Movie News - Movies and Musicals with Aedín Gormley

Scorsese plans his ‘Life of Jesus’ movie while Madonna film is back on track with a new title 'Who’s That Girl'.

Emerald Fennell teases 'Wuthering Heights' while the late Michael Crichton’s book sells to Sony at auction.

Soderbergh contemplates a Taylor Swift movie while Saoirse Ronan’s new movie to open the London Film Festival.

This week we look at the forthcoming Galway Film Fleadh programme and we need a bigger documentary, Jaws at 50.

Richard Linklater sets filming in Dublin with Andrew Scott and Ethan Hawke, while director Kate Dolan steps into the M3GAN universe.

Ridley Scott plans his next three movies while Robert Pattison lines up for a 1981 remake of a cult horror film.

The Gyllenhaals work together while Linklater sets his sights on Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Aedín catches up on the latest movie news with Garret Daly.

Will Ferrell has a golf series and Happy Gilmore is getting a sequel.

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Marvel and Rocky. Yes, news this week on every one of these blockbusting franchises.

Paul Rudd joins John Carney for filming in Dublin while two historic figures, Da Vinci and Handel, get the film treatment.

Sorkin adds a friend in a sort of sequel to the Social Network, while Jennifer Anniston looks to take things 9 to 5.

Ariana Greenblatt goes for magic role while Sundance eyes up a new location in potential festival move.

A new Blair Witch project is in the pipeline, while a board game is making its way to the big screen. Pass Go.

Denis Villeneuve eyes up a Nuclear War film while Warner Bros look to add another instalment in The Matrix.

Austin Butler continues to line up with great directors while Star Trek sets up for a final film.

Aedín Gormley meets the award-winning songwriting duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman in New York. With a string of acclaimed hits including the Tony winning musical Hairspray and more recently Some Like It Hot, which just last month took home the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, the duo have had the careers most songwriters dream of.

An all Irish movie news with news of directors Lee Cronin and David Freyne, and actors Jamie Dornan and Eve Hewson.

A preview of the 96th Academy Awards and hopes for a green win on the red carpet.

Michael Fassbender eyes role in George Clooney’s new series while a Robbie Williams musical bio pic is set to launch in the US on Christmas Day.