CASTING BULLETIN: CELINE DION, HANNAH WADDINGHAM, LIONEL RICHIE IN HIGH IN THE CLOUDS, CHRIS PINE TO LEAD RUN THE NIGHT, MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS IN WW2 STORY LE FAUX SOIR

  MOVIE CASTING BULLETIN  

CELINE DION IN HIGH IN THE CLOUDS

Tons of casting news for you today, starting with Celine Dion who will lend her voice in Paul McCart- ney's animated movie HIGH IN THE CLOUDS

Celine Dion will lend her voice in the new movie

together with Himesh Patel, Hannah Wadding- ham, Idris Elba, Lionel Richie, Ringo Starr, Clémence Poésy. A tale about the power of family and freedom of expression through music, it follows Wirral, a teenage squirrel who embarks on an extraordinary journey to set music free, after accidentally sparks a revolution against Gretsch, the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town.

CHRIS PINE TO RUN THE NIGHT

Chris Pine will be full nekkid leading the cast in new thriller movie RUN THE NIGHT as a banker, accused of betraying the Dutch mob, who is dumped naked in the heart of Amsterdam with a $10 million bounty on his head. Hunted by the city’s most violent gangs, he must fight his way across the city by dawn to save the lives of his wife and child — revealing he was never just the money guy.

MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS IN LE FAUX SOIR

Matthias Schoenaerts will lead WW2 set movie LE FAUX SOIR together with Mélanie Thierry, Karim Leklou, Mara Taquin, Bouli Lanners, Julien Frison and François Damiens. Set

Matthias Schoenaerts will take the lead

in German occupied Belgium in November 1943, the drama revolves around Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, which came under Nazi Germany’s control following its invasion of the country in 1940. Its daily offering of German propaganda resulted in it being nicknamed Le Soir Volé (The Stolen Soir). In the face of acute danger if they were caught in the act, Belgian resistance group the Independent Front published a spoof edition, satirizing the German occupiers and their propaganda-controlled newspaper, which came to be known as the Le Faux Soir (The False Soir).

JOHN CENA AND IDRIS ELBA ARE USA AND UK HEADS OF STATE IN NEW PRIME VIDEO COMEDY MOVIE TRAILER

  HEADS OF STATE TRAILER  

WITH JOHN CENA AND IDRIS ELBA

And they play presidents! We have a trailer today for comedy movie HEADS OF STATE which will hit Prime Video July 2nd!  It follows two government

Heads of State arrive July 2nd to Prime Video

leaders who must set aside their rivalry to thwart a global conspiracy and save the world, if they can work together. Elba plays UK Prime Minister Sam Clarke, with Cena as U.S. President. When the duo become the targets of a powerful and ruthless foreign adversary, who proves more than a match for the two leaders’ security forces, they are begrudgingly forced to rely on the only two people they can trust: each other. Along their journey to save the free world, they find a key ally in Noel Bisset, a brilliant MI6 agent played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The cast also has Carla Gugino, Jack Quaid, Richard Coyle and Paddy Considine.

FIRST LOOK AT IDRIS ELBA STUCK IN A PLANE IN NEW APPLE TV PLUS HIJACK MINI TV SERIES

 1ST IDRIS ELBA PHOTOS 

FROM HIJACK TV SERIES

Last week we announced cast for Nigthsleeper series which will be set on a train and now we have another new series with seven episodes set in real time on a seven hour flight: arriving to Apple TV Plus June 28th is Idris Elba's new action thriller series HIJACK with a two episode global opening debut. 

 

TOLD IN REAL TIME

 it is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven-hour flight, and authorities on the ground scramble for answers. Idris Elba will star as Sam Nelson, an accomplished negotiator in the business world who needs to step up and use all his guile to try and save the lives of the passengers, but his high-risk strategy could be his undoing. Archie Panjabi will play the role of Zahra Gahfoor, a counter terrorism officer who is on the ground when the plane is hijacked and becomes part of the investigation. In addition to Elba and Panjabi, the series stars Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Eve Myles, Neil Maskell, Jasper Britton, Harry Michell, Aimée Kelly, Mohamed Elsandel and Ben Miles.

WATCH THE ENCHANTING ANIMATED MOVIE THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE THIS CHRISTMAS ON BBC AND APPLE TV PLUS WITH TOM HOLLANDER, IDRIS ELBA, GABRIEL BYRNE

  THIS CHRISTMAS WATCH  

THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE ON BBC & APPLE

Airing tonight on BBC One in United Kingdom and streaming as of tomorrow on Apple TV + is the new enchanting and endearing animated adaptation of THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE best selling children's book by Charlie Mackesy! You can check out the lovely trailer below and tell us what you think.

IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED

film from NoneMore and Bad Robot Productions, you can follow the unlikely bond between four friends as they explore the meaning of kindness, courage and hope on their journey to find home. Idris Elba is voicing the fox, Tom Hollander the mole, Gabriel Byrne the horse and newcomer Jude Coward Nicoll is the boy.

CATS TRAILER WITH JUDI DENCH, IAN MCKELLEN, IDRIS ELBA, JASON DERULO AIN'T SOMETHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE! PLUS NEW TRAILER AND PHOTOS FOR HIS DARK MATERIALS EPIC TV SERIES WITH JAMES MCAVOY

  'CATS' TRAILER WILL PROBABLY

SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!

Cats will meow this December, literally!

Attention, spylings, we have a special broadcast today with fresh news and updates from Comic Con which is raging currently over in San Diego. The day brought us the very first trailer for the live action movie musical version of famous CATS and I don't know what to say, as someone said somewhere in comments it looks like stuff of nightmares with people in purrrfectly terrible masks of cats. And plus an annoyingly bad rendition of legendary song Memories by infamously overrated Jennifer Hudson. If it is any consolation, at least part of the cast is amazing (if you can get over the fact that Taylor Swift is in it as well): Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Laurie Davidson, Jason Derulo, Rebel

Judi Dench leads the cast as Old Deuteronomy!

Wilson, Idris Elba, James Corden, Ray Winstone, are just some of the better known names in the Tom Hooper directed musical which is out a few days before Christmas.

CATS THE MOVIE MUSICAL 
Based on the book “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot, the musical follows the Jellicle cats, a family of felines who go before the group’s leader Old Deuteronomy to see who will be selected to travel to the Heaviside

Sir Ian McKellen is, naturally, Gus the Theatre Cat!

layer for a new life. Over the course of a single night, their tribe makes what is known as "the Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.

  'HIS DARK MATERIALS' TRAILER

PLUS DEMON ANIMALS PHOTOS

BBC has, meanwhile, released new trailer and photos (showing all the animals in the story) for their epic fantasy small screen TV series adaptation of

James McAvoy leads the cast as Lord Asriel!

Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS which will also air on HBO later this Autumn!  The first season follows Lyra (Dafne Keen), a seemingly

Lyra and her demon animal Pan!

ordinary but brave young girl from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and becomes a quest

Armoured battle polar bear Byrnison

to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. As she journeys through the worlds, including our own, Lyra meets Will, a determined and courageous

Stelmaria the snow leopard!

boy. Together, they encounter extraordinary beings and dangerous secrets, with the fate of both the living   and the dead  in their hands. James McAvoy

Mrs Coulter's golden monkey demon!

is her father Lord Asriel. The new photos show polar bear Byrnison, snow leopard Stelmaria, Lord Asriel's dæmon, the golden monkey, dæmon of Ruth Wilson’s Mrs Coulter and Pan, Lyra's demon.

ANDREW BUCHAN, JOHN MALKOVICH, RUPERT GRINT TO LEAD BBC'S 'ABC MURDERS' AGATHA CHRISTIE MINI SERIES! IDRIS ELBA IS QUASIMODO IN NETFLIX' 'THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME' MUSICAL

  BBC'S 'THE ABC MURDERS'

ANDREW BUCHAN, RUPERT GRINT, JOHN MALKOVICH IN NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE TV SERIES

BBC One and Amazon have announced the cast for their new Agatha Christie three part drama THE ABC MURDERS, the fourth one in the

Andrew Buchan will star as one of the male leads

slate. Produced by Poldark and Victoria's Mammoth Screen it will have a cast led by Andrew Buchan, Rupert Grint and John Malkovich who will play Hercule Poirot (the strangest and, if I may say, the most off-putting of choices)! Rupert Grint will be Inspector Crome, Andrew Buchan is Franklin Clarke, with Eamon Farren, Tara Fitzgerald, Bronwyn James and Freya Mavor also in the cast!

 THE ABC MURDERS is set in the 1930s; a time when the nation is dangerously divided and suspicion and hatred are on the rise. In the midst of this Poirot faces a serial killer known only as A.B.C. First the killer strikes in Andover, then Bexhill. As the murder count rises, the only clue is the copy of

White Princess' Freya Mavor and Rupert Grint will also star!

The ABC Railway Guide at each crime scene. Poirot’s investigations are thwarted at every turn by an enemy determined to outsmart him. If Poirot is to match his nemesis then everything about him will be called into question; his authority, his integrity, his past, his identity.

  IDRIS ELBA IS THE NEW

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Idris Elba is the new Quasimodo!

Rival Netflix is meanwhile moving over to Notre Dame with no one else but Idris Elba. In the third or possibly fourth of the current projects on that topic, he will play the famous Hunchback! As 'Hollywood Reporter' reports Netflix' THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME adaptation of Victor Hugo's famous story will be a musical experience! Beside playing the famous guard of the church called Quasimodo who is secretly in love with a gorgeous gipsy girl Esmeralda, Idris Elba will also produce the movie and write original songs for it! It is not so strange as he really did play as a DJ in a number of music festivals around Europe. The Current War director Michael Mitnick is set to helm the new adaptation of the French classic.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'THOR RAGNAROK' WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH, CATE BLANCHETT, TOM HIDDLESTON, KARL URBAN, ANTHONY HOPKINS! CHARACTER POSTERS!

  'THOR RAGNAROK'

GLITZY CHARACTER POSTERS

It's the 55th anniversary of Thor and Hulk

Brand new, very colourful and kitschy looking, character posters have been released for THOR: RAGNAROK along with an exciting new teaser trailer! The latest instalment in the superhero franchise on the brave Norse God from Asgard brings a lot of changes to the series: not only that it will be more on the comedic side, with vivid colours and different visual aspect, but it also brings a sexy new haircut for galaxy's favourite bachelor (who is now single after ditching his annoying girlfriend from

Chris added 20 pounds of muscles for the role

previous movies). The movie hits cinemas around the world this November trying to save what turned out to be one of the floppiest years in the history of US cinemas. Will it be the saviour of theatres with Wonder Woman?

In THOR: RAGNAROK, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok (Twilight of the Gods), the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all

Anthony Hopkins is again Odin, the king of Asgard

powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela (mega powerful Cate Blanchett) who accidentally got unleashed from her prison and is

Tom Hiddleston as the naughty Loki

ready for revenge. But first. after she blasts him all the way to the remote planet of Sakaar, he must survive a deadly gladiator contest

Idris Elba as Heimdall in the movie that sets the story for next Avengers

that pits him against all sorts of people with super powers who can easily match his abilities including his former ally and fellow Avenger,

Cate Blanchett's son has a cameo role

the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)!

THE CAST OF ACTING GODS

The superstellar cast also includes Tom Hiddleston as  the naughty God of Mischief Loki ready to behave badly again, Karl Urban as warrior Skurge one of Hela's brutal servants who loves to carry around a double sided axe and is all bald, Anthony Hopkins as Thor's Godly Daddy, Idris Elba as Heimdall who probably came over to Sakaar to rescue Thor but comes

Jeff Goldblum is Grandmaster the barbaric ruler of Sakaar

upon some nasty alien beast, Ray Stevenson as Volstagg, Sam Neill,  Ken Watanabe,  Tadanobu Asano, Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster

Tessa Thompson based her role on Terminator's Sarah Connor

the barbaric ruler of Sakaar (eccentric master of all games of skill and chance, a member of the Elders of the Universe), Tessa Thompson as

Mark Ruffallo as The Incredible Hulk

mighty warrior Valkyrie in the movie that should arrive into cinemas at the end of October in Europe and in USA on November 3rd this winter on the 55th anniversary of Thor comic book.

KARL URBAN AS SKURGE 

For some offensive reason Karl Urban did not get his own character

Two megastars from Down Under finally together!

poster. He plays Skurge who was Heimdall's deputy before he saw a bigger chance with Hella whose right hand he becomes after she invades Asgard. 

MINDBLOWING NEW TRAILERS FOR 'THOR RAGNAROK' WITH CATE BLANCHETT, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, TOM HIDDLESTON, ANTHONY HOPKINS, KARL URBAN, 'JUSTICE LEAGUE' WITH GAL GADOT, JASON MOMOA, BEN AFFLECK

  NEW 'JUSTICE LEAGUE' TRAILER

THEY SAID THE AGE OF SUPERHEROES WOULD NEVER

Zack Snyder is again directing the visual splendour

COME AGAIN

Superhero infos from Comic Con today, starting with a brand new trailer for JUSTICE LEAGUE which puts a spotlight on all the DC squad and also on the villain Steppenwolf played by Ciaran Hinds. To be released this November it will see Wonder Woman (GaL Gadot), Batman (Ben Affleck), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) teaming up in order to save the planet from evil Steppenwolf. DC's most popular hero Superman isn't present because the movie is set in the aftermath of his death (or is it?). DC has

There's a rumour in town that Superman might not be dead after all

also officially announced that Wonder Woman will get a sequel movie with the story this time set in the Cold War era and that Joss Whedon really is doing a Batgirl film. I hear they're casting some teensy star in it. Vomits. Check out the crazy new trailer below, it's all kinds of amazing.

 NEW 'THOR RAGNAROK' TRAILER

 RULED BY CATE BLANCHETT

Meanwhile, rival Marvel is also present at the Comic Con where they have released a new trailer for THOR: RAGNAROK which, to our

The third Thor solo movie is out November

delight, mostly focuses on its magnetic villainess Hela played by magnificent Cate Blanchett! They've also released a bunch of ugly posters for the movie in psychedelic colours and I must admit those are some of the ugliest posters the spy has seen in his life but I'm guessing they're following the funnier tone of the new film which is out this November worldwide. We do adore what might be the strongest cast ever, though, which again includes  Chris Hemsworth as the lead hero, Tom Hiddleston as his naughty brother Loki,  Karl Urban as Skurge,

This time Thor has to fight without his trusted hammer Mjolnir!

Idris Elba as Heimdall, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Mark Ruffalo as
Hulk, Ray Stevenson, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Tadanobu Asano...

  HELA IS HELLUVA ANGRY

Marvel also confirmed Michelle Pfeiffer for Antman and Wasp

After Goddess of Death Hela destroys his world of Asgard, Thor is sent to compete in gladiator arena on the other side of universe. Imprison- ed, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiator- ial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.

Two of our most favourite Down Under stars Urban and Blanchett

But first he has to survive the lethal gladiator games in which he is put against the Incredible Hulk.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON STEPHEN KING'S 'THE DARK TOWER' WITH MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, IDRIS ELBA! BRAND NEW POSTERS!

'THE DARK TOWER' 

STEPHEN KING FANTASY MOVIE

Dark Tower will rise this August

It certainly does not feel like it, due to poor marketing and tons of delays in the production, but the big screen adaptation of Stephen King's famous eight book fantasy saga THE DARK TOWER is just around the corner: it will storm European, Asian and American cinemas from August 3rd and then throughout the month. The $60 million fantasy adventure changed a number of lead stars and directors before finally settling on Nikolaj Arcel behind the helm and Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba as the lead duo in front of the cameras.

King got $20 million for movie rights

THEIR WAR IS COMING TO OUR WORLD 
Jake Chambers is an 11-year-old adventure seeker (Tom Taylor) who discovers clues about another dimension called Mid-World. Upon following the mystery, he is spirited away to Mid-World where he encounters a Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), who is on a quest to reach the DARK TOWER that resides in End-World and reach the nexus point between time and space that he hopes will save all existence from extinction by Hell. But with various monsters and a vicious

Christian Bale and Javier Bardem were in the run for Gunslinger role

sorcerer named Walter Padick, the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) hot on their trail, the unlikely duo find that their quest may be difficult to complete.

A TV SERIES COMING AS WELL

The project has been envisioned as three movies and two seasons of a TV series, following the release of the first film, a TV series set within the same continuity is scheduled to be released in 2018. Both Elba and Taylor are set to reprise their roles as Roland and Jake respectively.

King was inspired by Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

Reportedly the series will potentially fill in the backstory to the film, being based on King's The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, and star a younger actor playing a young Roland. This, of course, depends on the success of the first movie this summer. 

NEW POSTERS FOR 'THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US' WITH KATE WINSLET, IDRIS ELBA AND 'HAMPSTEAD' WITH DIANE KEATON, BRENDAN GLEESON, JAMES NORTON

 'THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US'

GETS FIRST POSTER WITH KATE WINSLET AND IDRIS ELBA

The movie hits cinemas this October

Just two new posters for you today, beginning with the first one for THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US which crashes into cinemas this November starring Kate Winslet, Idris Elba and Dermot Mulroney in the adaptation of a Charles Martin book.

The two of them play two strangers who, stranded after a tragic plane crash,  must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and discovering strength they never knew possible.

 'HAMPSTEAD' POSTER

WITH DIANE KEATON, BRENDAN GLEESON AND JAMES NORTON

 There's also the first poster for new comedy drama which is out this summer in European cinemas (currently playing in UK) HAMPSTEAD starring Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson with

Hampstead will be playing in European cinemas this summer

James Norton as her son. She plays an American widow who finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home. 

1ST 'MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US' TRAILER WITH KATE WINSLET AND IDRIS ELBA! NEW 'INTERLUDE IN PRAGUE' MOZART PERIOD SET MOVIE POSTER WITH ANEURIN BARNARD, JAMES PUREFOY

'INTERLUDE IN PRAGUE'

MOZART GETS A NEW POSTER

A new, rather lovely, poster has been released for Mozart costume drama INTERLUDE IN PRAGUE which portrays a few turbulent

Aneurin Barnard leads the cast

months in the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the famous 18th century composer. A love story and a tragedy of epic proportions stars Aneurin Barnard as the composer at a time when has been brought to Prague by the vain and self obsessed Baron Saloka (James Purefoy). Morfydd Clark plays the beautiful soprano Zuzanna Luptak, who is betrothed to Saloka but falls in love with Mozart. Saloka, a psychopath, sexual predator and serial rapist, develops an overwhelming hatred that results in callous brutality and murder! The movie is currently playing in UK!

'THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US'

 TRAILER CRASHES KATE WINSLET INTO IDRIS ELBA'S ARMS

Your trailer treat for today comes from action survival movie drama THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US the big screen adaptation of Charles Martin's bestseller of the same name starring Kate Winslet

Margot Robbie was originally supposed to play female lead

and Idris Elba. The movie should crash into cinemas around the world mid October this year. Dermot Mulroney and Beau Bridges also star in the movie adaptation.

Michael Fassbender was fist choice for male lead

WHAT IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON A STRANGER?
Movie stars Kate Winslet and Idris Elba as two strangers  whose flight gets cancelled, so they team together to charter a flight so he can get to his medical conference and she to her wedding, but their plane

Hany Abu Aassad directs the movie

crashes in the middle of nowhere. Stranded after a tragic plane crash, they must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming,

Kate Winslet stars with Justin Timberlake in her next movie

they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and discovering strength they never knew possible.