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First trailer for Long Shot starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron

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Lionsgate have debuted the first trailer, posters and images for the upcoming comedy Long Shot. Previously titled Flarsky, the film reunites director Jonathan Levine with his 50/50 and The Night Before star Seth Rogen alongside a cast that includes Charlize Theron, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Andy Serkis, June Diane Raphael, Bob Odenkirk, and Alexander Skarsgard; take a look […]

Movie Review – Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)

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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, 2018. Directed by Andy Serkis. Starring Rohan Chand, Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Freida Pinto, Naomie Harris, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Matthew Rhys, Jack Reynor, Tom Hollander, and Louis Ashbourne Serkis. SYNOPSIS: A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere […]

Andy Serkis purposefully fuels speculation about Snoke being in Star Wars: Episode IX

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Andy Serkis, the actor behind Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is spreading rumours for the sake of it about the character being in Episode IX. Snoke has been one of the most mysterious and fascinating components of the new Star Wars trilogy but with the character being seemingly killed off in […]

Second Opinion – Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)

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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, 2018. Directed by Andy Serkis. Starring Rohan Chand, Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Freida Pinto, Naomie Harris, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Matthew Rhys, Jack Reynor, Tom Hollander, and Louis Ashbourne Serkis. SYNOPSIS: A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere […]

Movie Review – Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)

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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, 2018. Directed by Andy Serkis. Starring Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Andy Serkis, Peter Mullan, Naomie Harris, Freida Pinto, Eddie Marsan, Jack Reynor, Matthew Rhys, and Rohan Chand. SYNOPSIS: A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well […]

Andy Serkis’ Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle gets a new poster, trailer and images

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Ahead of its limited theatrical release next month, Netflix has released a new trailer, poster and images for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Directed by Andy Serkis, the film is an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale The Jungle Book and stars Rohan Chand in the title role, alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, […]

Carey Mulligan, Andy Serkis, Daniel Kaluuya and Martin Freeman set “radical retelling” of A Christmas Carol

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Screen Daily is reporting that Carey Mulligan (Wildlife) and Black Panther stars Andy Serkis, Daniel Kaluuya and Martin Freeman have signed on to the voice cast of an animated “radical retelling” of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. BAFTA-nominated siblings Jacqui and David Morris (McCullin, Nureyev) are directing the feature from a script by […]

The Academy’s ‘Achievement in Popular Film’ is a demeaning category

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Ricky Church on the new Oscar category ‘Achievement in Popular Film… The Academy Awards is the film industry’s most prestigious event of the year, celebrating outstanding achievements in a wide array of behind the scenes filmmaking from direction, acting to sound design and more. That’s how the ceremony is presented to audiences at least and […]

Andy Serkis to direct George Orwell’s Animal Farm for Netflix

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Just days after acquiring the distribution rights to his Jungle Book adaptation Mowgli, Netflix has announced that it will be teaming up with Andy Serkis once again, this time to bring George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm to life. Deadline reports that Serkis will direct the film, as well as producing with his Dawn of the […]

Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book film Mowgli heading to Netflix rather than theaters

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Originally slated for theatrical release on October 19th of this year, having already been shunted around the release date schedule to avoid Jon Favreau’s 2016 blockbuster, Andy Serkis’ adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, titled Mowgli, will now surprisingly swing its way onto Netflix instead. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the streaming giant has picked […]