Puss In Boots: The Last Wish star Antonio Banderas says it’s “very important” for kids to see diverse heroes on screen, after warnings of being typecast when his career launched in the US. Known for his roles in Zorro, Desperado, and SpyKids, Banderas realises Puss In Boots could be the Spanish hero that many generations didn’t get to see. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish is in cinemas from 3 February.
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish director Joel Crawford has responded to comments made by Eddie Murphy that Shrek’s Donkey is a much funnier character than Puss In Boots for a solo spinoff. While Murphy’s voice role of Donkey was introduced back in 2001, Antonio Banderas’ appearance as Puss In Boots wasn’t added to the cast until three years later. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish is in cinemas from 3 February.
Yahoo Movies talked to Kate Winslet about the naked Titanic painting made by a fan and handled to her at the Divergent premiere.
Naomi Alderman's The Power is getting a TV adaptation starring Toni Collette and Eddie Marsan. Credit: 'The Power' / Amazon Prime Video UK
Rupert Grint says he and director M Night Shyamalan have been friends for almost 20 years, since the director almost made a Harry Potter movie. The star has now worked with Shyamalan on several occasions, appearing in new thriller Knock at the Cabin as well as his role in Shyamalan's mysterious TV series Servant. Knock at the Cabin is in UK cinemas from 3 February.
Ben Aldridge says the portrayal of a gay relationship in new thriller Knock at the Cabin is "nicely progressive" in how the character's sexuality is not the centre of their story. The film, directed by M Night Shyamalan and adapted from a novel, follows a gay couple — played by Aldridge and Hamilton star Jonathan Groff — as they attempt to defend their daughter from home invaders. Knock at the Cabin, which also stars Dave Bautista and Rupert Grint, is out in cinemas across the UK from 3 February.
Happy Valley has released a trailer for its final ever episode, airing on Sunday night. Credit: 'Happy Valley' / BBC Via Youtube
The new trailer for Succession season 4 shows the Roy family is still in thrall to terrifying patriarch Logan Roy.
Prime Video's new drama series Daisy Jones & The Six features a big name cast as warring rock stars.
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. Oppenheimer is in cinemas and IMAX from 21 July, 2023.
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. In Scream VI, Melissa Barrera (“Sam Carpenter”), Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Mindy Meeks-Martin”), Mason Gooding (“Chad Meeks-Martin”), Jenna Ortega (“Tara Carpenter”), Hayden Panettiere (“Kirby Reed”) and Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) return to their roles in the franchise alongside Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra, and Samara Weaving. Scream VI is in cinemas from 10 March.
The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together. The series stars Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Amy Sedaris, Emily Swallow and Giancarlo Esposito. The directors of the eight-episode Season 3 include Rick Famuyiwa, Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, Carl Weathers, Peter Ramsey and Bryce Dallas Howard. Jon Favreau is the showrunner/head writer and serves as an executive producer along with Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist and Carrie Beck are co-executive producers. The Mandalorian returns to Disney+ on 1 March.
After scooping a fourth Golden Globe for her portrayal of a troubled conductor in Tár, Cate Blanchett has revealed the secret behind her performance: music. She plays a musical superstar whose carefully controlled life starts to unravel when secrets emerge about her past. In this exclusive interview with Yahoo UK, she talked about how she got to the heart of such a complicated character. Tár is in UK cinemas now
Retrograde captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives: one of the last US special operations forces units deployed there, a young Afghan general and his corps fighting to defend their homeland against all odds, the civilians desperately attempting to flee as the country collapses, and the Taliban take over. From rarely seen operational control rooms to the frontlines of battle and the chaotic Kabul airport during the final US withdrawal, Heineman’s latest film offers a cinematic and historic window onto the end of America’s longest war and the costs endured for those most intimately involved. Retrograde is streaming on Disney+ from 13 January.
A new Paramount+ series tells the Grease story four years before the movie's events. Credit: Paramount+ UK & Ireland
Sam Mendes has revealed he thinks the current state of multiplex cinemas is "scary and sad" as he releases new movie Empire of Light. Set at a cinema in Margate in the 1980s, the movie talks about the unifying power of the cinema experience alongside themes around mental health and racism. But Mendes, who won an Oscar for American Beauty and has made two James Bond movies, told Yahoo UK he has serious concerns about whether films like Empire of Light will have a place at the multiplex in the future. Empire of Light is in UK cinemas now.
Empire of Light star Micheal Ward has revealed that a screening of 2008 dance franchise sequel Step Up 2: The Streets helped him to fall in love with the movies. The 25-year-old star told Yahoo UK that being able to share in the film's joy with his friends after the credits rolled was hugely important to him. "We used to go [to the cinema] on non-school uniform day, me and my friends and stuff," said Ward. Empire of Light is in UK cinemas now.
Tanya Moodie says her mother's history working in the NHS helped to inspire her performance as a nurse in Sam Mendes drama Empire of Light. The Motherland star plays Delia in the film — hard-working mum to Micheal Ward's character Stephen, who forms a surprising romance with cinema manager Hilary (Olivia Colman). "I felt an extra layer of responsibility because my mother is a nurse," Moodie told Yahoo UK. Empire of Light is in UK cinemas now.
In the film, which officially kicks off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Jonathan Majors joins the adventure as Kang. Director Peyton Reed returns to direct the film; Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard produce. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is in cinemas and IMAX from 17 February.
When it came to casting the younger version of Tom Hanks’ character in the new dark comedy A Man Called Otto, it was a no brainer for director Marc Forster who went with Hanks’ youngest son, Truman. A Man Called Otto is in UK cinemas from 6 January.
Al Pacino returns for the epic series conclusion of Hunters, alongside previously announced new series regular Jennifer Jason Leigh and returning series regulars Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Lena Olin, Josh Radnor, Tiffany Boone, Carol Kane, Louis Ozawa, Kate Mulvany, and Greg Austin. Hunters premieres exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on 13 January, 2023.
Written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) EVIL DEAD RISE stars Lily Sullivan (I Met a Girl, Barkskins), Alyssa Sutherland (The Mist, Vikings), Morgan Davies (Strom Boy, The End), Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence) and introducing Nell Fisher (Northspur). Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, EVIL DEAD RISE tells the twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sutherland and Sullivan, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. EVIL DEAD RISE is produced by Rob Tapert (Ash vs Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and cult legend and “Ash” himself, Bruce Campbell, along with John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Romel Adam and Victoria Palmieri. Cronin is joined behind the camera by Director of Photography Dave Garbett (Z for Zachariah, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), Production Designer Nick Bassett (Guns Akimbo, Sweet Tooth), Editor Bryan Shaw (Ash vs Evil Dead, Spartacus) and Costume Designer Sarah Voon (Chasing Great, Inside), with a score by Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground, Primeval). A New Line Cinema / Renaissance Pictures presentation of a Pacific Renaissance and Wild Atlantic Pictures production, EVIL DEAD RISE is set to be unleashed in UK cinemas on 21 April 2023. EVIL DEAD RISE is set to be released in UK cinemas on 21 April 2023
Written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) EVIL DEAD RISE stars Lily Sullivan (I Met a Girl, Barkskins), Alyssa Sutherland (The Mist, Vikings), Morgan Davies (Strom Boy, The End), Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence) and introducing Nell Fisher (Northspur). Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, EVIL DEAD RISE tells the twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sutherland and Sullivan, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. EVIL DEAD RISE is produced by Rob Tapert (Ash vs Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and cult legend and “Ash” himself, Bruce Campbell, along with John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Romel Adam and Victoria Palmieri. Cronin is joined behind the camera by Director of Photography Dave Garbett (Z for Zachariah, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), Production Designer Nick Bassett (Guns Akimbo, Sweet Tooth), Editor Bryan Shaw (Ash vs Evil Dead, Spartacus) and Costume Designer Sarah Voon (Chasing Great, Inside), with a score by Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground, Primeval). A New Line Cinema / Renaissance Pictures presentation of a Pacific Renaissance and Wild Atlantic Pictures production, EVIL DEAD RISE is set to be unleashed in UK cinemas on 21 April 2023. EVIL DEAD RISE is set to be released in UK cinemas on 21 April 2023