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Geena Davis and Joan Chen join Jessica Chastain in Eve

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Variety is reporting that Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise) and Joan Chen (Marco Polo) have signed on to star alongside Jessica Chastain in the upcoming action thriller Eve.Chastain stars as the titular Eve, an assassin working for a black ops organisation. Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) plays her boss, with Common […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix director shuts down Jessica Chastain fan theory

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Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, has put an end to the fan theory regarding Jessica Chastain’s character.Jessica Chastain’s role in the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix is nebulous, to say the least. Today’s first trailer hasn’t given us any clear-cut answers either but fans have a theory that she might be playing a female […]

Watch the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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After unveiling a teaser poster yesterday, 20th Century Fox has now released the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which sees the X-Men forced into battling one of their own as Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey finds herself consumed by the Phoenix Force. Check out the trailer here, and let us know what you make of […]

Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain face off in X-Men: Dark Phoenix reshoot photos

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With additional photography now underway, several photos from the Montreal set of X-Men: Dark Phoenix have surfaced on Twitter, which show Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey locked in combat with Jessica Chastain’s mystery villain. Given that both actresses are in full motion-capture suits, we can probably assume that Jean Grey has gone full-on Phoenix during this […]

Colin Farrell and Common join Jessica Chastain in Eve

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With a new director now on board in The Help’s Tate Taylor, Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films are pushing ahead with casting on the Jessica Chastain-headlined action thriller Eve, with Colin Farrell and Common joining the actress in the cast.Eve sees Chastain in the title role, playing an assassin. Farrell will play the head of […]

It: Chapter Two director shares behind-the-scenes photo of a bloodied Jessica Chastain

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With Jessica Chastain wrapping filming late last month, It: Chapter Two director Andy Muschietti has shared a behind-the-scenes image of himself alongside his Mama star, who is portraying the adult version of Beverly Marsh. Check it out here…SEE ALSO: Pennywise sits atop a familiar statue in new It: Chapter Two set photohttps://instagram.com/p/BnO5nTrgcqB/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control It: Chapter Two will see Bill […]

The Help’s Tate Taylor to direct Jessica Chastain in Eve

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Earlier this month it was revealed that Jessica Chastain is to produce and star in the action thriller Eve – news that was met with controversy, given that the film has been written and directed by Matthew Newton (Who We Are Now), a filmmaker has a long history of domestic violence and alleged assault allegations.In the wake […]

Jessica Chastain wraps filming on It: Chapter Two

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Jessica Chastain has taken to Instagram to announce that she has wrapped filming on New Line Cinema’s horror sequel It: Chapter Two, next year’s follow-up to the blockbuster Stephen King adaptation.It: Chapter Two reunites Chastain with her Mama director Andy Muschietti; she is playing the adult version of Beverly Marsh, and is joined in the […]

Director Matthew Newton exits Jessica Chastain action thriller Eve due to backlash

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Actress Jessica Chastain came in for criticism this past week when it was announced that she had signed on to produce and star in Eve, an action-thriller from writer-director Matthew Newton.Newton has a long history of domestic violence and alleged assault allegations, and given Chastain’s involvement with the Time’s Up campaign and #MeToo movement, it […]

Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne circling thriller The Good Nurse

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Deadline has reported that Jessica Chastain (Interstellar) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) are close to finalizing deals to star in the serial killer thriller The Good Nurse.The film is based on Charles Greaber’s novel and has been adapted by Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Penny Dreadful) with Tobias Lindholm (A Hijacking) making his English-language feature film directing […]