While it may not have topped the ever-growing list of must-see films in 2016, Disney fired Zootopia directly into the limelight only a few short weeks ago when the all-new animation welcomed aboard Luther star Idris Elba, Octavia Spencer and J.K. Simmons.
Production has now wrapped on the set of Martin Scorsese's passion project Silence, the auteur's high-profile adaptation of the eponymous novel by Shûsaku Endô, and after an image of Andrew Garfield's Jesuit priest, Collider has unveiled the first official still of Liam Neeson as a bearded and gaunt mentor.
Before a little-known Disney film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens began to occupy the lion's share of Entertainment Weekly's output, it was Harry Potter offshoot Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that adorned the outlet's cover, bringing with it a slew of details about Warner Bros. budding franchise starter.
After serving as Tony Stark's loyal and delightfully sarcastic AI assistance for three movies, British actor Paul Bettany was given a chance to shine in this year's Avengers: Age of Ultron, evolving from the resolute Jarvis into an all-powerful being known as The Vision. Upending the dynamic of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Bettany's deity is poised to make a return for Joe and Anthony Russo's Captain America: Civil War, and the actor himself recently touched base on the threequel's almighty scope.
Of all the strong Oscar contenders emerging in 2015, few have captured our imagination in the vein of Todd Haynes' Carol. It's based on Patricia Highsmith’s revered novel The Price of Salt, and we're now within a fortnight of the film's much-anticipated release.
Live By Night, the Ben Affleck-directed thriller in development over at Warner Bros., has struggled to get going in earnest no thanks to a number of scheduling compromises at the studio and within the core cast. Part and parcel of this prolonged production can be traced to Affleck's involvement in the DC Expanded Universe, with the likes of Suicide Squad and, in particular, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice eating into any and all of the actor's time.
30 Rock star Tracy Morgan has opened negotiations to join Lee Daniels' Richard Pryor biopic, where he'll be assuming the role of comedy icon Redd Foxx, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
David Lynch's Twin Peaks isn't the only TV show of yesteryear poised to make a return to the small screen, and while our wait for Lynch's fabled third season will continue into 2017, a certain Fox Mulder and Dana Scully will soon be vying for our attention once again. In 2016, Fox is reviving long-dormant crime series The X-Files for a brand new miniseries.
2015 is a special year for Pixar fans - and animation fans in general - as it marks the first time in the studio's decorated history that heralds the release of two motion pictures. The first, Inside Out, was a critically adorned coming-of-age tale that was as wonderful as it was original; The Good Dinosaur is the second, which is coming in hot as a fellow new IP.
