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Ian McKellen suggests he’s open to Gandalf role in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings TV series

December 16, 2017 by Matt Rodgers

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 […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: Ian McKellen, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)

March 17, 2017 by Robert Kojder

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Dan Stevens, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hattie Morahan, Ian McKellen, Josh Gad, kevin kline, Luke Evans, Sonoya Mizuno, Stanley Tucci

Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)

March 19, 2017 by Shaun Munro

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Dan Stevens, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hattie Morahan, Ian McKellen, Josh Gad, kevin kline, Luke Evans, Sonoya Mizuno, Stanley Tucci

Ian McKellen and Gabriel Byrne to star in Hamlet Revenant

May 17, 2017 by Samuel Brace

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, […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Gabriel Byrne, Hamlet Revenant, Ian McKellen

Bryan Cranston, Niecy Nash, Ryan Reynolds, Ian McKellen, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Modern Family set for Family Guy roles

July 24, 2017 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Amanda Seyfried, Bryan Cranston, Family Guy, Ian McKellen, Modern Family, Niecy Nash, Ryan Reynolds, San Diego Comic-Con Interational

X-Men: The real Apocalypse is its continuity!

May 24, 2016 by Tony Black

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tony Black Tagged With: Alan Cumming, Alexandra Shipp, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Bryan Singer, Chris Claremont, Danny Huston, Deadpool, Ellen Page, Famke Janssen, Frank Miller, Gavin Hood, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, James Mangold, James Marsden, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Kelsey Grammer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Liev Schreiber, Lucas Till, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Williams, Patrick Stewart, Peter Dinklage, Rebecca Romijn, Rose Byrne, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Ashmore, Simon Kinberg, Sophie Turner, Superman Returns, Taylor Kitsch, Terminator, The Wolverine, The Wolverine 3, Tye Sheridan, Tyler Mane, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

Movie Review – Mr. Holmes (2015)

June 18, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Rohan Morbey Tagged With: Bill Condon, Hattie Morahan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Mr. Holmes, Patrick Kennedy, Sherlock Holmes

Ian McKellen will not return as Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse

June 16, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ian McKellen, Marvel, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse

Watch the Mr. Holmes press conference with Ian McKellen and Laura Linney

June 12, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Ahead of its release next Friday, Ian McKellen and Laua Linney were in London this week for the official press conference for Mr. Holmes, which you can watch right here… https://youtu.be/2enM9mzK1OA MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Tom Roach Tagged With: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Mr. Holmes

Ian McKellen is Cogsworth in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

April 11, 2015 by James Garcia

According to Variety, Disney has found a thespian to play butler-turned-clock Cogsworth in their live-action Beauty and the Beast adaptation: Sir Ian McKellen. Directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), the film will star Harry Potter alum Emma Watson as Belle, The Guest‘s Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Frozen‘s Josh Gad as Le Fou, Emma […]

Filed Under: James Garcia, Movies, News Tagged With: Beauty and the Beast, Ian McKellen

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