'The Crown' Season 5 Won't Premiere Until 2022, Which Is When The Final Sixth Season Starts Shooting
The Crown season 5 premiere date won't be until sometime in 2022, and the sixth season will start shooting sometime that year as well.
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'The Crown' Season 3 Featurette Showcases The New Cast
Meet the new Royals in this The Crown season 3 featurette.
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'The Crown' Season 3 First Look: Helena Bonham Carter As Princess Margaret [Updated]
The Crown season 3 first look offers our first glimpse of Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, taking over from Vanessa Kirby.
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'The Exorcist' Star Ben Daniels Joins 'The Crown' Season 3 Cast
The Exorcist's Ben Daniels is the latest new addition to the Crown season 3 cast. Daniels will play Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, a character previously played by Matthew Goode.
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'The Crown' Season 3 Cast Adds Tobias Menzies As New Prince Philip
The Crown season 3 cast has found its new Prince Philip. Outlander and The Terror star Tobias Menzies will step into the role originated by Matt Smith on the Netflix drama.
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Paul Bettany Won't Star In 'The Crown' Season 3 After All [Updated]
The Crown Season 3 is adding Paul Bettany to its royal cast. Bettany will take over for Matt Smith as Prince Philip as the show moves forward in time.
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'The Crown' Season 2 Review: Netflix's Royal Drama Is Better Than Ever
Netflix's royal drama about Queen Elizabeth II returns and as we discuss in our The Crown season 2 review, it's more regal and thrilling than ever.
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'The Crown' Season 2 Trailer: Who Has Done More Damage To The Monarchy?
The Crown season 2 trailer hints at a much darker, much more tumultuous season for Netflix's very expensive melodrama focused on the British Royal Family.
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'The Crown' Trailer: Peter Morgan And Stephen Daldry Reunite For Queen Elizabeth II
Peter Morgan's series, The Crow, begins with the start of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The drama debuts this week on Netflix. Watch The Crown trailer.
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The Crown Trailer: Netflix's Epic Series Provides A Look Behind The Curtain At Queen Elizabeth II
Watch The Crown trailer to get a look at the Netflix series which deals with Queen Elizabeth II's struggles as she became royalty.
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Sacha Baron Cohen Explains Why He Left The Freddie Mercury Biopic; David Fincher Wanted To Direct
After years of working on the Freddie Mercury biopic, Sacha Baron Cohen exited the project. Cohen discussed "the creative differences" on Howard Stern show.
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'The Crown' Trailer: What Is The Purpose Of The Crown?
Based on the award-winning play, "The Audience," written by Oscar nominee Peter Morgan, the drama focuses on Queen Elizabeth II. Watch The Crown trailer.
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The Lost James Bond Movie That Eventually Became 'Skyfall'
Details about writer Peter Morgan's lost James Bond movie that eventually transformed into Skyfall have surfaced, giving us a look at what could have been.
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Dexter Fletcher To Direct Freddie Mercury Biopic
Sadly, the Freddie Mercury biopic gets a little less promising with each development step. The long-standing assumption was that Sacha Baron Cohen would play the late Queen frontman based on a script by Peter Morgan, with the surviving members of the band (Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon) acting as producers. The band is…
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Queen Would Like Ben Whishaw To Play Freddie Mercury
Sacha Baron Cohen dropped out of the long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic this summer when he and the remaining members of Queen couldn't come to an agreement over the film's tone. The role has remained unfilled since then, but drummer Roger Taylor has now revealed that they already have someone in mind: Ben Whishaw. More details…
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'Rush' Writer Peter Morgan Writing Ang Lee's 3D Boxing Film; Plot Details Revealed
Another impressive name has joined Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier for Ang Lee's latest film. A few months back, we reported that the multiple Oscar winner is prepping a 3D film based around some of the classic boxing matches of the Sixties and Seventies. Very little was revealed beyond that. Now a screenwriter has been…
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Early Buzz: Ron Howard's 'Rush' Thrills Critics In Toronto
Ron Howard is by no means critically reviled, but as a director he hasn't had the sort of career that gets hardcore cinephiles all hot and bothered, either. So while we've been curious about Rush, his Formula 1 racing drama, it'd be a stretch to say it was one of our most anticipated releases of…
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'Rush' Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Court Death For Ron Howard
The Ron Howard project we've covered most extensively in this space is probably the fourth season of Arrested Development, but we're also pretty pumped for his other big release of 2013, the Formula One racing drama Rush. Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl play James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two real-life racing rivals that spent the…
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Sacha Baron Cohen's Freddie Mercury Biopic Is Still Moving Forward, Says Queen Guitarist
Every once in a while we get an update on the planned biopic of late Queen frontman and consummate showman Freddie Mercury. For quite a while Borat star and Hugo supporting actor Sacha Baron Cohen has been set to play the mustachioed singer, but beyond that we've heard fairly little. But founding and current Queen…
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First Official Images Of Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl In Ron Howard's 'Rush'
Rush reunites director Ron Howard with his Frost/Nixon screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen), to tell the story of real-life racing rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda, whose competition came to a head during Formula 1 series in the mid-'70s. Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Cabin in the Woods) plays Hunt and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds) is…
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Directors: 'Warrior' Director Goes To Japan With 'Yakuza,' Antoine Fuqua Heads To 'Chicagoland'
With Cannes around the corner, new film projects are cropping up, and deals are being signed. As Germain mentioned earlier we'll see a lot of indie projects cropping up in the next couple weeks, but there are also studio projects moving forward. For instance, Antoine Fuqua has added another project to his slate. Chicagoland, written…
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From 'The Queen' To Queen: Stephen Frears May Direct Sacha Baron Cohen As Freddie Mercury
As Sacha Baron Cohen's new comedy The Dictator strolls towards theaters, I know some have been wondering if his plan to play late Queen singer Freddie Mercury remains intact. As it turns out, that plan has not changed, and now Stephen Frears (High Fidelity) is the frontrunner to direct the film that has the backing…
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Casting Bits: Olivia Wilde In 'Rush', Billy Crudup In 'Neighborhood Watch', Helen Hunt, Aaron Paul, And Maggie Grace In 'Decoding Annie Parker'
Olivia Wilde has landed the coveted role of '70s supermodel Suzy Miller in Rush, Ron Howard's Peter Morgan-scripted drama about the real-life rivalry between British Formula One driver James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian racer Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl). Miller married the womanizing Hunt, but then fell in love with Hunt's friend Richard Burton. Burton…
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Casting Bits: Peter Stormare Joins Arnold Schwarzenegger In 'The Last Stand;' Anthony Hopkins In 'Solace;' More Confirmed For 'The Expendables 2'?
It's an action/thriller casting break this evening, featuring the return of some classic actors to familiar old stomping grounds. So after the break you'll find: Peter Stormare is a bad guy in Arniold Schwarzenegger's The Last Stand, Anthony Hopkins will hunt a serial killer in Solace, and Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Travolta…
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Casting Bits: Alexandra Maria Lara In 'Rush;' Cody Horn In 'Magic Mike;' Caleb Landry Jones In 'Byzantium'
I'd like to make this the 'leading lady' edition of Casting Bits, but I don't think Caleb Landry Jones would like that very much. (Jason Segel would probably be OK with it.) Still, after the break you'll find that two films have chosen their lead actresses, while Jones joins Jordan. Ahem. To wit: Alexandra Maria…
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'Inglourious Basterds' Sniper Daniel Brühl In Taks For Ron Howard's 'Rush'
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds featured three breakout performances by actors who were previously little-known to US audiences. Christoph Waltz and Michael Fassbender have gone on to very high-profile studio work, but Daniel Brühl, who played the Nazi sniper hero Frederick Zoller, has taken his time choosing Hollywood roles. (He has continued to work, doing so…
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Before 'Thor 2,' Chris Hemsworth Might 'Rush' With Ron Howard
The Avengers is currently in production, then it's Snow White and the Huntsman and with Thor 2 on the horizon after that, Chris Hemsworth is going to race to fit in another film. Deadline is reporting that Hemsworth will play British Formula One driver James Hunt in Rush, the story of a rivalry between Hunt…
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