Spectre trailer: watch the first full-length trailer for the new James Bond film

Daniel Craig is back in black and white tie, Lea Seydoux showcases ski-wear, there’s a car that can do 0-60mph in three seconds – and Christoph Waltz bills himself as ‘the author of all your pain’

Hey, you, leave that franchise alone! The directors who couldn’t let go

A successful franchise is every film-maker’s dream – isn’t it? But even the best of them can’t resist the temptation to keep going, even when they shouldn’t

David Gordon Green to direct story of Boston marathon bombing survivor

Manglehorn director to take on film about Jeff Bauman, who lost both his legs in the attack on the Boston marathon in 2013

The Revenant trailer – watch Leonardo DiCaprio in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s snowbound western

The first trailer has arrived for the Mexican director’s follow-up to Birdman: a hirsute Leo DiCaprio looking very much at bay in this western

Will Joe Wright’s Pan fly like a fairy or founder on the rocks of controversy?

Hollywood’s latest revisionist fairytale boasts child-stealing pirates and a Hook who’s morphed into Indiana Jones. But Rooney Mara’s turn as a psychedelic-tressed Tigerlily won’t do much to offset accusations of ‘whitewashing’

Catherine Hardwicke to direct nonconformist teen drama Stargirl

Twilight and Thirteen film-maker will undertake another coming-of-age story with adaptation of Jerry Spinelli’s hit novel about eccentric schoolgirl Susan

Downton Abbey movie: Julian Fellowes casts doubt on plans

The creator of the series has expressed scepticism about both the likelihood and desirability of a move to the big screen for the acclaimed ITV show

Child actors ‘risked injury’ during ‘chaotic’ Divergent battle scene shoot

Whistleblower calls in union safety representatives after untrained extras wield dangerous metal props during first day of shooting on sequel Allegiant

The Girl on the Train film to be set in US not UK

Location of DreamWorks’ adaptation of bestselling novel to be shifted to upstate New York, according to author Paula Hawkins

Berlusconi sex scandal ‘escort’ says film is on the way

Patrizia d’Addario, who wrote a book about her alleged affair with the Italian prime minister, said in a court statement she was planning to make a film about it

When the laughter stops: how sitcom stars have fared in Hollywood

For every Chris Pratt, Woody Harrelson and now Amy Poehler, there is a Sofia Vergara or Jennifer Aniston. We look at the former small-screen stars who made the biggest splash in Hollywood

Omar Sharif – a career in clips

Omar Sharif, who has died aged 83, was defined by three great Anglo-American films: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. Here we look back at his career high points

Serpico: New York police corruption classic shoots from hip – and hits target

Al Pacino hits his mark as a whistleblower patrolman who confronts dirty New York City cops in Sidney Lumet’s historically accurate 1973 drama

Angelina Jolie to rule over film of Catherine the Great

Actor-director has optioned Simon Sebag Montefiore’s historical account of the relationship between powerful Russian empress and her court favourite

Hello Kitty to take a (little red) bow on the big screen

The Japanese cat with the symmetrical whiskers, red hair-bow and millions of fans is to have her own big-budget movie, due for release in 2019