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Harry Potter legend Stuart Craig dies aged 83 after battle with Parkinson’s disease

Tributes pour in for Oscar-winning production designer who was behind some of the wizarding franchise’s most memorable sets, including Hogwarts

Evening Standard

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Concept Trailer Has Fans Begging For A Full Movie With Original Cast

The trailer shows Harry as the father of a son, Albus Severus Potter, who is sorted into Slytherin.

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Thank You For The Thursday Murder Club Movie, Netflix. Now Can We Please Get A Sequel (For A Few Reasons)?

More cake, more tea, more murder mysteries, please

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40 years later, The Goonies' long-awaited sequel is "moving in the right direction," says writer: "This is the movie I want to see as one of its biggest fans"

The Goonies 2 writer says the sequel's script is "95% done"

Total Film

The Thursday Murder Club: everything is eclipsed by the cakes in this sanitised Netflix adaptation

In his essay Decline of the English Murder, the writer George Orwell evokes the pleasure to be had in reading about killing. After a good meal (including pudding), you are in the mood to read: “the sofa cushions are soft underneath you, the fire is well alight, the air is…

The Conversation

OG Harry Potter Director Doesn’t Hold Back When Discussing His Odds Of Helming An Adaptation Of On The Cursed Child

Could Chris Columbus return for one more Potter movie?

Cinemablend

Original Harry Potter film star to reprise role in TV series

He’s the first movie cast member to sign up for new HBO show

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Harry Potter director says reunion ‘will never happen’ due to JK Rowling’s trans views

‘Everyone in the cast has a different opinion, which makes it impossible,’ filmmaker said

The Independent UK

Chris Columbus rules out Cursed Child film with original Harry Potter cast

Chris Columbus can't see the original Harry Potter cast reuniting.

BANG Premier

Netflix Just Quietly Released The Best Murder Mystery Movie Of 2025

'The Thursday Murder Club' adapts a hit mystery novel into a standard but still fun whodunit.

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Pierce Brosnan: ‘A seventysomething Bond? They know where to find me’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Irish star, who cut a suave figure as the 007 of the new millennium, has traded spy gadgets for OAP crime-solving in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. He speaks to Patrick Smith about getting older, the importance of political protest, and the truth behind his confusing ‘MobLand’…

The Independent UK

Gremlins Writer Explains Why A Third Film May Take A Long Time To Make: 'We're Working On Something'

The wait, hopefully, will be worth it.

Cinemablend

Original Harry Potter director Chris Columbus on reboot HBO series: ‘What’s the point?’

"It’s all going to be the same.” Chris Columbus has shared his views on the controversial Harry Potter TV series adaptation, questioning the need to replicate the original films. The new show will hit small screens in 2027.

Euronews

‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’: Pierce Brosnan revisits his old London haunts

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club goes for a stroll in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?

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Cinemablend

There Are So Many Thursday Murder Club Books, So Will There Be More Movies? Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan And More Weigh In

Is this the start of Netflix's newest franchise?

Cinemablend

‘It Still Keeps Me Up At Night,’ One Harry Potter Moment That Still Haunts Director Chris Columbus Years Later

A Harry Potter ghost still haunts Chris Columbus.

Total Film

The Thursday Murder Club director says new Netflix murder mystery’s idealistic manor home is like Hogwarts for retirees

Exclusive: Chris Columbus compares adapting The Thursday Murder Club to Harry Potter

Total Film

Original Gremlins writer Chris Columbus says they "haven't cracked" Gremlins 3 yet: "There's a bunch of scripts, nothing has been approved"

Exclusive: Don't expect Gremlins 3 anytime soon

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Total Film

Harry Potter director says he was fired from the original Fantastic Four for having "too much of an opinion"

It sounds as though Chris Columbus was ahead of the curve

Evening Standard

Original Harry Potter director Chris Columbus says series is ‘more of the same’

The 66-year-old directed the first two Harry Potter films and produced the third.

The Independent UK

Original Harry Potter director shares thoughts on new TV series

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The Independent UK

Original Harry Potter director says set photos of new TV series left him asking ‘What’s the point?’

‘It’s more of the same,’ says filmmaker

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Alfie Allen stars in action-packed thriller Atomic

Shazad Latif is Allen’s unlikely ally in Sky’s drama about drug smugglers on the run. Plus: a tribute to the late drag star The Vivienne. Here’s what to watch this evening

Tom’s Guide

Netflix’s New Murder Mystery Movie Is a Surprisingly Cozy and Charming Watch — But I Have One Problem

"The Thursday Murder Club" is a new Netflix murder mystery movie, adapted from Richard Osman's best-seller, packing an all-star British cast and plenty of easy-going Chris Columbus charm.

Cinemablend

Home Alone’s Chris Columbus Nearly Directed Fantastic Four, And I’m Shocked By The Reason He Said He Was Fired From It

Seriously, this is just ridiculous.

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