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1. Lionsgate plots TV-centric future for Divergent One of the bigger surprises this week - not least to its star, Shailene Woodley - concerned the Divergent franchise. On Wednesday, Variety reported that the...

1. Pokémon Go is go What the hell is Pokémon Go you ask? A social and technological phenomenon, Pokémon Go is a location-based augmented reality game based upon the Pokémon universe (yes, that's...

1. Hikaru Sulu is gay, George Takei is not (in a happy sense) What with it being set in the 23rd century fer chrissakes, it makes sense for Star Trek Beyond to feature at least one gay character - which is...

Easy Rider. Five Easy Pieces. The Last Picture Show. The Godfather. Badlands. Mean Streets. Serpico. The Parallax View. These are just some of the most iconic and seminal works of the era of what is known as...

1. Class is in session for The Academy, looks rather more diverse The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finished licking envelopes and applying novelty stamps to the latest batch of invitations...

1. Bryan Cranston gets suit, less hirsute as Power Rangers’ Zordon Slowly amassing a cast it surely has no right to, Power Rangers has found itself a booming baldie to play the role of the Mighty Morphin’...

1. Marvel will return to Comic-Con, goodies in tow In case you forgot that Marvel Studios made comic book movies, /Film reports that the media behemoth will be attending San Diego Comic-Con this year. With...

1.Warcraft: The Beginning conquers China, Europe Although Duncan Jones’ Warcraft: The Beginning looks like it might even struggle to make second place at this week’s US Box Office - against The Conjuring...

1. Rogue One scheduled for summer reshoots While the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was generally well received, it is fair to say that it was a little on the dour side. Well according to...

1. Ken Loach wins his second Palme d'Or at Cannes Festival de Cannes 2016 is over and it offered a wide display of talent from some of the best filmmakers in the world. Beside out-of-competition heavyweights...

1. Warner Bros. reorganises DC division, sets up a Harley Quinn spinoff After the $870 million-grossing “failure” that was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Bros. has made significant changes to...

1. Cannes kicks off with a Woody Allen rape joke The world’s classiest film festival is now underway. Just about anyone you’ve ever heard of is currently lapping up the sun on the French Riviera. The...

1. Disney: The House of Mouse that roared If 2015 was the year of Universal (and it really, really was) then 2016 looks like Disney’s for the taking. Already riding high on the box office receipts of...

1. Cannes Festival names its jury The 2016 Cannes Film Festival now has itself a jury - nine good film-type people and true - ahead of the start of proceedings on May 11. Joining George Miller, who’ll be...

1. Tony Stark to return for Spider-Man: Homecoming It has long been suspected that Robert Downey Jr. has been looking to hang up his (iron) boots and retire from the MCU but that moment is not yet here. The...