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First teaser trailer for Vox Lux starring Natalie Portman

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Ahead of its world premiere next week at the Venice Film Festival, the first teaser trailer has arrived online for writer-director Brady Corbet’s (The Childhood of a Leader) upcoming musical drama Vox Lux which sees Natalie Portman leading a cast that includes Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, and Jennifer Ehle; watch it here… Here’s […]

Natalie Portman in talks to direct and star in Dear Abby / Ann Landers rivalry movie

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Collider is reporting that Natalie Portman looks set to follow up her feature directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness by getting back behind – and in front of – the camera for a biopic on Esther and Pauline Friedman, the identical twin sisters behind the Dear Abby and Ann Landers advice columns. The […]

First look at Natalie Portman in Noah Hawley’s Pale Blue Dot

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Fox Searchlight has released the first image from Noah Hawley’s (Fargo, Legion) upcoming sci-fi drama, formerly titled Pale Blue Dot, which features Natalie Portman as astronaut Lucy Cola, whose life begins to spin out of control following her return from space; take a look here… The film features a cast that also includes Jon Hamm (Baby […]

Alex Garland is “not interested” in making an Annihilation sequel

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Director Alex Garland has often spoken of his disdain for sequels and it seems that his hit sci-fi Annihilation is not going to be the exception to the rule. In an interview to promote the film’s DVD release, Garland told IndieWire that he has no plans to adapt the other books in Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Southern […]

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 […]

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 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 original ending to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith would have seen Padme trying to kill Anakin

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It looks like the final meeting on Mustafar between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith almost played out much differently to what we saw in the final chapter of the Prequel Trilogy, with Lucasfilm concept artist Ian McCaig revealing that George Lucas’ original plan was to […]

Blu-ray Review – Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition (1995)

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Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition, 1995. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Willliamson, Natalie Portman, Amy Brenneman, and Hank Azaria. SYNOPSIS: Heat has been released on Blu-ray before in a pretty definitive edition, but this new one features remastered video from a 4K […]