Roadside Attractions has debuted the first trailer for directors Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon. Described as “a modern-day Mark Twain fable” (by us, no less!), the film stars Zack Gottsagen as a young man with Down Syndrome who runs away from his care home to pursue his dream of becoming a […]
Mel Gibson and Shia LaBeouf teaming for dark satire Rothchild
Mel Gibson’s upcoming schedule is rapidly filling up at Cannes this year, as coming hot on the heels of his casting in Fatman and Force of Nature, we now have word that he’s signed on to star alongside Shia LaBeouf in Rothchild. According to Deadline, the dark satire is being directed by Jon S. Baird […]
SXSW 2019 Review – The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019. Directed by Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz. Starring Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church, Yelawolf, Jake Roberts, and Mick Foley. SYNOPSIS: A man with Down syndrome and a passion for wrestling escapes from a nursing home and joins a man on […]
We Love It When Actors Hate a Movie They’re In
Neil Calloway looks at when an actor realises one of their movies is a turkey… For reasons that it would take a long German word to explain, we like it when films go wrong, and we also like it when actors spill the beans about unpleasant filming experiences they’ve had. Two stories this week reinforced […]
David Ayer to reunite with Shia LaBeouf for crime thriller Tax Collector
Before he gets back into the director’s chair for Netflix’s Bright sequel, filmmaker David Ayer is set to reunite with his Fury star Shia LaBeouf on the crime thriller Tax Collector, Deadline has revealed. Plot details on Tax Collector are being kept under wraps, but it is said to harken back to Ayer’s earlier gritty […]
A Quiet Place’s Noah Jupe to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy
Last month it was announced that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a film exploring the actor’s relationship with his father (who’ll also be played by LaBeouf himself). Well, now comes word of a new addition to the cast of the film, […]
Lucas Hedges to play Shia LaBeouf in biopic Honey Boy, with LaBeouf as his father
THR is reporting that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a drama exploring LaBeouf’s relationship with his father. Transformers star LaBeouf has penned the script under the pseudonym Otis Lort, and will also appear in the film as his father, while Hedges […]
Shia LaBeouf says Transformers films are “irrelevant” and “dated as f*ck”
Shia LaBeouf has never been one to hold back on his criticism of the Transformers franchise following his exit from the series after 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and during a new interview with Esquire the actor has explained his issues with the movies. “My hang-up with those films was that they felt irrelevant,” said […]
Blu-ray Review – Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos,and Shia LaBeouf. SYNOPSIS: GKids has secured the new home video distributor contract for Studio Ghibli films, and they’ve released a big batch of them on Blu-ray, with […]
Shia LaBeouf’s Mutt Williams won’t appear in Indiana Jones 5
Some bad news for the one or two people out there looking forward to seeing the return of Mutt Williams in the upcoming fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise, as screenwriter David Koepp has revealed that Shia LaBeouf’s Indy Jr. will not be appearing in the film. “Harrison plays Indiana Jones, that I can […]
