Wednewsday 21st November

Image of the Week: Sam Raimi's horror classic, Evil Dead, is getting a remake. Thankfully, Raimi and original star Bruce Campbell are supervising. Sadly, the poster is straight-up serious and shows no indicator of the original's tongue-in-cheek dark humour.

Good News: Marc Webb is busy casting for The Amazing Spider-Man sequel with The Descendants' Shailene Woodley locked in for Mary Jane and the search hotting up for Harry Osborn (son of Spidey arch-nemesis Norman Osborn AKA The Green Goblin). Currently, rumours indicate Chronicle's Dane DeHaan.

Bad News: another franchise-milking Mission Impossible film is on the cards after last year's Ghost Protocol. Tom Cruise appears to be favouring his Jack Reacher writer/director Chris McQuarrie to take the helm.

Mad News: Universal seem determined to turn primitive computer game, Asteroids, into a feature film. Screenwriter Matthew Lopez failed to put anything to paper back in 2009 and now Jez Butterworth has been hired to tackle the Atari classic. It's time for Universal to give this one up.

Trailer News: the second trailer for Epic is below. It appears to be a weird mix of Avatar and Ferngully. At least the animation is stunning.

Wednewsday 14th November

Image of the Week: the first image from Doug Liman's All You Need is Kill features Tom Cruise running from an explosion in a mech suit. Cruise will play Bill Cage, a soldier forced to fight (and die) over and over again as alien invaders trap him in a hellish time loop.

Good News: Michael Ardnt, screenwriter of Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine, is writing Star Wars Episode VII.

Bad News: Transformers 4 is happening and Mark Whalberg has signed on to star. Hopefully, he'll bring some class to the clunky franchise and not give a repeat performance of his role in The Happening.

Mad News: Morgan Spurlock, director of Super-Size Me, will be directing a 3-D documentary about the rise of One Direction. He famously attacked McDonalds but now seems more than happy to sell-out to the Simon Cowell corporate bandwagon.

Trailer News: time for another Zombie movie! Click below to watch Brad Pitt run from zombies in the forthcoming World War Z.

Wednewsday 7th November

Image of the Week: the character posters have been unveiled for Tom Hooper's film adaptation of Les Miserables. The A-list cast includes Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried, plus Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter (pictured below).

Bond News: Skyfall smashes the seven day UK box office record, overtaking Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II by raking in £37.2 million. 

Spidey News: Jamie Foxx has signed on to play villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, due to hit screens in 2014.

Jedi News: following Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm and the announcement of Episode VII (more on that here), the casting rumours have now begun. Harrison Ford has already expressed interest in returning as an older Han Solo, much to the elation of Star Wars fans around the globe.

Trailer News: the latest trailer for Spielberg's Lincoln can be found below. With Daniel Day-Lewis playing Lincoln, expect this to garner serious Award Season attention.

Wednewsday 24 October

Image of the Week: the Life of Pi poster has been unveiled. Expect this to be one of the favourites around Award Season.

Good News: 2015 looks set to be the Year of the Superhero! Warner Brothers are storming ahead with their Justice League film, which will be released the same year as the Avengers sequel. But...

Bad News: ...don't expect Warner to walk away from this undamaged. Whilst, the Justice League film sounds tempting (Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman and The Flash and Aquaman all in the same film!), the truth is that the DC heroes are much less compatible than the Avengers and they lack the five-film build-up. Expect it to be rushed and messy and disappointing.

Mad News: the Twilight franchise is strongly-rumoured (emphasis on rumoured) to be getting its own spin-off series, focusing on Jacob and his wolf pack. Surely this will never happen? Right?

Trailer News: the first post-Avengers Marvel film is due out next year. Check out the trailer for Iron Man 3 below, including the first glimpse of Ben Kingsley's Mandarin.

Wednewsday 17th October

Image of the Week: check it out. Lego Hobbit characters!

Good News: the release date has been set for Edgar Wright's Ant-Man: the latest instalment in the ever-growing Avengers franchise. You can expect it on 6 November 2015.

Great News: speaking of Marvel, Clark Gregg will be reprising his role as Agent Phil in the S.H.I.E.L.D TV series which confirms that the show will be set before The Avengers.

Greater News: more Marvel news, casting rumours have begun about who will play Mary Jane in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel. Current favourite is Shailene Woodley, who impressed audiences as George Clooney's daughter in the Oscar-nominated The Descendants.

Trailer News: the remake of Carrie starring Chloe Moretz has a teaser trailer. View it below. 

Wednewsday 3rd October

Image of the Week: the drip-feed of material for The Hobbit continues with this incredible banner of all of the dwarves! Click to go bigger.

Good News: Matt Reeves will be helming The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Having delivered both Cloverfield and Let Me In, it will be interesting to see how he can develop the ageing franchise.

Better News: despite previous doubts, Marc Webb has committed to return to The Amazing Spider-Man sequel to add further humour and personality to the rebooted webslinger.

Best News: Seth McFarlane is hosting the 2013 Academy Awards!

Trailer of the Week: click below to watch the fantastically-edited teaser trailer for Die Hard 5 AKA A Good Day to Die Hard. The fifth instalment will feature John McClane reconnecting with his estranged son, Jack. Judging from the trailer, expect it to have more in common with the high-octane Die Hard 4.0 than the earlier trilogy.

Wednewsday 26th August

Image of the Week: the stunning trailer for Cloud Atlas has now been followed with a collection of equally stunning promotional banners. Expect this highly-ambitious novel adaptation to win over audiences and award ceremonies next February.

Good News: Homeland sweeps the Emmys, which were held on Sunday evening, winning awards for Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, the writing team and the gong for Outstanding Drama Series. Other big winners included the much-loved comedy Modern Family.

Bad News: ageing franchise The Mummy (a great film with two poor sequels) is being rebooted. The team set to launch the reboot is not promising: Director Len Wiseman (who helmed the Total Recall remake), producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Transformers 3) and writer Jon Spaihts (Prometheus co-writer).

Mad News: the bonkers proposal for a female Expendables was more than just a rumour. They have now cast its lead: Gina Carano, the kick-ass lead from Steven Soderbergh's Haywire. Expect further casting announcements to roll out over the next few months.

Trailer News: following the unveiling of the new Hobbit trailer last week, we have now been treated to four alternative endings to the trailer. All hilarious. You can watch them below.