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Damian Lewis now bookmakers favourite for the next James Bond

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With less than a month to go until the release of Spectre, the 24th official James Bond adventure, speculation is at an all time high as to who will become the next 007 after Daniel Craig, and everyone has an opinion. During last year’s Sony hack, it emerged that Idris Elba was a favourite of […]

Movie Review – Finding Dory (2016)

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Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burrell, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Sloane Murray, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, and Willem […]

Movie Review – Finding Dory (2016)

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Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burrell, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Sloane Murray, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, and […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Finding Dory (2016)

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Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents  of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Bill Hader, Kate McKinnon, Dominic West and Idris Elba. SYNOPSIS: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about […]

Sony’s Amy Pascal says Idris Elba should be the next James Bond

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He’s already the bookmakers’ favourite, and now it has been revealed that Sony co-chairmain Amy Pascal wants Idris Elba (Luther, Thor: The Dark World) to succeed Daniel Craig as 007. According to The Daily Beast, Pascal sent an email to Elizabeth Cantillon, former executive vice president of production for Columbia Pictures, back in January, which […]

Kate Winslet and Idris Elba set for romantic drama The Mountain Between Us

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Kate Winslet is in talks with Fox 2000 about joining Idris Elba in The Mountain Between Us, a romantic drama based upon the Charles Martin’s novel, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) from a script by Chris Weitz (About a Boy), and “tells of a woman, engaged to be married, […]

Idris Elba joins Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game opposite Jessica Chastain

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Variety is reporting that Idris Elba (The Jungle Book, Bastille Day) is to take the male lead in Molly’s Game, the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs, The Newsroom). Jessica Chastain (The Martian, The Huntsman: Winter’s War) is also on board the film, with the actress set to play Molly Bloom, “a […]

Rumoured shortlist for the next James Bond

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Despite the fact there’s been no official word on whether Daniel Craig is retiring his license to kill following last year’s Spectre, sites have been going crazy with speculation as to who could be the next actor to take over as Ian Fleming’s 007. Well, according to The Sun, EON Productions and MGM have identified a […]

Idris Elba lining up directorial debut with adaptation of Yardie

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It looks like the ever-busy Idris Elba is looking to step behind the camera for his directorial debut, with StudioCanal CEO Danny Perkins revealing to Screen Daily that the Luther star is developing an adaptation of Victor Headley’s 1993 novel Yardie. The synopsis for Headley’s novel reads: “D, a courier carrying cocaine from Jamaica to […]