A distributor bidding war is currently underway for Boy Erased, the second directorial effort from Joel Edgerton, which will see him starring alongside Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea). Based upon Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir, Boy Erased tells of his time attending Love in Action, a brutal Twelve-Step conversion therapy porgamme designed to ‘deprogram’ LGBT people. However, rather […]
How director James Wan persuaded Nicole Kidman to join the Aquaman movie
Aquaman boasts a truly impressive cast. That can’t be denied. So, how did Warner Bros. get such a long list of big names to join a movie about a superhero that has not been tested on the big screen before? Nicole Kidman, who plays Atlanna in the upcoming DC Extended Universe movie, has revealed to […]
Nicole Kidman comments on potential Big Little Lies season 2
Nicole Kidman has spoken about returning for a second season of the popular HBO drama Big Little Lies. The murder mystery series caught the eye upon its initial release with film stars Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Nicole Kidman leading proceedings along with a host of familiar faces. Season one seemed to wrap up events […]
Movie Review – Queen of the Desert (2015)
Queen of the Desert, 2015. Written and Directed by Werner Herzog. Starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, Robert Pattinson, Christopher Fulford, Mark Lewis Jones, Assaad Bouab, Jenny Agutter, Jay Abdo, and David Calder Synopsis: A chronicle of Gertrude Bell’s life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at […]
Nicole Kidman explains why she joined Aquaman
With Aquaman set to go into production Down Under this year, Nicole Kidman has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about her upcoming role as Atlanna (mother of the titular superhero) in the DC Films solo movie, revealing that she was drawn to the project as it provided her the opportunity to work with director James […]
Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman cast in She Came to Me
Writer-director Rachel Miller (The Many Lives of Pippa Lee, Maggie’s Plan) has enlisted Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman to star in her new film She Came to Me, THR has revealed. Although plot details are being kept under wraps, the film is described as “a sweeping comedic drama, a multigenerational story about family […]
Temuera Morrison in talks to play Aquaman’s father
The last couple weeks have seen several actors join James Wan’s Aquaman, and now The Hollywood Reporter has said that Moana‘s Temuera Morrison – best known for playing Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clone and Revenge of the Sith – is being courted to star in the film as Aquaman’s father, Thomas […]
Nicole Kidman in talks to join Aquaman
It looks like Nicole Kidman could be returning to the DC film universe. According to THR, the Batman Forever actress and Academy Award winner is in talks to star in Aquaman as the mother to the titular King of Atlantis. Kidman is currently in talks for the role, and has been director James Wan’s top choice “for weeks, with […]
Production underway on Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, full cast announced
Focus Features has announced that production is now underway on Sofia Coppola’s new film The Beguiled, which is based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name. The Beguiled unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has […]
Alicia Silverstone joins Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in The Killing of a Sacred Deer
With production on The Killing of a Sacred Deer getting underway, Deadline is reporting that Alicia Silverstone has joined the cast of the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film, alongside Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland) and Bill Camp (Jason Bourne). The Killing of a Sacred Deer reunites Lanthimos with his The Lobster star Colin Farrell, while Nicole Kidman (Secret in Their […]