When Keira Knightley stepped in for Anne Hathaway in Laggies, it didn’t bode well for the movie, but now we can get out first taste of whether she does a the British actress does a good job with the role, as the trailer has arrived.
Don’t get too excited though, as it got rather middling reviews on its Sundance debut.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Having spent her twenties comfortably inert, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) reaches a crisis when she finds herself squarely in adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to pursue any and no one to relate to, including her high school boyfriend (Mark Webber). When he proposes, Megan panics and given an opportunity to escape – at least temporarily – she hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Annika’s world-weary single dad (Sam Rockwell).’
The film will be out later this year. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]
It’s been revealed that Focus Features has picked up US rights to the Jesse Owens biopic, Race, and with that news comes the info that Jason Sudeikis and Jeremy Irons, in the spectacular true story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens, who will be portrayed by rising star Stephan James. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on Race.
It may not be out until May 2015, but EW is getting in early with a cover for Avengers: Age Of Ultron, which gives us our first popular look at the titular villain himself – Ultron.
Last year Leonardo DiCaprio attached himself to the lead role in The Deep Blue Good-by, which he seemed extremely keen on at the time, even hiring Dennis Lehane to overhaul the script.
While Disney has largely let Marvel do its thing on the live action front, they have been looking at ways of bringing the characters into their other properties, such as a Marvel-themed episode of Phineas & Ferb. The biggest fusion yet though is Big Hero 6, a Disney animated movie based on a Marvel comic.
They seem to like waiting a long time to release Daniel Radcliffe movies. What If? is due to arrive this summer, over 18 months after it was filmed. He made Horns meanwhile back in the autumn of 2012, and while it’s played at festivals it’s only now that the first UK teaser poster has arrived.
There’s been a lot of interest in Angelina Jolie’s second directorial outing, Unbroken. Last week came the sad news that the subject of the film, Louie Zamperini, had died. Now we can get a good taste of the film about him, as a full trailer has been released.
The Captive had a mixed reaction on its Cannes debut, despite the presence of acclaimed director Atom Egoyan and star Ryan Reynolds. However we’ll all be able to decide for ourselves when it’s released later this year.
Reese Witherspoon is returning soon with Wild, based on Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling novel, with a script from top author Nick Hornby (About A Boy, High Fidelity). Now the trailer for the movie has arrived, which you can see below.
It seems there’s not going to be too much fallout from Gary Oldman defending the homophobic and racist rants of fellow celebs, as thanks to him quickly calling himself an ‘asshole’ for doing so, all seems to be forgiven. It’s certainly not stopped him booking new roles.