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Seth Rogen set to play Steve Wozniak in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic
Seth Rogen is in early talks to play the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in a high profile biopic of Steve Jobs, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2014
Petition calls for Disney to create princess with Down's syndrome
Campaign asking studio diversify its cast of animated characters has collected close to 60,000 signatures.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2014
Nicolas Cage almost played a 'psychologically traumatised' Superman for Tim Burton
Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy reveals plot details for Superman Lives, which he wrote for Burton and which focused on the superhero reconciling himself to alien nature.
From: The Guardian - Film News 31/10/2014
George Clooney's hacking movie to be scripted by Theory of Everything writer
George Clooney's big-screen version of Hack Attack, the book by Guardian journalist Nick Davies about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, will be written by Anthony McCarten, who recently adapted Jane Hawking's memoir.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2014
Michael Bay to direct drama about killing of US ambassador in Benghazi
Transformers director to take on adaptation of Thirteen Hours: A Firsthand Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, which tells of the killing of four men on 11 September 2012.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2014
Lost and unfinished Orson Welles film set for release
John Huston-starring The Other Side of the Wind, shot between 1969 and 1976, to be completed by Peter Bogdanovich.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2014
Roman Polanski questioned in Poland by prosecutors on US arrest warrant
Film director Roman Polanski has been questioned by Polish prosecutors on a US arrest warrant for sex offences, and then released.
The maker of Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown has been sought by the American police since 1978 after he fled the US before he could be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2014
Brixton Ritzy cinema climbs down over redundancies
Franchise holder Picturehouse halts plans to sack a third of landmark London cinema's workforce, following staff boycott and public protests.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2014
Sunny summer of sport takes toll on UK cinemas
This may have been a summer filled with sunshine, sport and an excess of strawberries, but one industry has not been basking in the unseasonably warm glow.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/10/2014
First Look At Pride And Prejudice And Zombies
Until recently, the adaptation of Seth Graeme-Smith's Jane Austen-meets-horror genre-mash book Pride And Prejudice And Zombies spent its time lurking in development limbo. But thanks to finally locking in a script and a director (Burr Steers) and a rash of casting, it's in production and Entertainment Weekly has grabbed a first look image.
From: Empire Online 30/10/2014
Neil Marshall Will Tell Tales Of Halloween
Horror and, to a lesser extent, romance, have brought omnibus films back from the dead in recent years, with the likes of V/H/S and The ABCs Of Death proving successful (if not always reliably great). There's another portmanteau batch of terror on the way, with directors including Neil Marshall, Darren Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Paul Solet and Adam Gierasch aboard to scare us all with Tales Of Halloween.
From: Empire Online 30/10/2014
Lucy Liu Starring In Snakehead
She's usually found tracking down criminals as Joan Watson on US TV's Sherlock Holmes show Elementary these days, but for a new indie drama, Lucy Liu will be stepping to the other side of the law, albeit for desperate reasons, in Snakehead.
From: Empire Online 30/10/2014
Michael Bay Clocks 13 Hours
He was back in battle with the Transformers this year, but Michael Bay has his eye on a much more real-life conflict for a potential future film. He's in negotiations to tackle 13 Hours, which will be set during the fateful attack on an American compound in Benghazi, Libya in 2012.
From: Empire Online 30/10/2014
Godfather role was an offer Al Pacino could refuse
Actor reveals he 'didn't want' the part of Michael Corleone and thought Francis Ford Coppola 'a bit mad' for offering it to him.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2014
Idris Elba hints that Mi Mandela could be first in a line of role-based albums
Idris Elba says he may create music inspired by his roles in Luther and The Wire. As the British actor prepares to release a record inspired by Nelson Mandela, he is also considering making albums for Stringer Bell, John Luther and other characters.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2014
Curzon cinema chain agrees to pay London living wage to workers
Amid a similar dispute over pay at Picturehouse cinemas, its rival Curzon has agreed to raise its front-of-house workers' pay to £8.80 an hour.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/10/2014
Erotic Harry Styles-inspired fan-fiction set for big screen
Online hit After, which takes its cues from Fifty Shades of Grey and the One Direction singer, has been optioned for a movie version by Paramount.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/10/2014
Marvel reveals dates for Black Panther, Doctor Strange and Avengers films
Studio unveils next tranche of superhero films at fan event in Hollywood, including Chadwick Boseman as first non-white lead.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/10/2014
Mark Rylance to be Spielberg's BFG
Tony and Olivier winner to play Big Friendly Giant in Spielberg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1982 children's classic.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Ben Wheatley swaps a field in England for a warehouse in Boston
The Kill List and Sightseers director is to make his first US movie, a 70s-set crime thriller called Free Fire starring Luke Evans, Armie Hammer and Olivia Wilde.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Paul Greengrass heading into the Berlin Wall tunnels for real-life escape drama
British director's next movie to be adaptation of forthcoming 1960s-set novel about west Germans trying to smuggle relatives from the east with the help of US TV crews.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Trash bags top prize at the Rome film festival
Stephen Daldry's favela drama wins honours at subdued ninth edition of new pretender to Venice's film festival crown.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Christian Bale: Moses was 'barbaric' and 'schizophrenic'
Christian commentators alarmed by actor's comments and by Exodus director Ridley Scott saying he needed a 'more scientific' explanation for the parting of Red Sea than divine intervention.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Keanu Reeves: 'I always wanted to be Wolverine'
The actor, whose new movie, John Wick, is at No 2 in the US, reveals that he hoped to win the parts of two nocturnal superheroes - Batman and Wolverine - but was unsuccessful.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor set for supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad
Man of Steel's arch nemesis set to progress from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to Warner Bros' massed Marvel baddie movie.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Forget Goliath: rival King David movies in the works
Warner Bros optioning book by Los Angeles rabbi about the life of biblical legend, while Ridley Scott also has a King David movie cooking.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Julia Roberts: I've risked my career by not having cosmetic surgery
The actor's comments about the pressures on women in Hollywood come as Russell Brand defends Renée Zellweger against criticism over her new look.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/10/2014
Benedict Cumberbatch In Talks To Be Doctor Strange
Here's a turn up for the (magic) books… Months after he was originally rumoured for the role, and after various potential contenders have come and gone, it appears Benedict Cumberbatch is indeed Marvel's choice to be Doctor Strange.
From: Empire Online 27/10/2014
Damian Lewis Finds Billions
Despite Nicholas Brody's fate, Damian Lewis clearly enjoys working with US cable network Showtime, because he's jumped right back into another project for the company, signing on to co-star in Billions with Paul Giamatti.
From: Empire Online 27/10/2014
Sam Clafin & Lily James Enjoy Their Finest Hour And A Half
Following The Riot Club, Sam Clafin is set to re-team with director Lone Scherfig next year for Their Finest Hour And A Half. Lily James will also star in the adaptation of Lissa Evans' novel.
From: Empire Online 27/10/2014
Debra Messing's awful first audition
Debra Messing was told she had so much make-up on she looked like she was "ready for Kabuki" during her first sitcom audition.
From: Film-News 27/10/2014
BC Unions Fear California Production Tax Incentive Impact As Contract Talks Loom
With a wary eye on California's pending tax incentives and the jobs it promises to drain from Canada, negotiations for a new set of contracts covering actors, directors and crewmembers working in British Columbia will get underway November 3.
From: Deadline 27/10/2014
Jennifer Aniston's 'Cake' Sells To Upstart Cinelou As She Joins Best Actress Oscar Race
After the dark comedy Cake set tongues wagging at Toronto about Jennifer Aniston's performance, there has been speculation that the film's makers would capitalize on that momentum by putting the movie out before year's end to qualify for Oscar consideration.
From: Deadline 27/10/2014
Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey & Aiden Longworth Round Out 'The 9th Life Of Louis Drax'
Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey and Aiden Longworth are joining Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul and Sarah Gadon in The 9th Life Of Louis Drax. Alexandre Aja (Horns) is directing for Miramax, AntColony Films and Brightlight Pictures. Principal photography began today in Vancouver.
From: Deadline 27/10/2014
The Last Of The Unjust out for January
Eureka Entertainment announced today the theatrical release of THE LAST OF THE UNJUST [ LE DERNIER DES INJUSTES ] in the UK & Eire.
From: Film-News 26/10/2014
Sorvino's 'dumb-blonde trilogy'
Mira Sorvino wanted to be part of a "dumb-blonde trilogy" after winning an Oscar.
The 47-year-old thespian took home an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work portraying prostitute Linda Ash in Woody Allen's 1995 film, Mighty Aphrodite.
From: Film-News 26/10/2014
'Ouija' Says Yes To No. 1, 'John Wick' No. 2 With A Bullet, 'St. Vincent,' 'Birdman' Expansion Results - B.O. Weekend
Ouija is still on track for right around a $20M weekend to take the No. one spot bragging rights for Universal and Blumhouse. John Wick's Saturday was not as strong as expected for Lionsgate and will end the weekend at around $14M and change.
From: Deadline 26/10/2014
Produced By NY:Harvey Weinstein Says "I'm Not Competitive, I Sing Kumbaya"
For the final act of the PGA's first New York Produced By confab, Harvey Weinstein took a career tour from his life-altering teenage encounter with Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows through some shots he's he's received for releasing the next installment of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in theaters and on Netflix.
From: Deadline 25/10/2014
'Lego Movie' Sequel Gets Phil Lord, Chris Miller Script Commitment
Phil Lord and Chris Miller have signed on with Warner Bros to write The Lego Movie sequel. They wrote and directed the first film, but it has been an open question of whether they would return beyond producing the sequel.
From: Deadline 25/10/2014
Kristen Stewart will take acting break to 'make some stuff with my hands'
One-time highest-paid female actor in the world has announced she's swapping front of screen work for a stint pursuing other 'creative endeavours' such as directing and poetry.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2014
Chiwetel Ejiofor prepares for lift-off in Ridley Scott sci-fi The Martian
Ejiofor signed up alongside Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Kirsten Wiig for adaptation of Andy Weir's bestselling novel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2014
Ethan Hawke trumpeted for Chet Baker biopic
The Boyhood and Before Midnight star is to play the iconic hornman in a new film based on his life.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/10/2014
Warners Finding Female Director For Wonder Woman
In its efforts to be seen as competing with Marvel's ever-expanding movie universe, Warner Bros. put out its own slate of Justice League-flavoured films recently. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio and DC Comics are looking to change things up behind the camera, aiming to hire a female director for Wonder Woman.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2014
Seth Rogen And More Head For Zeroville
James Franco has been on a run of adapting novels recently, and for his latest directorial job, he's turning Steve Erickson's 2007 book Zeroville into a film. The new project will find him turning the tables (and cameras) on his This Is The End co-star/director Seth Rogen, with Jacki Weaver, Megan Fox, Danny McBride, Horatio Sanz, Dave Franco, Craig Robinson and Will Ferrell all also aboard.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2014
Todd Solondz Returning To The Dollhouse
Two decades on from his breakout second feature, Todd Solondz is returning to the world of Welcome To The Dollhouse. He's putting together a sort-of sequel, Wiener-Dog, which will in part pick up the story of erstwhile downtrodden teenager Dawn Wiener. Greta Gerwig and Julie Delpy are in talks to star.
From: Empire Online 24/10/2014
The Hilarious Story Of How Falcon Got Knocked Out Filming Captain America
Now that Anthony Mackie is part of the Marvel movie universe, you would have thought that he is able to look after himself when it comes to shooting the myriad of action scenes he is involved in. Unfortunately it doesn't sound as if that's the case. Mackie, who played Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, admitted that while he was filming the blockbuster, he was knocked out cold while trying to land after flying.
From: Cinema Blend 24/10/2014
Charlie Kaufman writing Steve Carell vehicle about curing dementia
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind author penning adaptation of Arthur Herzog novel IQ83 about race to find cure for global pandemic before everyone succumbs.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2014
Will Smith hooks up with Fox for TV series spinoff of romcom Hitch
The 2005 film starring Smith alongside Eva Mendes is the latest film-to-TV adaptation in the US, with a reboot of Marley & Me also announced.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2014
Star Wars owner Lucasfilms sues microbrewery over Empire's Strikes Bock lager
Disney-owned Lucasfilm, which holds rights to Star Wars, has filed a suit against New York-based Empire Brewing Co, whose German malt and hops brew could, they say, be confused for an official product.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/10/2014
Renée Zellweger's new look due to 'happy, healthy lifestyle', not surgery
The Oscar-winning actor has responded to online speculation that she's had cosmetic surgery by ascribing her changed looks to an increased feeling of peace.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2014
Joan Didion documentary to be funded by Kickstarter appeal
Author's nephew hopes to complete documentary about one of America's most esteemed writers with help of crowdfunding site.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2014
73-year-old teacher dismissed after softcore porn past comes to light
Jacqueline Laurent Auger, from Quebec, was fired from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf after pupils found her roles in the likes of Hot and Naked online.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2014
Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy becomes most expensive film production ever
According to financial documents published in New Zealand, the trilogy of films telling Tolkein's classic fantasy tale have reached a cost of over £460m - with the final few months of spending still not included.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2014
Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree series inspires new film
Sixty years on from when they were first penned, Sam Mendes's production company will adapt children's series for big screen.
From: The Guardian - Film News 22/10/2014
Disney to release of Guardians of the Galaxy mixtape on cassette
While vinyl, CD and digital sales of the Bowie, 10cc and Marvin Gaye featuring Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol 1 are already soaring, the corporation have decided to release it as their first cassette in over a decade.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2014
Parents 'too desensitised to judge appropriate films for children'
New research suggests that viewers may be partly responsible for 'ratings creep' which has seen younger children exposed to increasing levels of big screen sex and violence.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2014
Bereaved academic drama The Visitor to become Broadway musical
The Visitor, which was released in 2007 and starred Richard Jenkins as an isolated economics professor who befriends two illegal immigrants from Syria and Senegal, is set to get the song-and-dance treatment.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/10/2014
Holy smokes! Possible $5m fine for Batman extra who leaked female Robin
Jena Malone said to be playing Carrie Kelley in Superman v Batman, Zack Snyder's followup to Man of Steel - information that could cost extra who broke non-disclosure agreement dear.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/10/2014
Shia LaBeouf: I act up so acting is easier
The actor credits a lack of self-confidence in his abilities to his recent extreme behaviour and details the boot camp he and his co-stars endured for Fury.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/10/2014
Jake Gyllenhaal: we are all to blame for media scrum at horror crime scenes
Actor's new film, Nightcrawler, is a dark satire of TV's obsession with breaking news.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/10/2014
Sophia Loren: how Cary Grant begged me to become his lover
Actress's letters reveal the Hollywood star's passionate pursuit of her while filming in Spain.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/10/2014
How a generation recalls the reality of Belfast's streets in 1971
Yann Demange's thriller '71 tells the story of a young English soldier's experiences as Belfast erupted into sectarian violence. We speak to three people for whom the experience of watching it was a cathartic event.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/10/2014
Kim Jong-un absence was marketing for The Interview, jokes Seth Rogen
Rogen claims that Kim Jong Un's 40-day vanishing act is a promotional stunt for his new film, which jokes about an assassination attempt on the North Korean leader.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2014
Casting conch: Scarlett Johansson set for Ghost in the Shell remake
Actor set to star in Rupert Sanders's anime film for Warner Bros, while Will Smith and Tom Hardy lined up for comic book adaptation Suicide Squad.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2014
Warwick Davis to feel the force of Star Wars: Episode 7
Online video suggests actor will return to the space epic franchise, three decades on from his Star Wars debut as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/10/2014
London Film Festival 2014: Foxcatcher Gala
The stars of Foxcatcher hit the red carpet at the London Film Festival on Thursday night for the UK premiere of the critically acclaimed true-life story.
Vocal fans made their presence felt as director Bennett Miller, previously Oscar-nominated for Capote and Moneyball, was joined on the red carpet by the stars of the film, including Steve Carell, Sienna Miller and Vanessa Redgrave.
From: Empire Online 17/10/2014
The Minecraft Movie Is Circling This Imaginative Director
Before The LEGO Movie's release this past February, no one would have imagined that the film would have turned out the way that it did.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2014
Chinese Film Critics Hate Guardians Of The Galaxy, Here's Why
Guardians of the Galaxy is on track to be the highest grossing movie of the year, not to mention possibly the most popular Marvel outing yet. But the love for all things Groot, Gamora, Rocket, Drax and Star-Lord is being lost on the Chinese. Well, lost in translation anyway.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2014
The Blunt Reason You'll Never See Back To The Future 4
Every single Back To The Future fan has at one point in their life pined for a fourth installment to the seminal franchise to be created.
From: Cinema Blend 17/10/2014
Morris Chestnut Boards 'Bus 657′
Morris Chestnut has joined Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista and Gina Carano in the Scott Mann-directed Bus 657.
From: Deadline 17/10/2014
Rosie Day Joins 'All Roads Lead To Rome'
Rosie Day has joined Sarah Jessica Parker and Raoul Bova in All Roads Lead To Rome, the Ella Lemhagen-directed romantic comedy that is being produced by Silvio Muraglia, Andrea Iervolino and Monika Barcardi, with Frank Konigsberg and David Wyler exec producing and Viki Marras co-producer.
From: Deadline 17/10/2014
Relativity Buys Kevin Costner-Starrer 'Black Or White'
Relativity is wrapping a deal to acquire U.S. rights to Black Or White, the Mike Binder-directed drama that stars Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer. A racially charged drama that created strong buzz when it premiered at Toronto under the title Black And White.
From: Deadline 17/10/2014
Frank Whaley's 'Like Sunday, Like Rain' Acquired By Monterey Media
Monterey Media has acquired U.S. rights to Like Sunday, Like Rain, the indie drama written and directed by Frank Whaley and starring Leighton Meester and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
From: Deadline 17/10/2014
Queen Latifah To Host Hollywood Film Awards
The inaugural broadcast of the Hollywood Film Awards will be hosted by Queen Latifah.
From: Deadline 17/10/2014
Ryan Gosling tipped to work magic as Dr Strange
Gosling is frontrunner to play Marvel superhero after talks break down between Disney and Joaquin Phoenix.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2014
I predict a riot: French cinemas axe Annabelle screenings after unrest
Prequel about a demonic doll caused riots, leading cinemas in Marseille, Strasbourg and Montpellier to cancel screenings.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2014
Neil Patrick Harris to host 2015 Oscars
Actor, Broadway star and seasoned awards show host to pick up DeGeneres's baton at Academy awards, Variety reports.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/10/2014
Why Batman V Superman Will Include This Insane Party
What's the point of having a lot of money if you're not going to have some fun with it? It's why we so often see billionaire characters in Hollywood movies throw big, lavish parties - and it turns out that Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is no different. What does set Luthor's big bash apart, however, is his very special guest list, which reportedly includes a good number of superheroes.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2014
Robert Redford In A Pete's Dragon Remake? Here Are The Specifics
For about a year or so, Disney was in negotiations with Ain't Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery to take charge of the modern update to their 1977 deep cut classic, Pete's Dragon. That story ended with Lowery taking the post, and a movie in need of a cast. Well much like their lucky strike in terms of picking a director, Disney's luck might extend a little further, as Robert Redford has begun talking about participating in a pivotal role.
From: Cinema Blend 16/10/2014
Cast me now! Gillian Anderson keen for role in Ghostbusters 3
The X-Files star has expressed strong interest in joining Paul Feig's squad of female Ghostbusters, and invites fans to start a petition.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2014
Industrial Light and Magic opens UK studio to work on new Star Wars trilogy
Disney's special effects firm founded by George Lucas comes to London as Pinewood filming of Star Wars VII nears completion.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/10/2014
Robert Downey Jr hammers Iron Man into Captain America 3
Downey to be given prominent role in third Captain America film, which will see Steve Rogers and Tony Stark on opposite sides in the Marvel Civil War.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2014
Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola reunite for Christmas musical
Lost in Translation star and director will go carol singing for a festive TV special.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2014
Judi Dench: I'm frightened of groups of schoolchildren
Actor reveals phobia at Cheltenham literature festival, and describes how playing a teacher in Notes on a Scandal both exacerbated and calmed her anxieties.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/10/2014
Hugh Grant: me and Mrs Bridget Jones are no more
The actor has confirmed he's no longer involved in a third Bridget Jones movie, the screenplay for which Emma Thompson has just been drafted in to touch up.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/10/2014
Gold paint and underpants: Star Wars fans remake The Empire Strikes Back
Irvin Kershner's 1980 film has been re-created in a marathon effort which includes scenes featuring C-3PO played by a man wearing nothing but gold paint and underwear.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/10/2014
Lena Dunham to get medieval with film of YA novel Catherine, Called Birdy
The Girls creator is to adapt Young Adult story set in 13th-century England.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/10/2014
David Spade Crackling Joe Dirt 2
It doesn't yet have the profile of a Netflix or an Amazon, but Sony's online streaming platform Crackle has also been quietly producing its own content for some time.
From: Empire Online 13/10/2014
Jackie Earle Haley Joins London Has Fallen
Though it hit a recent bump in the road with the departure of director Fredrik Bond, Olympus Has Fallen sequel London Has Fallen got right back on track with Babak Najafi taking his place behind the megaphone. And the cast has just expanded by one, with Jackie Earle Haley signing on.
From: Empire Online 13/10/2014
New Penguins Of Madagascar Clip Online
So far what we've seen from Madagascar spin-off Penguins Of Madagascar has focused on how they are now - the well-drilled but still shambolic elite military force that somehow always manages to succeed despite half-arsed plans.
From: Empire Online 13/10/2014
Is Dave Bautista On For Bond 24?
As with the Lea Seydoux reports from Friday, today's Bond 24 news remains unconfirmed by any official word from EON. But reports are coming in that Dave Bautista has also scored a role in the as-yet untitled Bond 24. If Latino Review's secret sources are accurate, we can expect to see the former wrestler as a henchman called Hinx.
From: Empire Online 13/10/2014
London Film Festival 2014: Rosewater
It wasn't all Rosewater for the Debate Gala screening of Jon Stewart's directorial debut last night. There was a fair helping of rainwater too. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosewater tells the story of Maziar Bahari's capture, detainment and torture by government officials while he was working in Iran reporting on the 2009 general election. The film is an exploration of the power of reporting and the ways in which authoritarian regimes try to control the media.
From: Empire Online 13/10/2014
Hamptons Film Festival Winners Crowned
The Hamptons Film Festival ends tonight, and this morning they announced the winners. The Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Award goes to Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem, directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz.
From: Deadline 13/10/2014
Niche northern soul film set to hit big time as social media fuels demand for screenings
It was expected to be a short-run release of a niche movie. But a wave of social media interest in Northern Soul, a film about the 1970s British dance movement which will be released on Friday, is turning it into a nationwide success beyond the dreams of its creators.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/10/2014
First Look At The Marvel / Netflix Daredevil
This weekend saw the New York Comic-Con hit the Big Apple and Marvel was, naturally, there in force. There were peeks at upcoming projects aplenty, but few drew as much interest as the first official glimpse of Charlie Cox and co. in the company's Daredevil series, set to hit Netflix next year.
From: Empire Online 12/10/2014
Lego Batman Scores A Spin-Off
Chris Pratt's Emmet may have been the star and the focus of The Lego Movie, but one of the undoubted highlights of this year's animated success was the arrogant, self-satisfied and, most importantly, orphan-status-obsessed take on Batman. Warner Bros. has taken note of the attention and is pushing a Bat-centric spin-off into production.
From: Empire Online 12/10/2014
Hugh Grant Departs Bridget Jones 3
It has had trouble landing a committed director, the script has been constantly in flux and production never quite seems to commence, and now the third Bridget Jones film has lost one of its key players. Hugh Grant has said in a radio interview that he's decided to pass on appearing in the new film.
From: Empire Online 12/10/2014
Lost In Space Found Again
First it was a campy, colourful (well, after an initial monochrome run) 1960s TV series. And then, in 1998 it became a film, with William Hurt in command and Joey from Friends as a hotshot pilot. Now? Lost In Space is headed back to the small screen thanks to Legendary TV.
From: Empire Online 12/10/2014
Bond 24 Villain May Be Played By This Guardians Of The Galaxy Star
After years of success in the wrestling industry, Dave Bautista is now starting to find some extreme success in Hollywood. This past summer he was part of the ensemble that made up James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy - playing Drax The Destroyer and doing so tremendously well.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2014
The Fear Monger: Iggy Pop May Play This Terrifying Serial Killer
Good day, horror fans. Hopefully everyone is still enjoying Halloween displays in stores that haven't already been completely taken over by the brightly-lit mess that is Christmas.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2014
The Sad Reason Bill & Ted 3 Might Never Actually Happen
International audiences have become an incredibly important factor in modern Hollywood, with many studio executives hesitating to green light projects that they think will go over the heads or be ignored by non-American movie-goers.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2014
How Keanu Reeves Feels About Playing Doctor Strange
Marvel Studios is currently on the hunt for an actor to play the titular hero in their upcoming Doctor Strange film, and while there has been a number of names rumored to be up for the role, one that fans have been asking for is Keanu Reeves.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2014
The Full Story On Labyrinth 2
While I'm sure a few of you loyal readers out there have spent the last 28 years wishing and waiting for a sequel to the Jim Henson-directed Labyrinth, I have some bad news. Despite what you may have heard in recent reports, there currently is no Labyrinth 2 in the works.
From: Cinema Blend 12/10/2014
Renner 'game' for Hawkeye movie
Jeremy Renner is "game" for a solo Avengers movie.
The actor plays Clint Barton, aka master marksman Hawkeye, in the Marvel film franchise about the team of superheroes.
And in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" Q&A Thursday, Jeremy admitted he'd love the chance to really sink his teeth into the character with a standalone film.
From: Film-News 12/10/2014
Penguins Of Madagascar cheesy dibbles clip
Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private.
These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then...you know).
From: Film-News 12/10/2014
Oscar Watch: Foreign Films Start Screening But Should Voters Ask 'Does The DOG Die?'
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced this week that a record number of 83 countries had submitted an eligible film for the 2014 Foreign Language Film Oscar. A volunteer group of several hundred members will now trudge through those movies beginning Monday night with Poland's much acclaimed Ida and wrapping up December 14 with Iceland's Life In A Fishbowl.
From: Deadline 12/10/2014
'Painted Down: The Movie' Clip - Bill Cosby & Others Recount Black Stuntmen's Early Hollywood Struggles
Bill Cosby recounts being doubled by a white stuntman on the 1960s TV series I Spy in a new documentary film that's being made about the early struggles of black stuntmen in Hollywood. In Painted Down, Cosby hilariously describes his chagrin as he watched a white stuntman apply black makeup to his face and hands — and then don a black wig — to double for Cosby in a scene for one of the show's first episodes.
From: Deadline 11/10/2014
Edward Snowden Revealed In Chilling 'Citizenfour': N.Y. Film Festival
Seamless and as darkly riveting as any John le Carré or Graham Greene thriller, Laura Poitras' Citizenfour puts an indelibly human face on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, while ripping away any mask of pretense that the most massive and sophisticated breach of privacy in American history had grounding in reality, let alone the law.
From: Deadline 11/10/2014
Jennifer Jason Leigh saddles up for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
Actor set to take lead female role in Tarantino's revisionist Wyoming western, opposite rumoured co-stars Bruce Dern, Tim Roth and Samuel L Jackson.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2014
Dick Van Dyke: Brits have teased me for 50 years about Mary Poppins accent
Picking up an award in Hollywood, US actor reveals half a century of scorn from UK residents concerning iffy English accent as Bert the chimney sweep - and a novel way of keeping young.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2014
Creators of Twin Peaks confident that revived show will hit heights of original
David Lynch's drama promises to push boundaries again as anticipation builds for serial that began 'golden age of TV'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2014
Angelina Jolie presented with honorary damehood by Queen
Jolie has been recognised for humanitarian work to which she has 'dedicated her life'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2014
Russian air 'purified Depardieu of homosexuality', says anti-gay politician
Conservative legislator Vitaly Milonov has credited Gérard Depardieu's move to Russia with having a 'purifying' effect, following publication of memoirs in which the actor discusses same-sex experiences.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/10/2014
Dario Argento And Iggy Pop Launch Sandman Crowdfunder
Dario Argento has been behind some lacklustre projects in recent years, but he seems properly enthused by his new movie The Sandman. He's recruited rocker Iggy Pop to star in the film and help shill for a crowdfunding campaign that, we're promised, will allow the giallo genius to make the film his way, without compromise.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2014
First Look At Antonio Banderas In Altamira
If you're good enough, you're young enough, as Hugh 'Chariots Of Fire' Hudson, now 78, is in the process of proving on the set of his new film Altamira.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2014
Lea Seydoux Linked To Bond 24
Though no official confirmation has arrived from Team EON yet - they tend to wait until just before filming kicks off for such things - Baz Bamigboye is reporting that Lea Seydoux has been cast in the new Bond film in a role described as a "femme fatale".
From: Empire Online 10/10/2014
Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children Hits The London Film Festival
With the London Film Festival now in motion, all eyes turned to Jason Reitman's newest feature Men, Women & Children for the second night of Gala presentations. The director was joined in Leicester Square by producer Helen Estabrook and actors Ansel Elgort and Kaitlyn Dever to introduce a drama that takes a look at relationships in the internet age.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2014
Darth Vader Is Back Back Back
Cue up the Imperial March! Get those striding hallways built quick sharp! Everyone prepare to double your efforts! He's back! Yes, Darth Vader will once more strike fear and terror (and wheeziness) into the hearts of rebels and ship commanders everywhere when he makes a return to the screen for a special extended repeat airing of the Star Wars Rebels launch episode Spark Of Rebellion.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2014
Monsters: Dark Continent Gets Its World Premiere
Last year, Empire hosted the BFI London Film Festival's Laugh Gala. This time, though, we swapped chuckles for frag grenades and Humvees, strapped on our night-vision goggles and headed into Leicester Square to introduce Monsters: Dark Continent to the world. Cast, crew and an array of expectant eyeballs were in attendance for the film's world premiere.
From: Empire Online 10/10/2014
Check Out Harry Potter's Evil And Incredibly Awesome New Fan Experience
While J.K. Rowling teases us with clues about the Harry Potter spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the Warner Bros. Studios Tour London has been preparing their own treat for Harry Potter fans, in the form of a Dark Arts exhibit as a permanent addition to the tour.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2014
Bill Murray Almost Played Some Of The Most Iconic Roles In Film History
Bill Murray is an elusive dude. That much is clear. By now, the exploits people have to jump through in order to get Murray into a film are legendary. So it's always fun to hear about pictures that the Ghostbusters star almost acted in.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2014
The 2 Things You Can't Do If You Want To Be An Actor In China
Who knew that the Chinese were so strict? As part of Beijing's on-going moral crackdown, any actor who has a history of drug use or has been involved with prostitution will now be automatically banned from appearing on film or television.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2014
Stan Lee's Next Superhero Movie Will Not Be What You Expect
Diversity. It has become a buzzword in the comic-book movie industry, as fans clamor for more female roles, more African-American heroes, and more outside-the-box thinking that could lead to mystical films like Doctor Strange. And wouldn't you know, comic book pioneer Stan "The Man" Lee proves to be at the head of that charge, exploring a project that will open up his massive influence to a huge portion of the global community.
From: Cinema Blend 10/10/2014
Comic-Con Hot Title 'Wytches' In Feature Deal With New Regency & Plan B
Hot off its debut at New York Comic-Con, the comic book series Wytches has been acquired by New Regency for Plan B to produce. The series is written by bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author Scott Snyder and illustrated by award-winning artist Jock. Snyder and Jock will be executive producers on the feature film adaptation.
From: Deadline 10/10/2014
First Pics Of Will Smith In Focus
At the moment it sounds like we won't be seeing him in Roland Emmerich's developing Independence Day sequel. But for those with a Will Smith craving there's always Focus, a romantic crime caper co-starring The Wolf Of Wall Street's Empire Award winning Margot Robbie. Filming took place this time last year and the first stills have just arrived online, courtesy of USA Today.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2014
The Imitation Game Opens The London Film Festival
The stars came out and the heavens opened for the opening night of the 58th BFI London Film Festival. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and the cast and crew of the opening film, Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, walked a sodden red carpet in Leicester Square for the European premiere of the movie.
From: Empire Online 09/10/2014
Alfonso Ribeiro: Fresh Prince cast is family
Alfonso Ribeiro says The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's cast is "family".
The 43-year-old is best known for his role as Carlton Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which he starred alongside Will Smith between 1990 and 1996.
From: Film-News 08/10/2014
Jennifer Lawrence: Nude hack is a sex crime
Jennifer Lawrence has slammed the person responsible for the "absolutely disgusting" nude photo leak, calling it a "sexual violation".
From: Film-News 08/10/2014
Women-led Ghostbusters reboot is official: who they gonna cast?
Bridesmaids' Paul Feig announces he will direct and co-write reboot about women of paranormal pest extermination team.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2014
Catherine Zeta-Jones enlists in new model Dad's Army
Platoon joined by glamorous stranger as classic British TV series remade for big screen.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2014
Codebreaker Alan Turing takes centre stage in new film The Imitation Game
Pioneering mathematician who played key role in decrypting German codes in the second world war killed himself in 1954.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2014
She's in the army now: Catherine Zeta-Jones joins cast of Dad's Army film
Oscar-winning actor will join Toby Jones and Bill Nighy in big-screen adaptation of classic BBC TV comedy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/10/2014
Jemaine Clement Visits People Places Things
His fellow Flight Of The Conchords star Bret McKenzie has gone on to success with his meme-friendly roles in the Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit films and his Oscar-winning work with The Muppets.
From: Empire Online 08/10/2014
What Miles Teller Thinks About All Of The Fantastic Four Hatred
Internet fans - particularly those who support (worship?) comic book films - are prone to snap judgments. So its interesting, and slightly encouraging, to hear that the actors playing the heroes we're paying to watch on screen snap to harsh judgments as well… even before their movies open up in theaters.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2014
Jeremy Renner Explains Why Hawkeye Wore That Bizarre Black Widow Mask
Jimmy Fallon is an impressionist, a talk show host, and a comedian. But last night he proved a top-rate investigative reporter when he uncovered the origin of that nightmare-inducing image of Jeremy Renner in full out Hawkeye gear wearing Scarlett Johansson's face.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2014
Why X-Men Won't Give Us Any More Mutants
Although 20th Century Fox currently owns the live-action rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel Entertainment continues to include these characters in their everyday goings-on in the comics.
From: Cinema Blend 08/10/2014
Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Spec Auctions Friday; Joseph Gordon-Levitt Stars As Whistleblower
Around the same time that the Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour premieres at the New York Film Festival on Friday, studio heads will be reading the drama script that Oliver Stone and producing partner Moritz Borman have been working on about the hot-button subject of a leaker some call gutsy while others call a traitor.
From: Deadline 08/10/2014
Griffin Dunne To Helm Jesse Kornbluth Novel Adaptation 'Married Sex'
Griffin Dunne is attached to direct Married Sex, an adaptation of Jesse Kornbluth's new novel which was recently optioned by Chockstone Pictures partners Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz, and Nick Wechsler.
From: Deadline 08/10/2014
'Thrill Ride' Set At Fox; 'Neighbors' Scribe To Direct
Fox has bought Thrill Ride, an original idea by Neighbors scribes Andrew Jay Cohen & Brendan O'Brien, which Cohen will direct. The script will be written by Peter Warren and Chernin Entertainment will produce with Cohen & O'Brien. This is a comedy-horror in the vein of This Is The End and Scream.
From: Deadline 08/10/2014
Shia LaBeouf slashed face for second world war drama Fury
The actor tried to achieve maximum verisimilitude on the set of David Ayer's drama by cutting his face, as well as previously-reported teeth-pulling and aversion to washing.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/10/2014
Live and Let Die Bond villain Geoffrey Holder dies aged 84
Death announced of actor who played cackling baddie Baron Samedi in 1973 blaxploitation Bond, and who also narrated Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/10/2014
Robert Downey Jr. Says He's In Talks For More Iron Man
Well, that didn't last long. You might recall that, just last month at the Toronto Film Festival, Robert Downey Jr. said that no future solo Iron Man movies were in the works. People should've checked to see if his nose grew Pinocchio-style as he said it, because he appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show on Tuesday and said that he's in negotiations for more.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2014
Casey Affleck Will Be Boston Strong
Given how many Boston-set films he's starred, we're starting to wonder if Casey Affleck has a standing order with his agents to send him everything that even so much as mentions the place. But we can see why he might be attracted to a new hot spec script about the manhunt that followed last year's attack on the Boston Marathon.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2014
Steve Carell Set To Feel Paranoid
Despite establishing himself as a film star in family and comedy (and family comedy) films, Steve Carell has been stretching his thespian muscles recently and receiving some of the best reviews of his career for dark, real-life drama Foxcatcher. He's dipping his toe into the paranoid thriller business for a new film from Pirates Of The Caribbean veteran Gore Verbinski.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2014
Tim Roth Finds Mr. Right
With Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell already aboard and shooting set to start next week, director Paco Cabezas has found another actor for the cast of action/comedy/romance Mr. Right. Tim Roth is now aboard to play a nasty nemesis.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2014
Baltasar Kormákur Set For Vikingr
He's currently busy working on real-life exploration tale Everest for Universal, and now 2 Guns director Baltasar Kormákur has just signed a deal to direct a script he co-wrote based on Icelandic sagas called Vikingr.
From: Empire Online 07/10/2014
Aubrey Plaza Really Wants To Play This Superhero
The Hulk may be one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Marvel hasn't done as much with him compared to their other headlining heroes.
From: Cinema Blend 07/10/2014
Jeff Goldblum Is Definitely In On Independence Day 2, Here's The Latest
It might disappoint you that Dr. Ian Malcolm will not be featured in Colin Trevorrow's upcoming Jurassic Park sequel Jurassic World, but don't take that to mean that Jeff Goldblum is done reprising characters he played back in the 1990s.
From: Cinema Blend 07/10/2014
'Flight Of The Conchords' Star Jemaine Clement Tackles 'People Places Things'
Jemaine Clement, best known as one half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, has linked up with Grace Is Gone helmer James C. Strouse for indie feature People Places Things.
From: Deadline 07/10/2014
Steve Carell And Gore Verbinski Team For Paranoid Thriller At New Regency
Gore Verbinski will direct Steve Carell in an untitled paranoid thriller that New Regency will put in production in March. It's the first project in the multiyear deal between Blind Wink and New Regency, and several others will follow in quick succession.
From: Deadline 07/10/2014
Richard Curtis: Love Actually a 'catastrophe'
Richard Curtis has described editing hit festive romcom Love Actually as a "catastrophe" which he desperately wanted more time to work into shape. Speaking at the Cheltenham literature festival over the weekend, the film-maker said the 2003 film had to be finished in time for a Christmas release, much to his chagrin.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/10/2014
Ben Affleck: Bill Maher and Sam Harris 'gross' and 'racist' in views of Islam
The actor has won praise on social media for accusing both men of religious stereotyping while discussing Islam with them on Maher's HBO talk show.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/10/2014
Out of the Office: Mackenzie Crook on David Brent movie - 'Nobody's been in touch'
Actor confirms he's not involved in Life on the Road and suggests that few would be keen to catch up with Wernham Hogg regulars.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/10/2014
Lost Sherlock Holmes Film Re-Discovered
Of the well-over-200 Sherlock Holmes films produced since 1900, one you might not have expected to see was 1916's Sherlock Holmes. Before Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr, Ian McKellen and Jonny Lee Miller; before Jeremy Brett and Peter Cushing; before even Basil Rathbone, there was William Gillette, in the blockbuster 1899 stage play Sherlock Holmes: A Drama In Four Acts.
From: Empire Online 06/10/2014
Michael Gambon And Imelda Staunton Join Paddington
Though the film is set to scamper into our cinemas next month, there has still been time to add two more voice performers to the cast of Paddington. And the filmmakers have whipped up a Harry Potter reunion, with Michael Gambon and Imelda Staunton jumping aboard.
From: Empire Online 06/10/2014
Martin Freeman Set For The Eichmann Show
As part of a big set of programmes to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the BBC is working on a centrepiece drama about the televising of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann. And the Beeb has Martin Freeman and Anthony LaPaglia aboard to star.
From: Empire Online 06/10/2014
Celebrity authors find family sagas a winning formula
The Bush clan, the Spencers, the Hustons and Kennedys are being pored over by the public again as publishers provide an autumn lineup focusing on dynasties with a rich history.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/10/2014
'We just clicked at each other for five minutes': Inherent Vice cast explain how chaos was key at film's premiere
First screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's freewheeling 70s-set crime thriller leaves stars - including Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson and Jena Malone - as bewitched and bewildered as audience.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/10/2014
'71 new clip
Following its fantastic reception at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, STUDIOCANAL is delighted to announce the release of the explosive thriller '71.
From: Film-News 05/10/2014
Daniel Radcliffe: I can always improve
Daniel Radcliffe doesn't think he'll ever be "totally satisfied" with his acting abilities.
From: Film-News 05/10/2014
James Spader: the era of classic films has ended
The Blacklist star says changes in the way we watch movies mean their legacy has gone.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/10/2014
Inherent Vice: P.T. Anderson Tries His Hand At Stoner Comedy, Fails
Strange but true: One of the most anticipated films at this year's New York Film Festival is a stoner comedy.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2014
Following The Boxtrolls, LAIKA Maps Out Big Plans With Focus Features
The Boxtrolls is in theaters now and it's awesome. That much needs to be said up front. And it's with that in mind that we celebrate the news that LAIKA and Focus Features have firmed up an agreement to make three more films together.
From: Cinema Blend 04/10/2014
Joaquin Phoenix estranged from Marvel's Doctor Strange
After being linked with the role of Doctor Strange, the indie-inclined Walk the Line star will now not be appearing as 'the mightiest magician in the cosmos'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/10/2014
Tom Hiddleston Set For The Night Manager
The idea of Tom Hiddleston starring in a TV drama adapted from John Le Carré's novel The Night Manager is enticing enough. But throw in the fact that Hugh Laurie is also attached and you have a pitch that already has several US networks salivating at the thought of landing it.
From: Empire Online 03/10/2014
Jeff Daniels Heads To The Martian
Jeff Daniels will be back on our screens this December as the bumbling dim-bulb Harry Dunne in Dumb & Dumber To, but he's looking for something that will let him appear a little smarter for a future role. The actor is in talks to join Ridley Scott's next project, The Martian.
From: Empire Online 03/10/2014
Robert Downey Jr Will Commit To Iron Man 4 If This Person Is Involved
Is Robert Downey Jr angling for Mel Gibson's return to Hollywood? It certainly seems that way, after he revealed that he would sign up for Iron Man 4 if his old Australian pal with a penchant for saying controversial things was hired as director.
From: Cinema Blend 03/10/2014
Fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film to be shot in Queensland
State and federal governments trumpet 'landmark deal' with Disney for Dead Men Tell No Tales.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2014
Ben Affleck set for new thriller The Accountant
The Gone Girl actor is in talks to star in the film about an accountant who moonlights as an assassin, whose script was once included in the Black List of most anticipated screenplays.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2014
US censors accused of homophobia over restrictive Pride rating
R rating for feel-good comedy drama about collaboration between striking miners and gay and lesbian protesters renews calls that US ratings board is prejudiced against LGBT content.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2014
Adam Sandler signs exclusive four films deal with Netflix
US comic actor and producer will collaborate on four films with the streaming service, upping Netflix's competition with cinema chains.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2014
The magic's back: Daniel Radcliffe will appear in Now You See Me 2
Sir Michael Caine reveals that Harry Potter star will play his son in follow-up to magician-heist thriller.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/10/2014
Jeremy Renner Talks Matt Damon And Bourne
Like a kid trying to prise open a particularly stubborn piggy bank, there's a sense that Universal is still figuring out how best to exploit its lucrative Bourne brand.
From: Empire Online 02/10/2014
Warner Bros. Planning I Am Legend Reboot
In the years since 2007's post-apocalyptic thriller I Am Legend, Warner Bros. has been trying to find a way to fashion a franchise from the film. They have, over the years, considered a potential prequel and then a seemingly impossible sequel. Now, though, it appears the studio is ready to abandon finding a way for Will Smith to return and has come up with a plan to craft a reboot.
From: Empire Online 02/10/2014
Russell Crowe Directed A New Movie And It Looks Epic
As one of the most prestigious acting talents of the last 20 years, Russell Crowe has worked under some of modern cinema's most lauded and respected directors in the shape of Ridley Scott, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Mann, and Peter Weir.
From: Cinema Blend 02/10/2014
Netflix's first original movie will be Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel
Netflix is teaming up with Hollywood superproducer Harvey Weinstein for its first original film - the sequel to the Oscar-winning martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2014
Gillian Anderson: 'intolerable' sexism 'happens all the time in Hollywood'
The actor told Red magazine that sexism comes as standard in the film industry, and that 'the expectation is that, if a woman is wearing a short skirt, she's asking for it'
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2014
Alec Baldwin to play bossy cartoon baby
Baldwin will lend his voice to a briefcase-carrying tot in DreamWorks' Boss Baby, with Kevin Spacey as the evil CEO of rival company Puppy Co.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2014
Will tale of Lindsay Lohan on London stage end up a tragedy or comedy?
Theatregoers seemingly don't care if US star is good or bad in David Mamet play in West End, but are sure she won't be dull.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/10/2014
New Mr Fantastic Miles Teller Talks Fantastic Four
'The tone of this film is completely different from the last one'
From: Empire Online 01/10/2014
Jacob Lofland Heads For Maze Runner Sequel
With 20th Century Fox going full speed ahead on the sequel to The Maze Runner after the first film's successful launch at the US box office, director Wes Ball is gathering together the cast. He recently hired Aidan Gillen to play a villain in Maze Runner: Scorch Trials and he now has young Mud actor Jacob Lofland aboard.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2014
First Look At Benedict Cumberbatch As Richard III In The Hollow Crown
Now is the winter of our Benedict content, made glorious summer by this new look at Sir Cumber of Batch playing Richard III as part of the new cycle of the Beeb's The Hollow Crown. For this second set of Shakespeare adaptations - subtitled The Wars Of The Roses - we'll see Richard's tale plus Henry VI, in two parts rather than three.
From: Empire Online 01/10/2014
This Is Who James Marsden Wants For Young Cyclops
Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse will be starting production next year, which means that the next few months are going to be packed with all kinds of casting rumors. Surely the movie will introduce characters we've never seen before on the big screen, but one interesting twist coming is that the film will also be looking for young versions of Cyclops.
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2014
This Is How Star Wars 7 Will Probably Begin
We fully expect that J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII will begin in the traditional way, complete with the sound of John Williams' brilliant score and yellow text scrolling across the screen, but everything that happens after that point is a complete mystery to fans thanks to the production's strict secrecy. It will probably be a while before we actually see anything official on this front, but now a new report has painted an interesting picture of what we can expect from the opening scene of the new Star Wars movie.
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2014
Indiana Jones 5 Is Happening, Here's The Latest
Indiana Jones 5 is apparently finally going to happen, after several years of false starts, bogus rumors and alleged new casting announcements. And it looks like it's cinematographer Janusz Kaminski we have to thank for having a part in revealing that production on the fifth installment to the beloved franchise could soon become a reali
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2014
Robert Downey Jr. May Keep Playing Iron Man Longer Than We Thought
Poor Robert Downey Jr. All the dude wants to do is talk about The Judge. But because he's a leader in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - perhaps THE founding father of what has become a massive wave of cinematic endeavors - he has to field questions about his most popular character, Tony Stark, and his alter ego, Iron Man.
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2014
The Big Budget Hollywood Film ISIS Has Started Using As Propaganda
Darren Aronofsky's Noah was one of 2014's most polarizing movies. Some embraced it as an art-house, biblical blockbuster that managed to tell one of the most famous stories ever told in a fresh and surprising manner.
From: Cinema Blend 01/10/2014
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