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Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang gets a UK trailer

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Ahead of its UK release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize‐winning novel True History of the Kelly Gang. The crime drama stars George MacKay as in the lead role as the notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly alongside a cast that includes Essie Davis, Nicholas […]

Nicholas Hoult joins Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 in villain role

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Another new addition has been made to Christopher McQuarrie’s upcoming Mission: Impossible sequels as the writer/director has announced via his Instagram account Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is the latest actor to join the franchise in what The Hollywood Reporter says is the villain role in the seventh and eighth films. McQuirrie asked Hoult through the […]

Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang gets a poster and trailer

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Memento Films has released a poster and trailer for director Justin Kurzel’s (Snowtown, Assassin’s Creed) upcoming crime drama True History of the Kelly Gang. Based on Peter Carey’s prize-winning novel of the same name, it stars George MacKay as the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly  alongside a cast that includes Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Thomasin McKenzie, […]

First trailer for The Banker starring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult

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Apple TV has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama The Banker. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of  businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who hire a working class white man Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult) to pose as the head of their company in […]

Movie Review – The Current War (2019)

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The Current War, 2019 Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton, Stanley Townsend, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill, Celyn Jones, Craig Roberts, Harry Melling, Colin Stinton, Oliver Powell, John Schwab, Abigail Johns, and Tom Bell SYNOPSIS: The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between […]

Nicholas Hoult is warned of danger in the trenches in exclusive Tolkien deleted scene

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The J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Tolkien arrives on Digital Download on August 26th and on Blu-ray and DVD on September 9th, starring Nicholas Hoult as the legendary author, and ahead of its release we’ve got an exclusive deleted scene from the movie which sees the future creator of The Lord of the Rings warned of impending danger […]

Movie Review – The Current War (2017)

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The Current War, 2017. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston and Tuppence Middleton. SYNOPSIS: As the possibility of electric lighting in the home becomes a real thing, warring entrepreneurs Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse battle to become the leading provider of electricity in the USA and, […]

The Current War clip sees Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla

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In celebration of the anniversary of Nikola Tesla’s birth on 10th July 1856, a clip has arrived online for the biographical historical drama The Current War which sees Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) confronting Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) over a mistake he feels he is making with his invention; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The Current War […]

Plans for an abandoned X-Men Beast spin-off movie revealed

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With the final instalment of the X-Men franchise currently breaking the wrong kind of box-office records – X-Men: Dark Phoenix is reportedly on course to suffer a whopping -73% decline in its sophomore frame at the domestic box-office – plans for a Nicholas Hoult-headlined Beast spin-off movie have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter. According to […]

The Current War trailer pits Benedict Cumberbatch against Michael Shannon

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101 Studios has released a trailer for the upcoming biographical historical drama The Current War. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon as rival industrialists Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, alongside a cast that also includes Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen, and Nicholas Hoult; watch it here… […]