Ahead of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s release, Hayden Christensen has defended the campy dialogue in the Star Wars prequels. In an interview with The Guardian, Christensen came to George Lucas’s defense in regards to the arguably strange choices of dialogue given to the characters in the prequel trilogy. “George Lucas creates such …
Read More »Crimes Of The Future review, Cannes: “Feels authentically part of the body horror king’s uniquely weird oeuvre”
In the pantheon of filmmakers whose surnames also double as adjectives David Cronenberg stands apart. After all, plenty of directors have made films that could be described as ‘Hitchcockian’ or ‘Kubrickian’, but venture into ‘Cronenbergian’ territory at your peril. The Canadian controversy-magnet’s first unashamed body horror in 23 years, Crimes …
Read More »Mission: Impossible 7 trailer has leaked early, with fans calling it “epic” and “phenomenal”
Update: The Mission: Impossible 7 trailer is officially here. You can watch it now over on this link. The Mission: Impossible 7 trailer has leaked early – and fans are already getting excited for the epic return of Tom Cruise’s IMF agent Ethan Hunt. While the trailer for Dead Reckoning …
Read More »Harry Potter could have a big future at Warner Bros amid JK Rowling meeting
Warner Bros. looks set to double down on Harry Potter content, with reports emerging that the studio’s new boss is looking to meet with author JK Rowling to discuss the franchise’s future. According to the Wall Street Journal (opens in new tab), David Zaslav – who stepped in as Warner …
Read More »Star Wars boss Kathleen Kennedy addresses the Rey Kenobi theory – and why it couldnt happen
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has explained why the Rey Kenobi theory couldn’t happen in the Star Wars sequel movies. Following The Force Awakens, speculation was rampant about whether Daisy Ridley’s Rey might be a descendant of one of the saga’s main characters. One of the main theories was that she …
Read More »Blackbolt star Anson Mount breaks silence on his Doctor Strange 2 cameo
**Warning: spoilers for Doctor Strange 2 ahead!** Anson Mount has addressed his surprise cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as part of the Illuminati. He reprised his role as Black Bolt from the Marvel television series Inhumans. However, the star, who is currently appearing in Star Trek: …
Read More »Netflix unveils first trippy trailer for Chris Hemsworth movie Spiderhead
Netflix has released the first trailer for Spiderhead – and it’s very weird. In the footage, which you can watch above, we see Chris Hemsworth as the brilliant but ethically dubious scientist Steve Abnesti. He’s administering some seriously mind-altering drugs on his patients, who are actually inmates of a penitentiary …
Read More »Emerald Fennells post-Promising Young Woman project sets cast
Writer and director Emerald Fennell has tapped two more actors for her upcoming drama. According to Deadline (opens in new tab), Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan are set to star alongside Rosamund Pike in Fennell’s Saltburn. Though no official plot details have been released, the film is being described as …
Read More »Vincent Cassel set to star in David Cronenbergs newest thriller
Vincent Cassel is re-teaming with David Cronenberg for the director’s next film, The Shrouds. According to Deadline (opens in new tab), the thriller will star Cassel as Karsh, a grieving widower who builds an innovative device that allows him to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. The device, …
Read More »David Cronenberg predicts Cannes walkouts of Crimes of the Future
David Cronenberg thinks his new film Crimes of the Future will spur walkouts when it screens at Cannes Film Festival. The director is returning with another fleshy body horror, which stars Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart, and sees a future where humans can alter their genetic makeup. The …
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