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Colm Meaney joins the cast of Tolkien

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Colm Meaney has joined the cast of the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien biopic, Tolkien. He joins X-Men: Apocalypse’s Nicholas Hoult and To The Bones‘ Lily Collins in the film with, Dome Karukoski directing from a script by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. Per Deadline, Meaney will portray Father Francis, one of Tolkien’s school teachers. Tolkien will […]

First poster and trailer for Drake Doremus’ Newness starring Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa

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Ahead of its VOD release next month, the first trailer and poster have debuted for the upcoming romantic drama Newness. Directed by Drake Doremus, the film stars Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Danny Huston, Courtney Eaton, Matthew Gray Gubler, Pom Klementieff, Jessica Henwick, and Albert Hammond Jr.; take a look below… “In contemporary Los Angeles, two […]

Movie Review – Rebel in the Rye (2017)

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Rebel in the Rye, 2017. Written and Directed by Danny Strong. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Lucy Boynton, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, Amy Rutberg, and Brian d’Arcy James. SYNOPSIS: The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in […]

First trailer for The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult

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The first trailer has debuted for the upcoming drama The Current War. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon as rival industrialists Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, alongside Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tuppence Middleton THE CURRENT WAR is the epic story of the cutthroat competition between […]

Simon Kinberg to direct X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Jessica Chastain cast alongside returning stars

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Fox has finally settled on a director for the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix. As per Deadline (and previous reports), longtime X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is now confirmed to take the director’s chair in his directorial debut. Furthermore, the rumour that Jessica Chastain was in talks for the film has also panned out: she will reportedly play the film’s villain, […]

Oscar Isaac, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Wahlberg, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult reportedly up for Bloodshot

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It looks like Sony is aiming high for the lead role in Bloodshot, the first offering from the studio’s shared Valiant movie universe, with The Wrap reportedly revealing a wishlist of actors to play the title character. According to the site, Sony has identified a “wish list” of eight actors, which includes Oscar Isaac (Star […]

Nicholas Hoult joins Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in The Favourite

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Deadline is reporting that Nicholas Hoult has signed on to star in The Favourite, the next film from The Lobster director Yorgos Lanthimos, where he’ll join the previously announced Emma Stone (La La Land), Rachel Weisz (The Lobster) and Olivia Colman (Broadchurch). The Favourite will explore the political machinations behind the scenes during the reign […]

Simon Kinberg on possibly directing X-Men: Supernova, Nicholas Hoult thinks he’ll return as Beast

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A few days ago it was reported that Simon Kinberg is being lined up to make his directorial debut on the next instalment in the main franchise, X-Men: Supernova. Coming Soon caught up with Kinberg this week and asked him about the report, but the writer and producer was keeping his cards very close to […]

Blu-ray Review – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

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X-Men: Apocalypse, 2016. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn and Lucas Till. SYNOPSIS: After the re-emergence of the world’s first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.  X-Men: Apocalypse arrives on Blu-ray […]