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Emilio Estevez named Hollywood’s most profitable actor since 1980

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If you had to take a guess at Hollywood’s most profitable actor since 1980, who would immediately spring to mind? Tom Cruise? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Harrison Ford? Chances are you’d be guessing all day before you arrived upon the answer… Yes, according to data compiled by PartyCasino, Emilio Estevez tops the list of Hollywood’s most profitable […]

Fox CEO on the possibility of rebooting Wolverine and Logan’s Oscar chances

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Now that Hugh Jackman has hung up his claws and called time on his run as Wolverine, 20th Century Fox are faced with the difficult task of whether or not to reintroduce the fan favourite mutant into its series of X-Men movies with another actor stepping in to his shoes. While Jackman himself believes it […]

Metal Gear Solid Movie: Eight Actors Who Could Play Solid Snake

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Liam Hoofe takes a look at potential actors for the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid movie… Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Kong: Skull Island, confirmed this month that he is committed to making the “truest, most balls to the wall, Metal Gear version” of Metal Gear Solid, the popular game franchise which looks finally set to […]

Hugh Jackman reveals his two regrets from his time as Wolverine

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Having brought the curtain down on a 17 year spell as Wolverine this March with the release of the critically-acclaimed Logan, Hugh Jackman has been reflecting on his time as the fan favourite X-Man, revealing to Collider that he only has two regrets. “There were a couple of things I couldn’t work out how to […]

Logan enters screenplay awards race with surprise WGA Awards nomination

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Superhero smash hit Logan has become an unlikely horse in the awards race after its screenplay won a surprise nomination in the Writers’ Guild of America shortlist. Scott Frank, Michael Green and director James Mangold are nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the film, which is Hugh Jackman’s last outing as Wolverine after […]

Hugh Jackman said goodbye to Wolverine with “tears” in his eyes

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Hugh Jackman has commented on the emotions he felt when saying goodbye to Wolverine. This year Hugh Jackman finally said goodbye to the character Wolverine, giving his final performance as the mutant in the critically acclaimed Logan. The actor had portrayed the fan favourite X-Man for 17 years so it was no easy thing to […]

Hugh Jackman turned down Bond role over “unbelievable and crazy” scripts

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Hugh Jackman has revealed he was offered the role of James Bond more than a decade ago, but turned it down after being told he would have no say in changing the “unbelievable and crazy” direction of the franchise at that time. The star, who has sparked awards season buzz for all-singing, all dancing musical […]

Logan is the first Academy screener sent to Oscar voters

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The 90th Academy Awards are still a while away, but with plenty of high quality movies already on voters’ radars, now is the time for studios to start making moves to ensure that their films are given the recognition they deserve. According to Deadline the first DVD screener sent to the Academy voters is the Fox […]

Blu-ray Review – Logan (2017)

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Logan, 2017. Directed by James Mangold Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Richard E. Grant, and Eriq La Salle. SYNOPSIS: Logan arrives on home video in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD release that also offers Logan Noir, a black-and-white version of this grim ‘n’ gritty film. […]

Hugh Jackman was given the terrible advice to leave X-Men franchise as he was told it would bomb

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It’s hard to imagine anyone else but Hugh Jackman bringing out the claws and leaping across our screens as the X-Men’s resident savage, Logan. However, it turns out that the Wolverine actor was warned, before the first X-Men was released, to quickly call time on the role in order to move past what was expected to be a box […]