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Days of Abandonment abandoned by HBO as Natalie Portman exits film

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HBO Films has cancelled production on The Days of Abandonment after Natalie Portman had to exit the film due to personal reasons. “Due to unforeseen personal reasons, Natalie Portman has stepped down from HBO Films’ Days of Abandonment prior to the start of filming,” HBO said. “Unfortunately, the production will not move forward. We are very sorry we […]

Mary-Louise Parker joins Natalie Portman in The Days of Abandonment

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HBO Films’ The Days of Abandonment has cast Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) to star opposite Natalie Portman in Maggie Betts’ adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel. Parker will play the Mysterious Woman, “a mesmerizing but elusive woman that Portman’s Tess starts encountering everywhere she goes, which causes Tess to question her sanity.” The Days of Abandonment is “a […]

Chris Hemsworth reveals that Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder has wrapped production

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Marvel’s very own God of Thunder Chris Hemsworth has announced that Thor: Love and Thunder has wrapped production. The anticipated film sees Hemsworth reprise his role as Thor alongside the return of Thor veterans Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif and Taika Waititi both in the director’s chair […]

Natalie Portman joins HBO’s The Days of Abandonment

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HBO Films has cast Natalie Portman (Thor: Love and Thunder) in its adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Days of Abandonment. Portman will star in the lead role and produce the film through her company MountainA Films. The Days of Abandonment is “a visceral, no-holds-barred journey into the mind of a woman in crisis that […]

Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson featured in latest Thor: Love and Thunder set photos

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More photos and video have surfaced from the Sydney set of Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder, this time featuring Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie sporting a rather smart new look, as well as Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster filming a sequence where she’s suspended in the air. Could this be her transformation into the Mighty Thor? We’ll have […]

October Horrors 2020 – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists are sent into a quarantined area to investigate a mysterious force dubbed “The Shimmer” that is mutating all living things within its confines. Alex Garland is, in my view, […]

Natalie Portman seemingly confirms Jane Foster’s cancer storyline for Thor: Love and Thunder

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Natalie Portman, one of the stars of Thor: Love and Thunder, says she is currently training for the movie and has seemingly confirmed that the sequel will incorporate Jane Foster’s cancer storyline from the comic books. After Taika Waititi’s work on Thor: Ragnarok, a lot of people can’t wait to see its sequel Thor: Love […]

Thor: Love and Thunder will shoot early next year, reveals Natalie Portman

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Although it was originally slated to begin production this summer, Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder found itself pushed back a year this past April as a result of the global health crisis, and now Natalie Portman has revealed on Instagram that filming on the God of Thunder’s fourth solo outing will get underway early in […]

A Double Hit of Luc Besson Assassin Films: Nikita and Leon

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Tom Jolliffe double bills Luc Besson’s Nikita and Leon…  Think back to the 90’s. A transitional time for action films. It was also an era that saw a French director hit it big in Hollywood. Then think about the best assassin films of the decade. Chances are when piling up candidates, you’re likely to have […]

Taika Waititi says Thor: Love and Thunder might not include Jane Foster’s cancer story

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Taika Waititi, the director of the in-development Thor: Love and Thunder, says that it might not include Jane Foster’s cancer storyline. Fans were surprised to learn that Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster will be returning to the Thor franchise with Thor: Love and Thunder. The film is expected to see Jane inherit Thor’s powers, as in […]