Nowegian actor Sverrir Gudnason has landed the role of Mikael Blomkvist in The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Sony’s upcoming sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Gudnason, who broke out this year alongside Shia LaBeouf in the tennis drama Borg/McEnroe, will take over the role from Daniel Craig, who portrayed the character in […]
Pedro Pascal joins Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk
Deadline is reporting that Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal has becom the latest addition to the cast of If Beale Street Could Talk, the next project from writer-director Barry Jenkins. Based on James Baldwin’s novel, the film stars KiKi Layne as Tish, “a newly engaged Harlem woman who races […]
Jessica Chastain, Aaron Sorkin and Molly Bloom discuss Molly’s Game in new featurette
STX Entertainment has released a new featurette for Molly’s Game, which sees star Jessica Chastain, writer-director Aaron Sorkin and the real Molly Bloom discussing the biopic of the Hollywood poker princess; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Molly’s Game here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW7tcIrUEqA MOLLY’S GAME is based on the true story of Molly […]
UPDATE: Disney closing in on Fox takeover deal
UPDATE: According to CNBC, The Walt Disney Company is now closing in on a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox assets, and an announcement could happen as soon as next week with estimates putting the price at around $75 billion. Original story follows… Earlier this month it was revealed that The Walt Disney Company had […]
James Franco to direct and star in A Boy Named Shel
Coming off the critically acclaimed The Disaster Artist, which details the making of Tommy Wiseau’s infamous The Room, James Franco has found his next directorial project, signing on to helm and star in A Boy Named Shel. Based on Lisa Rogak’s biography, the film will see Franco taking on the role of American writer, singer-songwriter, […]
New international trailer and ‘Meet Rose’ featurette for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
A new international trailer has arrived online for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which includes our first look at footage from the Canto Bight casino, along with a new featurette introducing viewers to the newest member of the Resistance, Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico; watch them here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Last Jedi gets 17 new […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. suffers season premiere ratings low
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. made its return to ABC this past Friday, with The Avengers spinoff hitting a season premiere ratings low with the two-hour season five launch scoring a 0.7 rating in its key demo and 2.6 million viewers overall [read our review of the premiere here]. The first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. […]
Jean-Marc Vallee won’t be directing Big Little Lies season 2
Earlier this month it was announced that filming on season two of HBO’s acclaimed drama series Big Little Lies is slated to begin in the Spring of 2018, and now The Washington Post has revealed that director Jean-Marc Vallee won’t be returning to helm any further episodes. Vallee – who directed the entire first season […]
Rian Johnson has “all the freedom in the world” for his new Star Wars trilogy
While Lucasfilm has been garnering a bit of a reputation lately for rewarding Star Wars directors with their pink slips for their efforts, that hasn’t been the case with Star Wars: The Last Jedi helmer Rian Johnson. Earlier this month it was announced that Johnson has been handed the keys to his very own Star Wars […]
New Black Mirror trailers for ‘Hang the DJ’ and ‘Metalhead’
Netflix has released another two trailers for the fourth season of Charlie Brooker’s acclaimed anthology series Black Mirror for episodes ‘Hang the DJ’ which is directed by Tim Van Patten and stars Georgina Campbell and George Blagden, and David Slade’s ‘Metalhead’ which stars Maxine Peake, Jakes Davies, and Clint Dyer; watch them below… SEE ALSO: New poster […]
