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Olivia Colman to Star in FX and BBC’s ‘Great Expectations’
FX and the BBC have set the cast for their adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations — with Olivia Colman at the top of the call sheet. The Oscar and Emmy winner (The Favourite, The Crown) will play Miss Havisham in the six-part limited series. Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) will play Pip; the […]
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Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie Join Christopher Nolan’s Epic ‘Oppenheimer’
Christopher Nolan is adding more star power to his World War II drama “Oppenheimer.” Oscar winner Rami Malek, Oscar nominee Florence Pugh and “Uncut Gems” director Benny Safdie have joined an ensemble that already includes Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt. The film, with its oh-so-commercial-sounding story about the development of […]
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Elle Fanning to Play Ali MacGraw in Movie About Making of ‘The Godfather’
Elle Fanning has been cast in “Francis and the Godfather,” a movie about the making of the classic mobster film. Fanning will portray actor Ali MacGraw, who was married to Robert Evans, Paramount’s head of production. Shortly after winning a Golden Globe for promising newcomer, MacGraw starred in Paramount’s blockbuster “Love Story,” a role that […]
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Charlie Cox to Return as Daredevil, But With a Big (Screen) Twist — Report
Perhaps only Matt Murdock saw this coming. Charlie Cox is set to reprise his role as the Marvel hero Daredevil, though not in any TV series, but on the big screen. The apparently rather reliable website Murphy's Multiverse is reporting that Cox will appear as sightless superhero Daredevil in Spider-Man 3, which in recent days […]
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Rachel Weisz to Star in ‘Dead Ringers’ Series Adaptation at Amazon, Alice Birch to Write
Amazon has given a straight-to-series order to an adaptation of David Cronenberg film "Dead Ringers" with Rachel Weisz attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned. In the original film, which debuted in 1988, Jeremy Irons played twin gynecologists who both begin a relationship with the same woman. In the series version, Weisz will […]
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‘The Boys’ Casts Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy for Season 3
Ahead of its second season, “The Boys” is already looking towards Season 3, adding “Supernatural” star Jensen Ackles, who will play portray Soldier Boy.Soldier Boy is known as “the original superhero,” who fought in World War II and became “the first super celebrity, and a mainstay of American culture for decades.”“When I was a child, I had a crazy, impossible dream — to provide Jensen Ackles with gainful employment. I’m happy to say that dream has come true,” said Showrunner and Executive Produ
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Ryan Reynolds Boards ‘Everyday Parenting Tips’ Monster Comedy for Universal
Ryan Reynolds will produce and star in the monster comedy "Everyday Parenting Tips" for Universal Pictures. The project is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker humorous short story from May 2020, which was published in a Q&A format and included, "Q: When my child gets upset about monsters, my husband makes jokes to try to […]
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