Casting News: Matt Smith Set to Play Cult Leader Charles Manson
Geronimo! From the Royal Family to the Manson Family: Say what you want about Matt Smith, but he keeps us on our toes. Just weeks after bowing out from The Crown with another brilliant performance as...
View Article10 Reality Shows We’d Like to See Rebooted
A new season of the Emmy Award-winning reality TV show Queer Eye starts streaming on Netflix today (February 7), 10 years after its so-called “final” episode. It’s the latest in a spate of shows to be...
View ArticleStephen Merchant Joins the Cast of ‘The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel
Funny man Stephen Merchant is the latest addition to the cast of The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the sequel to 2011 film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Variety reports he’ll join The Crown star Claire...
View ArticleLena Dunham’s Next TV Project Will Be a Remake of a Cult British Show
Lena Dunham is remaking British sitcom Camping for HBO, her first TV project since Girls made her name and won her 19 Primetime Emmy Awards. The original was a blackly comic show, written by and...
View ArticleWATCH: Idris Elba Proposes to His Girlfriend in Front of Cheering Crowd
Well, this is a bad start to Valentine’s week: We’re afraid to report that Idris Elba is off the market. According to the Twitter account of a theater screening his directorial debut Yardie in London...
View ArticleKeira Knightley and Matt Smith Team Up for New Spy Film ‘Official Secrets’
It looks like Matt Smith is back in Her Majesty’s service, as he signs up to star alongside Keira Knightley in a new spy film. Official Secrets is based on the real-life scandal that erupted in the...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch Narrates Classic Children’s Book Live on Stage
We’ll finally get to see Benedict Cumberbatch as the fearsome tiger Shere Khan when Mowgli opens later this year, and by the look of things he’s been getting in some practice for the role. Yesterday...
View ArticleDev Patel to Star in New Adaptation of ‘David Copperfield’ From the Creator...
BAFTA winner Dev Patel is set to play David Copperfield in a new film by Veep creator Armando Iannucci. No, not that David Copperfield, silly. The one at the heart of Charles Dickens‘s 1850 novel, who...
View ArticleMichelle Gomez Will Play the Villain in ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ Reboot
Her time as Missy might have come to an end, but Michelle Gomez isn’t finished playing arch villains just yet. Variety reports the Doctor Who actress will play Mary Wardell, an evil teacher possessed...
View Article10 of the Most Memorable Moments From Award Shows
The 71st EE British Academy Film Awards take place in London this Sunday (February 18), with proceedings presided over by new host, the ever fabulous Joanna Lumley. Watch from 8/7c on BBC AMERICA to...
View ArticleGary Oldman Named Best Leading Actor at BAFTAs, ‘Three Billboards’ Wins Five...
Gary Oldman bagged the Best Actor award at the BAFTA Film Awards last night (February 18), beating Daniel Day-Lewis in a race that will be replayed next month at the Oscars. The two...
View ArticleFirst Look: Jenna Coleman is a Grieving Mother in ‘The Cry’
The BBC has released two photos from child abduction drama The Cry, giving us our first look at Jenna Coleman in the lead role. As we reported last month, the former Doctor Who star plays a young...
View ArticleFirst Look: Simon Pegg as Ogden Morrow in ‘Ready Player One’
We’ve finally got sight of Simon Pegg in the movie of best-selling sci-fi novel Ready Player One, thanks to set photos released exclusively through Empire on Monday (February 19). The Mission:...
View ArticleFirst Look: Jonathan Pryce in Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
Things are looking up for Terry Gilliam‘s ill-fated take on Don Quixote: an official photo released yesterday (February 21) shows its two stars Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in character as the...
View ArticleWATCH: Saoirse Ronan is a Tortured Newlywed in the Trailer for ‘On Chesil Beach’
Saoirse Ronan looks set to continue her awards streak, thanks to the trailer for her next film On Chesil Beach, released yesterday (February 22). She’s recently clocked up nominations for her...
View ArticleStraight to Streaming: 10 of the Best Online-Only Movies
Everything about Mute — out today (February 23) — suggests a blockbuster movie: it stars a triumvirate of acting talent in Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux, it’s made by big-name...
View ArticleFirst Look: Idris Elba Stars as a Family Man in New Comedy ‘In the Long Run’
He’s played an obsessive sleuth, a romantic hero and a futurist gunslinging knight since his breakout role in The Wire, but so far we’ve not seen Idris Elba turn his hand to comedy. (Er, unless you...
View ArticleCasting News: ‘Humans’ Star Gemma Chan to Play Alien Villain in ‘Captain Marvel’
How about this for an upgrade? Gemma Chan is set to go from playing a synthetic android to an alien scientist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Deadline reports the Humans star will play Minn-Erva, an...
View ArticleWATCH: Benedict Cumberbatch Busts Out Some Moves During Awards Show
We already knew Benedict Cumberbatch could bust some moves, and now he’s back at it. The Doctor Strange star was hosting the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards in Monte Carlo on Tuesday night (February...
View Article10 Female Spies Who Could Show Bond How It’s Done
Jennifer Lawrence stars as prima ballerina turned Russian spy Dominika Egorova in Red Sparrow, which opens on Friday (March 2). She’s entering into a rich tradition of ass-kicking undercover heroines....
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