Easy guide to production
Mark Hodge is a journalist and copywriter from Glasgow, Scotland. As well as being involved in film festivals in the UK, Mark has also worked as a sports reporter covering soccer matches in his home country. In fact, he even attended the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, helping to document the cultural impact of the event on the city. He also writes for The Huffington Post covering topics such as film, sports and politics.
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Showrunner Will Beall has compared the exciting new TV adaptation of Oscar winning cop drama Training Day to Colors, The Warriors and... Star Wars. Produced by heavyweight producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean) and the movie original movie's … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) SPECTRE star Ben Whishaw is reportedly in talks over a starring role in the Disney-produced sequel Mary Poppins Returns. THR reports that the British actor will play a grown-up version of Michael Banks in the Rob Marshall directed picture which will be set 20 years … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The first full trailers for Denis Villeneuve sci-fi blockbuster Arrival has landed and promises a nerve-wracking cerebral thriller. Five time Oscar nominee Amy Adams stars as the world's leading linguist tasked with communicating with an alien craft which has arrived … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) One of the most anticipated blockbusters hitting screens this Christmas is Passengers, which pairs box office heavyweights Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Directed by Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), the sci-fi romance centres on an interstellar spaceship … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The trailer for Robert Zemeckis' World War II drama Allied has arrived and it shows the sweeping romantic epic fans were hoping for. Starring Brad Pitt alongside Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, the film centers on a British spy and a French Resistance fighter who … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Director Patty Jenkins has slammed 'false' claims that Wonder Woman is a 'mess,' following a leaked letter from an alleged former employee of Warner Bros. The letter, which criticizes studio CEO Kevin Tsujihara for his handling of blockbuster films, particularly the … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Jonah Hill will start shooting his directorial debut, skateboarding drama Mid-90s, in February from a script he penned. The 32-year-old's project, which he likened to Larry Clark's cult classic Kids and Shane Meadow's sensational This is England, will also be … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa has reportedly landed the titular role in Relativity's troubled The Crow reboot. Following the production company's bankruptcy - and the hiring, departure and re-hiring of director Corin Hardy – the movie is somehow still … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Suicide Squad actor Joel Kinnaman says his upcoming Netflix show Altered Carbon is the streaming service's “answer to Game of Thrones.” Netflix is producing a 10 episode debut season around author Richard K. Morgan's acclaimed 2002 dystopian sci-fi novel, which … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Denis Villeneuve's Arrival bills itself as a sci-fi movie with brains – and the teaser trailer certainly adds credence to those claims. Based on Ted Chiang’s 1998 novella Story of Your Life, the movie centres on Amy Adam's expert linguist who is given the rather … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Martin Scorsese's seminal classic Taxi Driver is being re-released worldwide to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The film, starring Robert De Niro as damaged Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle, hit screens in 1976 and became the critically acclaimed director's first big … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Paramount Pictures has signed director Breck Eisner (The Crazies) to helm yet another Friday the 13th reboot. This will be the 13th installment of the long running slasher franchise and will be produced by Transformers filmmaker Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Suicide Squad may just have saved the 2016 summer box office having earned a phenomenal $267 worldwide on its debut. Despite the atrocious reviews (26% on Rotten Tomatoes), David Ayer's blockbuster took a record-breaking $135 million in North America – which is the … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) This is first official look at Robert Zemeckis' upcoming sweeping World War II epic Allied. Starring Brad Pitt alongside Oscar winning actress Marion Cotillard, the romantic drama is scheduled to hit screens in November ahead of a serious awards push. The first … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The critical mauling that David Ayer's Suicide Squad is suffering has been blamed on studio interference. It currently sits at 28% on Rotten Tomatoes as of this writing. THR reports that the blockbuster's 'choppy editing,' which is cited as one of the film's major … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Summer 2016 has hardly been vintage and has seen already witnesses some embarrassing failures, both critically and commercially. August sees the usual mix of family friendly features, superhero movies and remakes bidding for box office supremacy. But will audiences … [Read more...]
