The $50m Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr set for Avengers windfall
Actor's profit-sharing deal with Marvel will see his salary dwarf those of his co-stars following success of superhero movieRobert Downey Jr is set to garner a spectacular $50m payday for his turn as Iron Man following the huge box-office success of su...
Aaron Sorkin to write script for Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic
The Social Network's Oscar-winning screenwriter is to pen film based on bestselling biography of the late Apple founderHis legacy already surrounds us in the shape of iPods, iPhones, iPads and myriad other iconic, sleek and indispensable examples of 21...
Will The Amazing Spider-Man’s Lizard scale new heights?
Rhys Ifans's reptilian rogue runs the risk of being the CGI elephant in the room of Marc Webb's new film. But can this new featurette put the Lizard in a new light?The Amazing Spider-Man seems to be the Peter Parker of this year's summer blockbusters, ...
Paddington Bear to take big-screen voyage
Michael Bond's polite bear from Peru will have to dust off his duffle coat as his live action/CGI debut, directed by Paul King, gets the go-aheadDeepest, darkest Peru's most famous accident-prone, marmalade eating emigré is heading for the big screen,...
Harry Potter theme park to open in Japan
A third Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park is to open at Universal Studios' Osaka site in 2014Harry Potter is heading off to Japan following the announcement that a new theme park attraction based on JK Rowling's famous boy wizard is to open at...
Philip K Dick estate to revive legal battle over The Adjustment Bureau
Representatives of science-fiction writer's estate refile lawsuit against production company behind Matt Damon thrillerThe estate of cult science-fiction writer Philip K Dick is to revive a legal battle for profits from the futuristic Matt Damon thrill...
Charlie Kaufman the left-field choice to adapt The Knife of Never Letting Go
US screenwriter hired by Lionsgate to work on first book in the Patrick Ness trilogy tipped as the next Hunger GamesCharlie Kaufman may not be the obvious choice to adapt a young adult trilogy being tipped as the basis for the next Hunger Games, but he...
Avengers Assemble disarms the critics
Week in geek extra: Joss Whedon's carefully curated and funny superhero film may be bum-numbingly long, but it's not short of rave reviewsOne down, two to go. Reviews are in for the first of 2012's three big comic-book movies, Avengers Assemble, and th...
Pixar takes a Brave step with a feisty fairytale
Ben Child watches thirty minutes of Pixar's first fairytale and finds a courageous story with a feminist and Scottish twistYou might expect a studio with films of the quality of Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille and Toy Story 3 to be excused for making the odd t...
The Woman in Black to haunt cinemas again in Susan Hill sequel
Hammer and Hill team up again on new story The Woman in Black: Angels of Death, which will be adapted by screenwriter Jon CrokerIt has proven the most successful British horror of all time at the box office and given star Daniel Radcliffe a welcome pos...
The Woman in Black to haunt cinemas again in Susan Hill sequel
Hammer and Hill team up again on new story The Woman in Black: Angels of Death, which will be adapted by screenwriter Jon CrokerIt has proven the most successful British horror of all time at the box office and given star Daniel Radcliffe a welcome pos...
The Hunger Games’ 12A classification not to the taste of concerned parents
Science-fiction thriller censured for depicting brutality and bloodshed on a scale felt to stretch boundaries of 12A ratingAs a film that centres on a battle to the death between 24 teenagers until only one is left standing, you might think box-office ...
