Peter Salomone tested the theory with his Walk of Life Project.

Michael Sheen's role has been axed from the upcoming Pixar film.

As the epic superhero throwdown of Batman v Superman prepares to hit cinemas, film writer Dominic Corry looks at some of cinema's greatest clashes.

Olivia Wilde lost out on Margot Robbie's role in The Wolf of Wall Street because she was considered "too old".

A Ben-Hur reboot has been slammed by viewers after the first trailer was released today.

Kiwi actor says he turned to meditation to survive grueling days playing Jesus in new religious epic.

BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro.

Jack Reynor, Taron Egerton and Alden Ehrenreich are all in the running to play the iconic Star Wars character.

The trailer for a new animated feature just dropped this week, but it definitely isn't the type of film you'd want to take your kids to.

Former journalist turned documentary maker David Farrier is facing defamation charges for his film 'Tickled'.

Jack Black has voiced his kung fu-fighting panda Po probably for the last time.

COMMENT: Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in 2007 and the second of the two-part movie adaptation of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter novels was released in 2011, the author and her creation have been in a kind of limbo.

Sir Peter Jackson has declared his support for a new movie-streaming site, which will allow viewers to watch films at home as soon as they launch in theatres.

Fan anticipation has been rewarded. Living up to expectation, Spider-Man has made his first official Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance, however briefly, in the new trailer for Captain America: Civil War.

Sacha Baron Cohen's film The Brothers Grimsby has bombed at the US box office getting a measly US$3.2 million.

In the stark, filmic landscape that lies beyond the Oscars, there is nothing but badly CGI-ed tumbleweed.

Eddie Redmayne admits he is feeling a little bit scared of the big change and responsibility.

Harry Styles has landed his first major film role opposite Tom Hardy.

Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart are to star in No Man's Land on London's West End.

Rebel Wilson thinks she was drugged during a night out in Los Angeles.

In an anxiously anticipated new story, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has transported her world of magical wizarding across the Atlantic and some Native American commentators are not happy with the result, saying it exploits and distorts Native culture.

COMMENT: These days, audiences are savvier than ever to the Machiavellian machinations of the macro movie marketing machine, which has rendered genuine surprise an all-but extinct aspect of modern mainstream filmgoing.

10 Cloverfield Lane, from director and producer JJ Abrams, has sent movie critics into a frenzy.

Spider-Man has made an appearance in the new trailer for Captain America: Civil War - and fans have lost their minds.

The Star Wars actress refuses to apologise for her skinny frame.

Although it won't be released in NZ for another month, the next movie in the Divergent franchise, Allegiant, is already getting slammed by movie critics overseas.

In Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Tina Fey found a character tailor-made for her, Michael O'Sullivan reports.

I hate to say this because I do love the setting but the series is now a triumph of commerce over art. May the force be with you, writes Karl Puschmann.