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Movie Review – Bridge of Spies (2015)

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Bridge of Spies, 2015. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance, and Alan Alda. SYNOPSIS: An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Bridge of Spies asks us one simple yet important question: does everyone, including potential threats […]

Spielberg Is Right, Comic Book Movies Are The New Westerns

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This week, Neil Calloway agrees with Steven Spielberg about Comic Book Movies… A month or so after it began, and some might say right in time for his new film, the Tom Hanks starring Cold War espionage thriller Bridge of Spies, the debate over Steven Spielberg’s comments regarding comic book movies rumbles on. To be […]

Shortlist for the female lead in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One revealed

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It looks like Steven Spielberg is close to finding his Art3mis for the 2017 adaptation of Ernie Clyne’s Ready Player One, with The Wrap revealing that a shortlist of three actresses are set to test for the female lead. According to the site, Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Elle Fanning (Maleficent) […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige responds to Steven Spielberg’s comments about superhero movies going the way of the Western

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Early last month, legendary director Steven Spielberg shared his thoughts on Hollywood’s superhero movie boom, stating that “there will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the Western.” Now, during his press tour for the home entertainment release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has responded to Spielberg’s […]

Rumour: Steven Spielberg looking to coax Gene Wilder out of retirement for The BFG

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According to Aint It Cool News, director Steven Spielberg is looking to coax Gene Wilder out of retirement for a role in one of his upcoming films. According to the site, their source claims that Wilder is wanted to lend his voice to The BFG, which would be his second Roald Dahl project after the […]

Ben Mendelsohn eyed for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

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Olivia Cooke has signed on to play the female lead in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, and now it looks like they’ve found their villain. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Ben Mendelsohn is being eyed to play Nolan Sorento, the leader of IOI who […]

Colin Trevorrow and Steven Spielberg planning two Jurassic World sequels

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Given Jurassic World’s runaway success at the box office this summer, where it earned $1.67 billion to become the third-biggest movie of all time, it came as little surprise when Universal announced a sequel for 2018. And, it will also come as little surprise that the studio has plans for another sequel to complete the […]

Bill Hader joins Steven Spielberg’s The BFG

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Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) has signed on to appear in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Road Dahl classic The BFG, where he’ll play one of the fearsome residents of Giant Country. Spielberg is directing The BFG from a script by Melissa Mathison (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), with Tony Award […]

Steven Spielberg to direct Ready Player One

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Deadline has revealed that Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult favourite sci-fi book Ready Player One has found a director, with Steven Spielberg signing on to helm the project for the studio. It will mark Spielberg’s first movie for Warner Bros. since 2001’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and will go into production once the director […]