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Annihilation featurette explores The Shimmer

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With less than a month to go until Annihilation arrives in cinemas, Paramount Pictures has released a new featurette for Alex Garland’s upcoming sci-fi action horror which sees stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Gina Rodriguez discussing the mysterious phenomenon The Shimmer; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Annihilation here […]

Natalie Portman in talks to replace Reese Witherspoon in Pale Blue Dot

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if you cast your mind back to 2015, you may recall that Reese Witherspoon signed on to produce and star in the sci-fi drama Pale Blue Dot for Fox Searchlight Pictures. Well, having subsequently departed the role due to a scheduling conflict with season two of Big Little Lies, it seems that director Noah Hawley […]

Natalie Portman featured on new poster for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Ahead of its release next month, a new poster has arrived online for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming sci-fi action horror Annihilation featuring Natalie Portman; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Annihilation here The book’s official synopsis read: Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature […]

Natalie Portman stars in new trailer for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation. The sci-fi action horror stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac; check it out here… The book’s official synopsis read: Area X has been cut off from the rest of […]

Alex Garland’s sci-fi Annihilation heading straight to Netflix in the UK

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Director Alex Garland’s upcoming sci-fi Annihilation, starring Natalie Portman, is set to be released straight to Netflix in the UK and other territories outside North America and China. The film, which is Garland’s highly anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-winning debut Ex Machina, is due for its US release on February 23 and will now arrive […]

Natalie Portman to lend her voice to animated film Foxy Trotter

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Bold Films has announced that it is set to produce and finance its first animated film Foxy Trotter from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Prynoski, which has Natalie Portman attached to produce and star. Foxy Trotter is a motorcycle riding, rock and roll photographer in the early 70s on a mission to capture the perfect rock […]

The human cast of previous Thor films were never considered for Thor: Ragnarok

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Thor: Ragnarok is, by most accounts, a rousing success. Director Taika Waititi has created a film that breathes new life into the titular character, pushing the franchise forward in fascinating ways. However, as hard as it is to remember at this point, Thor: Ragnarok is the third film in the Thor solo franchise. Thor, and […]

First trailer for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Paramount has released the first trailer for their upcoming sci-fi/horror film Annihilation. Directed by Ex-Machina‘s Alex Garland, the film is adapted from the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy and stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac. Watch the trailer below…. The synopsis for the book reads: […]

Natalie Portman and Jacob Tremblay featured on latest posters for The Death and Life of John F. Donovan

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Director Xavier Dolan has taken to Twitter to share two new poster for his upcoming drama The Death and Life of John F. Donovan featuring Natalie Portman and Jacob Tremblay; take a look below… https://twitter.com/XDolan/status/892844977016930304 https://twitter.com/XDolan/status/892845299357691904 A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces the written correspondence he once […]