The Chinese fest will also highlight “film creations from the ‘Global South,’ screening rare classics,” such as the Iranian film ‘The Sealed Soil’ and Angolan war of independence drama ‘Sambizanga.’ Alfred Hitchcock, the late “Master of Suspense,” and Jiří Menzel, the late Czech director who won the foreign-language film Oscar for 1966’s Closely Watched Trains, will get…
For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2025 here. April Friday, April 4A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros), Four Mothers (BFI), Muriel’s Wedding (Altitude), Sebastian (Peccadillo), Last Swim (Vertigo), The Most Precious Of Cargoes (Studiocanal), Restless (Metis), Mr. Burton (Icon), Death Of A Unicorn (EFD) Sunday, April 6Six The Musical (Universal) Thursday, April 10The Chosen: The Last…
Mojang’s beloved sandbox shaped a generation’s childhood, but leave it to Hollywood to bulldoze that nostalgia, slap a price tag on the debris, and call it a movie The first thing you hear when you boot up Minecraft is nothing. A soft, patient nothing that waited for you. You linger in the stillness, cursor hovering over “Singleplayer.”…
Big changes are shaking up the world of movie spies. James Bond has officially moved to Amazon. Ethan Hunt is preparing for what could be his final mission in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. And now, Jason Bourne—the fan-favorite amnesiac assassin who disappeared after 2016’s Jason Bourne—might be making a comeback. Change is afoot…
News just in: the Avengers: Doomsday cast has been unveiled. Well, we say ‘just in’. Over the last five or so hours, Marvel Studios has been confirming who will be starring in the long-awaited upcoming Avengers movie, which has officially begun production. Yes, in a live-streamed announceathon on Marvel’s YouTube and social media channels, a succession of 26 cast…
The Karate Kid saga has been sweeping the leg for decades now – you have the beloved 1980s originals with Ralph Macchio, the perfectly solid 2010 reboot starring Jaden Smith, plus the recent success of streaming series Cobra Kai. Now, Karate Kid: Legends is here, looking to bring together both movie streams. At the heart of the story is a new character, Ben Wang’s…
In the annals of movie history, there has been no shortage of history-loving dudes lusting after mythic treasure with their pals. Milo Thatch, Benjamin Franklin Gates, Rick O’Connell, Nathan Drake, Indiana Jones of course… you get the idea. And if Guy Ritchie has any say in the matter, then his new Apple TV+ joint Fountain Of Youth may be about to add a…
Coco fans, prepare to go un poco loco — we’re heading back to the Land of the Dead! Yes, forgoing the kind of pomp and ceremony that would ordinarily herald a new Pixar film announcement, Disney CEO Bob Iger used the company’s annual shareholder meeting earlier today as a platform to reveal that Coco 2 is in early…
Thwip thwip! CinemaCon has officially begun, and it brings big news with it. The Sony presentation was stacked with major updates from the MCU and beyond – most notably, a huge update on the long-awaited fourth Spider-Man movie, bringing Tom Holland back in the Spidey suit after a little hiatus following 2021’s cinema-saving No Way Home. For a while now,…
You just can’t keep a good Baba Yaga down! Yes, despite Keanu Reeves’ mythic hitman John Wick having seemingly met his maker on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in John Wick: Chapter 4, it would appear that rumours of Wick’s death have been greatly exaggerated after all. Taking to the stage at CinemaCon earlier today ahead…
