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The X-Men cinematic universe continues to mutate! Deadline reports that The Fault In Our Stars director Josh Boone is on board to write and direct The New Mutants for Fox. Dubbed a ‘standalone spinoff’ the movie will be an adaptation of the Marvel comic book series, which follows a splintered …

Fox has unveiled details of its 2015-2016 TV line-up that makes mention of a certain conspiracy-themed cult revival due to hit screens next year. A brand new limited season of The X-Files is now set to premiere in the US on Sunday January 24, 2016 as part of a two-night …

The National Film and Television School is the gift that keeps on giving. Past NFTS graduates have brought us James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and all sorts of iconic characters filling up your DVD shelves. And with an exciting batch of young graduates each year, the NFTS …

Captain America: Civil War has added another major name to its already sizeable cast list, with Marvel.com (opens in new tab) officially confirming that Martin Freeman has signed on to join the ensemble. This being Marvel, there are absolutely no details provided as to who he might be playing. Freeman …

Reaction to the first costumed ensemble shot from Suicide Squad has been universally positive, with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn one of the undoubted high points. It’s a view shared by the character’s co-creator, Bruce Timm, who has revealed he was pleasantly surprised by Harley’s big screen look. “I’m actually really …

He loved Big Brother It can’t have escaped your notice that there is a general election around the corner. Yes, it’s almost time for the peoples of the United Kingdom to once more elect a ruling body who will guide us hand-in-hand to a brighter future. Possibly. But that got …

No, not the Michael Caine classic. Orlando Bloom bulks up, slaps on a few tats and adopts an accent to play a South African cop in this middling post-apartheid thriller directed by Jérôme Salle. Bloom co-stars with Forest Whitaker as a baggage-laden duo investigating the violent murder of a white …

Based on the riveting novella in his Full Dark, No Stars collection, this is Stephen King’s first self-adapted feature screenplay since 1989’s Pet Sematary. But King going to the movies is not always a good thing – he adapted and directed Maximum Overdrive from his short story ‘Trucks’, after all. …

Another day, another addition to X-Men: Apocalypse’s mammoth cast! Olivia Munn is the latest star to join the ensemble, with Bryan Singer confirming that the actress will play Psylocke. Also known by her more prosaic moniker Betsy Braddock, the character is a born warrior with a host of psychic abilities. …

In our regular polarising-opinion series, one Total Film writer hails the divisive Only God Forgives as an outright masterpiece. Read on, and let us know if you agree with the argument put forward by having your say in the comments section below. Is it just me?… Or is Only God …