Ryan Lambie

London

Web editor @filmstories. Pro void shouter. Author: Geek's Guide To SF Cinema. Former dep ed Den of Geek UK, ex-editor Wireframe mag. Style boy 4 life.

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Andor season 2 almost contained a space horror episode

6 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

An episode “like a horror movie” involving an abandoned space ship was cut from Andor season 2 due to budget constraints, creator Tony Gilroy reveals. NB: The following contains a mild spoiler for Andor season 2 episode 8. The Star Wars franchise has contained a few grotesque and disturbing moments over its long history. But what about an entire hour-long space horror story? In different circumstances, that’s exactly what we would have got in Andor season 2.
Hands Of Steel | One of the best 1980s Terminator rip-offs is now on Amazon Prime

6 days ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

A killer cyborg grows a conscience and takes up arm wrestling in the astonishing 1986 Terminator rip-off, Hands Of Steel, on Amazon Prime now. If it isn’t an adage among filmmakers and artists already, then it should be: if you can’t be good, then at least be outlandish. Not everyone can make a classic like The Terminator, but if you’re going to rip it off, then make something as weird as The Time Guardian – a half-forgotten sci-fi action film starring Carrie Fisher and Dean Stockwell.
Megalopolis | Francis Ford Coppola said to be against a streaming or disc release

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Despite losing money in cinemas on Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola is said to be insistent that his oddball epic be seen on the big screen rather than streaming or disc. Veteran filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola famously gambled a considerable amount of his personal fortune on his 2024 epic, Megalopolis.
Elden Ring | Alex Garland said to be in talks to direct film adaptation

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

FromSoftware’s dark fantasy videogame Elden Ring is set to become a movie courtesy of A24, reports suggest – with Alex Garland in talks to direct. Having directed the unnervingly raw dystopia of Civil War, and co-directed the similarly intense Warfare with Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland could be stepping into more fantastical territory next.
Netflix partners with OpenAI to help redesign its homepage

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Netflix is updating the look of its user interface, with OpenAI partnering to create a “giant leap forward” in how customers interact with the service. The look of Netflix is about to change, it’s been announced, as the streaming giant announces that it’s redesigning the look of its app on televisions.
Bandersnatch | Netflix is removing the interactive Black Mirror episode

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

The 2018 interactive Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch will leave Netflix on the 12th May. It’s currently unclear whether it’ll ever appear on the service again. Roughly seven years after it first appeared on the service, the interactive Black Mirror episode, Bandersnatch, is days away from being removed from Netflix. As noted by What’s On Netflix, the scheduled departure date is set for the 12th May 2025.
Sing Sing director Greg Kwedar's next film is the comedy musical, Possum Song

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Writer-director Greg Kwedar is going from prison drama to fantastical critters with the musical comedy, Possum Song. Movie titles can often be disappointing. Between The Temples turned out not to be a Jason Statham-esque revenge thriller. The Outrun, we soon learned, had nothing to do with racing Ferraris across 1980s America (though Michael Bay may soon fix that). Anthrapoid emphatically was not a giant monster movie.
GTA 6 | Second trailer greeted with joy and existential despair

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Rockstar has released a second trailer for the recently-delayed GTA 6 – and its comments on YouTube are a rollercoaster of joy and existential gloom. It says a great deal about Rockstar Games’ standing that it can take a dozen years – and counting – to make a sequel to Grand Theft Auto 5 and get away with releasing just two trailers. Yet here we are in May 2025, with GTA 6 having been delayed to May 2026, and the developer behind it has released its second trailer.
The Florist | Dennis Quaid and Jean Reno join the occupation-based action genre

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

Following The Beekeeper, The Bricklayer and more, Dennis Quaid and Jean Reno are to star in the occupation-based action flick, The Florist. Have you ever wanted to see Dennis Quaid repeatedly hit a man in the face with a bunch of daffodils? If so, there’s potentially good news on the horizon. The Jaws 3 star has teamed up with Leon and Godzilla actor Jean Reno for an action thriller called The Florist.
Rebel Ridge director Jeremy Saulnier making his next film at A24

1 week ago | filmstories.co.uk | Ryan Lambie

A24 is said to have won the bidding war for Blue Ruin and Rebel Ridge filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier’s next movie, currently billed as ‘Untitled Halloween Project.’Slow-burn thriller Rebel Ridge was a major success for Netflix, going by its own metrics, and so it’s little surprise that there’s been interest in whatever writer-director Jeremy Saulnier makes next.