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Kumail Nanjiani joins Angelina Jolie in Marvel’s The Eternals

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After kicking off the casting process last week by signing up Angelina Jolie (Maleficent), THR is reporting that Marvel Studios is now in talks with Silicon Valley and The Big Sick star Kumail Nanjiani for its cosmic superhero ensemble The Eternals. Details on Nanjiani’s role are being kept under wraps, but the article suggests that […]

Angelina Jolie in talks for Marvel’s The Eternals

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It looks like Marvel is bringing on board some A-list talent for its upcoming franchise launcher The Eternals, with THR reporting that Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie is in talks to lead the cast of the superhero movie. Based on the Jack Kirby-created comic book, The Eternals revolves around “super-powered and near-immortal beings known as Eternals and […]

Maleficent 2 gets a new title, poster and release date

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Disney has debuted the first poster for its upcoming sequel to 2014’s live-action Sleeping Beauty reimagining Maleficent . Not only does it give us a look at the returning Angelina Jolie, but it also reveals a new title – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – along with an October 2019 release date; take a look at the poster […]

Angelina Jolie to star in Those Who Wish Me Dead for Taylor Sheridan

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Deadline is reporting that Angelina Jolie is set to star in Those Who Wish Me Dead, a new drama from writer-director Taylor Sheridan (Wind River). The film is based upon the bestselling book of the same name by Michael Koryta and is described as “a hard-boiled chase thriller set against a wildfire in the Montana […]

Angelina Jolie to produce and star in frontier revenge thriller The Kept

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Angelina Jolie is set produce and star in an adaptation of James Scott’s 2014 frontier revenge novel The Kept, which is being scripted by Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) for Imperative Entertainment. The Kept is set in the winter of 1897 and will see Jolie portraying midwife Elspeth Howell, who returns to her isolated farm home […]

Disney’s Maleficent II wraps production with cast and crew photo

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Walt Disney Pictures has officially wrapped production on Maleficent II, the follow-up to the Angelina Jolie-headlined 2014 live-action Sleepy Beauty adaptation, and director Joachim Ronning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) has marked the occasion by sharing a photo of the cast and crew of the fantasy sequel. https://instagram.com/p/Bm3j0zYFG9j/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control   A fantasy […]

Scarlett Johansson tops the list of highest-paid female film stars for 2018

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Forbes has revealed its annual list of the highest-paid female film stars in Hollywood, with Avengers: Infinity War star Scarlett Johannson taking first place with earnings of $40.5 million in the twelve months through to June 2018. Johansson did not appear in last year’s top ten, which saw Oscar-winner Emma Stone claiming top spot with […]

Rumour: Helena Bonham Carter and Angelina Jolie wanted for the villain in Bond 25

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Now that Danny Boyle is officially on board for Bond 25, the British tabloid rumour mill is churning once again, with The Daily Mirror reporting that Boyle and the film’s producers are eyeing Helena Bonham Carter for the villain of the new 007 adventure. You may want to have a pinch of salt handy here, […]

Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo set for fantasy Come Away

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Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) and David Oyelowo (Selma) have signed on to star in Come Away, a new fantasy drama from Brenda Chapman, the Oscar-winning director and co-writer of Disney-Pixar’s Brave. According to Deadline, the film will serve as a prequel to Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, with the logline reading: “Before Alice went to […]

Disney unveils first synopsis and full cast details for Maleficent II

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Following yesterday’s first-look set photo, Disney has now officially announced that production is underway on Maleficent II, the sequel to the 2014 box office hit, which sees the return of Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning as the dark fairy Maleficent and Princess Aurora respectively. The sequel is being directed by Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the […]