Universal and Working Title have released a behind the scenes featurette for their upcoming adaptations of the stage play Cats. What’s more is the announcement via the film’s Twitter page that the first trailer will be released on Friday. Watch the feature below… The film is being directed by Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) and will star […]
Poster and trailer for The Good Liar starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen
Warner Bros. has debuted the first poster and trailer for the upcoming drama The Good Liar. Directed by Bill Condon, the film is based on Nicholas Searle’s thriller novel of the same name and stars Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, and Jim Carter; take a look below… Career con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) can […]
First images from The Good Liar featuring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen
USA Today has revealed three first look images from director Bill Condon’s upcoming adaptation of Nicholas Searle’s thriller novel The Good Liar featuring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen; take a look here… Career con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish (Mirren) online. As Betty […]
Kenneth Branagh’s All Is True gets a new UK trailer and poster
A UK poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming drama All Is True which stars Kenneth Branagh, who also directs the film, as the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare alongside Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lydia Wilson, Jack Colgrave Hirst, Kathryn Wilder, and Eleanor de Rohan; take a look below… The year is […]
Kenneth Branagh is William Shakespeare in first All Is True trailer
Sony Pictures Classics has released the first trailer for the director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming drama All Is True. The film stars Branagh as the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare alongside Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lydia Wilson, Jack Colgrave Hirst, Kathryn Wilder, and Eleanor de Rohan; watch it here… The year is 1613, Shakespeare is […]
Movie Review – McKellen: Playing The Part (2018)
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 […]