First Look At The Enfield Haunting

Who you gonna Spall?

Amityville, the Black Hills of Maryland, Eden Lake… Enfield? Okay, the sleepy north London suburb isn’t as synonymous with horror as those other locales, but residents might beg to differ. The Enfield Haunting, a Sky drama capturing the spooky goings-on that took place in the Hodgson household in 1977, will, judging by these first-look stills, be both clammily scary and full of outlandish ‘70s fashions. Any malign presence undeterred by Timothy Spall’s demonic shirt/jacket/tie combo immediately has our fear and respect.

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Spall stars as Maurice Grosse, a newcomer to the world of paranormal research and a man recovering from recent tragedy. He finds himself drawn in by the strange events of Green Street, EN3. Before you can say “Don’t go there!”, Britain’s answer to Peter Venkman begins investigating the poltergeisty phenomonon, as his wife, Betty (Juliet Stevenson), finds out to her increasing dismay.



The third factor here is Matthew Macfadyen’s Guy Lyon Playfair. He’s the more sceptical mind of the two, trying to keep Maurice’s theories to more “plausible” areas. Considering the show is based on Lyon Playfair’s book This House Is Haunted, maybe he came round to Maurice’s way of thinking after all.



Also co-starring are Rosie Cavaliero, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Fern Deacon and Elliot Kerley, with The Killing's Kristoffer Nyholm behind the camera. Catch The Enfield Haunting across three 60-minute episodes in the spring.

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Noam Murro Says Blink

On to direct a new thriller

He managed to channel Zack Snyder’s OTT style with 300: Rise Of An Empire, but for his next film, Noam Murro is looking to get back to something original. He’s signed on to direct a thriller called Blink .

Hernany Perla’s script follows what happens when a man is left paralyzed after a famous and still-unsolved bank robbery. When criminals kidnap him and hold him hostage, determined to pry the secrets of the incident out of his head, he’s forced to outwit his captors. The twist being, he can only control his eyes, and he’s got to figure out the big mystery of the heist.

Atlas Independent wants this one up and shooting in the summer, so expect the casting announcements to come thick and fast. The central role promises to be a challenging one, at the very least.

Murro is also attached to direct the comedy drama All Families Are Psychotic, but that one will likely have to remain sitting in development for now, as Blink is on a much faster track.

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New Avengers: Age Of Ultron TV Spot

'You've meddled with something you don't understand...'

It might not be receiving the Super Bowl TV spot treatment, but Marvel has made sure we’re all still anticipating Avengers: Age Of Ultron with a new ad. Cue the heroes squabbling and the robotic drones causing havoc…

There is a lot here that we’ve seen in previous trailers, but some of those moments are expanded upon and you’ll find plenty of new footage lurking within the relatively short trail.

Among the highlights this time? Plenty of mystery about a strange medical procedure, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) accusing Tony (Robert Downey Jr.) of meddling in things he doesn’t understand, more Hulk vs. Hulkbuster action and James Spader’s technological terror Ultron threatening to tear the team apart from the inside. And if the growing tension between them present here is any indication, he might just succeed…

With Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stellan Skarsgard, Cobie Smulders and Paul Bettany all put through their paces by writer/director Joss Whedon, Avengers: Age Of Ultron lands in the UK on April 24, before heading Stateside on May 1. For some exclusive peeks behind the scenes of the film, pick up the latest Empire in traditional magazine and digital formats.

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Terminator Genisys Super Bowl Spot Online

Watch out for back-flipping buses...

This weekend sees the biggest event in the American Football sporting calendar: the Super Bowl. And with it comes a raft of expensive adverts for all sorts of things, including some of the big movies hitting cinemas in the coming months. Once relegated to airing during the game itself, the TV spots now arrive in advance. Here’s the effort from the Terminator Genisys team.

It’s essentially a cut-down selection of footage from the recent trailer, arranged so as to cram in as much about the story as is possible in a 30-second commercial. The story branches off from the original in that it still sees Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) volunteering to go back in time and save John Connor (Jason Clarke)’s mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke), only to discover that the timeline has been tinkered with and things are very different. This is not the be-permed, Everywoman Sarah we met in 1984’s The Terminator. Instead, this Sarah lost her parents to a Terminator attack but was raised to be a warrior by an ageing version of Arnie’s T-800. And Kyle will need her help when an Asian model of the morphing metal T-1000 (Byung-hun Lee) threatens his life.

The spot has plenty of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the older Terminator (there’s a new picture of him below), with Clarke and Courtney present and correct. Still no glimpse of Matt Smith or J.K. Simmons, though. {Terminator Genisys Old Arnie Still}

Terminator Genisys will use a portal to arrive in our cinemas on July 3.

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Exclusive: First Still From The 9th Life Of Louis Drax

Jamie Dornan is a man on wires

Fifty Shades of Grey isn’t the only Jamie Dornan show in town. The smooth-as-a-pint-of-silk Irishman also has The 9th Life Of Louis Drax upcoming and Empire has been to the film’s Vancouver set to whip up… okay, gather some info on the supernatural thriller. Starting with this first-look still from the film that sees Dornan jumpstarting a car with his mind. At least, we think that’s what he’s doing here. Feel free to completely disagree. {Louis Drax Still} The film tells the story of Louis Drax, a boy in a coma (Aiden Longworth, Hector And The Search For Happiness) whose mental journeys will no doubt tease some striking visuals from the director. By his bedside is Dornan’s neurologist, Dr. Allan Pascal, who fights to awaken him from his comatose state. The twist? Louis’s injured state may not have been an accident. Aaron Paul, Louis’ dad, is prime suspect after the clifftop fall that now threatens his life.

On-set touchstones for the film, the latest from Frenchman Alexandre ‘Horns’ Aja, include Otto Preminger and the Master himself. “It reminded me of films like Vertigo or Bunny Lake Is Missing,” enthuses Dornan’s co-star Sarah Gadon. If it’s a third as good as that Hitchcock classic, we’re in for a treat. Frankly, we'd take an unashamedly hammy '90s-style Shattered-alike thriller in a heartbeat, too. We miss those.



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