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Gerard Butler’s Mike Banning to return for Angel Has Fallen

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According to a report from Deadline, Gerard Butler will be reprising his role as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in Angel Has Fallen, the second sequel to the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen. In Olympus Has Fallen, the White House was attacked as ex-Secret Service agent Banning was forced to rescue Aaron Eckhart’s President. Its sequel, London Has Fallen, […]

Ice Cube to star as Fagin in new Oliver Twist from Disney and Hamilton director

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THR is reporting that Ice Cube has signed on to play Fagin in a modern, musical take on the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, which is being directed by Tony Award-winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton). According to the site, the new version of the tale – which follows a young orphan boy who falls under the wing of […]

Uncharted movie adaptation finds a new director

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After years and years of development, it looks like Sony’s Uncharted movie is finally moving forward. It was reported a few months ago that the film had dropped from Sony’s schedule, but Deadline are saying that Shawn Levy (Real Steel) has stepped into helm the film. Levy will be the project’s fourth director. The film’s […]

Friday the 13th producers reveal why the found footage version didn’t happen, but the new reboot will shoot next year

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Back when Paramount and Warner Bros. reached a deal where the rights to Friday the 13th would go back to their 80s home (in a deal so Warners could get a slice of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar), it was heavily rumoured that this new reboot would be a found footage movie. While that has since been […]

Spoiler: Benedict Cumberbatch played another major character in Doctor Strange

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Warning: Spoilers for Doctor Strange, obviously. Doctor Strange is out in cinemas now [read our review here] and the cast and crew have been busy talking to the press about the film. We got to speak with director Scott Derrickson, who revealed that Taika Waitti directed the mid-credits sting featuring Thor, but he’s also spoken […]

Studio 8 developing comic book adaptation Scout

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Deadline is reporting that Stuiod 8 has snapped up the film rights to Eclipse Comics’ Scout from creator Timothy Truman, and has set Chris MacBride (The Conspiracy) to direct a big screen adaptation. Published between 1985 and 1987, Scout follows Emanuel Santana, a Native American Apache and ex-Army Ranger in a dystopian, Third World United […]

Michael Nathanson joins Marvel’s The Punisher

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Marvel’s The Punisher has added another series regular to its cast, with Michael Nathanson (The Wolf of Wall Street) signing on for a role in the Daredevil spinoff series. Deadline is reporting that Nathanson will play Homeland Security agent Sam Stein, who is somewhat disillusioned by his job, and is partnering up with Dinah Madani […]

Gareth Edwards on having “a little fanboy freak-out” over Darth Vader in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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The Dark Lord of the Sith returns to the big screen this December, with Darth Vader set to make his presence felt in Disney and Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and director Gareth Edwards has been chatting to USA Today about the excitement everyone felt when shooting scenes with the iconic villain. “It’s […]

Toni Servillo to play Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio

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Deadline is reporting that Italian actor Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty) is set to reunite with his Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone on a new live-action version of Pinocchio. Servillo is set to play Geppetto in the film, which is said to be taking an “artisanal approach, blending prosthetics, special makeup and CGI.” “Pinocchio is a […]