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Keri Russell in talks for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode IX

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We may have our next piece of official news regarding Star Wars: Episode IX as Variety reports Keri Russell (The Americans) has begun early talks to join the film. Fresh off the ending of The Americans, Russell will potentially join the galaxy far, far away and re-team with Episode IX director J.J. Abrams. The pair have worked together in […]

J.J. Abrams and Zachary Quinto producing Anthony Perkins-Tab Hunter forbidden love drama

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J.J. Abrams and his Star Trek star Zachary Quinto are teaming up to produce Tab & Tony, a drama which is set to explore the true story of the secret love affair between Hollywood stars Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins. The film is being scripted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright and is inspired by […]

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot picks up sci-fi Aporia amid Cloverfield speculation

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has snapped up the sci-fi spec script Aporia from filmmaker Jared Moshe (The Ballad of Lefty Brown). Moshe is attached to direct the feature, with Abrams and Neda Armian producing. The logline is being kept tightly under wraps, but THR reports that […]

Should you choose to accept them, here are the best Mission: Impossible moments

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Matt Rodgers on the best Mission: Impossible moments… The ability for the Mission: Impossible franchise to subvert the law of diminishing returns, in terms of both box-office and quality, as well as keeping the fuse lit under Tom Cruise’s dimming star power, is surely down to the stylistically diverse way in which the films are […]

More details on Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars: Episode IX departure emerge

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Yesterday we got some details on the decision to shake up its directors for Solo: A Star Wars Story – with Phil Lord and Chris Miller said to be keen on deviating from the Star Wars template and making “something new like Guardians of the Galaxy” – and now a new report has surfaced regarding […]

J.J. Abrams reteaming with Overlord director for subversive superhero thriller The Heavy

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THR is reporting that producer J.J. Abrams is reteaming with Julius Avery, director of the upcoming World War II supernatural thriller Overlord, for the superhero thriller The Heavy. Scripted by Daniel Casey (Drag Me to Hell), The Heavy is described as “a subversive take on the superhero genre”, although plot details are being kept firmly […]

J.J. Abrams says Overlord is not a Cloverfield movie, but a direct Cloverfield sequel is in the works

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For the past year or so, it has been assumed – and heavily rumured – that the J.J. Abrams-produced World War II supernatural adventure Overlord would be the fourth instalment in the Cloverfield series. Well, it turns out that isn’t the case after all, as Abrams has revealed at CinemaCon that Overlord is “not a […]

Second Opinion – The Disaster Artist (2017)

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The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring  Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]

Movie Review – The Disaster Artist (2017)

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The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]