Forbes has today unveiled its annual list of the highest paid actress in Hollywood, and it’s no surprise to see Jennifer Lawrence at the top of the list. The 25-year-old Hunger Games star has pocketed $52 million pre-tax earnings over the last 2 months to top the new list, $16.5 million ahead of the current […]
Angelina Jolie to write and direct Khmer Rouge film for Netflix
Angelina Jolie is coming to Netflix! The latest in a long-line of high-profile signings this year, Jolie Pitt has signed up make First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Variety reports. An adaptation of a memoir written by Cambodian human-rights activist Loung Ung about her survival through the Khmer Rouge regime, Jolie […]
Angelina Jolie returning for Maleficent sequel
Disney has finally announced the inevitable: After grossing a whopping $758 million worldwide, Maleficent is getting a sequel. According to TheWrap, the first film’s screenwriter, Linda Woolverton, is in talks to pen the follow-up, while star Angelina Jolie is expected to return. Joe Roth will once again produce, though director Robert Stromberg isn’t likely to helm the […]
Rumour: Marvel wants Angelina Jolie to direct Charlize Theron as Captain Marvel
Dubious rumour of the day time! Back in February, it was claimed by OK! that Marvel Studios is eyeing Angelina Jolie to direct its first female-led superhero offering Captain Marvel, and now the magazine is added to is report by suggesting that Jolie will direct Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) in the title role […]
Angelina Jolie linked to director’s chair on Captain Marvel
According to Collider, Angelina Jolie (Unbroken) is under consideration to take on the director’s chair on Marvel Studios’ first female led superhero movie, 2018’s Captain Marvel. The report emerged last night, with Collider also claiming that Jolie was wanted by Warner Bros. for Wonder Woman – a project that actually secured Patty Jenkins (Monster) as director just moments later. […]
Marvel might be looking to Angelina Jolie to direct Captain Marvel
Marvel have been whittling down names they want to direct their upcoming Captain Marvel movie and according to OK!Magazine Angelina Jolie has been offered the job. The February edition of the celebrity gossip magazine is claiming “that bosses at Disney-owned Marvel were so impressed with Unbroken that they’re offering Angie $20 million for the gig”. […]
The Callow Way – Why aren’t there more female directors?
This week Neil Calloway looks at the lack of women behind the camera in Hollywood… This week, a report by San Diego State University revealed that only 7% of the films in 2014’s top 250 highest grossing list were directed by women. That works out at 17 films, with only one film in the top […]
Movie Review – Unbroken (2014)
Unbroken, 2014. Directed by Angelina Jolie. Starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Jai Courtney, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund and Luke Treadaway. SYNOPSIS: The true and inspiring story of Louie Zamperini, Olympic athlete and WWII vet who survived air raids, 45 days in open sea with no food or water, and two years in […]
Second Opinion – Unbroken (2014)
Unbroken, 2014. Directed by Angelina Jolie. Starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Jai Courtney, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund and Luke Treadaway. SYNOPSIS: After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent […]
Jennifer Lawrence tops Hollywood’s highest-grossing stars of 2014
Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence has capped another fantastic year by securing the honour of being the highest grossing star of 2014, with her movies X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 earning a combined $1.4 billion in box office receipts. Chris Pratt claimed second place with $1.2 billion from The […]
