McKellen: Playing The Part, 2018. Directed by Joe Stephenson/ Starring Ian McKellen, Milo Parker and Scott Chambers. SYNOPSIS: Documentary about the life and times of actor Sir Ian McKellen, tracing his career from his early days in rep to starring on the London stage, his more recent film career and his other role as a […]
Ian McKellen reveals why he didn’t play Dumbledore in Harry Potter
Ian McKellen has revealed why he didn’t take up the part of Harry Potter’s Dumbledore after Richard Harris passed away. McKellen, the British actor perhaps best known these days for his roles as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and Magneto in the X-Men franchise, has got pretty good at playing powerful and gifted […]
Ian McKellen suggests he’s open to Gandalf role in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings TV series
As Sir Ian McKellen prepares to tackle a new iconic role in the West End version of The Exorcist, the legendary performer has told Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show that he’s reluctant to let one of his greatest roles go to another actor. With the news that Amazon are to create their own middle-earth TV series […]
Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Beauty and the Beast, 2017. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Sonoya Mizuno, Hattie Morahan, and Audra McDonald. SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in […]
Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Beauty and the Beast, 2017. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Sonoya Mizuno, Hattie Morahan, and Audra McDonald. SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in […]
Ian McKellen and Gabriel Byrne to star in Hamlet Revenant
A new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet has added two more leading actors to its cast, with Ian McKellen and Gabriel Byrne set to star in Hamlet Revenant. The two stars will join Mikkel Boe Følsgaard in the leading role, as well as Newcomer Maria Boda who is set to play Ophelia. The film will detail the dark, […]
Bryan Cranston, Niecy Nash, Ryan Reynolds, Ian McKellen, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Modern Family set for Family Guy roles
During the Family Guy panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International this past weekend, executive producer Rich Appel revealed that Bryan Cranston, Niecy Nash, Ryan Reynolds, Ian McKellen, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Modern Family are set to lend their voices to upcoming episodes of the animated sitcom. Cranston and Nash will play Peter’s Griffin’s […]
X-Men: The real Apocalypse is its continuity!
Tony Black attempts to make sense of the continuity of the X-Men franchise… Have you ever attempted to make sense of the X-Men movie continuity? As in pick apart the entire timeline of events across the eight, soon to be nine films in the franchise? Of course not, you all have lives. You have friends […]
Movie Review – Mr. Holmes (2015)
Mr. Holmes, 2015. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hattie Morahan, Hiroyuki Sanada and Patrick Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes looks back on his life, and grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. In a period where remakes, reboots, sequels and any other chance to bring […]
Ian McKellen will not return as Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse
Back in February, Patrick Stewart indicated that his good pal Ian McKellen would be returning to the role of Magneto for next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, however McKellen has now confirmed to Digital Spy that he won’t donning the helmet for the 2016 sequel. “I haven’t heard [the rumours], I don’t think I am, no, no, […]
