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Warner Bros. Pictures have released the debut poster and trailer for Jack the Giant Killer, a modern take on the fantasy-adventure fairy tale of the same name. Directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men), Jack the Giant Killer stars Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man), Eleanor Tomlinson (The Village), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Ian McShane (Death Race), Bill Nighy [...]
Following the news that Wes Bentley has been added to the cast of The Hunger Games, the forthcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ popular novel of the same name, another brilliant actor has signed on to star in the form of Stanley Tucci, Deadline reports. He will star alongside Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Elizabeth Banks (The [...]
Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man), who has seen his screen profile rise immeasurably since his appearance on TV series Skins, has landed the lead role in Warm Bodies. Warm Bodies, an adaptation of Isaac Marion’s book, is a zombie film set up at Summit Entertainment that has Jonathan Levine attached to direct. Hoult will play the titular [...]
Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting) has been added to the cast of twisted fairytale retelling Jack the Giant Killer. McGregor will star opposite Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class), Stanley Tucci (Burlesque), Bill Nighy (Notes on a Scandal) and John Kassir (Race to Witch Mountain), and is said to be up for the role as the leader of the King’s guard. [...]
The Usual Suspects scribe Christopher McQuarrie is a busy man at the moment. With a script at the ready for The Wolverine and having performed re-write duties on Bryan Singer’s next feature, Jack the Giant Killer, he’s now been hired to bring 70’s animated sci-fi series Star Blazers to the big screen. This will be [...]
Following on the heels of his soon to be co-stars Bill Nighy and Stanley Tucci, things are getting very interesting our own Nicholas Hoult who is working out a deal to sign in Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Killer. This confirms the story we ran in December last year putting Hoult fellow Brit Aaron Johnson [...]
Two distinguished names from the supporting actor world are on board for Bryan Singer’s long-awaited rejig of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend, Jack the Giant Killer. The Wrap are reporting that Stanley Tucci and our very own Bill Nighy will join the cast, which is still waiting on the announcement of a lead, although [...]
Jon’s already posted a couple of batches of images from the set of the movie, Now, which stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. You can see the first set here and the second here. The movie is currently shooting in LA and as you’ll see from these images, Timberlake and Seyfried seem pretty intent on [...]
More pictures from the set of Andrew Niccol’s latest dalliance with genetic advancements in the future continue to emerge, with a few small spoilers emerging as well as a look at the look of the film through its costume design. Called simply Now (which suffers a small, but nevertheless tangible, loss of identity when compared [...]
Bryan Singer’s re-working of Jack and the Beanstalk (Jack the Giant Killer) is finally beginning to take shape and now two young British up-and-coming stars are amongst the number of actors vying for the lead role. The Hollywood Reporter have mentioned both Aaron Johnson (Kickass) and Nicholas Hoult (About A Boy, TV’s Skins) as a [...]
Looking both futuristic and dapper on the streets of Los Angeles Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried were photographed on the set of Andrew Niccol’s latest sci-fi genetic thriller, previously titled I’m.Mortal, now called Now. Turning off the aging gene allows for an actualisation of the old adage Time is Money and thus rich, forever young [...]
Alex Pettyfer, who was Number Four, has joined the project formerly known as I’m.mortal. Now titled, well, Now, the project has already started shooting with stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde and Vincent Kartheiser filling out the rest of the cast. Set in a near-future world where the gene responsible for human [...]
After chasing wild geese with X-Men: First Class, nobody is going to be jumping to conclusions regarding Aaron Johnson’s involvement in Jack The Giant Killer. With director Bryan Singer seeing the greenlight, however, it shouldn’t be long before we’re finally talking in definitives. Touted as the role that today’s crop of young actors are circling, [...]
Given the analogous fortunes of Bryan Singer and the X Men franchise it may come as no surprise to learn that Singer has just signed a deal to get involved with X Men: First Class Origins. Speaking on the blue carpet of the L.A. premiere of James Cameron’s Avatar Singer told MySpace (via Dark Horizons) [...]
