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Benedict Cumberbatch talks Doctor Strange

January 5, 2015 by Gary Collinson

After returning to the role of Sherlock for the upcoming specials, Benedict Cumberbatch is then set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the lead role in 2016’s Doctor Strange, and during an interview with The Wall Street Journal the British star has spoken about the film, and what attracted him to it. “I don’t […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Benedict Cumberbatch announced as Doctor Strange

December 4, 2014 by Thomas Roach

After much speculation and rumour surrounding Doctor Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch has officially been announced as having secured the role of the Sorcerer Supreme in the Phase Three Marvel movie. The film, directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister) with Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) writing the screenplay, will follow the story of neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Thomas Roach Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Trey Parker joins Despicable Me 3

April 14, 2016 by Gary Collinson

During Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s big presentation at CinemaCon, Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri dropped a couple of bits of casting news for two of the studio’s upcoming animated projects. Joining the cast of the animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie is Benedict Cumberbatch, who will lend his voice to the titular character, previously portrayed […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Despicable Me 3, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Trey Parker

Benedict Cumberbatch to produce and star in Rogue Male

August 3, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Benedict Cumberbatch is set to produce and star in Fox Searchlight’s upcoming adaptation of Geoffrey Household’s 1939 novel Rogue Male, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. “I am thrilled both as an actor and producer to be working on bringing this most treasured of English novels to the big screen,” states Cumberbatch, who will next be […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rogue Male

Second Opinion – Zoolander 2 (2016)

February 13, 2016 by Robert Kojder

Zoolander 2, 2016. Directed by Ben Stiller. Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, Justin Theroux, Christine Taylor, Billy Zane, Kiefer Sutherland, Milla Jovovich, Cyrus Arnold, Nathan Lee Graham, and Benedict Cumberbatch. SYNOPSIS: Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business. […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: ben stiller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Zane, christine taylor, Cyrus Arnold, justin theroux, Kiefer Sutherland, Kristen Wiig, Milla Jovovich, Nathan Lee Graham, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Zoolander, zoolander 2

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Review

January 2, 2016 by Tom Beasley

Tom Beasley reviews the bizarre, inventive return of Sherlock to television screens, with The Abominable Bride. There are, of course, SPOILERS AHEAD… Well, Sherlock is definitely back. Whatever your thoughts on ‘The Abominable Bride’, it would certainly be wrong to accuse co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss of phoning it in. The episode, which passed […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Television, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Sherlock, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, The Abominable Bride

Benedict Cumberbatch joins World War II thriller The War Magician

December 9, 2015 by Gary Collinson

After his exploits as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, Benedict Cumberbatch is joining the war effort once again, with the Sherlock star signing on for the fact-based World War II thriller The War Magician. The project has been written by Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and will […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, The War Magician

Damon Lindelof says it was a mistake to keep Khan’s identity a secret in Star Trek Into Darkness

December 4, 2015 by Gary Collinson

In the run up to the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, director J.J. Abrams and everyone else involved with the film went to painstaking lengths to keep the identity of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Khan Noonien Singh a secret – which would have been fine, had everyone not guessed the villain from the moment that the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Damon Lindelof, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness

Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)

November 29, 2015 by Helen Murdoch

Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard and Corey Stoll. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, black mass, Corey Stoll, dakota johnson, jesse plemons, joel edgerton, Johnny Depp, kevin bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott Cooper

29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)

November 26, 2015 by Amie Cranswick

Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. In Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, there is no protagonist. […]

Filed Under: Brogan Morris, Festivals, Leeds International Film Festival, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: adam scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, black mass, Corey Stoll, dakota johnson, joel edgerton, Johnny Depp, kevin bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott Cooper

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