Fast Color, 2018. Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, and David Strathairn. SYNOPSIS: A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home. It is movingly fitting […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is Miss World in first image from Misbehaviour
With principal photography now underway, Pathe has unveiled the first image has been released from the upcoming comedy drama Misbehaviour. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, the film tells the story of the disruption caused by the Women’s Liberation Movement during the 1970 Miss World contest and features Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jennifer Hosten, the first black woman to […]
First trailer for superhero sci-fi thriller Fast Color starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Liongsate and Codeblack Films have debuted the first trailer and poster for the superhero sci-fi thriller Fast Color. Directed by Julia Hart, the film sees Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Cloverfield Paradox, A Wrinkle in Time) leading a cast that also includes David Strathairn, Saniyya Sidney, Lorraine Toussaint, and Christopher Denham; take a look here… “Fast Color” […]
Steve Carell, Billy Crudup and Gugu Mbatha-Raw join Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston in Apple series
THR is reporting that Steve Carell is set for a return to the small screen, with The Office star signing up for a series regular role alongside Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston in Apple’s breakfast TV drama. The as-yet-untitled series, which is based on Brian Stelter’s book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World […]
Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessie Buckley set for Miss World film Misbehaviour
Keira Knightley (Colette), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose) have been cast in Misbehaviour, a dramedy telling the true story of the first black woman to win the Miss World competition. Philippa Lowthorpe (Three Girls) is set to direct the film, which will take place against the backdrop of the 1970 Miss World […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sofia Boutella and more testing for DC’s Birds of Prey
With Warner Bros. and DC Films looking at a January production start for Birds of Prey, it seems we may soon learn who’ll be joining Margot Robbie in the cast of the Harley Quinn-led girl gang movie. According to various reports in the trades, Warner Bros. and director Cathy Yan are currently testing a number […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Fast Color
It is movingly fitting that one of the only superhuman-based films centered on women (in this case, generations of women with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and her growing star power, underrated television character actor Lorraine Toussaint, and youngster Saniyya Sidney bonding and making amends while also going even further back reading ancestral passages from a handed diary) focuses […]
Movie Review – A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time, 2018. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Andre Holland, Rowan Blanchard, Michael Peňa, Zach Galifianakis, and David Oyelowo. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend […]
Movie Review – Fast Color (2018)
Fast Color, 2018. Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Strathairn, Lorraine Toussaint, Christopher Denham, and Saniyya Sidney. SYNOPSIS: A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home. You’ll be hearing from […]
Movie Review – A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time, 2018. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Andre Holland, Rowan Blanchard, Michael Peňa, Zach Galifianakis, and David Oyelowo. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend […]