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First look at Emma Stone as Cruella in live-action 101 Dalmatians prequel

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Today at D23, Disney revealed a first look at Emma Stone as the young pre-101 Dalmatians villain Cruella de Vil along with her henchmen Jasper (Joel Fry) and Horace (Paul Walter Hauser) in the upcoming live-action origin story Cruella; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Emma Thompson in talks to join Emma Stone in Disney’s […]

Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates join Clint Eastwood’s The Ballad of Richard Jewell

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Casting is underway on Clint Eastwood’s next directorial effort, with Paul Walter Hauser (I, Tonya) and Oscar-winners Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Kathy Bates (Misery) signing on to star in The Ballad of Richard Jewell. The real-life tale will see Hauser portraying Jewell, a security guard whose life was torn apart by […]

Sundance London 2019 Review – Late Night

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Late Night, 2019. Directed by Nisha Ganatra. Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Dennis O’Hare, John Lithgow, Hugh Darcy, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan and Paul Walter Hauser. SYNOPSIS: When informed that she is being replaced as host of her long running chat show, Katherine Newberry fights to remain relevant and necessary, relying on the inspiration of […]

Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling star in trailer for comedy Late Night

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Ahead of its release next month, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming comedy Late Night which stars Emma Thompson as Katherine Newbury, a talk show host who finds her job at risk when she’s accused of being ‘a woman who hates women’ and so hires Molly (Mindy Kaling) to join […]

First trailer for Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling

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Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming comedy Late Night. Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the film stars Emma Thompson as a talk show host that hires a woman (Mindy Kaling) to join her male dominated writer’s room and save her career when she is accused of being “a woman who hates Women. Joining […]

Exclusive Interview: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on working with Spike Lee and Adam Driver, playing a white supremacist, Cobra Kai and more

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The following conversation took place between Flickering Myth writer Justin Cook and BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser… Today, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman hits shelves nationwide on 4K, DVD and Blu-ray (and is available for rental), and in celebration of the film’s home video release, Flickering Myth had the opportunity to talk to one of the film’s stars, […]

Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on initially auditioning for Jasper Pääkkönen’s role, finding his character one hour before shooting

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In BlacKkKlansman, Paul Walter Hauser gives a memorable performance as dim-witted white supremacist Ivanhoe, but according to a recent interview with Flickering Myth, he initially auditioned for a different role. When asked about the signature laugh that Hauser decided to give his character in the film, Hauser launched into an explanation about how he not […]

Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on campaigning to play the Penguin for DC, thinks he can do what “Heath Ledger did with the Joker”

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During an interview for the home video release of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Flickering Myth questioned actor Paul Walter Hauser about his campaign to play the Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot in the DC Universe (especially Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman, in which the character is rumored to appear); while he didn’t divulge any details about whether or not he’s heard of any interest […]

Movie Review – BlacKkKlansman (2018)

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BlacKkKlansman, 2018. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Japser Pääkkönen, Ryan Eggold, Paul Walter Hauser, Topher Grace, Alec Baldwin and Harry Belafonte. SYNOPSIS: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually […]