Tom Jolliffe looks at Margot Robbie’s decision to set sail with a Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff and why it could lead her down a disappointing path… In the wake of a pandemic shut down throughout the world, the film industry took a major hit. Big theatrical releases pushed back, and film productions delayed. Even […]
Toronto International Film Festival Review – I, Tonya (2017)
I,Tonya, 2017. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale, and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises among the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. In Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya, Margot […]
Exclusive Interview – Craig Gillespie and Steven Rogers discuss I, Tonya
Bringing the infamous story of one of the athletic world’s greatest falls from grace to the big screen must have seemed a daunting task. The controversial clash of personalities which culminated in a ruthless attack on one of the leading lights of the U. S. Figure Skating world was well publicised at the time. Everyone […]
Screeners of three Oscar contenders have leaked to piracy networks
Piracy collective Hive-CM8 has leaked copies of three of this year’s Oscar contenders to file-sharing networks, reportedly ripping the movies from awards screener DVDs. Torrent Freak is reporting that Grega Gerwig’s Lady Bird, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name and Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya all appeared on online pirate sites, ready to be viewed illegally. The group […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – I, Tonya (2017)
I,Tonya, 2017. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale, Caitlin Carver, Bojana Novakovic, Paul Walter Hauser, and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises among the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. […]
Margot Robbie stars in new clip from I, Tonya
With just a week to go until its US release, a new clip has arrived online for Craig Gillespie’s biographical dark comedy drama I,Tonya featuring Margot Robbie as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding; watch it below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of I, Tonya here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY2NLPKpK1Q Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, TONYA is a darkly […]
Caitlin Carver to play Nancy Kerrigan in I, Tonya
Deadline is reporting that Caitlin Carver (Rules Don’t Apply, Paper Town) has signed on to star as Nancy Kerrigan alongside Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, the upcoming drama from director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl). The film will explore figure skater Harding’s involvement in the 1994 assault on her Olympic rival […]
Sebastian Stan cast alongside Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Marvel’s Winter Soldier will soon be joining forces with DC’s Harley Quinn in the upcoming Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya. Deadline has reported that Sebastian Stan will star as Harding’s ex-husband and partner Jeff Gillooly, who helped plan an attack against figure skater Tonya Harding’s rival in the 1994 Olympics. The film will examine the incident and the […]
Allison Janney to play Tonya Harding’s mother in I, Tonya
Variety reports that The West Wing and Juno actress Allison Janney has just been added to the cast of the upcoming Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya. Janney will portray Harding’s eccentric and tough mother LaVona, who, in real life, mentally and physically abused her daughter as a youngster. The news comes on the heels of the announcement […]
Margot Robbie in talks to play disgraced US ice-skater Tonya Harding
Deadline has revealed that Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad, The Wolf of Wall Street) is in talks to portray Tonya Harding in a new film called I, Tonya, which will chart the ice-skater’s rise to fame and fall into disgrace. The film, written by Steven Rogers (Christmas With The Coopers), tells the unthinkable story of Harding’s career […]
