Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming historical action drama Outlaw King. The film reunites director David Mackenzie with his Hell or High Water star Chris Pine, who stars as the Scottish King Robert the Bruce alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Billy […]
Florence Pugh, Will Poulter and Jack Reynor land roles in Hereditary director Ari Aster’s new horror movie
After wowing critics with his debut Hereditary, writer-director Ari Aster has lined up a killer young cast for his second movie, including Lady Macbeth actress Florence Pugh and Detroit stars Will Poulter and Jack Reynor. Pugh let the news of her casting out of the bag while promoting new BBC John le Carré adaptation The […]
First look images from John le Carre adaptation The Little Drummer Girl
AMC has released five first look images from The Little Drummer Girl, the upcoming small screen adaptation of John le Carre’s novel of the same name. Directed by Park Chan-wook , the six-part thriller series stars Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon, Clare Holman, Kate Sumpter, and Michael Moshonov; take a look at the images here… In “The Little […]
Greta Gerwig enlists Saoirse Ronan, Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Florence Pugh and Timothee Chalamet for Little Women
Variety is reporting that Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig has signed on to direct an adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic Little Women for Columbia Pictures, having already been attached as screenwriter. The film will reunite Gerwig with two stars of her acclaimed feature debut in Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet, while Meryl Streep […]
Trailer for King Lear starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson
Ahead of its premiere on BBC Two this coming Monday, a new trailer has arrived online for director Robert Eyre’s modern re-imagining of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. The adaptation stars Anthony Hopkins in the title role alongside Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Florence Pugh, Jim Broadbent, John Macmillan, and Andrew Scott; watch it here… The 80-year-old […]
The Commuter gets a new behind-the-scenes featurette
Ahead of its US release this coming Friday, a featurette has arrived online for The Commuter, which takes us behind the scenes of the action thriller and includes interviews with stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Florence Pugh, and Jonathan Banks, director Jaume Collet-Serra, producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, and the films screenwriters Philip […]
Movie Review – Lady Macbeth (2016)
Lady Macbeth, 2016. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank. SYNOPSIS: Lady Macbeth is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It tells the plight of the young newlywed whose loveless marriage leads her into a forbidden and adulterous love […]
Michael Shannon joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation
AMC has made another casting addition to its upcoming miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl with the news that Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) has joined Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) and Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) in the series. Shannon will portray Kurtz, an Isreali spymaster who recruits Pugh’s character into a complex […]
Park Chan-wook to direct John le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl
Following on from the success of The Night Manager, AMC, the BBC and Ink Factory are teaming for another John Le Carre miniseries, with Oldboy director Park Chan-wook set to direct a six-episode adaptation of le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl. According to The Daily Mail, Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) has signed on for the […]
Movie Review – The Commuter (2018)
The Commuter, 2018. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, Florence Pugh, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jonathan Banks. SYNOPSIS: An insurance salesman loses his job but, on his usual train home, he’s approached by an attractive woman offering him a lot of money in return for doing one small job. […]
