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Alexander Skarsgård to star in Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool

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NEON has announced that Alexander Skarsgard (The Stand, Godzilla vs. Kong) is set to executive produce and star in Infinity Pool, the next film from Antiviral and Possessor director Brandon Cronenberg. The official logline for Infinity Pool reads: “James and Em are young, rich, in love, and on vacation. Their all-inclusive resort boasts island tours […]

Alexander Skarsgård joins season 3 of Succession

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HBO has announced Alexander Skarsgård (Godzilla vs. Kong) has been cast in the upcoming third season of the hit series Succession. Skarsgård will star as Lukas Matsson, “a successful, confrontational tech founder and CEO.” He joins Hope Davis (Your Honor) in the series, who was recently cast as the daughter to one of Logan Roy’s longtime […]

Movie Review – Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

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Godzilla vs. Kong, 2021. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Demián Bichir, Zhang Ziyi, Lance Reddick, Van Marten, Erol Brandis, Daniel Nelson, Danai Gurira, Chris Chalk, John Pirruccello, Ronny Chieng, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Kaylee Hottle. SYNOPSIS: Two titans […]

Movie Review – Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

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Godzilla vs. Kong, 2021. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Demián Bichir, Zhang Ziyi, Lance Reddick, Van Marten, Erol Brandis, Daniel Nelson, Danai Gurira, Chris Chalk, John Pirruccello, Ronny Chieng, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Kaylee Hottle. SYNOPSIS The epic […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Passing

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Passing, 2021. Written and directed by Rebecca Hall. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: Follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities. Rebecca Hall makes a bold feature debut with this adaptation […]

Movie Review – The Hummingbird Project (2019)

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The Hummingbird Project, 2019. Written and Directed by Kim Nguyen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando, Johan Heldenbergh, Ayisha Issa, Mark Slacke, Sarah Goldberg, and Frank Schorpion. SYNOPSIS: A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal. It would […]

How The Stand TV show changes Randal Flagg’s powers from the Stephen King book

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Benjamin Cavell, executive producer of The Stand TV show, has revealed how Randal Flagg’s powers are different from Stephen King’s book. Randal Flagg, aka “Walter o’Dim”, aka “The Man in Black”, is one Stephen King’s most notorious villains. An arch-nemesis to The Dark Tower‘s Roland, Flagg has popped up in numerous other King horror stories, […]

First images from Stephen King adaptation The Stand

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Vanity Fair has revealed a first look at Josh Boone’s small-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s 1978 post-apocalyptic epic The Stand featuring Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail, Jovan Adepo as Larry Underwood, Heather Graham as Rita Blakemoor, Owen Teague as Harold Lauder, Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith, Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg, and Nat Wolff as […]

Movie Review – Long Shot (2019)

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Long Shot, 2019. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Andy Serkis, June Diane Raphael, Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Alexander Skarsgård, Lisa Kudrow, Paul Scheer, Kurt Braunohler, Randall Park, Claudia O’Doherty, Lil Yachty, Gabrielle Graham, Tristan D. Lalla, Aladeen Tawfeek, and Boyz II Men. SYNOPSIS: When Fred Flarsky reunites with […]

Alexander Skarsgard and Liam Hemsworth reportedly wanted for Steve Trevor role in Wonder Woman

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A few weeks back Latino-Review reported that Scott Eastwood (The Longest Ride) would be playing Wonder Woman love-interest Steve Trevor in next year’s DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad, only for Variety to debunk the story earlier this week when it reported that four actors are set to test for the role in the Amazon Princess’ […]