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World War Z , Marc Forster’s adaptation of the popular zombie novel by Max Brooks, has suffered a development wobble of late, with the film’s release date being pushed back in order to allow for significant reshoots. Paramount were thought to have concerns over major deficiencies in the story, with …

The latest cinema releases reviewed and rated by Total Film’s critics. This week, Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum strip in Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike , Keira Knightley and Steve Carell contemplate the impending apocalypse in Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World , and Scrat returns in Ice …

Ghostbusters 3 has a new screenwriter in the form of Men In Black 3 ‘s Etan Cohen, who has answered Dan Aykroyd’s (increasingly desperate) call to help lick the long-gestating sequel into shape. A few weeks ago, Bill Murray revealed that, “they just don’t have a really good script”, referring …

Last Autumn director Andrew Kötting and writer Ian Sinclair took a month-long river voyage to the olympic village on a swan-shaped pedalo called Edith. Why? Their self-styled subversive quest promises a wryly homegrown alternative to sporting fever. But most will see only two eccentrics mucking about on a boat, ruminating …

The Amazing Spider-Man might only just be swinging into cinemas today, but director Marc Webb already has one eye on a potential sequel, and has been pondering which villain he’d like to see go toe to toe with Spidey. “I do think it would be tricky to totally invent a …

Caught In Flight has revealed its first glimpse of star Naomi Watts in costume as Princess Diana, and with the help if a prosthetic nose, there’s not a bad likeness between the actress and her royal subject. The film, directed by Downfall ‘s Oliver Hirschbiegel, will chart the two years …

The Hobbit has revealed several new images in Entertainment Weekly ‘s annual Comic-Con edition, with Bilbo, Gandalf, Galadriel and the Dwarves all getting a little more exposure. Our favourite is probably the shot of Gandalf in the Shire, which looks as though it hasn’t changed a bit in the decade …

Paddington , the big screen adaptation of the adventures of Paddington Bear, has released a new poster online featuring the silhouetted shape of a rather familiar little critter. Clutching his suitcase and sporting his familiar hat and duffle coat combo, Paddington stands framed by a pair of trains, looking off …

The first 10 seconds of footage from Dredd have been unveiled in the form of a teaser for the teaser trailer (due to arrive tomorrow). In what’s becoming a tantalising/irritating trend (delete as your mood dictates), a tiny snippet has been unveiled ahead of the proper trailer. But, as it’s …

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 , to give it its full, rather wordy title, opens later this year, bringing one of the most remarkable pop-culture phenomenons of recent years to a close. Whatever your opinion on the quality of the movies, they’ve been impossible to ignore. After …