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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’ […]

Movie Review – The Aftermath (2019)

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The Aftermath, 2019. Directed by James Kent. Starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Flora Thiemann, Alexander Scheer, Fionn O’Shea, Frederick Preston, Anna Katharina Schimrigk, Jack Laskey, Joseph Arkley, Kate Phillips, Tom Bell, and Martin Compston. SYNOPSIS: Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the […]

Alexander Skarsgard joins Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing

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Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Big Little Lies star Alexander Skarsgard has signed on to star alongside Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Ruth Negga (Preacher) and Andre Holland (Moonlight) in the cast of Passing, the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall (The Gift, Vicky Cristina Barcelona). Scripted by Hall and based on the novel of the same […]

Robert Eggers to direct Viking revenge film, impressive cast in talks for lead roles

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Robert Eggers, the director behind the horror film The Witch and this year’s The Lighthouse, is set to direct a Viking revenge tale titled The Northman. More impressively, Deadline has reported the lineup of stars who are currently in talks for lead roles in Egger’s next film which includes Nicole Kidman (Aquaman), Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies), […]

Alexander Skarsgard, Whoopi Goldberg and more join Stephen King adaptation The Stand

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The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone’s long-gestating The Stand has found its Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, with Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) and Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act) securing the two key roles in the Stephen King adaptation. Along with Skarsgard and Goldberg, the series has also announced four more cast members: Jovan Adepo […]

Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgard go to war in trailer for The Kill Team

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A24 Films has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming action thriller The Kill Team. Written and directed by Dan Krauss, it stars Nat Wolff as a young soldier who begins to fear he might be the next target of his violent platoon after witnessing the murder of innocent civilians under the orders of […]

Movie Review – The Hummingbird Project (2018)

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The Hummingbird Project, 2018. Directed by Kim Nguyen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando, Sarah Goldberg, Frank Shorpion, Johan Heldenbergh, and Kwasi Songui. SYNOPSIS: Vincent Zaleski (Jesse Eisenberg) and his cousin, Anton Zaleski (Alexander Skarsgård) leave their jobs as high-frequency traders to lay a fibre-optic line across America that could make them […]