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Kodi Smit-McPhee will play young Nightcrawler in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Director Bryan Singer has announced via Instagram that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Let Me In actor Kodi Smit-McPhee has joined the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse as fan-favorite teleporting mutant Nightcrawler. The size of the role is, unfortunately, still a mystery, and there’s no word on whether or not Nightcrawler will be the son of Mystique and Azazel […]

Patrick Stewart may join Wolverine 3, Ian McKellen returning for X-Men: Apocalypse

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With the news (which we reported at Flickering Myth) that director Bryan Singer is in pre-production on the latest X-Men blockbuster, X-Men: Apocalypse, some other interesting news on the plans possibly in place for the rest of the X-Universe. Professor X (well, the older version) himself Patrick Stewart has been speaking this week to Oregon […]

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen weren’t asked back for X-Men: Apocalypse

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In an interview with Larry King, Patrick Stewart announced that neither he nor Ian McKellen were asked to be a part of the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse movie. It’s a little bit strange considering the two have appeared in every installment save for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, but director Bryan Singer’s goal is to explore […]

Sherlock rides again… and again

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Robert Downey Jr., Jonny Lee Miller, Ian McKellen and Benedict Cumberbatch have all played Sherlock Holmes in either film or television during the last four years. Now I know that people say that Hollywood reproduces the same shlock year on year, but when it is literally the same character stories recreated, within the time it […]

Second Opinion – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher […]

Leaving Middle-earth IMAX featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which sees the cast and crew sharing their memories of Middle-earth; check it out below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies here The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings […]

Final trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Thought you’d seen the last trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies before its UK release tomorrow? Well think again… On the eve of our final trip to Middle-earth under director Peter Jackson, a final trailer for the defining chapter of the director’s Hobbit trilogy has arrived online, and you can check […]

Movie Review – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher […]

Memories of Middle-earth featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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As we prepare to venture back to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world one last time with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a new featurette has arrived online which sees the cast and crew sharing their memories of Middle-earth; check it out below… The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies […]

Completing Middle-earth featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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With a week to go until its release, a new six-and-a-half minute featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies entitled ‘Completing Middle-earth’, which sees director Peter Jackson and the cast and crew discussing the epic conclusion to Jackson’s time in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world… The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies […]