Super big-city cop Pegg, so good his colleagues are embarrassed at his success, is sent into exile in a backwater rural village where murders are overtaking the excitement of flower shows.

While Hanks is always worth watching, and while he isn’t bad here, this Coen brothers re-make of the classic l950s Ealing Studios dark comedy is a disappointment.

The new St Trinian’s film in the works at Ealing Studios will not be a remake of the 1950s comedies but more a “modern reworking” of them inspired by the original Ronald Searle cartoons, according to Daily Variety.

Judi Dench wowed thousands of waiting fans when she arrived for the glittering premiere of her latest film, The Importance of Being Earnest.

The St Trinian’s films are to be remade with Rupert Everett and Kylie Minogue earmarked as possible stars, it was reported today.