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First trailer for Chaos Walking starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley

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Two of the most well-known young actors working today, Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, are teaming up for what promises to be a science-fiction, action romp. In the first trailer for Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking, the pair are survivors in a strange world where a mysterious pathogen supposedly wiped out every human woman. Watch the […]

Fantastic Beasts 3: Mads Mikkelsen says replacing Johnny Depp as Grindelwald is a “rumour”

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Earlier this month, it was announced that Johnny Depp was asked by Warner Bros. to step down from his role as Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts movie and recent reports have suggested that Hannibal and Doctor Strange actor Mads Mikkelsen is in talks to take over the role. However, in a recent interview with IGN, Mikkelsen […]

New images and teaser for Chaos Walking starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley

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With the first trailer set to debut this Thursday, a teaser has been released for Doug Liman’s long-delayed dystopian sci-fi Chaos Walking, along with a batch of new images featuring Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, Kurt Sutter, Demian Bichir, David Oyelowo, and their canine co-star Manchee; take a look here, […]

Mads Mikkelsen in talks to replace Johnny Depp as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts

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If you are working on a list of potential Grindelwald replacements, place Mads Mikkelsen at the top. Deadline reports that the Hannibal and Doctor Strange actor is in talks to step in for Johnny Depp in the role of Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts movie. The David Yates-directed Fantastic Beast 3, which already […]

Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer to star in Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy

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Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) and Armie Hammer (Rebecca) are set to star in the true story Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy. The film will be directed by Amma Asante (A United Kingdom). The story was written by American journalist David E. Hoffman, who researched unclassified CIA documents and interviewed interviewed those involved. The script was […]

2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Another Round

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Another Round, 2020 Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Magnus Millang. SYNOPSIS: Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. ‘It’s not just a film about drinking. Our ambition was to […]

Mads Mikkelsen hits the bottle in UK trailer for Another Round

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StudioCanal has released a UK poster and trailer for director Thomas Vinterberg’s new drama Another Round which stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, and Magnus Millang as four friends who test a theory that their lives will improve by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood; watch it here… “The film […]

Movie Review – Casino Royale (2006)

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Casino Royale, 2006. Directed by Martin Campbell. Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, and Caterina Murino. SYNOPSIS: After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a […]

Bryan Fuller recalls NBC originally wanting Hugh Grant or John Cusack as Hannibal instead of Mads Mikkelsen

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Although Anthony Hopkins gave an iconic and award-winning performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Mads Mikkelsen reinvented the character for a whole new generation in NBC’s Hannibal. However, in a recent interview with Collider, Bryan Fuller, the creator of the TV series Hannibal, recalled the network’s original resistance to casting Mikkelsen in the […]