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Top Gun is a blockbuster classic, but the sequel was even more of a success – and not just at the box office. Tom Cruise’s Top Gun Maverick, which was four decades in the making, made a whopping $1.496 billion – the biggest haul of the star’s career to date. …

The Lion King 2019 may have ruled the box office with a gigantic $1.6 billion worldwide gross, but it was largely considered a fruitless exercise in giving a masterpiece of animation a coat of Uncanny Valley paint while extending the narrative with needless drama and a mediocre new ballad and …

John Wayne had already remade 1959’s Rio Bravo, a film about a sheriff defending his office from outlaws, in 1966’s El Dorado. Yet Howard Hawks, who directed both films, wanted to make it a third time in 1970’s Rio Lobo. When the filmmaker first approached Duke about the idea, the …

Earlier this month, the first trailer for Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s long-awaited 28 Years Later landed. The excitement is real, given that, after It: Chapter Two, it was the most-watched horror trailer of all time in its first 24 hours, with 60.2 million views. Since the new film trilogy …

He may be approaching 100, but Clint Eastwood shows little sign of slowing down in his filmmaking. The 94-year-old legend’s latest directorial effort is a thriller from Warner Bros called Juror No 2. The movie follows a juror in a high-profile murder trial who realises he actually committed the murder. …

The Evil Dead series has, weirdly, become one of the most beloved horror franchises of all time. So to reboot it with a new director and an entirely new look was no doubt a tough pitch for executive producers Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell – but fans of the series …

It’s been 60 years since the first official James Bond movie Dr No hit cinemas starring Sean Connery. However, Ian Fleming’s 007 was almost played officially by an American – well, a British-born one. Cary Grant, who died 36 years ago today, was one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men …

Disney’s new computed animated movie Strange World, which cost $180 million to make, is set to lose at least $100 million after not even making $20 million on its Thanksgiving opening weekend. The studio, which in recent years has opted for straight-to-Disney+ releases for Pixar movies Luca and Turning Red, …

When Sean Connery announced he was walking away from James Bond after 1967’s You Only Live Twice, EON and producer Albert Broccoli came calling, with Eastwood high on their list to replicate their leading man’s tough physicality and animal magnetism. The actor revealed: “I was also offered pretty good money …

The shoot of the iconic movie was almost as tumultuous as Sharif’s own life. Filmed in Spain, a mid-winter heatwave was disastrous when the production needed snow to portray Russia. Co-star Julie Christie recalled: “St Petersburgh in mid-Winter in fact was Madrid in a heatwave. We were all waiting, this …