Hasbro reveals plans for four more Transformers movies
Future of the multibillion-dollar franchise will also include TV and digital development, says toymaker
Why JG Ballard’s High-Rise takes dystopian science fiction to a new level
Whether mazes, blocks or bunkers, Ballard was drawn to the psychology of enclosed, brutal environments. This inner space, rather than outer space, was his SF realm
Why James Bond is a religion
When Spectre opens later this month, millions of devotees will flock to cinemas, ready for the accustomed rituals of sex, death and redemption (and explosions)
Might Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner ‘franchise’ cause tears in rain?
The veteran director’s 1982 future noir left enough unanswered questions to spawn a sequel. But do we really need multiple movies to find out whether Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard is a replicant?
Space for a spud: The Martian offers to post filmgoers a free potato
Ridley Scott space thriller starring Matt Damon as an astronaut left behind on the red planet makes tempting offer to fans of starchy food products
Ridley Scott: Ryan Gosling will ‘probably’ lead Blade Runner sequel
With Harrison Ford confirmed to return as Deckard, Scott has hinted that Gosling will take the role of the follow-up’s central character
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None set for new big-screen version
The author’s bestselling mystery is to be adapted by Morten Tyldum, whose movie The Imitation Game, about Alan Turing, won acclaim last year
Michael Fassbender: fearless performer with a craftsman’s approach to the art of acting
His three forthcoming films – Assassin’s Creed, Macbeth and Steve Jobs – function as a sort of cross-section of where the extraordinarily diverse actor now finds himself
Joe Wright defends casting of Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily in Peter Pan film
Director says he understands complaints over ‘whitewashing’ in Pan but hails Mara’s take on the Native American warrior as ‘badass’ and ‘empowering’
China enters Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Wolf Totem into Oscars 2016 race
Following its 2015 choice, Philippe Muyl’s The Nightingale, China has once again entered a film by a French director for best foreign language film
Maze Runner sequel sets scorching pace internationally as Everest fails to reach summit
In this week’s roundup of the global box-office scene, Maze Runner’s non-US figures show reliance on international audience and the action-drama Everest starts its box-office ascent solidly
Toronto cancels London Fields premiere after director Mathew Cullen sues producers
Makers of star-studded mystery thriller based on Martin Amis’s classic 1989 novel imposed ‘false, distorted and perverted associations’ on director and cast members Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Billy Bob Thornton, claims suit
Ice Cube to play Scrooge in Christmas Carol movie Humbug
Rapper-turned-actor reunited with Ride Along director Tim Story, and could pocket $10m for role of Dickens’s miserly curmudgeon in wake of success for NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton
Jennifer Lawrence in line for spy thriller Red Sparrow with Hunger Games director
Oscar-winner would play a Russian agent trained against her will in the art of seduction in adaptation of Jason Matthews’ New York Times bestseller
Bear necessities: short but sweet first trailer for Disney’s Jungle Book remake hits web
Tiny ‘mancub’ Mowgli fights for survival against a lush subcontinental backdrop teeming with photo-real CGI beasts in Jon Favreau’s fantasy