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Linda Cardellini joins Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book

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Linda Cardellini (Avengers: Age of Ultron) has signed on to star opposite Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence) and Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) in Green Book, which is being directed by Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber To) from a script he’s written with Nick Vallenlonga and Brian Currie.Based on a true story, Green Book is set […]

Carmen Ejogo to star alongside Mahershala Ali in True Detective Season 3

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While most people lost interest in the sprawling narrative of True Detective sophomore run, there’s enough goodwill left in the brand from the incredible debut season to ensure that a third instalment of Nic Pizzolatto’s crime anthology is something to get excited about.Already we had the news that Moonlight Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali was […]

True Detective season 3 officially a go at HBO, premise revealed

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Back in June it was announced that Oscar winner Mahershala Ali had been tapped to star in a third season of True Detective, and now HBO has officially given the green light to the series, which will see creator Nic Pizzolatto and Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) directing.“Nic has written truly remarkable scripts,” said HBO president […]

Mahershala Ali confirmed for True Detective season 3

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It looks like True Detective Season 3 has found it’s first cast member. Actor Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, House of Cards, Luke Cage) has officially been confirmed for the latest season of the true crime anthology series. Deadline reported that during HBO’s summer TCA presentation, HBO president of programming Casey Bloys not only revealed that the […]

3 Actors Who Should Star in True Detective Season 3 with Mahershala Ali

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Samuel Brace with three actors who should star in True Detective season 3 alongside Mahershala Ali…We have learned today that Academy Award Winning actor Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) is in early talks to star in the third season of HBO’s True Detective. And while we can speculate about what type of character he would be playing, […]

Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie casts Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry

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With the recent developments of Sony’s Venom and Silver & Black Spider-Man spin-offs, it can be easy to forget the studio also has an animated Spider-Man film on the horizon, but they have just reminded people it is still very much in the works as The Tracking Board is reporting that Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali and Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry have been cast in […]

Blu-ray Review – Moonlight (2016)

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Moonlight, 2016. Written and Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. SYNOPSIS: Moonlight, fresh off its “Wait, what just happened?” Best Picture win at the Oscars, arrives on Blu-ray. The disc has a commentary track by director Barry Jenkins that’s worth a […]

Movie Review – Moonlight (2016)

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Moonlight, 2016. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae, Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Andre Holland. SYNOPSIS: A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world […]

Oscars: And the winners of the 89th Academy Awards are…

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Let’s address the elephant in the room: there was Steve Harvey-reminiscent chaos last night during the Best Picture announcement at the Academy Awards as La La Land was somehow announced as receiving the Oscar… only for producer Jordan Horowitz to correct the mistake midway through his acceptance speech when he revealed that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight […]