Harry Hill's X-Factor stage show gets a name

Harry Hill's X-Factor stage show gets a name

23 May 2013

Harry Hill's 'X-Factor' musical is getting closer to the stage, now bearing a name. And names are important in these things. Hill explained: "We'd...

Thom Yorke scores finance film

Thom Yorke scores finance film

20 May 2013

Thom Yorke has scored, and appears in, 'The UK Gold', a new feature-length documentary film charting the rise of tax evasion in Britain. Directed...

RBMA makes DFA anniversary film

RBMA makes DFA anniversary film

9 May 2013

Hey, want to watch Red Bull Music Academy's new short film marking NYC dance label DFA Records' twelfth anniversary? No? Oh go on, it...

Spice Girls musical Viva Forever to close in June

Spice Girls musical Viva Forever to close in June

3 May 2013

The Spice Girls' West End musical 'Viva Forever' is to close at the end of June. Conceived by 'Mamma Mia' producer Judy Craymer...

Die Antwoord to play themselves in sci-fi film

Die Antwoord to play themselves in sci-fi film

30 April 2013

South African 'zef rap' outfit Die Antwoord are going to appear as themselves in a new sci-fi film by Neill Blomkamp, who directed...

Nicki Minaj to act in law-com film

Nicki Minaj to act in law-com film

29 April 2013

Having voiced a CGI mammoth circa 2012 in kids film 'Ice Age: Continental Drift', rapper/'American Idol' critic/thespian Nicki Minaj is to again pander...

Senna director shopping Amy Winehouse film

Senna director shopping Amy Winehouse film

26 April 2013

Filmmaker Asif Kapadia is in talks to direct a new non-fiction film looking at the life and times of Amy Winehouse, and featuring...

Mogwai to live-score Zidane film

Mogwai to live-score Zidane film

26 April 2013

Mogwai will play their original score to directors Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno's 2006 film 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait' live, and for...

Rihanna to release 777 DVD

Rihanna to release 777 DVD

24 April 2013

'777', the previously reported 77 minute film showing suitable parts of Rihanna's also previously reported NSFW seven-day private plane trip, is going to...

Bowie data turned into music

Bowie data turned into music

22 April 2013

Data relating to record sales, lyrics and song keys in music by David Bowie across his career have been turned into 'sonifications' by...

Britney Spears teases Smurfs film theme

Britney Spears teases Smurfs film theme

19 April 2013

Britney Spears has revealed via Twitter that she's made a new track, titled 'Ooh La La', to feature on the new Smurfs film,...

Diplo pitching EDM film

Diplo pitching EDM film

15 April 2013

Diplo is to immortalise 'the EDM craze' in a new film, apparently. At least, that's what Deadline is saying, the site having confirmed...

Lana, Florence, Emeli and Bryan (Ferry) on Jay-Z's Gatsby tracklisting

Lana, Florence, Emeli and Bryan (Ferry) on Jay-Z's Gatsby tracklisting

5 April 2013

At last, after many, many speculative articles, official info on the Jay-Z-scored LP accompanying Baz Luhrmann's gaudy new 'Great Gatsby' film has now...

Great Gatsby score to feature Beyonce's

Great Gatsby score to feature Beyonce's "very different take" on Back To Black

3 April 2013

Slightly predictably, Beyonce is going to feature on her significant other Jay-Z's score to that Leonardo Dicaprio-starring 'Great Gatsby' film. She will, says an...

Laura Marling scores RSC's As You Like It

Laura Marling scores RSC's As You Like It

28 March 2013

The Royal Shakespeare Company's new staging of 'As You Like It' will feature an original score by Laura Marling. The play, which will......

M83 shares new track from Oblivion OST

M83 shares new track from Oblivion OST

27 March 2013

His involvement in the project having been confirmed last July, the title track off M83's OST to 'Oblivion', a new sci fi film...

Stone Roses film to be shown in June

Stone Roses film to be shown in June

22 March 2013

'This Is England' filmmaker Shane Meadows' Stone Roses doc 'Made Of Stone' - as records the band's 2012 reconciliation and latter shows at...

Jay-Z executive producing Gatsby OST

Jay-Z executive producing Gatsby OST

18 March 2013

It's official, Jay-Z is boss of the score to Baz Luhrmann's brash new 'Great Gatsby' adaptation, remember, the one potentially featuring Lady Gaga,...

Green Day man working on new musical

Green Day man working on new musical

15 March 2013

Billie Joe Armstrong, now over that burn-out incident last year, is planning on working on a Shakespearean-themed rock musical, according to the New...

New Dean Blunt play to premiere at ICA

New Dean Blunt play to premiere at ICA

15 March 2013

Dean Blunt, 50% of pop anomalies Hype Williams, has scripted a new 'stage performance' that'll be shown at London's ICA on 11 Apr. This...

Film based on Alarm hoax premieres in London

Film based on Alarm hoax premieres in London

13 March 2013

A film inspired by a real life hoax played by 80s punk band The Alarm, called 'Vinyl', premiered in London last night. As...

Lenny Kravitz off Gaye biopic

Lenny Kravitz off Gaye biopic

6 March 2013

Lenny Kravitz has resigned his starring role in a new Marvin Gaye biopic, apparently backing out over resistance to the divisive film by...

Susan Boyle debut movie role announced

Susan Boyle debut movie role announced

4 March 2013

Susan Boyle is to appear in a new Christmas movie to be released later this year, it was announced last week. The British-made...

Justin Timberlake working with Marcus Mumford on Coen Brothers soundtrack song

Justin Timberlake working with Marcus Mumford on Coen Brothers soundtrack song

27 February 2013

Justin Timberlake has confirmed that he is working with Marcus Mumford (though not his Sons) on a song for the soundtrack of new...

Cirque Du Soleil planning second Michael Jackson show

Cirque Du Soleil planning second Michael Jackson show

25 February 2013

Cirque Du Soleil has announced a second alliance with the Michael Jackson estate to create a new stage show called 'Michael Jackson One'....

Alt-J to score film

Alt-J to score film

20 February 2013

Mercury Prize-taking pop mathletes Alt-J have been asked to compose the soundtrack to a new film titled 'Leave To Remain', and it looks...

One Direction 3D documentary gets trailer

One Direction 3D documentary gets trailer

14 February 2013

One Direction's previously reported Morgan Spurlock-directed 3D documentary now has a trailer. Sorry, the "1D3D MOVIE EVENT" now has a "teaser trailer". In it...

Elton John working on musical for children

Elton John working on musical for children

29 January 2013

Elton John is working on a children's musical, his partner David Furnish has told Hello! Magazine. And later this year he will also...

Guns N Roses to release 3D concert film

Guns N Roses to release 3D concert film

23 January 2013

Guns N Roses will release a 3D concert film later this year, filmed during the band's 'Appetite For Democracy' Las Vegas residency. As...

Simon Cowell and Harry Hill working on X-Factor musical

Simon Cowell and Harry Hill working on X-Factor musical

22 January 2013

Simon Cowell has revealed that he is in the early stages of creating a spin-off 'X-Factor' musical with comedian Harry Hill. There's a...

Atticus Ross in talks to score Brian Wilson biopic

Atticus Ross in talks to score Brian Wilson biopic

21 January 2013

How To Destroy Angels' Atticus Ross, it seems, is "in talks" to compose the score to a new film about Brian Wilson. A somewhat...

Angel Haze to play at London's Heaven

Angel Haze to play at London's Heaven

21 January 2013

Angel Haze has added an extra stop to her just-postponed British tour. The rapper, who pushed back said tour to May in order...

Perry Farrell working on

Perry Farrell working on "immersive" Jane's Addiction musical

8 January 2013

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is working on an "immersive" musical featuring the band's music, he has told Prefix. Says Farrell: "My next...

Flaming Lips releasing freaky live film

Flaming Lips releasing freaky live film

20 December 2012

So, the Flaming Lips want to release a "freaky" new concert film, and who am I to say 'no'. The band are set to...

Dave Grohl to premiere Sound City documentary at Sundance

Dave Grohl to premiere Sound City documentary at Sundance

5 December 2012

Dave Grohl has announced that his debut film, the previously reported documentary about Sound City Studios in California, will premiere at next month's...

Marvin Gaye's son calls new biopic

Marvin Gaye's son calls new biopic "shameful"

4 December 2012

Marvin Gaye's son Marvin Gaye III has called the previously reported biopic of his father, directed by Julien Temple and starring Lenny Kravitz,...

Beyonce's Beyonce film to air in new year

Beyonce's Beyonce film to air in new year

28 November 2012

Remember back in August, when Beyonce was shopping her self-made autobiographical documentary to various TV and movie execs? Yeah, that one. Well, it's...

Danish Amy Winehouse play cancelled, portrait enters National Gallery

Danish Amy Winehouse play cancelled, portrait enters National Gallery

28 November 2012

A play about Amy Winehouse due to premiere in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in January has been cancelled after her estate blocked...

Michael Hutchence biopic in production

Michael Hutchence biopic in production

23 November 2012

A film about the life of late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence is currently in production with the working title 'Two Worlds Collide'. Based...

Lenny Kravitz to star in Marvin Gaye movie

Lenny Kravitz to star in Marvin Gaye movie

21 November 2012

The Evening Standard has "heard on the grapevine" that musician/actor Lenny Kravitz will play Marvin Gaye in a film about the late Prince...

Courtney Love no longer involved in Cobain film

Courtney Love no longer involved in Cobain film

20 November 2012

So, Brett Morgen is indeed working on a Kurt Cobain film, but not in partnership with Courtney Love it seems, even though the...

Courtney Love working on Kurt Cobain film with Brett Morgen

Courtney Love working on Kurt Cobain film with Brett Morgen

19 November 2012

Director Brett Morgen, who is responsible for new Rolling Stones documentary 'Crossfire Hurricane', has revealed that he is working on a film about...

One Direction film planned

One Direction film planned

14 November 2012

One Direction maybe, but the 1D boys have three dimensions, and they want to share all of them with their fans via the...

Apple, Mccartney, Ono soundtrack new Apatow film

Apple, Mccartney, Ono soundtrack new Apatow film

13 November 2012

Paul McCartney, Ryan Adams, Yoko Ono and others have lent music to the soundtrack of alt-Hollywood director Judd Apatow's new comic film, 'This...

Loserville to close early

Loserville to close early

13 November 2012

We live in a world where people will flock to see theatrical reworkings of Patrick Swayze films, even though they could stay at...

Lana Del Rey hints at Tropico film, screens new video

Lana Del Rey hints at Tropico film, screens new video

9 November 2012

Fresh princess of 'Bel Air' Lana Del Rey has premiered a new video from her paradisiacal 'Born To Die' re-issue (the track's titled...

RZA to direct Genghis Khan movie

RZA to direct Genghis Khan movie

31 October 2012

Wu-Tang producer RZA is preparing to release his debut film as both a director and screenwriter, 'The Man With The Iron Fists', in...

Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger "honoured" to produce James Brown biopic

25 October 2012

Mick Jagger has been talking about his role in producing a new screen adaptation of the life of James Brown. The cash-rich Rolling...

Joe McElderry to star in new production of The Who's Tommy

Joe McElderry to star in new production of The Who's Tommy

19 October 2012

Joe McElderry is to play the lead role in a new West End production of The Who's rock opera 'Tommy'. The one-off performance...

Prince and Gaga to soundtrack Luhrman's Gatsby, maybe

Prince and Gaga to soundtrack Luhrman's Gatsby, maybe

16 October 2012

Prince and Lady Gaga may or may not be recording music to feature on the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann's screen adaptation of 'The...