Ex Machina writer-director Alex Garland may soon add another lead to his upcoming sci-fi film Anihilation, Jennifer Jason Leigh, hot off a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination, would join a female-centric cast made up of Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez and Tessa Thompson. The film will be based upon the novel by Jeff VanderMeer and […]
Jennifer Lawrence tops Forbes’ list of highest-paid actresses of 2015
Forbes has today unveiled its annual list of the highest paid actress in Hollywood, and it’s no surprise to see Jennifer Lawrence at the top of the list. The 25-year-old Hunger Games star has pocketed $52 million pre-tax earnings over the last 2 months to top the new list, $16.5 million ahead of the current […]
Natalie Portman to play Jackie Kennedy
Natalie Portman has certainly been stacking up the projects lately. Following on from the news this month that the Oscar-winner has joined Annihilation and On the Basis of Sex, it’s now being reported that she’s set to take on the role of Jackie Kennedy. Portman will star in Jackie, a drama that follows the First […]
Natalie Portman to star as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex
Fresh from the news that Oscar winner Natalie Portman was set to take the lead in Alex Garland’s Annihilation, Deadline is reporting Portman is aklso set to play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in new film On the Basis of Sex. Based on a script by writer Daniel Stiepleman which made the Hollywood Black […]
Natalie Portman set to star in Alex Garland’s Annihilation
Variety is reporting that writer/director Alex Garland (Ex_Machina) may have found the star of his new film Annihilation in the form of Oscar winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan). Garland is currently enjoying success in the US with Ex Machina, following its critically-acclaimed run in the UK earlier this year. In addition to Portman, the trade also […]
Natalie Portman: “No director wanted to work with me” after Star Wars prequels
As Disney and J.J. Abrams looks to restore some pride in the Star Wars saga following George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy, Natalie Portman has told New York Mag that “everyone thought I was a horrible actress” after her role as Padme Amidala in The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and […]
Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac and Benedict Wong. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her husband on a secret mission, biologist Lena assumes he’s dead. His return is a shock and, when he’s taken seriously ill, she decides to follow in […]
Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X – a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is […]
Jon Hamm in talks to co-star in sci-fi Pale Blue Dot with Natalie Portman
Mad Men star Jon Hamm is currently in talks to join Fox Searchlight’s sci-fi film Pale Blue Dot, starring opposite Natalie Portman (Annihilation) according to Variety. The film comes from director Noah Hawley (Fargo) with a script written by Brian C. Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi. Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) will produce with Bruna Papandrea. Pale Blue Dot sees […]
Second Opinion – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong, and David Gyasi. SYNOPSIS: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. Heavens bless a *hard* science fiction mind-meld starring female leads that can sell […]
