not taking their time.
Just as they promised they would, in fairness. And it hasn’t stopped the rumour mill continuing to turn in the absence of actual news.
The latest example comes from The Sun, the newspaper that showed its true colours in its reporting of the Hillsborough disaster.
In this instance, its source reckons that James Bond will be played two actors in whatever James Bond 26 turns out to be. That sounds like utter hokum really,...
We’re still clearly some time away from the new James Bond film, and from the identity of the next 007. Given that it’s been two years since the release of No Time To Die, and around four years since a James Bond film was actually shooting, nobody could accuse Barbara Broccoli and the team at Eon of not taking their time.
Just as they promised they would, in fairness. And it hasn’t stopped the rumour mill continuing to turn in the absence of actual news.
The latest example comes from The Sun, the newspaper that showed its true colours in its reporting of the Hillsborough disaster.
In this instance, its source reckons that James Bond will be played two actors in whatever James Bond 26 turns out to be. That sounds like utter hokum really,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Whilst he doesn’t say much, Barry Keoghan pretty much confirms we’ll be seeing him play the Clown Prince of Crime in Matt Reeve’s follow-up to 2022’s The Batman.
Before the strikes threw everything into chaos this year, the plan for Matt Reeves follow-up to The Batman was pretty straightforward. He was writing the screenplay in the spring of this year ahead of plans to shoot in March of 2024. That would in turn lead to a 2025 release.
As of right now we have no idea if that’s still the case, after all, Matt Reeves was unable to work on the script for several months due to the writers’ strike, whilst it’s easy to imagine the chaos that scheduling studio space in 2024 could be.
Still, ETalk managed to catch up with Barry Keoghan, who had a small but memorable role in the first film as as the Joker,...
Before the strikes threw everything into chaos this year, the plan for Matt Reeves follow-up to The Batman was pretty straightforward. He was writing the screenplay in the spring of this year ahead of plans to shoot in March of 2024. That would in turn lead to a 2025 release.
As of right now we have no idea if that’s still the case, after all, Matt Reeves was unable to work on the script for several months due to the writers’ strike, whilst it’s easy to imagine the chaos that scheduling studio space in 2024 could be.
Still, ETalk managed to catch up with Barry Keoghan, who had a small but memorable role in the first film as as the Joker,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
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