Since it was announced that Disney and Lucasfilm would be releasing Star Wars spinoff movies, there’s been a lot of speculation that Prequel Trilogy star Ewan McGregor could return as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a movie – or trilogy of movies – centred on the Jedi Knight. McGregor briefly reprised the role of Obi-Wan for a […]
Fargo Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Law of Inevitability’
Shaun Munro reviews the seventh episode of Fargo season 3… As Fargo’s third season enters its final stretch, it hit the ground running following Ray’s shocking demise last week, with Nikki promptly being arrested and Varga’s presumed frame-up attempt working perfectly. It’s now clear that Nikki is essentially the series’ de facto protagonist, or at the very least […]
Ewan McGregor discusses his Star Wars: The Force Awakens cameo
As well as bringing back many of our favourite characters from the Original Trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens also featured one notable Prequel Trilogy cameo, with Ewan McGregor returning to record a line of dialogue as Obi-Wan Kenobi during Rey’s (Daisy Ridley) vision sequence on Takodana. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel, McGregor spoke about his […]
The Leftovers star Carrie Coon joins Fargo season 3
The cast for the third season of FX’s Fargo is starting to come together, as TV Line recently revealed the news that The Leftovers actress Carrie Coon has landed the female lead role opposite The Impossible and Beauty and the Beast actor Ewan McGregor. While McGregor will portray a set of twins, Emmit and Ray Stussy, […]
Ewan McGregor to headline Fargo season 3
Deadline is reporting that Ewan McGregor has signed on for the lead – or rather leads – in the third season of FX’s award-winning anthology drama Fargo. According to the site, “McGregor will play the two central characters — brothers Emmit and Ray Stussy… Emmit Stussy is the Parking Lot King of Minnesota. A handsome, […]
Trainspotting 2 could be Danny Boyle’s next movie, says “all the four main actors want to come back and do it”
With his new film Steve Jobs screening over the weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, director Danny Boyle has revealed to Deadline that the long-gestating sequel to Trainspotting is closer than ever. Speaking to the site, Boyle said: “All the four main actors want to come back and do it…. Now it is only a […]
David Strathairn and Uzo Aduba join Ewan McGregor’s American Pastoral
The cast of the upcoming film American Pastoral has swelled this week, with four more actors announced as having joined Ewan McGregor’s directorial debut. David Strathain (Good Night and Good Luck), Peter Riegert (The Mask), Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) and Valorie Curry (The Following) have all joined the cast, and will team […]
Ewan McGregor open to Trainspotting sequel
Yesterday we brought you some comments from Ewan McGregor suggesting that he’s keen to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a future Star Wars movie, and now the actor has been speaking about another of his former roles, revealing that he’s open to another outing as Mark Renton in the long-rumoured sequel to the 1996 cult […]
Movie Review – Son of a Gun (2014)
Son of a Gun, 2014. Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Jacek Koman, Matt Nable, Tom Budge and Nash Edgerton. SYNOPSIS: JR busts out of prison with Brendan Lynch, Australia’s most notorious criminal, and joins Lynch’s gang for a gold heist that soon pits the two men against one another. […]
Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead to close New York Film Festival
The organisers of this year’s New York Film Festival have this week announced that Miles Ahead will be the closing film of the festival, now in its 53rd year. Miles Ahead is the biopic of legendary musician Miles Davis and marks the directorial debut of actor Don Cheadle (Boogie Nights), who also co-wrote the film […]
