Just a few years ago, the idea that Netflix would be bringing us big budget movies with a-list stars would have seemed ludicrous. But this is the year that Amazon’s Manchester By The Sea can win Oscar, and Will Smith is starring in a movie that will debut on Netflix, Bright.
The first trailer for that movie has now arrived. Take a look at it below.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Set in an alternate present-day where humans, orcs, elves and fairies have been coexisting since the beginning of time, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds. Ward, a human (Will Smith), and Jakoby, an orc (Joel Edgerton), embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a young female elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.
‘The Netflix original film stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Olivieri, and Kenneth Choi. The film is directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. David Ayer, Eric Newman, and Bryan Unkeless serve as producers.’
The film will hit Netflix in December. [Read more…]
Well, writers have something new to include when it comes to Oscars biggest gaffes and bloopers – and this one will probably top the list for a very long time. Faye Dunaway read out that La La Land had won the Best Picture Oscar, the producers came up to the stage, and then, partway through the acceptance speeches, they were interrupted to be told, actually no, it was Moonlight that was the big winner.
Each year the day before the Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards are held, which were set up as the equivalent of the Hollywood-centric Academy Awards but for movies made outside the mainstream. This year the big winner was Moonlight, which picked up five gongs.
To celebrate the release of My Darling Clementine- on Blu-ray 27 February 2017 – we are giving away a copy courtesy of Arrow Video!
There’s been a fair amount of controversy about cisgender actors taking transgender roles. However, there’s been less talk about what’s going on behind the camera when trans issues are depicted on-screen. There are very few transgender directors around, and even fewer working on mainstream projects. It’s good news then that Silas Howard – best known for his work on Transparent – is set to adapt Daniel Pearle’s acclaimed play, A Kid Like Jake, for the big screen.
It’s terrible nowadays, you can’t go anywhere without the gays trying to cram their lifestyle choice down your throats! And that includes The LEGO Batman Movie, apparently.
LGBT characters in mainstream films are rare, in big budget movies they’re even rarer, and in major sci-fi films they’re approaching unheard of. However, it appears Alien: Covenant is bucking that trend, as the four-minute prologue that’s just been released introduces us to Demian Bechir and Nathaniel Green as the franchise’s first gay couple.
After The Dark Knight Rises, some wondered if the film was hinting that Warner Bros. was planning a Nightwing movie. At the time that turned out not to be the case, but now the idea has been resurrected, with 
Recently Robert Redford he intends to retire completely from in front of the camera, but before then he’s decided to go into the afterlife with The Discovery. It certainly sounds like it could be an interesting one.