Hyde Park On Hudson: Bill Murray stars in first trailer

Hyde Park On Hudson: Bill Murray stars in first trailer

The first trailer for Hyde Park On Hudson has now gone live on MSN, with Bill Murray stealing the show as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “We could have sold tickets to this dinner and made ourselves a pile of money.” No that’s not Dave ‘we’re all in it together’ Cameron...
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry reteam for Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry reteam for Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost

Fancy A Bit (more) Of Fry And Laurie? Then you’re in luck, because the comedy duo will be reteaming on a film version of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost. The film is currently in pre-production and sorting out its financing and is scheduled for release Christmas 2014. The Canterville Ghost...
Facejacker and Fonejacker movie in development

Facejacker and Fonejacker movie in development

The man behind the Fonejacker and Facejacker TV series is planning a movie version combining elements of both projects. “Let me tell you now, world exclusive on Radio One, One, One,” Kayvan Novak told Vernon Kay this weekend, “We’re going to do a Facejacker movie.” The Four Lions star said...
Three Jason Statham remakes we want to see

Three Jason Statham remakes we want to see

Jason Statham thriller 13, based on the original Tzameti, makes its DVD and Blu-ray premiere in the US today. In honour of its release, That Film Thing takes a look at a few other remakes we’d like The Stath to tackle…
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Pier Paolo Pasolini: Porcile and Hawks And Sparrows hit DVD in July

Pier Paolo Pasolini: Porcile and Hawks And Sparrows hit DVD in July

Two movies from Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini are making their way onto DVD in July as part of Eureka Entertainment’s Masters OF Cinema Series. Pasolini’s Pigsty (Porcile) and Hawks And Sparrows (Uccellacci E Uccellini) are to be released in the UK on DVD on 23 July 2012. Eureka described the 1960s movies as “typically...
The Amazing Spider-Man: four-minute video preview

The Amazing Spider-Man: four-minute video preview

What’s the best thing to hit the web since, well, Spidey himself? This new four-minute-long video preview of The Amazing Spider-Man of course! British actor Andrew Garfield takes the lead role, with Garfield’s real-life girlfriend Emma Stone playing Peter Parker‘s love interest Gwen Stacy. However, the four-minute video preview of The Amazing Spider-Man is most...
Lance Henriksen talks Millennium movie: ‘I think it's going to happen’

Lance Henriksen talks Millennium movie: ‘I think it’s going to happen’

Is a movie spin-off of one of TFT’s favourite TV shows really in the works? If you believe Lance Henriksen then the deliciously dark Millennium – which was made by the same team behind The X-Files and ran alongside that show from 1996 to 1999 – is really getting its own movie. “I think it’s...
Marvel’s The Avengers Smashes Box Office Records

Marvel’s The Avengers Smashes Box Office Records

If you thought the Hulk could smash, then get ready to see what a whole team of superheroes can pull off. Marvel’s The Avengers posted the biggest US domestic opening weekend of all time with $207.4m (£130m) for 4-6 May 2012, The Walt Disney Studios was very proud to announce. The super hero team-up crossed...
Billy Wilder’s Lost Weekend found on Blu-ray

Billy Wilder’s Lost Weekend found on Blu-ray

Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1945) is being released on Blu-ray in the UK on 25 June 2012. Directed and co-written by two-time Academy Award winner Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot), The Lost Weekend is being released as part of Eureka’s Masters of Cinema Series. Available in standard and steelBook editions,...
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows urban camouflage challenge solved

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows urban camouflage challenge solved

To celebrate the 14 May release of Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows on Blu-ray Triple play, DVD and digital download, the nation’s sleuthing skills were put to the test yet again today with the Urban Camouflage Challenge. Budding detectives were asked to solve three conundrums which appeared on Stephen Fry’s Twitter feed, Play’s Facebook...
Harry Potter moves to Hollywood

Harry Potter moves to Hollywood

Warner Bros. and Universal Parks and Resorts are bringing The Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Universal Studios Hollywood.
IndieFlix offers Music For Film service

IndieFlix offers Music For Film service

IndieFlix has announced a partnership with fellow Seattle-based company Audiosocket to provide filmmakers with a hassle-free approach to securing proper music licenses. 
The Investigator heads to production

The Investigator heads to production

  Gabriel’s Messenger Films has announced the beginning of production on The Investigator, which is inspired by true events surrounding a veteran detective who becomes a high school baseball coach. The film will complete production in February 2012. 
AFI announces 2011 Almanac awards

AFI announces 2011 Almanac awards

The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the official selections for the AFI Awards 2011, which records the year’s most outstanding achievements in film, television and other forms of the moving image arts.