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In issue 216 of Total Film magazine , director Marc Webb reveals that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (opens in new tab) is even bigger than its already-pretty-sizeable predecessor. Inside the issue – which is available for just £1.99 on your iPad (opens in new tab) – Webb describes Peter Parker’s …

Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, the production company that got the ball rolling on the next instalment of the Terminator franchise has dropped out as a co-financier and will no longer help to fund the film. However, Terminator: Genesis will still be funded by David Ellison’s (Megan’s brother) Skydance Productions and …

Shailene Woodley is electric in Gregg Araki’s compelling pot boiler of teenager Kat (Woodley) whose mother vanishes off the face of the earth. Told via voiceover, flashback and through Kat’s sessions with her therapist (Angela Bassett) this could be Araki’s most narratively driven movie to date, with a mystery at …

Garrett Hedlund is set to star as crocodile-phobic villain Captain Hook in a new film version of Peter Pan . Director Joe Wright apparently picked Hedlund over nearest rival Jack Huston ( Boardwalk Empire ) after a weekend of rigorous testing for his new ‘origins story’ adap of J.M. Barrie’s …

It has been one of the longest running jokes in any one franchise, but Stan Lee’s run of cameos in every Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date is about to come to an end – he won’t be appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy (opens in new tab) . The …

Whether it wins any of Sundance’s Grand Jury awards or not, it’d be difficult to deny that Boyhood isn’t the most unique and awe-inspiring movie to come out of Sundance this year. Filmed over an astonishing 11 year period using the same cast, Richard Linklater’s puberty-spanning drama follows the everyday …

After flogging sperm to a fertility clinic 20 years ago, a middle-aged zero (José Garcia) finds out he’s the father of 500 children, many of whom are now looking for him. If the plot sounds familiar, it should. Fonzy is a French remake of 2011 film Starbuck , itself rejigged …

One of this year’s most surprising Oscar nomination snubs came courtesy of Robert Redford being overlooked for his incredible performance in survival drama All is Lost – and we caught up with the star at the launch of this year’s Sundance Film Festival to get his take on the nominations. …

With the rumours surrounding a possible Agent Carter TV series continuing to spread (albeit without any official confirmation from Marvel), Dominic Cooper has been talking about the possibility of reprising his role as Howard Stark. We already knew that Hayley Atwell was keen on a spin-off series for the feisty …

The first clip has arrived online for rom-com spoof They Came Together , in which Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler find they have more in common than they first thought. The film is directed by David Wain, who had the following to say about the inspiration behind his film… “I …