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57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Last Duel

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The Last Duel, 2021. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Marton Csokas, Harriet Walter, Clare Dunne, Zeljko Ivanek, Nathaniel Parker, Michael McElhatton, Alex Lawther, Zoé Bruneau, Ian Pirie, William Houston, Sam Hazeldine, Brian F. Mulvey, Caoimhe O’Malley, Serena Kennedy, and Julian Firth. SYNOPSIS: King Charles VI declares that […]

Ben Affleck says he had a “great time” on The Flash after “difficult” Justice League experience

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Ben Affleck has praised his experience of playing the Batman again for the Andy Muschietti-directed The Flash movie after a “difficult” time filming Joss Whedon’s Justice League. “It was a really nice way to revisit that as the prior experience had been difficult,” Affleck said in an interview with Variety. “This was really lovely. Really fun. I […]

George Clooney’s The Tender Bar gets a release date and first look image featuring Ben Affleck

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Amazon Studios have set a release date for George Clooney’s next directorial outing The Tender Bar, and backed it up with a first look image featuring Ben Affleck (The Last Duel) and Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One). Deadline reveal that the film will hit cinemas in limited release on December 17th, before opening nationwide on […]

The Last Duel character posters feature Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck

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Following last week’s trailer for The Last Duel, four character posters have been released for Ridley Scott’s historical drama featuring Matt Damon as Jean de Carrouges, Jodie Comer as Marguerite de Carrouges, Adam Driver as Jacques LeGris, and Ben Affleck as Count Pierre d’Alencon; take a look here… The historical epic is a cinematic and […]

New trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck

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20th Century Studios has released a new trailer for Ridley Scott’s historical drama The Last Duel. Set in the 14th Century, the film tells the story of France’s last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques LeGris (Adam Driver), two friends turned bitter rivals, and the bravery of Marguerite de Thibouville (Jodie […]

Batfleck returns in set photos and video from The Flash

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We’ve already seen Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne making his return to the DC Universe in past photos from the set of Warner Bros. and DC Films’ upcoming superhero blockbuster The Flash, but Keaton isn’t the only Batman set to feature in the multiverse-spanning adventure and now the latest spy photos from Glasgow have given us […]

Jodie Comer, Adam Driver, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck star in trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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When he gets it right (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven – The Director’s Cut) few directors can orchestrate a historical epic like Ridley Scott, and if this trailer is anything to go by then there’s a lot to get excited about when it comes to The Last Duel. Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck (reunited in chainmail […]

Robert Rodriguez’s Ben Affleck thriller Hypnotic adds Alice Braga and sets start date

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One of the multitude of films subject to a pandemic postponement was Robert Rodriguez’s Ben Affleck thriller Hypnotic, which was originally set for an April 2020 start date. Well now it appears that production is set to get underway again, with Predators and Queen of the South star Alice Braga joining the cast. Deadline report […]

Zack Snyder would have cast Matthias Schoenaerts as Batman if Ben Affleck had passed on the role

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With all of the promotional interviews that Zack Snyder’s been doing these past few months for Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Army of the Dead, it’s a wonder that he’s got any little titbits of info left to reveal about anything. However, that’s not the case – not yet, at least – as during an […]

Batgirl would have featured in Ben Affleck’s The Batman movie, says Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello

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The more that’s revealed about Ben Affleck’s once-planned The Batman film, the more disappointing it becomes that we never got his version. The latest news about the abandoned DCEU project comes from Justice Con, a fan-organized event for all things Zack Snyder, where actor Joe Manganiello spoke in detail about how his character Deathstroke would’ve […]