Buoyed by an impressive $400 million box office haul, Matthew Vaughn's R-rated sleeper hit Kingsman: The Secret Service has today secured a sequel, with TheWrap confirming its existence via individuals working on the nascent follow-up.
If Vin Diesel, like his musclebound, Fast and Furious persona Dominic Toretto, lives his life a quarter-mile at a time, then the actor's next 402 metres look to be rife with supernatural forces, as MTV has debuted the first teaser trailer for The Last Witch Hunter, which sends Diesel into another dimension.
Older gentleman, down in the dumps and contemplating his purpose, crosses paths with a sprightly young female who upends his mid-life crisis and puts his life back into perspective. Sound familiar? It should. Boasting universal themes that appeal to a whole host of demographics, it's a template that Hollywood has revisited on numerous occasions, and one that will also underpin Woody Allen's upcoming romantic drama, Irrational Man.
Though it has been written on the wall for some time, today Sony has confirmed via The Wrap that it plans to push ahead with the rumored female-led 21 Jump Street spinoff, not to mention the proposed crossover with the studio's long-standing Men in Black franchise.
Now that Netflix has lifted the lid on viewing figures for some of the service's original series, we've finally been given an indication of how each property is performing relative to the amount of subscribers that the company currently boasts. Published just yesterday, it was House of Cards and Daredevil that ranked the highest, with each show performing well amongst the Netflix faithful. However, if Joss Whedon had his way, the latter series may have skipped the small-screen format entirely in favor of a full-length feature film.
When the original Zoolander waltzed onto the scene back in 2001, Ben Stiller's fashion bonanza was chock full of cameo appearances, with everyone from Paris Hilton to the Spice Girls getting in on the action. Fast forward to 2015 and with Stiller gearing up to deliver a bigger and bolder sequel with Zoolander 2, today brings word that singer-songwriter Justin Bieber has joined the sequel in an unspecified role.
Sony is wasting no time in detailing the newcomers to PlayStation Plus for the month of May. More often than not, the Japanese publisher would hold off until a Thursday before listing what software subscribers can expect to enjoy over the following four weeks, though the company has bucked trend by showcasing the new titles making their way onto the Instant Game Collection new week.
Xbox Live Gold members, take note, for Microsoft has formally announced the software available to download free of charge for the month of May as part of the Games with Gold promotion.
Though it underwent some casting changes in the early stages - namely The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Rooney Mara replacing Mia Wasikowska as Therese - Todd Haynes' romantic drama Carol is nearing its premiere at the Cannes film festival next month, and an early, admittedly low quality trailer for the adaptation has surfaced.
In January of 2015, StudioCanal claimed that a little bear would make a big splash prior to the arrival of Paddington bear on the big screen - and splash he did. With a global box office haul reaching over $220 million, the big-screen rendition of Michael Bond's beloved, marmalade-munching mammal proved to be a huge success among audiences and critics alike, leading to the all-too-predictable chatter of a sequel.
