This Is North Devon
07:00 - 13-November-2008
DESPITE the less than flattering reviews, Quantum Of Solace shattered box office records in the UK taking £15.4 million – which goes to show that the opinions of a film critic really do not matter one little bit.
The buzz on Slumdog Millionaire is building rapidly and its UK release has been moved up to January 9. You can watch the trailer for this simply brilliant movie at www.apple.com/trailers.
Sequelitis and remaking classic movies is like a rash in Hollywood at the moment, as a new Friday The 13th looms large on the horizon. And, deeply worrying, is a planned remake of fifties' sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet. But worst of all is a CGI remake of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. God help us – but has originality died in Hollywood ?
James Cameron's Avatar will be released simultaneously in IMAX 3D, alongside cinemas that can project traditional 3D on December 18, 2009. Universal Pictures is working on a deal to put together a sequel of Wanted with both Mark Millar and James McAvoy, but as yet no release date has been confirmed.
Sly Stallone is to write, direct and star alongside Jason Statham and Jet Li in The Expendables about a group of mercenaries who embark on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator.