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Keira Knightley to play the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney’s The Nutcracker

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Last month it was announced that Mackenzie Foy (Interstellar) has nabbed the lead role of Clara in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of The Nutcracker, and now Variety is reporting that Keira Knightley has signed on to portray the Sugar Plum Fairy. The film, titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, is based upon E.T.A. Hoffman’s […]

Keira Knightley to star in Barbra Streisand’s Catherine the Great biopic

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According to The Wrap, Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) is in talks to star as Catherine the Great in director Barbra Streisand’s upcoming biopic of the Russian empress. Based on a Black List script from Kristina Lauren Anderson, the film “will follow young Catherine, who was trapped in an abusive marriage with the heir of […]

Keira Knightley and Kate Winslet in talks to join Will Smith in Collateral Beauty

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Keira Knightley and Kate Winslet are talks to join the cast of New Line’s upcoming drama Collateral Beauty, which is being headlined by Will Smith. The film is being directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) and will see Smith as a New York advertising exec who experiences a personal tragedy and retreats from life […]

Second Opinion – Everest (2015)

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Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]

Movie Review – Everest (2015)

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Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Mother Nature is a bitch – words that consistently kept coming to mind […]

Second Opinion – The Imitation Game (2014)

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The Imitation Game, 2014. Directed by Morten Tylbum. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Rory Kinnear and Matthew Goode. SYNOPSIS: The true story of mathematician Alan Turing and his time spent at Bletchley Park developing a machine to crack the enigma code. The treatment of Alan Turing by the British Government is […]

Everest to open 72nd Venice Film Festival

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The summer movie season is almost over and attention in the film world will soon be turning back to festival season, with the first slice of news from one of the most prestigious events in the film calendar announced today. Universal Pictures Everest, the mountain survival tale directed by Baltasar Kormakur (2 Guns) has been […]

Keira Knightley to leak Official Secrets for director Gavin Hood

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Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley is set to take on the role of GCHQ whileblower Katharine Gun in Official Secrets, a new film from director Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky), which also has Matt Smith attached to star. Gun was working as a Mandarin translator at the British government’s communications HQ, GCHQ, when she leaked a confidential […]

Keira Knightley set for new spy drama

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Keira Knightley has signed on to star in an as-yet-untitled spy drama from screenwriter Camilla Blackett (Newsroom, New Girl), Variety has revealed. Plot details for the as-yet-untitled project are being kept under wraps, and a director is yet to become attached. The film is however being produced by K Period Media, the production company behind […]