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With Gareth gone, where does Godzilla go next?

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With Gareth Edwards exiting the Godzilla sequel, Tony Black asks what is next for the King of the Monsters… When Godzilla returned in 2014, the odds were stacked against him. The last time Hollywood had seen everyone’s favourite movie monster, he was ignominiously handled by the Roland Emmerich/Dean Devlin popcorn machine in 1997’s hokey version. […]

Tom Hiddleston now bookmakers’ favourite for next James Bond

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Over the past year or so, there’s been a tonne of speculation as to the future of James Bond, with Daniel Craig suggesting on several occasions that his time as 007 could have come to an end following last year’s Spectre. As you’d expect, numerous actors have been mentioned as a possible successor to Craig, […]

Exclusive interview with I Saw the Light director Marc Abraham: “Hiddleston looked just like Hank Williams”

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With the eagerly anticipated release this week of I Saw The Light, the biopic of legendary country musician Hank Williams, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down with its director Marc Abraham to talk about the film and all things Tom Hiddleston. I Saw The Light marks the sophomore directorial effort from Abraham, who is […]

TV Review – The Night Manager

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The Night Manager Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Hugh Laurie. SYNOPSIS: Night manager of a wealthy hotel in Cairo, charming ex-Special Forces veteran Jonathan Pine is unable to prevent the murder of a woman connected to the secret arms dealings of British philanthropist Richard Roper, a man Pine […]

Tom Hiddleston says Kong: Skull Island will be “spectacular and epic”

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King Kong is set to return to the big screen next year courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Kong: Skull Island, and Tom Hiddleston has been speaking about the upcoming monster movie during a chat with Entertainment Weekly, describing the film as “spectacular and epic.” “We’re done [filming]. We were in Hawaii, Australia, […]

Tom Hiddleston says Thor: Ragnarok “will be my last time out of the gate” as Loki

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As Marvel gears up to go into production on Thor: Ragnarok this summer, Tom Hiddleston has been chatting to The Daily Beast about his latest outing as Loki, suggesting that it could also be his last. “Thor 3 will be cool because I’ve not done it for four years,” said Hiddleston. “I love working with […]

The Night Manager Cost How Much?!?!

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Daniel J. Harris on The Night Manager… Sunday night sees the final instalment of the six-part BBC serial, The Night Manager, hit our screens. Starring Hollywood’s very own Tom Hiddleston in a return to British TV the adaption of John Le Carre’s novel costs an estimated £3 million plus per episode! Where on earth did […]

Movie Review – High-Rise (2015)

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High-Rise, 2015. Directed By Ben Wheatley. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy and Peter Ferndinando. SYNOPSIS: Life for the residents in a tower block spirals into chaos and debauchery following a power cut. Adapting J.G. Ballard’s seminal dystopian novel High-Rise for the big screen was a long process: […]

Movie Review – Crimson Peak (2015)

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Crimson Peak, 2015. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she […]