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Mark Wahlberg named 2017’s most overpaid actor

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Having led Forbes’ list of Hollywood’s most overpaid actors for the past two years running, Johnny Depp has now been dethroned for the dubious honour by Transformers: The Last Knight star Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg, who was announced back in August as topping the list of the highest-paid actors with $68 million over the previous twelve […]

Lizzy Caplan joining Channing Tatum in Gambit movie

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After years of fumbling the deck, with directors such as Rupert Wyatt and Doug Liman passing their hand, and following the news that Gore Verbinksi was in talks to direct, it appears that the Channing Tatum X-Men movie Gambit is gaining some real traction, this time in the form of some positive casting news. Variety has […]

Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy wanted for Beverly Hills Cop 4

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Back in June of last year, Paramount Pictures announced that it had dusted off its plans for a fourth instalment in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, tapping Belgian writer-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Black) to helm the newest chapter of the action-comedy series. Since then, we’ve heard very little about their progress on the […]

Rumoured plot details for 20th Century Fox’s Gambit movie

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Having first been announced back in 2014, 20th Century Fox’s planned X-Men spinoff Gambit has found itself stuck in development hell, passing through the hands of directors Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) as the studio seemingly struggled to perfect its take on the fan favourite mutant, […]

Channing Tatum, Gina Rodriguez and Zendaya join Smallfoot

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Channing Tatum (Hail, Caesar!), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) and Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming) have signed on to lend their voices to the upcoming Warner Bros. animated feature Smallfoot. Marking the directorial debut of animator Ryan O’Loughlin, Smallfoot “aims to turn the Yeti/Sasquatch lore 180 degrees, focusing on a Yeti who believes that humans exist, despite her […]

Movie Review – Logan Lucky (2017)

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Logan Lucky. 2017 Directed by Steven Soderbergh Starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Seth MacFarlane, Sebastian Stan, Farrah Mackenzie, Jack Quaid, Brian Gleeson, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Macon Blair, and Hilary Swank. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina. By now […]

Director Gore Verbinski exits Fox’s Gambit movie

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Well, just when you thought the Gambit movie was finally set to become a reality… Yes, that’s right – 20th Century Fox and Channing Tatum’s long-gestating X-Men spinoff movie has hit another major roadblock, with director Gore Verbinski exiting the project in what Deadline describes as an “amicable split” due to scheduling issues. Verbinski only […]

Channing Tatum to voice George Washington in Netflix’s first animated feature America: The Motion Picture

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Netflix has set Channing Tatum to lend his voice to the United States’ first president George Washington in America: The Motion Picture, the streaming giant’s first foray into the world of feature animation. Described as an R-rated revisionist history tale about the founding of the country, America: The Motion Picture has been scripted by Dave […]

Movie Review – The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

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The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017. Directed by Chris McKay. Featuring the voice talents of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Conan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Doug Benson, Zoe Kravitz, Kate Micucci, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Riki Lindhome, Eddie Izzard, Seth Green, Jermaine Clement, […]