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Exclusive Interview – The Gentlemen costume designer Michael Wilkinson on the inspiration behind each characters’ stylish looks, Guy Ritchie collaboration, Batman and more

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Justin Cook chats with The Gentlemen costume designer Michael Wilkinson about the new Guy Ritchie film, Batman and more… There’s a scene right at the beginning of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen where Matthew McConaughey’s Michael Pearson exchanges words with Jeremy Strong’s Matthew Berger at a formal dining event. The two rival drug magnates are sniffing […]

Exclusive Interview – 1917 producer Pippa Harris on the challenges of filming that famous climactic run, praise from Bong Joon-ho and more

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Justin Cook chats with 1917 producer Pippa Harris… In hindsight, 1917 seems like a bit of an impossibility. Awards season has come and gone and now that we can look at the Sam Mendes-directed war thriller objectively, separated from its associations with winning the BAFTA or the Golden Globe or being the frontrunner for Best […]

Exclusive Interview – Jumanji: The Next Level director Jake Kasdan talks nods to the 1995 original, the status of Jumanji 4 and more

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Justin Cook chats with Jumanji: The Next Level director Jake Kasdan… When it comes to reviving beloved franchises in Hollywood, there are always a million reasons not to do it: the potential of sullying the good name of the original, alienating diehard fans, not living up to box office expectations, etc. But occasionally, it just […]

TV Review – Devs Season 1

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Justin Cook reviews the first season of Alex Garland’s Devs… “Life is just something we watch unfold. Like pictures on a screen,” says one character in FX’s first Hulu-exclusive show Devs. With his first foray into television, series creator Alex Garland grapples with the idea that nothing in our universe is random — every single […]

Bill Hader joins Power Rangers reboot as Alpha 5

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Bill Hader’s exuberant and flexible voice has just landed him another role in a major upcoming motion picture, following his work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Finding Dory. According to a tweet posted recently on the film’s official Twitter account, Hader will lend his voice to the character of Alpha 5 in Dean Israelite’s 2017 […]

Ben Affleck’s Live By Night gets an exciting first trailer

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The first trailer for Live By Night, Ben Affleck’s long-awaited directorial follow-up to Argo, which took home the top prize and a slew of other accolades at the 2013 Academy Awards, has surfaced online. See it below… Just a few hours before the trailer hit the web, the film’s official landscape poster was unveiled, and […]

Matt Damon will make a cameo in Ocean’s Eight

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Matt Damon, while speaking with ET to promote his latest effort as a producer, Manchester by the Sea, revealed the answer to a major question that has been on everyone’s mind since Gary Ross’ Ocean’s Eight was announced: will any of the original cast members from Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven trilogy return? When asked about his thoughts […]

Noomi Rapace to return for Prometheus sequel Alien: Covenant

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Despite previous reports suggesting otherwise, sources close to Deadline have now confirmed that Noomi Rapace will be reprising her role from 2012’s Prometheus as Elizabeth Shaw for 2017’s sequel, Alien: Covenant. According to the outlet, the actress is currently on the set of the film in Australia, where she will shoot “weeks worth of scenes.” The size […]

Latina superstar Belinda cast in 2017’s Baywatch reboot

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Mexican singer-songwriter Belinda has landed a role alongside Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Seth Gordon’s 2017 Baywatch reboot. Spanish website El Pais confirmed the actress/singer’s involvement with the film during a phone interview, and Belinda herself later took to Instagram to post a picture of her arriving in Savannah, Georgia, which is where the […]

Mads Mikkelsen confirmed to play main villain in Marvel’s Doctor Strange

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Following the release of several first look pictures from Doctor Strange, Entertainment Weekly has just revealed that actor Mads Mikkelsen will be playing the main antagonist in the upcoming Marvel film. Mikkelsen, who is best known for his work on NBC’s Hannibal, officially joined the cast of the film back in November, and while it […]