Ewan McGregor and the cast discuss American Pastoral at the Toronto International Film Festival… When a high-profile actor decides to turn his eye to the director’s chair, the decision generates a lot of interest over how they’d handle their role. A lot of eyes were on Ewan McGregor as he took on American Pastoral, a […]
Paul Verhoeven says the RoboCop remake was “too serious”
Although not thought of as one of the worst remakes ever made, there wasn’t a whole lot of fanfare for 2014’s RoboCop, which starred Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Gary Oldman. And now the director of the 1987 original, Paul Verhoeven, has spoken out about where he felt it went wrong. “Somehow […]
Disney and Lucasfilm “have a lot of movies to make” before a Star Wars TV show
Last month, it was revealed that the Disney-owned network ABC is in discussions with Lucasfilm about exploring the galaxy far, far away with a live-action Star Wars TV series. Of course, this is something that fans have long expected; prior to the sale of Lucasfilm, George Lucas spent several years developing Star Wars: Underworld, reportedly commissioning […]
Gillian Anderson, Joanna Lumley and Toni Collette join Clive Owen in Andorra
Deadline is reporting that Gillian Anderson, Toni Collette, Joanna Lumley and Riccardo Scamarcio have joined Clive Owen in the cast of Andorra, a new romantic thriller from Fred Schepisi (Roxanne). The film sees Owen as “lexander Fox, a bookseller who leaves the U.S. after a personal tragedy to begin a new life abroad. The tiny […]
Fox developing Stan Lee movie as 1970s-set action-adventure similar in tone to Roger Moore’s 007
The life of comic book legend Stan Lee is set for the big screen treatment, but this is not going to be any ordinary biopic. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 20th Century Fox has acquired Lee’s life rights, and has tapped producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey (Twilight, The Maze Runner) to develop a […]
Adam Driver compares Star Wars: Episode VIII to The Empire Strikes Back
With many comparing Star Wars: The Force Awakens to George Lucas’ A New Hope, it would make sense that one of the movie’s stars is comparing the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII to The Empire Strikes Back. “It’s similar to how The Empire Strikes Back has a different tone,” Adam Driver told Collider. “For that people […]
Storm Reid cast as lead in Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time
Having cast Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Disney and director Ava DuVernay have now found their lead for the upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. 13-year-old actress Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave) is set to portray the character of Meg Murray, who […]
Movie Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson. SYNOPSIS: Bridget’s focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch … she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her […]
Christina Hendricks and Gillian Anderson join Agatha Christie adaptation Crooked House
With filming getting underway today, it has been announced that Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, Terence Stamp, Stefanie Martini and Honor Keafsey have joined Max Irons and Glenn Close in director Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’s Key) adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House. Based on Christie’s 1949 detective novel and scripted by Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey), Crooked House […]
Ben Barnes joins The Punisher as a series regular
It looks like casting is underway on Netflix’s latest Marvel project, with TV Line reporting that Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) has signed on to appear alongside Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle as a series regular in The Punisher. Although character details are being kept under wraps, it is rumoured that Barnes will […]