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Disney developing a live-action Pinocchio film

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Another day, another bit of news on Disney’s ever-expanding live-action universe. Today, Deadline has reported that yet another Disney classic set to undergo the jump into the “real world” with news that beloved film Pinocchio is set to join the list of those being given a 21st century make-over. Peter Hedges (Pieces of April) is […]

Alan Arkin joins Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in Zach Braff’s Going in Style

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Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) is set to join the cast of Going in Style, the New Line Cinema remake of the 1979 caper comedy starring George Burns. Fellow Oscar winners Sir Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, who team for the sixth time after The Dark Knight Trilogy and Now You See […]

Frank Langella set for return to FX’s The Americans

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FX’s hit show The Americans goes from strength to strength, having recently been picked up for a fourth season, and now it has been announced that Frank Langella is set to return to the show as Gabriel, the KGB handler for main protagonists Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell). Executive producers Joel Fields and […]

Second Opinion – The Big Short (2015)

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The Big Short, 2015.Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS:Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict the credit and […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016.Written and Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House and Rhys Darby.SYNOPSIS:A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.There is a definite temptation to begin this review by writing (or […]

Movie Review – Cafe Society (2016)

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Cafe Society, 2016. Written and Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll, Parker Posey, Ken Stott, Jeannie Berlin and Steve Carell. SYNOPSIS: In the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. […]

Owen and Luke Wilson to re-team for new comedy from Larry Charles

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that brothers Owen and Luke Wilson are set to re-team on a new comedy project with Borat director Larry Charles.The untitled comedy is set up at Voltage Pictures, who are in the process of looking for buyers at Cannes, and will see the siblings team with Martin Lawrence.Luke Wilson will star as […]

TRON 3 set to shoot in Vancouver this winter, Joseph Kosinski and Garrett Hedlund to return

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After TRON Legacy, the long-awaited sequel to the 1982 classic TRON, debuted during the Christmas season in 2010, rumours have circulated that a third (and perhaps final) film would make its way to the big screen, with Legacy director Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion) continuously attached to the threequel without any concreate news or official confirmation from […]

Miles Teller and Ruben Fleischer to team for The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang

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Variety has revealed that Miles Teller (Insurgent, Fantastic Four) is set to star in The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang for director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad). Universal Pictures is in the final stages of negotiating a deal to secure the rights to a Stopwatch Gang article published by Atavist and written by […]