Ever since it was announced that a new, big-budget film version of Ben-Hur was in the works, there have been a lot of people wondering whether we needed it. There was more reticence when it was announced that Timur Bekmambetov would direct, as the likes of Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter haven’t suggested he’s a perfect fit for an iconic epic.
However, the shoot went ahead with Jack Huston taking over from Charlton Heston in the title role, and now the first trailer, and a poster, are here.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro.’
The film will be in cinemas in August. [Read more…]
After the surprise success of Now You See Me, it didn’t take long for them to put a sequel into development. It has taken a little longer to arrive that originally planned, but now it’s on its way and the main trailer has arrived.
Synopsis: ‘Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star in the action comedy Central Intelligence, for New Line Cinema and Universal Pictures.
To mark its 30th anniversary, the BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival has done something it’s never done before – surveying a list of experts to put together a list of the top 30 LGBT movies of all time. That list has now been released, ahead of the festival’s March 16th opening.
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In TV’s Brothers & Sisters, Sally Field’s Nora Walker was very accepting of her gay child, and now she’s underlined that she’s very much the same herself. Her own son, Sam, is gay, and she recently told Sirius XM’s EW Radio that of his coming out, “I welcomed him to welcome himself and find that part of his life.”
Tim Burton returns this year with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’s, magical mystery, which is set in a house that is is stuck in a time loop, where it’s always September 3, 1940, with the clock constantly resetting just before it gets bombed by the Germans.
Yesterday at SXSW Seth Rogen presented a work-in-progress screening on his R-rated, CG animated movie Sausage Party. It got pretty good buzz, even if it wasn’t finished, with many suggesting it’s a smart and funny movie, which takes a sideways look at belief and religion.
The search for the actor who will play young Han Solo in the planned Star Wars spin-off that will focus on the characters’ early days continues to narrow. Back in January it was said the likes of Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Dave Franco, Logan Lerman, Jack Reynor, Scott Eastwood, Emory Cohen, and Blake Jenner were on the shortlist.
Ever since Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull there have been rumblings about another film outing for Indy (with many hoping another movie would be made just so the franchise didn’t go out with its underwhelming last installment). There have even been suggestions that Harrison Ford only agreed to make The Force Awakens if Disney promised to make Indy 5.