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Seth Macfarlane, of Family Guy and American Dad fame is set to reboot The Flintstones. He has been reported to have said he’s a huge fan and will try to stick to the original premise, let us just hope it remains PG and doesn’t take away the child friendliness of the classic cartoons!

Warner Bros have found their new Harry Potter and it comes in the form of Merlin. They have bought the rights to T.A. Barron’s novel The Lost Years of Merlin.

One of the films I am most looking forward to, (despite the fact we still have to wait until February 2012!) is the all new The Muppets. A new poster came online this week and as the Empire website pointed out, how strange do they look with legs? Despite this, with Jason Segel in the writing seat and stars such as Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis, Kathy Griffin, Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt queuing up to appear in the film, I have a feeling it’s going to be epic!

And lastly, The Adventures of Tin Tin has, as has been known for a while, been made into a feature length film. It has possibly the most exciting and talented team behind it not only does it have Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson but three of the most talented and a couple of my favourite writers / producers / directors in Britain; Joe Cornish, Edgar Wright and Steven Moffat. The trailer premiered online this week and here it is .... 

Emily x