Well, the cast sure is stellar: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Toni Collette lead the ensemble of NIGHTMARE ALLEY noir thriller that also includes Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn! Tim Blake Nelson and Italian music legend Romina Power also star. Most of them are Academy Awards winners or nominees. The movie itself is a big screen adaptation of the novel by the same name by William Lindsay Gresham which was published in 1946. It follows an ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well chosen words, who hooks up
The book was already adapted once back in 1947!
with a psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. Searchlight Pictures is releasing the movie theatrically December 17th! The film is rather long - two and a half hours!
THE STORY OF NIGHTMARE ALLEY
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper)
endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been
mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he
The cast has two Oscar winners and six nominees!
crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge
to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous
Molly (Rooney
Leonardo DICaprio was originally meant for the lead role but was kicked out when he wanted more money
Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a
dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious
psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent
yet.
Although there is currently an animated version, Amazon is planning to turn SHE-RA into a live action epic series. Dream Works will produce
It will be the first ever live action She-Ra series
the series from the He-Man universe. In the original 80's animated series, She-Ra’s real name is Princess Adora, the long lost twin sister of Prince Adam, or He-Man. She was kidnapped as a baby by Hordak of the Evil Horde and taken to the planet Etheria, where she was mind controlled into serving as a Force Captain of the Horde. He-Man eventually helped her break the mind control and gave her the Sword of Protection, which allows her to transform into She-Ra and grants her incredible power. The new live action series will not be connected with the current Netflix animated series.
1ST NIGHTMARE ALLEY LOOK
BRADLEY COOPER, CATE BLANCHETT, TONI COLLETTE
There is also the first look from new noir thriller movie NIGHTMARE ALLEY coming from Vanity Fair with the poster revealing Bradley Cooper
Nightmare Alley arrives December
who portrays a man working a roustabout job with a small time carnival! Out December 17th the big screen adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, it sees Bradley Cooper portraying Stanton Carlisle, a former carnival worker who becomes a big city star as a nightclub performer, using cold reading tricks he picked up in the sideshow to create the impression he is a powerful mind reader. Now the marks and rubes he targets are millionaires. Cate Blanchett plays Dr. Lilith Ritter, a psychiatrist who first tries to expose him as a charlatan, then becomes embroiled in his schemes, with the cast also including Toni Collette
First look at Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper
as tarot reader Zeena, Rooney Mara as Molly along with Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoately, Ron Perlman as Bruno, David Strathairn as Pete, Richard Jenkins as Ezra and Holt McCallany as Anderson.
PROFESSIONALS TV SERIES
TOM WELLING, BRENDAN FRASER SHOW TO AIR ON CW
In other series news, CW has bought airing rights on new action series PROFESSIONALS which stars Tom Welling as Vincent Corbo, a top-tier security operative, who is paid to protect the interests of rich and powerful
The series is Irish, South African coproduction
clients by any means necessary – legal or not. After a next-gen medical satellite explodes on launch, Corbo is hired by the rocket’s designer – billionaire futurist Peter Swann, played by Brendan Fraser, who suspects sabotage.
