Poldark star Aidan Turner has become the latest addition to the cast of Terrence Malick’s Jesus Christ film The Last Planet, where he will portray the Apostle Andrew. The film will see Son of Saul star Geza Rohrig as Jesus, with Mark Rylance (Dunkirk) portraying Satan. Also featuring in the cast – assuming they make […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley adds David Strathairn
THR is reporting that David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck, The Expanse) has become the latest addition to the cast of Nightmare Alley, the next film from Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro. The noir-thriller is an adaptation of William Lindsay’s 1946 novel, and follows a corrupt con-man who teams female psychiatrist to swindle people […]
Will Smith to lead crime drama The Council for Netflix
After scoring the biggest hit of his career this year with Disney’s Aladdin, Will Smith is set to reunite with his Concussion director Peter Landesman for The Council, a crime drama set up at Netflix. The Council will tell the true story of an African-American crime syndicate who ruled Harlem in the 1970s and 80s, […]
Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline reunite for The Good House
Variety is reporting that Dave and The Ice Storm co-stars Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Klein are set to reunite once more for The Good House, a drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Universal Pictures. An adaptation of Ann Leary’s New York Times bestselling book, The Good House will see Weaver playing a New England […]
Daniel Bruhl to make directorial debut on Next Door
Rush and Captain America: Civil War star Daniel Bruhl is set to make his feature directorial debut on Next Door, a German-language comedy which is being produced through the actor’s own company Amusement Park Films. According to Deadline, the film “will explore the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin”, although specific plot details […]
Keanu Reeves confirms The Matrix 4 script is complete and “very ambitious”
Last month came the surprise announcement that Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are reprising the roles of Neo and Trinity for a fourth outing in The Matrix franchise, and now Reeves has offered his first brief comments on the project to Entertainment Tonight. “It’s very ambitious, as it should be,” said Reeves of the screenplay […]
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review – Why Don’t You Just Die!
Why Don’t You Just Die!, 2018. Directed by Kirill Sokolov. Starring Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor, Elena Shevchenko, and Igor Grabuzov. SYNOPSIS: Andrey, a detective and the world’s most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. […]
X-Men producer joins Venom 2 as November start date eyed
With the franchise coming to an end following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, longtime X-Men producer Hutch Parker is heading to another cinematic superhero universe as THR reports that Sony has enlisted him to produce Venom 2. Parker first joined the X-Men franchise for 2011’s The Wolverine, and worked on X-Men: Days of Future […]
Hasbro releases Avengers: Endgame Power Gauntlet and new Marvel Legends figures
Coinciding with the film’s arrival on home entertainment platforms, Hasbro has released a rather splendid Legends Series Power Gauntlet from the hugely successful superhero blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, allowing fans to wield the power of the six Infinity Stones! check out the promotional images here… In addition to the Power Gauntlet, a new wave of Marvel Legends […]
Watch a deleted scene from Spider-Man: Far From Home featuring Peter, MJ and Aunt May
Ahead of its Blu-ray release this Tuesday, Sony Pictures has released a deleted scene from the Marvel blockbuster sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home featuring Peter (Tom Holland), MJ (Zendaya), and Aunt May (Marisa Tomei); watch it here… SEE ALSO: Homecoming and Far From Home’s Jon Watts in talks to direct Spider-Man 3 for Marvel and […]
