19 h. ago Call of Duty movie in the works with potential to expand universe across TV and film

Paramount has signed a deal with Microsoft’s video game company Activision

Culture

4 d. ago Julia Roberts says humanity ‘losing art of conversation’ in defence of new #MeToo

After the Hunt, directed by Luca Guadagnino, centres on an accusation of sexual assault at a universityJulia Roberts has defended her new #MeToo-themed film, After the Hunt, from accusations that it revives anti-feminist arguments, saying humanity was at risk of “losing the art of conversation”.The Oscar-winning actor is making her Venice film festival debut with the psychological thriller from the Italian director Luca Guadagnino. It premieres out of competition on the Lido on Friday evening. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Braveheart celebrations as Mel Gibson's icon William Wallace film turns 30

Three decades after the film premiered at the University of Stirling’s Macrobert Theatre, on September 3, 1995, the boost to Scotland’s tourism is still being felt.

Politics

2 w. ago 'Terrifying' horror series on Disney+ hailed a 'masterpiece' by viewers after two episodes

The prequel series explores a beloved film franchise's universe

Events

2 w. ago Jason Bourne is coming back – but what do we want from him this time?

A heated bidding war for the future of the Bourne franchise is over, so whether we need him or not, the amnesiac assassin is set to returnWhat do you consider to be the end of Jason Bourne? For connoisseurs, Bourne’s story definitively ended in 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, which masterfully wrapped up the story that began five years earlier with The Bourne Identity. For the less discerning viewer, it ended with 2016’s scraggy and inconsequential Jason Bourne. For the three people who watched the USA Network’s 2019 series Treadstone, it ended there. So which is it?Trick question, because Jason Bourne is never actually going to end, ever. This week, NBCUniversal has won a bidding war to acquire all non-publishing rights to Robert Ludlum’s Bourne and Treadstone properties in perpetuity. The deal, described as “very large”, means that Bourne is now firmly as much a part of Universal as Jaws, Jurassic World and the Minions. It also means we are never getting rid of him. As the Universal ...

Politics

3 w. ago Ridley and Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar unrecognisable in throwback 80s movie pic

Adrian Dunbar may now be best known for playing Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, but he's had a long and varied career that goes way back

Politics

3 w. ago First edition of The Hobbit discovered in UK home sells for £43,000

Auction house Auctioneum said it is one of only 1,500 copies printed in September 1937.

Economics