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Joel Edgerton keen to reprise Uncle Owen role in Obi-Wan Star Wars spinoff movie

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With Stephen Daldry rumoured to be in talks to direct the movie, and Ewan McGregor doing everything but wear a brown habit in public, former Owen Lars, Joel Edgerton, has been speaking about reprising his role for the forthcoming Obi-Wan standalone Star Wars movie. While on the press tour for Red Sparrow (read our review […]

M. Night Shyamalan set to produce Apple TV series

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Now that filming has wrapped on Glass, M. Night Shyamalan is adding his talents to the growing list of projects currently in development for Apple TV. Variety reports that he will executive produce a 10-part thriller for the streaming service, directing the first half-hour episode himself.   Plot details and the title are being kept […]

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck–It Ralph 2 teaser arrives online

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Earlier in the week we got the first teaser poster for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, and now the official Wreck-It Ralph Twitter account have tweeted the following video tease, which hopefully means that the arrival of a full trailer is imminent. He did it ↘️⬇️↙️ #RalphBreakstheInternet pic.twitter.com/VBheFBzc2R — Wreck-It Ralph (@wreckitralph) February […]

The Last of Us writer: “I don’t want that movie to be made”

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Seemingly stuck in pre-production purgatory, an adaptation of Naughty Dog’s blockbusting video game, The Last of Us, has been talked about since the game was released in 2013. Now the game’s director, Neil Druckmann, who has also also written the script for Sony Pictures and Screen Gems adaptation, has said that he doesn’t want that […]

Where Art Thou? A look at 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders

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Matt Rodgers on 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders… As Jimmy Kimmel steps out onto the Dolby Theatre stage to deliver his introduction to the 90th Academy Awards, spare a thought for those who still have their pre-ordered tuxedo hanging in the closet, or that dress they’d practiced the red carpet walk in still tagged for return, […]

Mark Hamill tweets James Gunn about potential Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 role

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Twitter has become an increasingly volatile place to spend time, but every so often it can do some good, and that might just be the case for both audiences and Mark Hamill, if his Twitter exchange with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is anything to go by. When asked by a fan whether Gunn […]

Movie Review – The Party (2018)

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The Party, 2018. Directed by Sally Potter. Starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy. SYNOPSIS: A celebratory gathering hosted by Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) brings together a generation of friends, lovers, and family members, for a soirée that will escalate beyond family squabbles, to guns, […]

Terminator 6 to start filming in May

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The Terminator franchise has asked us to remember a lot of important dates since 1984.There was August 29th, 1997, also known as Judgment Day. May 12th, 1984 was the day on which Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) arrived from the future to save Sarah Connor. Then there are the days we’d rather forget, such as July […]

Rivalry Resumed: Sonic the Hedgehog movie races ahead of Super Mario Bros.

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Having spent the last few weeks reporting the news that Nintendo were to move ahead with their long in the pipeline Super Mario Bros. animated movie, Paramount has confirmed that the plumbers’ biggest pixelated rival, Sonic the Hedgehog, will beat them to the big-screen with a November 15th, 2019 release date.  The Hollywood Reporter have revealed […]