Variety is reporting that The Hunger Games and Red Sparrow director Francis Lawrence has signed on to direct an adaptation of Ryan Holiday’s book Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue. The film will tell the story of the downfall of gossip blog Gawker following a $140 million judgement against the […]
Movie Review – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joely Richardson, Charlotte Rampling and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: After a career-ending injury, a budding prima ballerina finds herself unable to pay for her mother’s life saving medical treatment. Her uncle, a high-ranking government official, recruits her to Russian intelligence as a […]
Director Francis Lawrence provides an update on Battlestar Galactica movie reboot
Back in the summer of 2016 it was announced that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay director Francis Lawrence had signed on to develop a big screen reboot of the classic sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica. Since then, we’ve heard nothing in the way of movement on the project, but speaking to Coming Soon to […]
Second Opinion – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, and Joely Richardson. SYNOPSIS: Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a […]
Movie Review – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Bill Camp, Joely Richardson, Kristof Konrad, Douglas Hodge, Sergei Polunin, Sakina Jaffrey, Nicole O’Neill, David Z. Miller, Makar Zaporozhskiy, Sasha Frolova, Joel de la Fuente, Thekla Reuten, Sergej Onopko, and Jeremy Irons SYNOPSIS: Ballerina Dominika […]
Jennifer Lawrence spy thriller Red Sparrow cut to secure 15 certificate in the UK
The upcoming spy thriller Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence as a highly-trained Russian agent, has been re-edited by its distributor to secure a 15 certificate from the BBFC. Lawrence stars as a ‘Sparrow’ agent, who is trained to use her body and mind to manipulate men in order to serve her country. 20th Century Fox […]
Red Sparrow director discusses Black Widow comparisons, new TV spot released
From the moment the first trailer dropped for Red Sparrow, the latest collaboration between The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence and director Francis Lawrence, the film has been drawing comparisons to Marvel’s Black Widow. It is of course easy to see why: both feature Russian girls forced into spy programmes, which happen to include ballet […]
Apple orders new sci-fi series See from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight
It looks like Apple is continuing to expand its original content, with Variety reporting that it has given a straight-to-series order for the sci-fi drama See from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, which has Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games, Red Sparrow) attached to direct. Details on the project are being kept under wraps, but we […]
Jennifer Lawrence stars in trailer for Red Sparrow
We’ve already seen a poster, images and TV spot for the upcoming spy thriller Red Sparrow this week, and now 20th Century Fox has debuted a new trailer for director Francis Lawrence’s upcoming adaptation of Jason Matthews’ award-winning novel of the same name, which sees Jennifer Lawrence leading a cast that includes Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, […]
First trailer for spy thriller Red Sparrow starring Jennifer Lawrence
20th Century Fox has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming spy thriller Red Sparrow. Based on Jason Matthews’ award-winning novel of the same name, the film sees director Francis Lawrence reunite with his Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence and features a cast that also includes Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, Mary-Louise Parker, Charlotte […]