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Clive Owen joins the cast of Luc Besson’s Valerian

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British actor Clive Owen (The Knick) is set to star in Luc Besson’s big-budget sci-fi film Valerian, based on the graphic novels by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières first published in 1967. Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) and Cara Delavingne (Paper Towns) will also appear in the film, which reportedly has a budget of around $180million and […]

Jennifer Lawrence tops Forbes’ list of highest-paid actresses of 2015

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Forbes has today unveiled its annual list of the highest paid actress in Hollywood, and it’s no surprise to see Jennifer Lawrence at the top of the list. The 25-year-old Hunger Games star has pocketed $52 million pre-tax earnings over the last 2 months to top the new list, $16.5 million ahead of the current […]

Movie Review – Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

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Hitman: Agent 47, 2015. Directed by Aleksander Bach. Starring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Thomas Kretschmann, Ciaran Hinds and Zachary Quinto. SYNOPSIS: An Assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. 2015 hasn’t worked out quite as planned for 20th Century Fox thus far, with […]

Thor: Ragnarok scribe to pen Sony’s Masters of the Universe reboot

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Christopher Yost, the screenwriter behind Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World and the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, is set to help Sony relise their long-gestating reboot of 80’s toyline/cartoon/film Masters of the Universe, reports Variety. Sony and Escape Artists have been working for years trying to get the reboot off the ground, and have tapped Yost to […]

New Spider-Man Tom Holland joins The Lost City of Z

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Upcoming Spider-Man star Tom Holland has joined the cast of The Lost City of Z, which has started production in Belfast. Holland, who first came to prominence for his performance in The Impossible, has joined a stellar cast that already includes Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Robert Pattinson (Cosmopolis) and Sienna Miller (American Sniper). Acclaimed […]

Miles Teller set to star in Thank You For Your Service

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Whiplash star Miles Teller is in talks to star in Dreamworks new drama Thank You For Your Service, which will see American Sniper writer Jason Hall make his directorial debut, reports The Wrap. Teller, who also starred in this month’s Fantastic Four, doesn’t have a dealjust yet, but talks are ongoing with the studio. The […]

Jurassic World screenwriter swaps dinosaurs for Kong: Skull Island

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Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly is swapping dinosaurs for giant apes as the screenwriter has been brought on to work on Kong: Skull Island, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Connolly, who also worked with Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow on Safety Not Guaranteed, has been brought onto Kong to do some last minute tweaks on the […]

Jonathan Levine offered director’s chair for Amy Schumer’s latest

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Deadline is reporting that 50/50 helmer Jonathan Levine is in talks to direct Amy Schumer in her next film after her summer comedy hit Trainwreck. Written by Kate Dippold, who has recently scripted Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot, the new comedy is reportedly a “mother-daughter relationship story on a vacation gone wrong” would see Schumer team-up […]

Anne Hathaway heading to the small screen for limited series The Ambassador’s Wife

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Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is making the move to the small screen and is set to star in limited series The Ambassador’s Wife for eOne. Based on the novel by Jennifer Steil, which has only recently been published, The Ambassador’s Wife tells the story of a “British woman who is kidnapped […]