Weekly News

This week there has been lots of news in the film industry. One of the main items has been Marvels new film Avengers Infinity War which opened last week. It had a budget of $300 million and has already doubled it in only a week making $600 so far. It has had good reviews and has been very well received by the fans all praising it highly but it does seem like a bit of a cash grab  with what seems to be almost every marvel superhero in it .They have already announced a part 2 to the film and looking at how much money this has made and how much buzz it has created it is safe to say that superhero movies are not going anywhere yet.  I do wonder how long the buzz for superhero movies will last and feels after now it will gradually go down as audiences want a bit more with there films other than the hero trying to and succeeding to save the world every time.   

It was also announced this week that there will be a new screen adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden about an orphaned girl called Mary who goes to live with her uncle and discovers a magical garden there, but this version will be set post WW2 instead of early 20th centenary. It was rumored that Guillermo Del Toro would directed but he is not attached to this anymore and now Mark Mundon will direct. It was also announced that Colin Firth will star as Mary's uncle Lord Archibald Craven and Julie Walters as the maid Mrs Medlock.




Another piece of interesting news that while not about film production but still interesting and shocking is that this week it was reported that the BFI cinema in London had to forcibly remove a woman from there cinema screening of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  who had Asperger's. The woman Jasmine Parker a 25 year old and went there for her birthday.  It was all due to someone in the audience complaining that she was laughing too much and had to be taken out pf the cinema. It was reported that when she was taken out of the cinema some of the audience applauded as well as calling her names like 'retarded' and a 'bitch'. Parker left the cinema feeling humiliated and scared as well as in floods of tears. It is horrible that she was treated in this way and that no one at the cinema seemed to be very apologetic or helpful in the matter.