This year, we are getting a sequel to the 1982 cult classic Blade Runner in the form of Blade Runner 2049. There are plenty of reasons to feel excited: Denis Villeneuve is directing, the trailers look great, and most of all, Harrison Ford is returning to the franchise. So, what makes an actor want to […]
The Rise of the Disposable Character
Tom Jolliffe on the rise of the disposable character… In recent years there has been a huge rise in the ensemble blockbuster. Films such as Avengers Assemble or the Fast and Furious franchise have popularized the ensemble piece and there seems no sign of this slowing down. Even now in the Marvel universe with standalone […]
Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy cast in X-Men: The New Mutants as Wolfsbane and Magik
It’s been rumoured for a long while, but is now finally confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter: Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams and Split’s Anya Taylor-Joy have joined the cast of the X-Men spin-off X-Men: The New Mutants. Williams will portray Wolfsbane while Taylor-Joy is Magik. New Mutants will be directed by Josh Boone from a script he wrote with Knate Lee. […]
Spider-Girl in Homecoming sequel, Hitler on a T-rex, Wonder Woman box office and more – Daily News Roundup
SPIDER-GIRL We’re gearing up for the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming in July, but Spidey himself Tom Holland has been talking about what who he’d like to face in the already-announced sequel. “There’s so many good villains, I really like Mysterio, I like Kraven,” he said. “I really like the Clone Saga. I think it could […]
UPDATE: Diane Lane says Justice League won’t be better than The Avengers
2017 is going to be a massive year for DC Films and fans of the DC Extended Universe. Not only do we have Wonder Woman to look forward to, but in November the biggest heroes of the DC universe will join forces with the release of the hotly-anticipated Justice League movie. As you’d expect, there’s […]
Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville to play Roald Dahl in biopic
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville is set to portray the legendary author Roald Dahl in an as-yet-untitled biopic, which will take place in the 1960s and revolve around Dahl’s marriage to actress Patricia Neal. “I can’t imagine anyone better to give the ambivalent nature of Roald Dahl’s life,” producer Elliot Jenkins told the BBC. “He […]
Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman cast in The Strangers 2
Some movement has finally come about for the long-discussed The Strangers 2, the sequel to the hit 2008 horror. Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks has been cast in the film alongside Once Upon A Time’s Bailee Madison and Battle of the Sexes‘ Lewis Pullman. Production on the film is said to start at the end of the month in Los […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2017 – Take Me (2017)
Take Me, 2017. Directed by Pat Healy. Starring Taylor Schilling, Pat Healy, Alycia Delmore, and Jim O’Heir. SYNOPSIS: Ray is a fledgling entrepreneur who specializes in high-end simulated abductions. He jumps at the chance when a mysterious client contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome payday at the end. But the job isn’t […]
Tim Blake Nelson headlining The True Don Quixote
Variety is reporting that production has got underway on The True Don Quixote, a modern-day version of Miguel de Carvantes classic novel, with Chris Poche (Over the Hedge) directing a cast that includes Tim Blake Nelson (Fantastic Four) as Don Quixote and Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Sancho Panza. According to the site, the story […]
Liam Hemsworth and Adam Devine join Rebel Wilson in Isn’t It Romantic
THR is reporting that Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) and Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect 2) have joined the cast of the romantic comedy Isn’t It Romantic, where they will star alongside the previously cast Rebel Wilson. The film is being directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) and follows “a cynical […]