Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar Binks in George Lucas' second Star Wars trilogy, it has been claimed.

The trailer for the last Hunger Games movie has launched, showing some of the last footage captured of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Director Chris Columbus dreams of making a movie about the later lives of the protagonists in the Harry Potter films.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to take on Julianne Moore's role in a live reading of 1998 cult classic movie The Big Lebowski.

Actor Adam Sandler has had to endure two weeks of complaints from angry Canadians while shooting his new film Pixels, because the production shut down parts of their neighbourhood.

The very best time of the year is upon us. Yes, I'm talking about the fact that the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is on, right now, even as we speak.

Rumours have reignited that a sequel to the 90s classic Space Jam could be in the works - starring basketball superstar LeBron James.

The outlandish stunt features in the latest 007 trailer - we asked an expert how they did it.

Musician Lawrence Arabia may have a classic movie-ish name but now he's putting his to a soundtrack for a vintage flick to be performed live at this year's film festival.

Fans won't be disappointed by the explosive full trailer for the next Bond movie, Spectre, which was released today.

John H. Watson, MD, has much to answer for; just ask this Sherlock Holmes.

A movie about a smiling poo and a sexually suggestive eggplant is in the works.

Skyfall director Sam Mendes was against the casting of Daniel Craig as James Bond, calling the move a "terrible idea".

The director of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has signed on to direct the upcoming Minecraft movie.

Dominic Corry takes a look at five films that beat the bad buzz and five films that weren't so lucky.

The new trailer for local hip-hop dance movie starring Stan Walker expands on the forthcoming film’s storyline and gets in a few Auckland jokes among the fast-cut choreography.

Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he didn't use a body double for his boxing scenes in his new movie.

The Revenant is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit.

British director Sam Mendes says he probably won't work on any more James Bond films after the latest installment of the long-running film series, Spectre, which opens in London in October.

In Grandma, Lily Tomlin, takes a rare lead film role as a foul-mouthed hippy lesbian poet and yes, grandmother.

Ian McKellen has hung up his wizard staff to take on the cloak of literature’s greatest man of mystery.

You wait for another Viggo Mortensen arthouse Western to come along and what do you know? Two show up at once.

Amy Schumer's Star Wars GQ spread has been blasted as "inappropriate".

British character actor Aubrey Morris who is best known for his role as Mr Deltoid in A Clockwork Orange has died aged 89.

Paul Walker's brother Cody Walker has landed his first major film role.

Dinner and a movie is the best way to spend a wintery evening during the film festval, writes Dionne Christian.

Our reviewer Russell Baillie discovers there's big fun to be found in Ant-Man's small-scale thrills.

Rachelstarring in one of the year’s biggest TV shows, True Detective, and a new box office hit alongside Jake Gyllenhaal