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Ben Mendelsohn wants to play Doctor Doom, praises him as “the greatest comic character of all time”

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Although it’s yet to be made official by Marvel, it seems that Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the actor slated to play the lead Skrull villain opposite Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers and Jude Law’s Mar-Vell in 2019’s Captain Marvel. However, it seems that Mendelsohn […]

Ben Mendelsohn up for Captain Marvel’s villain

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As production gears up for Captain Marvel, the film may have found its villain. Variety is reporting that directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are in talks to reunite with Ben Mendelsohn, who previously worked with the pair on Mississippi Grind and is up for a role as the film’s central villain. Variety doesn’t say who exactly he’d be […]

Darkest Hour gets a series of character posters

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With just a month to go until it arrives in US cinemas, five character posters have been released for the upcoming biographical drama Darkest Hour featuring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, Kristin Scott Thomas as Clementine Churchill, Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI,  Lily James as Elizabeth Layton, and Stephen Dillane as Viscount Halifax; check them out here… […]

World War II drama Darkest Hour gets two new trailers

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Following yesterday’s poster [take a look here], two new trailers have now arrived online for director Joe Wright’s upcoming biographical drama Darkest Hour which stars Gary Oldman as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill; watch them below… During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour […]

Exclusive Interview – Una director Benedict Andrews

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Una is about a journey, into the past and into emotions that are considered taboo.  Based on the 2005 play Blackbird, it sees Benedict Andrews making the move from theatre directing to the big screen.  And he’s more than familiar with his first feature, having been behind one of the early productions of the play.  In […]

UK poster for Una starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn

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With less than three weeks to go until its UK release, a new poster has arrived online for Benedict Andrews’ upcoming drama Una featuring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Una here UNA follows a young woman’s journey to reclaim her past. Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away […]

Movie Review – I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

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I Am Heath Ledger, 2017. Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis & Derik Murray. Featuring Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: Using home video footage and artwork from across his life, this documentary charts the life and career of Heath Ledger, all the way to his untimely death… Almost a decade on, the […]

Blu-ray Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, 2016. Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen, and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: The first standalone Star Wars movie is out in a Blu-ray + DVD + digital copy set that has an okay batch of bonus materials. […]

Ben Mendelsohn cast in new Netflix movie The Land of Steady Habits

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Coming off a stellar period in his career which included a blistering turn in the Netflix original series Bloodline, and more famously portraying the main villain in Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ben Mendelsohn has now been cast as the lead in a new Netflix movie. The Australian actor has cemented his status […]