Ryan Lambie

2 weeks ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Robert Pattinson could be set to play someone rather nefarious in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Messiah, reports suggest. Although Dune: Messiah will require a number of famous faces to reprise their roles, Denis Villeneuve’s third sci-fi fantasy epic will also require one or two new stars. According to reports, one of them could be recovering vampire Robert Pattinson.

2 weeks ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

The government should “abandon” a proposed exception to UK law which would allow AI firms to take copyrighted material, a new report recommends. Last December, the UK government put forward a proposal that tech firms like OpenAI and Google should be free to train their AI chatbots on copyrighted material.

2 weeks ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

A former brickworks in Bedfordshire, UK will be turned into a Universal theme park, it’s been confirmed. It’s due to open in 2031. Two years after the plans were first announced, it’s been confirmed that a Universal theme park is to be built in the UK. The land for the venue, located in Bedfordshire, was first acquired by the media giant in 2023. Once built, it’s said that the resort will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe, covering some 500 acres.

2 weeks ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

This June’s Film On Film Festival will include an original 1977 print of Star Wars, shown on the big screen for the first time in decades. If the BFI wanted to create a bit of fuss among genre fans with this year’s Film On Film Festival, then mission accomplished. The institute has announced that it’s to stage a rare screening of Star Wars this June – an original dye-transfer print from 1977, stored in its archives and never before shown to the public.

2 weeks ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Said to tell “the further adventures of Cliff Booth,” David Fincher’s sequel to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is set eight years after that film’s events. In early April, word began to circulate that David Fincher is to direct a sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. The script is by Tarantino himself, but for the first time in decades, he’s leaving the filmmaking process to someone else.