Forgive me for shedding a tear, but it seems our dearly beloved Welsh hunk Luke Evans will again play a negative character! He's just scored a lead role in Noel Clarke's 10x10, a thriller in which he will be Lewis, a seemingly ordinary guy who under the surface hides a singular obsession – revenge – and the focus of his obsession is Cathy (Kelly Reilly). In broad daylight, he kidnaps her and takes her to his home, where he’s built a soundproofed cell measuring 10 feet by 10 feet and where he plans to extract a dark secret from her past. But as his motive begins to unravel, it becomes clear that Cathy is a formidable match for her kidnapper.
You will next see Luke playing Gaston in Disney's live action Beauty
and the Beast, while Reilly leads Sky's new epic TV series Britanniaset
in Roman times.
OLIVIA WILDE TO
BECOMEAVIGILANTE After just giving birth to her second child two weeks ago with her
husband Jason Sudeikis, lovely Olivia Wilde will jump into action. She
will lead A VIGILANTE a movie directed and written by Sarah Daggar
Nickson playing The Woman, a secretive figure who rids victims of their
domestic abusers! Next year Wilde will also join Logan Marshall Green,
Whoopi Goldberg, Chloe Sevigny and James Franco in BLACK DOG, RED DOG, a
movie about the life of poet Stephen Dobyns as he deals with his
relationships with women and with mortality, from his childhood to his
time as a young journalist and then his transition to poetry.
'FULLER HOUSE'
2ND SEASON TRAILER IS HERE
Netflix has released the first trailer for the second season of their popular FULLER HOUSE sitcom which will be focused on different holidays celebrated among the members of the Tanner, Fuller and Gibler families, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. Returning to the small screens for the second year, the family experiences a new year of life’s moments — the start of a new school year, budding romances and coming together for the holidays. Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Michael Campion, Elias Harger, Scott Weinger and John Brotherton all return to their roles from December 9.
QUEEN ANNE'S COURT AS 'THE FAVOURITE' OF THE MONARCH
Although only a brief time ago I've reported that Kate Winslet will star in Yorgos Lanthimos period set drama THE FAVOURITE, it seems that after she accepted the role in WW2 movie THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER, her role might go to Rachel Weisz who already worked with the director on THE LOBSTER. She would play countess Sarah, THE FAVOURITE confidante of Olivia Colman's Queen Anne while Emma Stone would be an impoverished, distant relative of Sarah, who gains a position at court tending to the Queen! Weisz already has another period set movie MY COUSIN RACHEL among her future projects.
THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE The movie follows the political machinations and the fight for
influence at the court, behind the scenes during the reign of Queen
Anne, the last monarch of the House of Stuarts, taking place between the
end of the 17th century and first years of the 18th century!
'LOVE THE COOPERS' TRAILER
DIANE KEATON, JOHN GOODMAN, ED HELMS, AMANDA SEYFRIED, OLIVIA WILDE ALL STAR!
A new trailer and a poster have been released for Christmas family comedy LOVE THE COOPERS which is out next month following the titular family who gather to celebrate the holidays together bringing all kinds of secrets with them which will turn everything upside down. John Goodman, Amanda Seyfried, Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde and Diane Keaton star!
A visual feast for you today coming in the form of gorgeous, Annie Leibovitz shot, photos of Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander in the Tom Hooper helmed visually stunning drama THE DANISH GIRL on one of the first sex change patients also starring Ben Whishaw and Matthias Schoenaerts. The movie is out this November filled with Oscar winners since beside Hooper and Redmayne, the cast also includes Oscar winning composer Alexandre Desplat!
FIND THE COURAGE TO BE YOURSELF
In early 1920s Copenhagen, the illustrator and artist Gerda Wegener
(Alicia Vikander) asks her husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), to
stand in for a female model. The popularity of the portraits leads to
Gerda painting her husband in further pictures as a woman. Einar
develops an attraction for a female physical appearance and begins
living as a woman named Lili Elbe. Ultimately Elbe becomes the first
ever recipient of male to female sex reassignment surgery, and Gerda
supports her decision, although their marriage becomes strained when
Gerda comes to the realization that Lili is no longer the person she
married. A childhood friend of Lili, Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts),
shows up and forms a complex love triangle with the couple.
'MEADOWLAND' TRAILER
OLIVIA WILDE & LUKE WILSON
You can also check out the first trailer for critically acclaimed drama MEADOWLAND in which Olivia Wilde gives a haunting performance alongside Luke Wilson, Elizabeth Moss and Giovanni Ribisi. In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals; Sarah takes off on a potentially disastrous journey, falling deeper into her own fever dream.
HOLLYWOOD SPY REACHES
100 MILLION GOOGLE + HITS I'm not entirely sure how it is possible, but our official Google Pluspage has just reached more than 100,000,000 hits, that is ONE HUNDRED MILLION hits which is how many hits Lady Gaga and One Direction have at YouTube :) ! I'm guessing tens of thousands of photos I've posted here over the years are connected with that profile too and we get hits from Google Photo Search. Click here to join us there if you haven't so far!
Two book adaptations today, starting with the news coming from 'Deadline' on Conn Iggulden's famous EMPEROR novels being bought bySummit Entertainment for big screen adaptation as a trilogy about the rise of Julius Caesar and his best friend and eventual mortal enemy Marcus Brutus. EMPEROR will be based on Iggulden's 'The Gates Of Rome' and 'The Field Of Swords' — that establish the relationship between Caesar and Marcus from boyhood. The books cover their rise to the top of the Roman Empire, and the political and romantic entanglements that culminate in the Roman Senate. The final novel covers the revenge taken on Caesar’s murderers by Octavius and Mark Antony. In the first film, Julius and Marcus bond at boyhood and grow into warriors who become politically ambitious and powerful enough to be regarded as threats by the establishment.
'EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING'
TO BECOME A MOVIE AT MGM The second one is coming from my publisher who just nabbed the rights
for my country and MGM who will turn Nicola Yoon'sEVERYTHING
EVERYTHING hit YA novel into a movie written by J. Mills Goodloe who
earlier this year wrote brilliant AGE OF ADALINE! The book which is out
next week and has already been sold in 21 countries, follows Maddy, a
teen who has severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare disease that
causes her to be allergic to practically everything. She’s spent 17
years hiding out in her home, only seeing her mother and her nurse,
Carla. But when a boy named Olly moves in next door, Maddy begins to
fall in love. The story is told through vignettes, diary entries, texts,
charts, lists, illustrations...
'LOVE THE COOPERS' TRAILER
OLIVIA WILDE, DIANE KEATON, ED HELMS, AMANDA SEYFRIED
And your trailer for today is for new star studded family comedy arriving into cinemas this November. LOVE THE COOPERS follows the Cooper clan who comes together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, when a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday. Diane Keaton and John Goodman are the parents. Olivia Wilde's Eleanor has been having trouble finding the right guy, so she coerces a soldier (Jake Lacy) to pretend to be her boyfriend for just one night. Her sister Emma (MarisaTomei) is searching for the perfect gift, although she seems to have issues with shoplifting. Their brother Hank (Ed Helms) is a single dad, who is trying to get his daughter to break a hilariously inappropriate habit. Amanda Seyfried is their fourth child.
SAM CLAFLIN AND LILY JAMES FOR WORLD WAR TWO DRAMA
We're all World War 2 today, people, starting with the news on THEIR FINEST HOUR AND A HALF BBC Films project which is currently eyeing Sam Claflin and Lily James for the lead roles! The Lone Scherfig helmed big screen adaptation of Lissa Evans novel will revolve around a British movie crew who try to boost people's morale after the infamous London Blitz devastated the area during World War II.
DID YOU KNOW? Sam Claflin is currently one of the most sought after young actors
awaiting the premieres of THE RIOT CLUB, HUNGER GAMES and LOVE, ROSIE,
with Lily Collins, while Lily James is Kenneth Branagh's CINDERELLA next to Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter, and also the female
lead in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES!
FIRST 'DAD'S ARMY' PHOTOS
WITH CATHERINE ZETA JONES, MICHAEL GAMBON & BILL NIGHY Only a few weeks ago I announced the work on the remake of British
70's sitcom DAD'S ARMY and now, with the movie production already under
way, we have the first photos with the stellar cast which includes Catherine Zeta Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Toby Jones! The
hilarious comedy follows a provincial British Home Guard in 1944 as they
ready themselves to invade France at the height of World War II. As
they spend their days, mostly doing nothing productive, their laziness
is interrupted by the arrival of the sassy and mysterious female
journalist into their town!
'FREE FIRE' FINDS STELLAR CAST
LUKE EVANS, OLIVIA WILDE, ARMIE HAMMER, CILLIAN MURPHY
Speaking of fights and the 70s, you will see those in Ben Wheatley's FREE FIRE movie which has rounded up a rather stellar cast lead by currently the biggest epic star Luke Evans (DRACULA UNTOLD, HOBBIT, CROW) alongside Olivia Wilde, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy! The story is set in 1978 Boston, following a woman named Justine (Olivia Wilde) who has set up a meeting between two Irishmen (Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley) and a gang lead by Luke Evans and Armie Hammer for an arms deal. When shots are fired before the deal is made, the meeting turns into a deadly game of survival.
Ben Wheatley is currently finishing another 70's movie HIGH RISE which also stars Luke Evans next to a starstudded ensemble cast including Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons and James Purefoy!