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Cecily Strong to join Jessica Chastain in Plus One

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Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong is in talks to join Jessica Chastain (The Huntsman: Winter’s War, The Martian) in the upcoming comedy Plus One. Patrick Brice (The Overnight) is directing the film which follows “a single woman (Chastain) who realizes she has limited choices in girlfriends who can join her on the singles scene because […]

Owen and Luke Wilson to re-team for new comedy from Larry Charles

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that brothers Owen and Luke Wilson are set to re-team on a new comedy project with Borat director Larry Charles. The untitled comedy is set up at Voltage Pictures, who are in the process of looking for buyers at Cannes, and will see the siblings team with Martin Lawrence. Luke Wilson will […]

Interview: Everybody Wants Some!! star Tyler Hoechlin talks Richard Linklater, working with Tom Hanks and Fifty Shades sequels

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This Friday sees the long-awaited release of Everybody Wants Some!! [read our ★★★★★ review here] the new film from acclaimed writer/director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Before trilogy). Promoted as the “spiritual sequel” to Linklater’s 1993 cult classic Dazed and Confused, the new film charts the lives of a group of college baseball players navigate their way through […]

Adam Driver set to join Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky, Seth MacFarlane also in talks

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Deadline is reporting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver is set to join the cast of Logan Lucky, the new film from formerly retired director Steven Soderbergh. Driver’s Midnight Special co-star Michael Shannon was due to feature in the film but due to scheduling conflicts the actor has had to drop out. […]

Brave director to make live-action debut with Alice in Wonderland/Peter Pan prequel Come Away

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Deadline is reporting that Brave director Brenda Chapman is set to make her live-action directing debut with Come Away, which is said to be envisioned as a prequel to the classic tales Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. The premise reads: “Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their […]

Wetlands star Carla Juri joins Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2

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The cast of the eagerly anticipated sequel to Blade Runner has swelled further today with news from Alcon Entertaiment that Carla Juri (Wetlands) has joined the project. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Enemy), the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult sci-fi classic sees original star Harrison Ford (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) returning as Rick Deckard, […]

Jack Black eyed for Jumanji remake opposite Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart

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After starring in another fantasy book adaptation last year in Goosebumps, The Wrap is reporting that Jack Black may soon be playing a game of Jumanji in Sony’s remake of the 1995 film. Jake Kasdan, who directed Black in comedy Orange County, is helming the new version of the film which has Dwayne Johnson locked in as the lead. […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson could take lead in Doug Liman’s The Wall

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Variety is reporting that Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is being lined up to take the lead role in upcoming Amazon thriller The Wall. The Wall, which will be the first original film created by Amazon Studios, is being directed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) from a script by Dwain Worell […]

J.J. Abrams’ God Particle set to add Daniel Bruhl

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Currently starring in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, actor Daniel Bruhl is set to join the cast of the mysterious sci-fi film God Particle from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Bruhl is latest actor to join the film after The Night Manager star Elizabeth Debicki was added to the ensemble last week, and […]