Variety is reporting that The Night Manager star Elizabeth Debicki is joining the cast of Bad Robot Productions’ new sci-fi film God Particle. Debicki joins an ensemble that already includes David Oyelowo (Interstellar), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Concussion) and John Krasinski (13 Hours). However, Krasinki’s involvement is now in doubt after the actor signed on to play Jack Ryan […]
Julia Roberts to play Jacob Tremblay’s mother in Wonder
Julia Roberts (Money Monster) is set to star in Wonder, the film adaptation of the acclaimed novel by author R.J. Palacio, The Hollywood Reporter. has revealed. Room actor Jacob Tremblay is starring in the film as Auggie Pullman, “a young boy who was born with a facial deformity. For the first time, Auggie is going to a mainstream […]
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Mel Brooks and Zendaya to feature in voice cast of The Guardian Brothers
In news coming out of Cannes, it has been announced that The Weinstein Company has acquired the international rights to animated film The Guardian Brothers. Deadline is reporting that the film, which was released in China earlier in the year as The Little Door Gods, is set to have an eclectic voice-cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep […]
James Franco – Russell Crowe team-up Blood Meridian shelved hours after being announced
A strange tale has emerged from the Cannes Film Festival overnight, with Cormac McCarthy adaptation Blood Meridian shelved mere hours after details of the film were first announced reports Deadline. James Franco (The Masterpiece) had been set to star and direct the adaptation, with Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys) co-starring alongside Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse) and […]
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy to star in Andy Serkis’ Breathe
Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Claire Foy (Wolf Hall) have signed on to star in Breathe, which is being directed by Andy Serkis from a script by two-time Oscar nominee William Nicholson (Shadowlands, Gladiator). Garfield will star as Robin – handsome, brilliant and adventurous; a man with his whole life ahead of him before […]
Jeremy Irons to return as Alfred for 2017’s Justice League Part One
Since an on-screen Batman isn’t complete without his Alfred Pennyworth, Jeremy Irons will be reprising his role from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as the Wayne family butler and chief of security in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Part One. The news was confirmed to Showbiz 411 by Irons himself while he was promoting his newest film The […]
Kelly Macdonald joins Netflix’s Black Mirror
Deadline is reporting that Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire) is set to star in an episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror. Details on the episode are being kept under wraps, but it is titled ‘Hated in the Nation’ and will be directed by James Hawes (Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful). Netflix has ordered a twelve-episode season of […]
Movie Review – Restoration (2016)
Restoration, 2016. Directed by Zack Ward. Starring Emily Roya O’Brien, Adrian Gaeta, Zack Ward, Sarah Ann Schultz and Anna Harr. SYNOPSIS: During home renovations, a young couple release a fiery spirit seeking retribution. To save themselves and set the spirit free, they must uncover the dire truth. But nothing is as simple as it seems… […]
Tracy Morgan to return to big screen for Ice Cube-Charlie Day comedy Fist Fight
Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan may still be recovering from last year’s serious car crash which resulted in the death of his friend James McNair and left him with several injuries, but it looks like he’s ready to return to film. The Wrap reports that Morgan is in talks to join Ice Cube (21 Jump Street) and Charlie Day […]
Gwendoline Christie “very proud” to play Star Wars’ first female villain in The Force Awakens
Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie is set to swap Westeros for a galaxy far, far away this December as she takes on the role of the fearsome First Order officer Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the actress has shared her excitement over the character, and the […]
