Boy Erased, 2018. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse LaTourette, Britton Sear, Cherry Jones, Joe Alwyn, Théodore Pellerin, and Flea. SYNOPSIS: The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed […]
Exclusive Interview – Composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans talk Boy Erased, Joel Edgerton, and Iron Maiden
Red Stewart chats with composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans…. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are a composing team who have been working in the film and television industries since the 2010s. They are best known for their work with their band Priestbird, as well as composing for movies The Gift, The Autopsy of Jane […]
New trailer for Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe
With just two days to go until its US release, a new trailer has arrived online for Joel Edgerton’s upcoming drama Boy Erased. Based on Garrard Conley’s Boy Erased: A Memoir, the film sees Edgerton starring alongside Lucas Hedges, Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Madelyn Cline, Victor McCay, and David Joseph Craig; watch it here… […]
Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased gets a first poster and trailer
Focus Features has released the first trailer and poster for Joel Edgerton’s upcoming adaptation of Garrad Conley’s memoir Boy Erased which stars Edgerton, Lucas Hedges, Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe; take a look here… Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is […]
Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn and Lily-Rose Depp join The King as filming begins
Netflix has announced that Robert Pattinson (Good Time), Ben Mendelsohn (Ready Player One) and Lily-Rose Depp (Yoga Hosers) have joined the cast of director David Michod’s latest project The King, which has now started production in the UK. Based on Shakespeare’s Henry the IV and V and scripted by Michod and Joel Edgerton, The King […]
First-look images from Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased
Focus Features has unveiled three images from Joel Edgerton’s latest directorial effort Boy Erased featuring Edgerton, Lucas Hedges, Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe. The film is based on Garrad Conley’s Boy Erased: A Memoir, and sees Hedges portraying Conley, who as a teenager was outed to his parents and was given the choice of […]
Joel Edgerton reunites with David Michod for The King
Having co-written the script, Joel Edgerton is set to reunite with Animal Kingdom director David Michod on his upcoming Netflix film The King, where he’ll join Oscar-nominee Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name). The King is described as a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V, and sees Chalamet portraying the […]
Movie Review – Gringo (2018)
Gringo, 2018. Directed by Nash Edgerton. Starring David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, Harry Treadaway, Yul Vazquez, Melonie Diaz, Bashir Salahuddin, Theo Taplitz, Paris Jackson, Hernán Mendoza, Hector Kotsifakis, Alan Ruck, Kenneth Choi, and Sharlto Copley. SYNOPSIS: A dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue explores the battle of […]
Joel Edgerton says reaction to Bright is the “inverse” of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
One of the stars of Bright, Joel Edgerton, has compared the critical and fan reception of the film with that of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. One can’t assume that just because a film performs well with critics that fans will in turn love it, and inversely, one can’t assume that because critics pan a […]
Joel Edgerton keen to reprise Uncle Owen role in Obi-Wan Star Wars spinoff movie
With Stephen Daldry rumoured to be in talks to direct the movie, and Ewan McGregor doing everything but wear a brown habit in public, former Owen Lars, Joel Edgerton, has been speaking about reprising his role for the forthcoming Obi-Wan standalone Star Wars movie. While on the press tour for Red Sparrow (read our review […]