Category: Movies

Over the weekend, eagle eyed fans of Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna sparked pregnancy rumours when they spotted a (barely visible) “baby bump” in a photo of IK and his Colombian girlfriend Sonia Morales. Sonia is a 24 year old Masters student at the University of Belgrade who works as a translator as she speaks 5 […]

Lagos – Nigeria’s highest grossing cinema movie of all time, 30 Days in Atlanta, has been hijacked by film pirates. The pirates are now selling copies of the movie on the streets of Lagos, and the brain behind the film comedian AY Makun has written a letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP). In […]

Adapting a well known comic book property into a live-action television series or film is a tricky prospect. On one hand you have the original property and an expectation from fans who want to see a faithful translation. And on the other, there’s the obvious desire or need for creative freedom, an approach that may involve […]

One of the biggest criticisms fans have had about the phenomenally successful Marvel Cinematic Universe is the lack of any solo films for female superheroes. Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow has long stood out as one of the breakout female heroes, but Marvel has continually balked at the idea of giving the character her own film. It […]

AGN president, Ibinabo Fiberesima, addressed the death of the late Muna Obiekwe, reports on AGN abandoning the sick Prince James Uche, and double standard in the industry. Speaking at the late actor’s candlelight service, Ibinabo expressed her shock at reports claiming that the AGN dumped the late Muna and sick Prince James Uche. Read speech; […]

Yvonne nelson is currently in a grief mode after this little boy pictured with her  on set passed away just two weeks ago.  The young boy acted as her son in a movie that will be released soon which is titled, if tomorrow never comes. The boy who was identified as Kweku, was the inspiration behind the movie, […]

Disney purchased several of highly coveted TV spots during Super Bowl XLIX to present brief teasers for their 2015 releases, the sci-fi adventure Tomorrowland and the sports drama McFarland, USA, but didn’t take advantage of the record-breaking big game audience to promote either of their Marvel Studios releases of the year. With two similar trailers already released for The Avengers: Age […]

Even with a worldwide box office gross of more than $700 million, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 proved to be the lowest-earning film starring everyone’s favorite friendly neighborhood wallcrawler and earned the poorest reviews of the franchise. Since then, the future of the series has fueled the rumor mills for months. Sony’s original plan to use […]

Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has donated 2 billion Naira to Nollywood as part of efforts to support the Nigerian movie industry distribution system in an attempt to curb piracy. The president held a closed-door meeting with several key players in Nollywood on January 24, 2015, and the outcome of the meeting has led to the […]

Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu shared photos of herself and reconciled husband Adeniyi Johnson on her Instagram page. Just last week Toyin Aimakhu and her husband Adeniyi were experiencing some difficulties in their marriage. Both husband and wife went as far as making it known on social media that there was indeed trouble in paradise. After […]

It’s been 20 years, since Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde made her debut in the Nigerian movie industry, otherwise called Nollywood. To kick-off the celebrations, she visited Stella Maris College in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The famous Nollywood star also used the event to flag off her tour of 20 cities in the world, as part […]

Following its win at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train You Dragon 2 took Best Animated Feature top honors at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 42nd Annual Annie Awards held Saturday, January 31 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The full list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Annie Awards The Best Animated Special Production was awarded to “Cosmos: […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens this December, which you’re no doubt aware of being a loyal Screen Rant reader. When it does, the Disney-era of the Star Wars saga officially begins (though technically it already did with Star Wars Rebels). Disney plans on releasing a new Star Wars film every year through 2020; like a well-oiled […]

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that it acquired the feature film rights to Descender, the forthcoming comic book series from New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire and New York Times bestselling comic artist Dustin Nguyen. A sprawling, science-fiction space opera full of mystery and adventure, Descender‘s first issue will be published by Image Comics […]

The Cascade festival of Af­rican films, the longest-running African film festival in the Unit­ed States, opens Friday, Febru­ary 6 with a screening of Half of a Yellow Sun, an adaptation of the popular novel by Chimam­anda Ngozi Adichie. The movie stars Thandie Newton and Chi­wetel Ejiofor, who featured in “12 Years a Slave” and is […]

Good news for Tom Cruise fans! Paramount Pictures has moved the impending sequel Mission Impossible 5 from it’s Christmas Day 2015 release slot to a much more appealing summer date. The shift was presumably made to get the movie out of the way of next winter’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is set to […]

These are exciting times for award-winning Nollywood filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan, whose film, October 1, has continued to break new grounds. Only last weekend, he received the Nollywood Man of the Year diadem, given by organisers of The Sun Awards, but the movie director, who has his hands full with several movie-related projects, says that is just […]

After painfully admitting that her marriage is going through a tumultuous phase due to infidelity issues, it seems Yoruba actress, Toyin Aimakhu and her hubby, Adeniyi Johnson have ironed out their issues. Here is what Adeniyi wrote on Instagram; With the heart of appreciation and sincerity we write: There’s no fire without smoke.. for every […]

Danny Devito is heading back to the big screen with a new movie and this time it’s in form of the drama, All The Wilderness for which a new trailer has just been released. Check out the plot and trailer for the James (Kodi-Smit-McPhee) has shut himself off from his surroundings, falling into a world of […]

Tinsel actress Joju Muse, popularly called April, has come public with her love for toys. In an interview with Speaking with iCampus Magazine, the actress revealed that she got uses sex toys on herself to avoid having multiple partners. Joju Muse said she sees sex as a sacred thing and does not have much of […]

Lancelot Imaseun’s much talked about movie ‘Invasion 1897’ has been selected to screen at the 23rd edition of the Pan African Film Festival. The film festival is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from February 5 to February 16, 2015. With over a $1m14 budget, ‘Invasion 1897’ is one of the most celebrated movies […]