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Steve Carell to replace Bruce Willis in Woody Allen’s new film

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After news broke last week about Bruce Willis’ departure from the cast of Woody Allen’s now-shooting new film, the production has moved quickly to secure the services of Steve Carell to replace Willis, Variety reports. Carell joins a cast that includes American Ultra stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, as well as Blake Lively (The […]

12 Films We’d Love to See at This Year’s London Film Festival

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With the full line-up for this year’s 59th BFI London Film Festival set to be unveiled on Tuesday, September 1st, Senior Staff Writer Scott Davis looks ahead to the festival with some of the films that may be part of the extensive programme. We’ve already had confirmation that Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, […]

Lionsgate working on a Borderlands movie adaptation

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Variety is reporting that Lionsgate is working on bring hit video-game Borderlands to the big screen with producers Ari and Avi Arad. Debuting in 2009, Borderlands has sold over 26 million copies worldwide. Developed and created by Gearbox Software and published by Take-Two Interactive Software and their 2K label, the game is a role-playing first-person […]

HBO recruits Michelle Pfeiffer to join Robert De Niro for Bernie Madoff film

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Variety is reporting that Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the new recruits to the cast of HBO Films’ Bernie Madoff film Wizard of Lies, alongside Robert De Niro. Barry Levinson (Rain Man) has been hired to direct the film, which is based on the New York Times bestseller from author Diana Henriques, Wizard of Lies, […]

Ensemble comedy The Brits Are Coming adds more to cast

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Indie comedy The Brits Are Coming has swelled its ensemble cast The Wrap reporting that six actors have joined the cast. Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) had already been cast in the film directed by James Oakley, but now she has been joined by a plethora of acting talent. Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Sofia […]

Movie Review – Barely Lethal (2015)

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Barely Lethal, 2015 Directed by Kyle Newman. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Alba, Sophie Turner, Thoman Mann, Dove Cameron, Rachael Harris, Jason Ian Drucker and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage special ops agent coveting a “normal” adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous […]

Anne Hathaway to produce and star in sci-fi comedy The Shower

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Anne Hathaway is set to star in and produce The Shower, a sci-fi action comedy script that was on 2014’s Blacklist, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Hathaway, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Les Miserables, is producing the film with her husband Adam Shulman, along with Jac Schaeffer who wrote the script. The […]

Christopher Guest to reunite with regular acting talent for Mascots

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Writer-director Christopher Guest (A Mighty Wind) is to reunite with most of his regular line-up of actors and comedians for his new Netflix feature Mascots, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Mascots is the latest in a long-line of “mockumentaries” made by Guest, the most recent being 2006’s For Your Consideration. THR’s sources have suggested that […]

Joaquin Phoenix set for third collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan

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Joaquin Phoenix is in talks to star in a new film for director M. Night Shyamalan, which will mark the third time the two have worked together. The new project, which will film in Philadelphia, will see Shyamalan also reunite with producer Jason Blum (Insidious), who he worked with on the upcoming film The Visit. […]