British singer Adele is set to make her acting debut in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, which will reunite her with filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who helmed the music video for her single Hello. Speaking to the Daily Mail last month about her work with Dolan on Hello, Adele had stated that: “I […]
Cate Blanchett to star in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
With the romantic comedy drama The Rosie Project falling apart last month, Boyhood director Richard Linklater has now set an adaptation of Maria Semple’s 2012 bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette? as his next project, with Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in talks to star. The project has been written by screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (Paper […]
Rooney Mara is yet to hear whether she’ll be recast in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequel
Earlier this month it was revealed that Sony has decided to push ahead with a sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, relaunching the property with an adaptation of the fourth book in the Millennium series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web. The original report stated that neither director David Fincher nor stars Daniel […]
Ellar Coltrane and Jason Mitchell join Barack Obama college film
Variety reports thats Boyhood star Ellar Coltrane has signed on to Barry, the new film which focuses on the college years of President Barack Obama. The film, directed by Vikram Gandhi and written by Adam Mansbach, author of Go the Fuck to Sleep, has also signed Straight Outta Compton star Jason Mitchell to the cast. […]
Abbie Cornish and Caleb Landry Jones join Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards
Deadline is reporting that Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch) and Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class) have joined the cast of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the new film from acclaimed director Martin McDonagh. McDonagh, who wrote and directed Seven Psychopaths and In Bruges, has already signed Psychopaths stars Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell to star […]
Billie Lourd’s role will be larger in Star Wars: Episode VIII
For months leading up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one of the many questions fans of the franchise debated over was who Billie Lourd, actress and daughter of Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, would play in the film. Initially, some speculated that she would play a young Leia in a flashback or even Han […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 dethrones Spectre at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th November to Sunday 22nd November 2015… As expected, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 opened atop the UK box office chart this past weekend, pulling in £11,255,566, including almost £2 million of preview screenings. While it’s certainly an impressive bow, Mockingjay – Part 2 […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens scores biggest domestic opening weekend of all time, crosses half a billion worldwide
After scoring the biggest single day in history on Friday, it was all but assured that Star Wars: The Force Awakens would topple Jurassic World’s $208.8 million for the largest domestic opening weekend of all time, with the J.J. Abrams-directed blockbuster earning $238 million in North America. Final weekend numbers are due tomorrow, with some distributors […]
The Week in Disappointment – Shia LaBeouf, Star Wars, Prometheus, Fantastic Four, Jem and the Holograms, Johnny Depp
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in a row” They say you have to suffer for your art. That would explain why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is in the line up. Speaking of fundamental story problems… “J.J. Abrams […]
Kevin Smith voiced a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
It seems that Daniel Craig wasn’t the only celebrity Stormtrooper to feature in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as the official site has revealed that filmmaker Kevin Smith also lent his voice to one of the First Order troops in the J.J. Abrams-directed blockbuster. The official Star Wars site has revealed that Smith – who […]