Edgar Wright: Last News

With Thanksgiving just behind us, some people probably forgot the crucial rule of the holiday—don’t eat too much or you’ll make yourself sick. Well, that mantra is good in a number of situations.

Shaun Of The Dead is receiving a cinematic re-release to mark its 20th anniversary, but which songs feature in the cult zombie comedy?Edgar Wright’s 2004 film has become a beloved classic of modern British cinema, and stars Simon Pegg as the titular Shaun, a directionless London salesman who finds himself and his friends – Nick Frost’s Ed, Kate Ashfield’s Liz, Dylan Moran’s David and Lucy Davis’ Dianne – caught in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.Shaun Of The Dead is the first in the so-called Cornetto trilogy, which was later completed by 2007’s Hot Fuzz and 2013’s The World’s End. It made a total of nearly £30million at the box office and was nominated for two BAFTA Awards.A post shared by @edgarwrightWright announced details of the re-release in July, stating the film had been remastered with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision.

Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun Of The Dead grossed an estimated $600k for the 3-day weekend and $720k for the four days in Focus Features re-release for the comic zombie-fest’s 20th anniversary.

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) are the newest additions to the cast of Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky’s new crime thriller for Sony Pictures.

“Who is that actor?” It’s probably everyone’s reaction to their first experience of Britain’s Matt Berry. With his booming delivery, and an uncanny ability to draw out every last vowel and consonant from even the dullest of words, Berry has been a cult comic actor in the U.K. for 20 years now. He broke out there in 2012 with Toast of London, a surreal sitcom in which he appeared as the bitter, buffoonish, self-serious thespian Steven Toast. But in 2019, the FX show What We Do in the Shadows took his homegrown appeal overseas, as the shape-shifting 300-year-old vampire Laszlo in the mock-doc comedy show inspired by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s word-of-mouth movie hit from 2014.

28 Years Later, The Bone Temple, will begin shooting later this year, according to new reports.Back in May, Cillian Murphy was confirmed to be returning to the franchise that launched his career, in 2025’s 28 Years Later.News of the new film was first announced earlier this year, with confirmation that director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who helmed the 2002 original 28 Days Later, were both returning to the franchise.The film was given the official release date of June 20, 2025 and will also star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell.28 Years Later is slated to be the first entry in a new trilogy, with Alex Garland (who wrote the original) writing and produce all three. Boyle is only expected to return for the first instalment, with Candyman and The Marvels director Nia DaCosta helming for the second.Now, as per Film Stories, it’s being reported that filming on 28 Years Later has now completed, before filming on the next instalment, The Bone Temple, starts shooting.As with 28 Years Later, it’s expected that The Bone Temple will be filmed in London.

Edgar Wright has announced that Shaun Of The Dead will receive a theatrical re-release to celebrate the zombie comedy’s 20th anniversary.The director took to Instagram on Thursday (July 25) to share the news, confirming that the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost-led film, which has been remastered with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, will arrive in US cinemas in late August, and UK and Ireland cinemas in late September.“Twenty years ago, the worldwide release of Shaun of the Dead changed my life forever,” Wright began the post. “Its reception since then has continued to be incredible, largely due to the passionate fans who have championed it with cricket bats aloft.“Now, as we celebrate its bloody 20th anniversary with a brand-new Dolby Atmos and Vision remastered version, I’m beyond excited for everyone to experience it once again on the big screen—the way it was always meant to be seen: large, loud, and with quite a lot of red on it.“Shaun Of The Dead will be back in US theatres in August and UK cinemas in September to celebrate its 20th anniversary.”A post shared by @edgarwright“Starting August 29, the re-release of Shaun of the Dead will begin with an exclusive limited engagement at Dolby Cinema at AMC theatres in the U.S.

Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead will be back in theaters across the U.S. in late summer as Focus Features re-releases the Edgar Wright film to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The Glen Powell business is booming in Hollywood, and if “Twisters” does well in theaters this weekend, expect the actor’s ascension to superstardom to happen even more swiftly than it already is. “Twisters” is Powell’s last big release of 2024, but he has Ari Aster‘s “Huntington“ and Edgar Wright‘s “The Running Man” remake on the way, too.

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have spoken to NME about the 20th anniversary of their beloved ‘rom-zom-com’ Shaun of the Dead, which were they presenting at the Pilton Palais cinema at Glastonbury Festival.The filmmaking duo, the who created the so-called Cornetto Trilogy – comprised of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End – between 2004 and 2013, also discussed approaches they have received to “sequelize” the film and their plans to make a new movie.NME: Hi Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright! Have you been surprised by the amount of renewed interest in Shaun of the Dead lately?Simon Pegg: “It’s kind of never really gone away since we made it… Whenever there was some crisis, that meme of me with the beer popped up. But it’s nice to get to 20 years and realise that people are still talking about it.”Edgar Wright: “Also, I think the main subject of conversation is people saying: ‘Oh, fuck! That was 20 years ago! Oh my God – I’m old! What have I done with my life?”Pegg: “We always said that we weren’t parodying zombie movies with Shaun of the Dead; we were parodying romantic comedies – if we were parodying anything. Shaun of the Dead is a zombie movie; there’s no satirical edge there aimed at the genre itself.

Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg were filmed at Glastonbury 2024 joining a crowd in singing Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ ahead of Coldplay’s headlining set.Cruise and Pegg were photographed alongside fellow actor Gillian Anderson and Mission Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie standing on a platform at the Pyramid Stage, waiting to watch Coldplay’s set on Saturday (June 29).In video shared by BBC 6 Music’s Matt Everitt, Cruise and Pegg are seen joining the crowd below them in singing the chorus of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, Pegg dramatically waving his arms like a conductor.Erm, that’s @TomCruise, Simon Pegg and @GillianA singing Don’t Look Back In Anger by @oasis just before @coldplay come onstage at @glastonbury. pic.twitter.com/vner2CP6c1— Matt Everitt (@matteveritt) June 29, 2024Pegg was present at Glastonbury to introduce Shaun of the Dead for a 20th anniversary screening alongside director Edgar Wright that same day as part of the festival’s Pilton Palais Cinema programming.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo gets killed off in episode one while discussing “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.” The Netflix series is based on the Bryan Lee O’Malley Manga book series and the Edgar Wright-directed cult hit film of the same name and follows an alternate take on Scott Pilgrim falling in love with Ramona Flowers, only to find that he has to fight her seven evil exes.

EXCLUSIVE: Media Res, the company behind Apple’s The Morning Show, has paid 7-figures to secure rights to Adrian McKinty’s global bestselling novel The Chain. The plan is to turn the thriller into a TV series.

28 Years Later has begun filming in the North-east this week according to a new report in The Knowledge.News of the new film was first announced earlier this year, with confirmation that director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who helmed the 2002 original 28 Days Later, were both returning to the franchise. 28 Years Later will be the first of a follow-up trilogy to the original films.Cillian Murphy was also recently confirmed as returning to the franchise that launched his career.Earlier this month, the film was given the official release date of June 20, 2025.

Glastonbury’s Palais Cinema has unveiled its line-up for this year’s edition of the festival and it features a star-studded list of guests including Paul Mescal, Florence Pugh and Andrew Scott.In a video unveiling the line-up with Radio 1’s Ali Plumb, EMPIRE’s Helen O’Hara and Bastille’s Dan Smith who is a patron and supporter of the area, it was revealed that film showings at the event include a mixture of pre-released screenings, recent cinema hits, music documentaries and classic film showings.Some of those on show include Despicable Me 4, Furiosa, Dune Part Two, All Of Us Strangers, Barbie, The Fall Guy, The Greatest Showman, Baby Driver and Shaun Of The Dead in its 20th anniversary year.Guests at the event include Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright who will be taking part in a Q&A about Shaun Of The Dead; Wright will also introduce his film Baby Driver.Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott will reunite with director Andrew Haigh for a Q&A about their emotive film All Of Us Strangers, which was released earlier this year, while Florence Pugh will speak about Dune Part 2 ahead of the screening.Other guests there include Tilda Swinton, who will take part in a Q&A for Only Lovers Left Alive and will introduce her new film Problemista while Cate Blanchett will talk about I’m Not There, the film she starred in about Bob Dylan.Both Swinton and Blanchett also appeared at last year’s Glastonbury, with Swinton joining Max Richter on stage while Blanchett danced on stage with Sparks. There will be a screening of the first two episodes of new Star Wars series The Acolyte, while Kneecap will talk about their new documentary film.

This one has seemingly been in the wind for a while as a rumor or wishlist, but it seems to have panned out regardless. “Baby Driver” filmmaker Edgar Wright is in talks to direct Sydney Sweeney in the long-gestating remake of “Barbarella.” The “Euphoria” star has been attached to the project since 2022, but there’s been little movement on it, other than a desire to make it, until now.

Sherlock co-creator and star Mark Gatiss has said he and the team behind the popular detective drama are still interested in adapting the series for the big screen. 

Glen Powell is booked and busy!

Glen Powell, action star? The actor arguably already made a foray into the genre in 2013’s “The Expendables 3” and 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” but this time, he’ll be the leading man and not in a supporting role. The news came out of CinemaCon today that Powell will star in Edgar Wright’s upcoming remake of “The Running Man” at Paramount.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins got cheeky about the sales talks surrounding his corporate parent Paramount Global. In a presentation to worldwide theater owners at the annual Las Vegas convention CinemaCon, Robbins got right to the point in his opening remarks about what’s next for his team.

One of Hollywood’s busiest rising stars just added another big role to his future dance card. Glen Powell is set to star in Paramount’s The Running Man reboot for Paramount Pictures. Edgar Wright will direct and produce with his producing partner Nira Park and Simon Kinberg.

Edgar Wright has revealed the iconic Shaun Of The Dead vinyl-throwing scene nearly included some David Bowie albums in its list.In a new interview with GQ for the movie’s 20th anniversary, the director opened up about some alternative albums for the film’s memorable vinyl scene.The scene depicts duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost attempting to ward off some zombies by debating which of their beloved Prince records to throw at them: “Purple Rain?” “No” “Sign O’ The Times?” “Definitely not” “The Batman Soundtrack?” “Throw it”.Now, in a conversation with Pegg and Frost, Wright revealed he tried to use Bowie’s albums for the scene instead. “At one point we did David Bowie albums,” Wright told GQ. “I think it was like: “Hunky Dory, no.