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Ensemble comedy The Brits Are Coming adds more to cast

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Indie comedy The Brits Are Coming has swelled its ensemble cast The Wrap reporting that six actors have joined the cast. Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) had already been cast in the film directed by James Oakley, but now she has been joined by a plethora of acting talent. Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Sofia […]

Lionsgate working on a Borderlands movie adaptation

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Variety is reporting that Lionsgate is working on bring hit video-game Borderlands to the big screen with producers Ari and Avi Arad. Debuting in 2009, Borderlands has sold over 26 million copies worldwide. Developed and created by Gearbox Software and published by Take-Two Interactive Software and their 2K label, the game is a role-playing first-person […]

Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers is HBO’s biggest comedy for six years

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s stock continues to rise as his new HBO comedy show Ballers has enjoyed impressive viewings figures, delivering the highest for a half-hour show on the network for six years. Despite the show’s finale being up against the premiere of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead, Ballers wrapped its first season with some […]

Anne Hathaway heading to the small screen for limited series The Ambassador’s Wife

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Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is making the move to the small screen and is set to star in limited series The Ambassador’s Wife for eOne. Based on the novel by Jennifer Steil, which has only recently been published, The Ambassador’s Wife tells the story of a “British woman who is kidnapped […]

Ving Rhames joins ensemble comedy Bastards

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Deadline is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Ving Rhames is set to join the ever-expanding cast of new film Bastards. The comedy, which will see cinematographer Lawrence Sher (Garden State) make his directorial debut, has already secured the talents of Ed Helms (Vacation), Owen Wilson (Zoolander 2) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). The […]

Haley Bennett lands lead role in The Girl On The Train

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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 […]

DVD Review – Robot Overlords (2015)

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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

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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 […]

Outlander star Tobias Menzies joins Underworld 5

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Deadline is reporting that Outlander star Tobias Menzies is set to join the cast of the latest installment of the Underworld franchise. Menzies is set to play Marius, a new Lycan leader, alongside franchise star Kate Beckinsale who returns again as Selene. Menzies’ Outlander director Anna Foerster will helm the film for Sony’s Screen Gems […]