Haley Bennett (The Equalizer) has landed a lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of The Girl On The Train. Paula Hawkins wrote the best-selling novel of which the film is based, with Emily Blunt (Sicario) and Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) already cast in the other lead roles. Blunt plays Rachel, “a […]
Anthony Michael Hall to star alongside Brad Pitt in Netflix’s War Machine
Anthony Michael Hall has just landed a role alongside Brad Pitt in Netflix’s upcoming satirical comedy War Machine. According to Deadline, the actor will play General Hank Pulver, the right-hand man to Pitt’s four-star general. Pitt’s character is inspired by General Stanley McChrystal, while Hall’s character is inspired by General Mike Flynn, McChrystal’s real-life second-in-command. The […]
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials opens in the US to $30 million; now on $108 million worldwide
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is off and running at the US box office, with an impressive opening weekend. Opening in around 3,700 screens in the US, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials opened to $30.3 million and took the number one spot, facing fierce competition from Johnny Depp’s Black Mass, which opened to $23.3 million. […]
About Time’s Lydia Wilson boards Star Trek Beyond
About Time actress Lydia Wilson is the latest name to join the cast for the third Star Trek film Star Trek Beyond, reports Variety. The third film, directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 3-6) and co-written by star Simon Pegg, reunites the original cast of Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana […]
Flying iceberg kills grazing horse on Fast & Furious 8 set
We promise this isn’t satire or some hilariously cruel and early April Fools joke. During filming of an Icelandic car chase on Fast and Furious 8, a makeshift plastic iceberg exploded into range of a grazing horse, subsequently breaking its leg. The poor beauty had to be put to sleep. Another horse was also injured, […]
Vin Diesel says next Fast & Furious movie is titled Fast 8
On Sunday, Vin Diesel may have let the title of the next Fast & Furious movie slip while accepting a Teen Choice Award for Furious 7 in the Choice Movie Action/Adventure category. At the end of his acceptance speech on behalf of the film’s cast, Diesel said, “I love all of you. I love all […]
Samantha Morton joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them cast as shooting begins
A press release has confirmed that principal photography on the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has begun. With the start of production, it has also been announced that Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton (Minority Report, Sweet and Lowdown) will play the role of Mary Lou in the film. The film, […]
Make-up artist for the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake calls the film “a waste of time”
With the news of another reboot to A Nightmare on Elm Street coming our way soon, many horror fans have had horrible memories of the 2010 remake come to mind – a movie that is universally hated by the community. And someone else who doesn’t like the remake? The movie’s make-up artist Bart J. Mixon, who […]
DVD Review – Robot Overlords (2015)
Robot Overlords, 2015. Directed by Jon Wright. Starring Gillian Anderson, Ben Kingsley, Callan McAuliffe, Milo Parker, Geraldine James, Tamer Hassan and James Tarpey. SYNOPSIS: Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy. Survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside. The […]
Laura Linney set to join Captain Sully as Tom Hanks’ wife
Deadline is reporting that Oscar nominee Laura Linney is set to join the cast of upcoming true story Captain Sully. The film is being directed by Clint Eastwood (American Sniper) and will see Linney co-star as the wife of Tom Hanks’ title character Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who became an American hero six years ago […]
