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John Boyega and Michael K. Williams star in trailer for bank robbery drama Breaking

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Immediately inviting comparisons with the very best bank robbery movies in cinema history – Dog Day Afternoon, Inside Man – Bleeker Street have dropped the trailer for their ‘based on a true story’ drama Breaker, which stars John Boyega as war-veteran Brian Brown-Easley, who in a moment of desperation threatens to blow up a bank […]

John Boyega offers an update on Attack the Block 2

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For fans of Attack The Block, a sequel is something long desired. The alien-filled mayhem of the film made a big impression on everyone involved, especially the film’s star John Boyega. The actor is opening up about the upcoming sequel and finally offered some new information concerning Attack The Block 2. In a recent interview […]

2022 Sundance Film Festival Video Review – 892

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EJ Moreno with a Sundance video review of 892… 892 breaks your heart with each scene, telling the real-life story of Brian Easley. John Boyega stars in the film and brings his best to what is likely his career-defining role. Honestly, we should start the awards campaign for him now as Boyega is bound to […]

Movie Review – Naked Singularity (2021)

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Naked Singularity, 2021. Directed by Chase Palmer. Starring John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Tim Blake Nelson, Robert Christopher Riley, Richard Gallagher, Robert T. Bogue, and Liza Colón-Zayas. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic young New York City public defender burned out by the system, on the brink of disbarment, and seeing signs of the universe […]

Trailer for heist caper Naked Singularity starring John Boyega, Olivia Cooke and Bill Skarsgård

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Ahead of its release this August, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Chase Palmer’s crime caper Naked Singularity. Based on Sergio De La Pava’s novel of the same name and produced by Ridley Scott, the film stars John Boyega as an NYC public defender who, fed up with the injustice of the […]

John Boyega replaces Jonathan Majors in indie drama 892

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A month after walking out on the Netflix drama Rebel Ridge mid-shoot, Star Wars and Small Axe star John Boyega has signed on for his next project, an indie drama entitled 892 from first time director Abi Darmaris Corbin. 892 will see Boyega taking on the role of a Marine who struggles with mental and […]

John Boyega exits Netflix’s Rebel Ridge mid-shoot due to family reasons

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Having been in production for a month, Attack the Block and Star Wars star John Boyega has exited Netflix’s Rebel Ridge mid-shoot, with Netflix citing “family reasons” as behind his abrupt departure. “Rebel Ridge is pausing temporarily as we look to re-cast John Boyega who needed to leave the project for family reasons,” a Netflix […]

John Boyega open to Star Wars return, but only with Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams

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While he certainly hasn’t held back when it comes to criticising the way that his character Finn was handled in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, actor John Boyega is open to returning to the galaxy far, far away – providing a couple of specific conditions are met. “Whichever way, I am open to the conversation […]

John Boyega and Joe Cornish re-team for Attack The Block 2

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To celebrate the tenth anniversary, fans of Attack The Block will be delighted to know there’s another installment on the way. And the best news? John Boyega is returning to star, with Joe Cornish also back in the director’s chair. Deadline reports that Studiocanal, Film4, Complete Fiction Pictures & UpperRoom Productions will all team to […]