Did you miss any of the hottest film news this week? Have you been away from the internet or under a rock? Don’t worry because Cookie has a roundup of the latest film news that you can read while you are blinking in the new sunlight...
- Potterheads unite! The biggest news this week comes straight from J.K Rowling. She is penning a script for a movie based on her book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. It is set 70 years before Harry Potter in the roaring twenties but will feature familiar characters. Get our your robes and wands, it’s time to be spell bound again!
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=38737
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=38745
- Apparently, we aren’t sick of Zombies yet, surprising box office smash World War Z is confirmed for a sequel. Brad Pit announced on Monday that they are in talks to expand the WWZ world, giving us more zombies that will be absolutely completely unrelated to the book.
http://www.totalfilm.com/news/brad-pitt-confirms-talks-over-world-war-z-sequel
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=38675
- Jurassic Park 4 now has a title and it has a release date. The massive dinosaur movie legacy is planning to hit our screens in mid 2015 with the ever impressive mind blowing title, erm, “Jurassic World”. With the re-release of the first movie gaining over a billion dollars, the prospect of the ancient monsters making a return 12 years ofter the last film is very exciting.
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2013-09/11/content_29997100.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
- Toronto Film Festival kicked off last weekend and over the days there were many premieres and screenings of films that are coming up. The star studded event saw great actors and directors come together to celebrate the best of new releases and movies with panel discussions and Q&A. Screening tantalising movies from Blue Is The Warmest Colour, The Fifth Estate and August: Osage Country, we are certainly clamouring over ourselves for the upcoming releases. In particular, 12 Years A Slave, because well, look;