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 […]
Movie Review – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joely Richardson, Charlotte Rampling and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: After a career-ending injury, a budding prima ballerina finds herself unable to pay for her mother’s life saving medical treatment. Her uncle, a high-ranking government official, recruits her to Russian intelligence as a […]
Second Opinion – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, and Joely Richardson. SYNOPSIS: Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a […]
Watch the final trailer for Gringo starring Charlize Theron and David Oyelowo
With just three weeks to go until Gringo arrives in cinemas, Amazon Studios has released the final trailer for Nash Edgerton’s upcoming action comedy which stars Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Thandoe Newton, Joel Edgerton, Sharlto Copley, Amanda Seyfried, Carlos Corona, and Diego Catano; watch it here… SEE ALSO: New character posters for cartel comedy Gringo An exhilarating mix […]