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Movie Review – No Time To Die (2021)

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No Time to Die, 2021. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz and Ana de Armas. SYNOPSIS: James Bond (Daniel Craig) is off the radar sharing a tranquil existence away from world affairs. Alongside him is […]

No Time to Die sets its sights on a $90 million opening at the international box office

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Following 18-months in which he has gone from her majesty’s secret service to being completely out-of-service, James Bond finally returns to the big-screen with No Time to Die. You can read our overwhelmingly positive ★★★★ review here, which appears to echo sentiments shared by box-office analysts, who have Daniel Craig’s farewell pegged to tuck approximately […]

Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe to star in Western drama Dead For a Dollar from director Walter Hill

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Deadline reports that Christoph Waltz (Spectre) and Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) will star together in the Western drama Dead For a Dollar from The Warriors director Walter Hill. The film will see Waltz as a bounty hunter and Dafoe as an outlaw who Waltz previously sent to prison. Dead For a Dollar will be written by Hill and Matt Harris. […]

Christoph Waltz’s directorial debut Georgetown gets a poster and trailer

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Paramount has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming crime drama Georgetown. The film marks the directorial debut for Christoph Waltz, who also stars as an ambitious social climber that marries a wealthy older woman (Vanessa Redgrave), when she passes away her daughter (Annette Bening) begins to suspect he is not what he seems […]

Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz to star as Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in limited series

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Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz are set to portray U.S. President Ronald Reagan and President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in a limited series adaptation of Ken Adelman’s book Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War. Titled Reagan & Gorbachev, the project is being produced by Paramount Television Studios and will […]

Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz in talks for Every Note Played

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According to a report from Variety, STXfilms is eyeing Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz to star in the romantic drama Every Note Played., which is being directed by Michael Sucsy (The Vow, 13 Reasons Why). Based on the novel by Lisa Genova (Still Alice), the film will see Jolie playing Karina, “the ex-wife […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio adds Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Finn Wolfhard and more

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Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson and Cate Blanchett are set to star alongside the previously revealed Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated musical feature Pinocchio for Netflix. As for Pinocchio, film newcomer Gregory Mann will voice the titular puppet looking to be a real boy, while the cast will also include John […]

Quibi’s Most Dangerous Game being repackaged as feature film, renewed for season 2

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The short form streaming service Quibi has renewed its action-thriller series Most Dangerous Game for a second season, while creator Nick Santora (Scorpion) is working on repackaging the first season as a standalone feature film. The first season of Most Dangerous Game saw Liam Hemsworth playing Dodge Maynard, a man with a terminal illness who […]

Christoph Waltz still keen on Alita: Battle Angel sequel

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Director Robert Rodriguez and producer James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel didn’t quite manage to set the box office alight last year, grossing just over $400 million from a $170 million budget, but that hasn’t stopped the film’s loyal fanbase from campaigning for a sequel to the sci-fi action blockbuster. Sadly, it seems no plans are […]

Exclusive Interview – Screenwriter Nick Santora talks Quibi’s Most Dangerous Game

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Martin Carr chats with screenwriter Nick Santora about Quibi’s Most Dangerous Game… In conversation, screenwriter Nick Santora is measured with his responses, self-effacing to the point of being humble and passionately engaged with process. Whether that is the writing itself, elements of show production or the genuine pleasure which comes through in fostering ideas through […]