A new Westworld secret video has arrived, offering up more violent delights, as well as a link to yet another viral website. Plus: Rinko Kikuchi has joined the cast.
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A secret website reveals that there are six Westworld parks. The site also gives more information about the mysterious Delos corporation founder introduced in the Westworld alternate trailer.
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The full Jungle Book Origins cast has been revealed. Directed by Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Rohan Chand are a few.
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Jane Campion's last film was the truly excellent Bright Star, and after a movie like that I'd normally leap at any opportunity to see the director's next effort. But I missed Campion's new mini-series Top of the Lake at Sundance, because doing the project justice required a seven-hour commitment, and I couldn't make that work…
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As Garrett Hedlund continues his negotiations over the lead role of Kaneda in Warner Bros.' Akira remake, the studio and director Jaume Collet-Serra are wasting no time filling in the other roles as well. Buried in one report about Hedlund starring in the film was a tidbit about Keira Knightley being approached for the project.…
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The marketing is starting to kick into gear for Steven Spielberg's adaptation of the book War Horse. Until recently we'd seen only one teaser trailer, but the poster arrived not long ago, and now there is a full UK trailer that shows more of the character of the film. This trailer relies far less upon…
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Steven Spielberg's second movie of 2011, War Horse, opens right at the end of the year, on December 28. Accordingly, Dreamworks has been holding its cards close so far, with only one trailer released to show what Spielberg has done with the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel and the stage play it spawned. But here's…
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Actor Paddy Considine's first feature as a director is Tyrannosaur, which features the always reliable, often impressive character actor Peter Mullan as a violent, self-destructive alcoholic who strikes up a friendship with Hannah (Olivia Colman, of Hot Fuzz), a Christian charity-shop worker. Considine adapted the feature from his previous short Dog Altogether, and has said…
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Ruth Wilson will be breaking into the boys' club as the female lead of Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, starring Armie Hammer as the Texas ranger and Johnny Depp as his sidekick Tonto. Although Wilson's name may be unfamiliar to most Americans, she's known in the UK for her work on the BBC's Luther and the…
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The official movie trailer for Steven Spielberg's big screen adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's World War I novel War Horse has been released online. Watch it now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Information: WAR HORSE DREAMWORKS PICTURES Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston,…
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Peter Mullan is a great character actor and a very serious director. His previous two films, The Magdalene Sisters and Orphans, were both pretty intense dramas, but definitely worth a look. He hasn't made a film since 2002, but now returns with NEDS (short for Non Educated Delinquents), which charts the life of John McGill,…
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Paddy Considine is one of the best character actors out there. You've seen him in Hot Fuzz, Cinderella Man, Red Riding 1980, The Bourne Ultimatum, the films of Shane Meadows and more. Now he's made the jump to directing features and his debut film, Tyrannosaur, is getting great notes at Sundance. And while promoting that…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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Over the past week there have been several rumors about the possible lead casting for Steven Spielberg's new film War Horse, which is based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo and the successful play based upon the book. English actor Eddie Redmayne was said to have one of the lead roles, and Tom Hiddleston the…
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Back in 2007, Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Fuzz and Dead Man's Shoes actor Paddy Considine unveiled his directorial debut, the short film Dog Altogether (you can see a promo shot at the head of this post). Over the next eighteen months or so, the film went on to win a number of awards, including the BAFTA…
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I knew nothing about Red Riding until the trio of films played Telluride last year. They generated quite a response, to the point where Columbia snapped up remake rights for Steve Zaillian and Ridley Scott to work on. Meanwhile, IFC is distributing the original films in the US, and the idea of being able to…
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