Amon Warmann chats with Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon… Bill Condon is not just a fan of Beauty and the Beast – he’s a superfan. The director – whose previous credits include Dreamgirls, another popular movie musical – has studied all the original texts and watched the Broadway production multiple times. While that […]
Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Beauty and the Beast, 2017. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Sonoya Mizuno, Hattie Morahan, and Audra McDonald. SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in […]
Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Beauty and the Beast, 2017. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Sonoya Mizuno, Hattie Morahan, and Audra McDonald. SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in […]
Lee Daniels departs upcoming Richard Pryor biopic
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Academy Award nominated director Lee Daniels (The Butler, The Paperboy) has departed the upcoming biopic about legendary comedian Richard Pryor. The Precious director has had to leave the project, currently in pre-production, due to scheduling conflicts with his hit television show Empire (for which he is showrunner) as well as […]
Beauty and the Beast director in talks for Bride of Frankenstein
Fresh from the box office success of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, it looks like director Bill Condon may have found his next project, with Deadline reporting that the filmmaker is in talks with Universal to helm their planned Bride of Frankenstein remake. Condon does have previous history with Bride of Frankenstein, having including a […]
Movie Review – Mr. Holmes (2015)
Mr. Holmes, 2015. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hattie Morahan, Hiroyuki Sanada and Patrick Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes looks back on his life, and grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. In a period where remakes, reboots, sequels and any other chance to bring […]
