While we know a third Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. is currently in the works and will serve as a continuation from the two Guy Ritchie-directed films – Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – it seems like the project has hit a roadblock. During an interview on the Celebrity Catch Up podcast, director Dexter Fletcher, who […]
Chris Pine to star as Simon Templar in The Saint reboot
Variety reports that Paramount and director Dexter Fletcher (Rocketman) have found their lead actor to star as Simon Templar in The Saint. According to the trade, Chris Pine (Wonder Woman 1984) will star as Templar in the reboot. Pine’s Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, is described as “a Robin Hood-esque criminal and thief for […]
Rocketman’s Dexter Fletcher to direct The Saint
Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher has signed on to helm Paramount Pictures’ long-planned big screen remake of The Saint, Variety has revealed. Based on the character created by Leslie Charteris in the 1920s, The Saint follows Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-style criminal and thief for hire who spends his time going after corrupt politicians, drug runners, […]
Movie Review – Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman, 2019. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Steven Mackintosh, Harriet Walter, Tate Donovan, Charlie Rowe, Jimmy Vee, Tom Bennett, Kamil Lemieszewski, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Jason Pennycooke, Kit Connor, Matthew Illesley, Diana Alexandra Pocol, Max Cross, Guillermo Bedward, Ramzan Miah, Tanisha Spring, and Stephen Graham. SYNOPSIS: […]
Dexter Fletcher to direct Dracula movie Renfield for Universal
With Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man set to kick off a new approach to its classic Universal Monsters line with its release in 2020, Variety is reporting that Universal had now added another project to its ‘Monster’ slate in Renfield. Based upon the supporting character from Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula novel, the film will be told […]
Dexter Fletcher to direct Sherlock Holmes 3 with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law
Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has enlisted Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle, Rocketman) to succeed Guy Ritchie in the director’s chair for Sherlock Holmes 3. The film will see Robert Downey Jr. reprising the role of the world’s greatest detective, with Jude Law also expected to return as Dr. John Watson. Chris Brancato is […]
Rocketman director considered a Rami Malek Freddie Mercury cameo
Director Dexter Fletcher has revealed that he considered bringing together two of music’s biggest icons in this year’s Elton John film Rocketman. Having stepped in to complete Bohemian Rhapsody following Bryan Singer’s firing, Fletcher gave some thought to have Rami Malek reprising his Oscar-winning role as Freddie Mercury for a brief cameo in a scene […]
Movie Review – Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman, 2019. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Steven Mackintosh, Gemma Jones, Stephen Graham, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: Based on the early life of legend Sir Elton John, this compellingly, uplifting musical biopic, starring Taron “The Kingsman” Egerton, charts key moments during his meteoric rise, melancholic fall, […]
Movie Review – Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman, 2019. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Stephen Graham, Gemma Jones, Charlie Rowe, Steven Mackintosh, Tate Donovan, Harriet Walter, Celinde Schoenmaker, Kit Connor and Matthew Illesley. SYNOPSIS: A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. Rocketman is a riot of music, colour […]
New trailer for Rocketman starring Taron Egerton as Elton John
Following a poster and featurette for Rocketman earlier in the week, Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for Dexter Fletcher’s (Bohemian Rhapsody) upcoming musical fantasy which sees the director reunite with his Eddie the Eagle star Taron Egerton (Robin Hood) who leads the cast as the legendary musician Elton John. ‘ROCKETMAN’ is an epic […]
