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Hugh Jackman turned down Bond role over “unbelievable and crazy” scripts

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Hugh Jackman has revealed he was offered the role of James Bond more than a decade ago, but turned it down after being told he would have no say in changing the “unbelievable and crazy” direction of the franchise at that time. The star, who has sparked awards season buzz for all-singing, all dancing musical […]

The Greatest Showman gets a new trailer

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With a little over five weeks to go until The Greatest Showman arrives in US cinemas, a new trailer has been released for the upcoming biographical musical drama which stars Hugh Jackman in the lead role as showman and founder the Barnum & Bailey Travelling Circus, P.T. Barnum; watch it below… “The Greatest Showman” is […]

Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson featured on latest posters for The Greatest Showman

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Earlier this week we got a new poster for The Greatest Showman featuring Zac Efron and Zendaya [take a look here], and 20th Century Fox has released more posters for the upcoming musical drama showcasing Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson; check them out below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Greatest Showman here “The Greatest […]

Zac Efron and Zendaya featured on new poster for The Greatest Showman

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Ahead of The Greatest Showman’s US release next month, star Hugh Jackman has taken to social media to share a new poster for the upcoming musical extravaganza featuring Zac Efron and Zendaya; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Greatest Showman here “The Greatest Showman” is a bold and original musical that […]

Emilio Estevez named Hollywood’s most profitable actor since 1980

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If you had to take a guess at Hollywood’s most profitable actor since 1980, who would immediately spring to mind? Tom Cruise? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Harrison Ford? Chances are you’d be guessing all day before you arrived upon the answer… Yes, according to data compiled by PartyCasino, Emilio Estevez tops the list of Hollywood’s most profitable […]

Rumour: Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson top Detective Pikachu movie shortlist

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Last summer it was announced that Legendary had won a highly competitive bidding war for the live-action movie rights to Pokemon, with the studio subsequently tapping Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) to direct a Detective Pikachu film. Since then, we’ve heard little else about the project, however we now have a casting rumour from That Hashtag Show, […]

Fox CEO on the possibility of rebooting Wolverine and Logan’s Oscar chances

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Now that Hugh Jackman has hung up his claws and called time on his run as Wolverine, 20th Century Fox are faced with the difficult task of whether or not to reintroduce the fan favourite mutant into its series of X-Men movies with another actor stepping in to his shoes. While Jackman himself believes it […]

UPDATE: Matthew Vaughn wanted to make a young Wolverine movie before X-Men: Days of Future Past

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Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class breathed new life into a franchise in dire need of resuscitation after the fiasco that was Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand. By going back to where it all started, Vaughn was able to flesh out the stories of the series’ two cornerstone characters: Charles Xavier and Magneto. What resulted […]

First look at Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart in The Front Runner

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With filming now underway on The Front Runner, Hugh Jackman has shared a first look image from the political comedy drama, which sees him as Democratic senator Gary Hart, who was considered a frontrunner for the 1988 presidential race before rumours of an affair brought his campaign crashing down; check it out here… Based on […]

Logan is the first Academy screener sent to Oscar voters

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The 90th Academy Awards are still a while away, but with plenty of high quality movies already on voters’ radars, now is the time for studios to start making moves to ensure that their films are given the recognition they deserve. According to Deadline the first DVD screener sent to the Academy voters is the Fox […]