The Game of Thrones franchise never stops since it’s a cash cow for HBO. The original series may be over, but EW reports that filming has quietly begun on the upcoming prequel series. Per EW, “The shooting location is a familiar one: Northern Ireland, which served as the production of hub for GoT during its entire run. It’s not yet clear if the prequel will … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’: Filming Begins on Prequel Series!!!
Synopsis – A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student. Directed – Julius Onah Starring – Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Luce’: First Trailer Brings an Award-Winning Cast in a Psychological Thriller!! Check It Out!!
Showtime has released a full trailer for their upcoming miniseries The Loudest Voice. The upcoming seven-part series focuses on the rise and fall of Fox News from the perspective of its founder Roger Ailes, who was able to build the network into a behemoth but was brought down by rampant charges of sexual harassment. On the one hand, this looks incredibly captivating and very much … Continue reading ‘The Loudest Voice’: New Trailer Shows the Rise and Fall of Roger Ailes!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Directed – Claire McCarthy Starring – Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Ophelia’: New Trailer Presents the Re-imagining of ‘Hamlet’!! Check It Out!!
Showtime has released the first teaser trailer and premiere date for the upcoming limited series The Loudest Voice. Based on extensive reporting by Gabriel Sherman in his bestselling book, The Loudest Voice in the Room, which included interviews with more than 600 people, the limited series chronicles the downfall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, who grew the network into a conservative powerhouse before being forced … Continue reading ‘The Loudest Voice’ Trailer Reveals Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes!! Check It Out!!
With the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones fast approaching, HBO is pressing ahead with its plans for a spinoff prequel, adding five new series regulars to the cast of the pilot. Marquis Rodriquez (Luke Cage), John Simm (Doctor Who), Richard McCabe (Collateral), John Heffernan (Luther), and Dixie Egerickx (Patrick Melrose) have all signed on for as-yet-unrevealed roles in the potential series. The … Continue reading ‘Games of Thrones’ Prequel Pilot Adds Five Series Regulars!!!
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter) has become the latest addition to the cast of HBO’s as-yet-untitled Game of Thrones prequel pilot. Richardson joins a growing cast that includes Naomi Watts (Gypsy), Josh Whitehouse (Poldark), Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth), Denise Gough (Colette), Jamie Campbell Bower (Camelot), Shella Atim (Harlots), Ivanno Jeremiah (Black Mirror), Georgie Henley (The Spanish Princess), Alex Sharp (How to Talk … Continue reading Miranda Richardson Joins HBO’s Game of Thrones Prequel!!
During the build up to the release of Adam McKay’s eventual Best Picture Oscar nominee Vice, there was buzz surrounding a potential musical number included in the Dick Cheney biopic. Ultimately the film did not have such a sequence, but McKay was quick to confirm that one did exist, and he worked hard to get it into the film. Alas, it just didn’t fit, but it’s … Continue reading ‘Vice’: Musical Sequence Cut from the Film Released!! Check It Out!!
HBO is working hard behind-the-scenes to keep that sweet, sweet Game of Thrones train running well after David Benioff and D.B. Weiss‘ main series comes to an end. We’re currently up to five spin-offs in development, but the only one with concrete details and a timeline is the still-untitled prequel pilot written by showrunner Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and directed by SJ Clarkson (Jessica Jones) … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Pilot Sets Early Summer 2019 Production Start!!
HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series is starting to come together in a more tangible way now that the premium network has made the announcement of a director for the pilot as well as the full cast list. Back in October, we learned that Naomi Watts would lead the series as “a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret,” and the next day it was revealed that … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel: HBO Reveals Director and Full Cast!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. My Take – A film centered on American Politics will sound outright boring to most members of a general audience, after all who wants to digest all that … Continue reading Vice (2018) Review!!!
Casting announcements are continuing to roll out for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot from Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and author / Game of Thrones co-executive producer George R.R. Martin. Yesterday, it was announced that Naomi Watts would lead the series as “a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret,” which doesn’t tell us too much. But since the story is reportedly set long before Game of Thrones, … Continue reading ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel: Josh Whitehouse Cast in Key Role In The Upcoming HBO Series!!!
Naomi Watts is officially heading back to the early days of Westeros, when White Walkers still crawled and the Starks were but direwolf pups. Deadline reports that the two-time Oscar nominee will lead the Game of Thrones prequel pilot written by Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service), from a story by Goldman and A Song of Ice and Fire creator George RR Martin. Watts’ character-description … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel: Naomi Watts to Lead Pilot for HBO!!
Synopsis – A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Directed – Claire McCarthy Starring – Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Tom Felton Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Ophelia’ Trailer: Daisy Ridley Leads This Re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet!! Check It Out!!!
Back in June it was announced that Russell Crowe is set to take on the role of Fox News chief Roger Ailes alongside Naomi Watts as Gretchen Carlson in a Showtime limited series adaptation of Gabriel Sherman’s book The Loudest Voice in the Room, and now we have word on additional castings for the project. THR is reporting that Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Sienna Miller … Continue reading ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’: Showtime’s Roger Ailes Series Adds Seth MacFarlane, Sienna Miller, Annabelle Wallis!!!
In 2010, Summit Entertainment released Doug Liman’s Fair Game. The film pretty much disappeared the moment it was released. The movie was based on the Plame affair, where the Bush Administration outed the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame as retaliation for her husband, Joe Wilson, penning an op-ed casting doubt on the administration’s claim that Saddam Hussein had sought quantities of uranium from … Continue reading ‘Fair Game’: Doug Liman Re-Edits The 2010 Drama To Re-Release On Netflix!!!
Naomi Watts is set to take the lead in The Wolf Hour, a psychological thriller from up-and-coming writer and director Alistair Banks. Set during the 1977 New York blackout riots, the film will see the Oscar-nominated actress play June Leigh, a cultural icon and activist during the ’60s who has since fallen from grace and is a shell of her former self, now facing her demons … Continue reading Naomi Watts to Star in Psychological Thriller ‘The Wolf Hour’!!!
Summer may seem far from award season prime time, but this was a busy week for awards watchers. Distributors and Oscar campaigners are already pushing out new movies and positioning them for slots on the awards calendar. How they did ranged from impressive to fairly dreadful. Here’s a look at how it shook out. 1. “The War for the Planet of the Apes” (Fox, July … Continue reading Awards Season Gets a Summer Start With Strong Contenders Like ‘War For the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘The Big Sick’!!!
Synopsis – A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner. My Take – The moment I got to know about this film, my instant reaction was to frown upon the knowledge of yet another boxing film in existence! Especially keeping in mind that box office & critical flops Hands of Stone starring Édgar Ramírez & Robert De Niro and Bleed for This … Continue reading Chuck aka The Bleeder (2017) Review!!!!
Focus Features has released three new The Book of Henry clips. The new film from Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) stars Jaeden Lieberher as an 11-year-old prodigy who looks after his mom (Naomi Watts) and younger brother (Jacob Tremblay), but decides to intervene when it appears his new next-door neighbor (Maddie Ziegler) is being abused by her stepfather (Dean Norris). The Book of Henry has one … Continue reading ‘The Book of Henry’: 3 New Clips Explore Legacy, Apathy, and Moms Getting Drunk!! Check It Out!!
Netflix’s latest drama, Gypsy, is a 10-part psychological thriller that stars Naomi Watts as a therapist who gets a bit too involved with her patients’ lives. As we saw in the teaser trailer, Watts’ Jean has some impulse control issues with it comes to both her sexual appetite and her desire to emotionally manipulate her clients. As stellar as Watts is, there’s something a little tired … Continue reading ‘Gypsy’ Trailer: Naomi Watts Loses Control of Her Desires in Netflix’s Latest!!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children’s imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty. Directed – Destin Daniel Cretton Starring – Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Glass Castle’ Trailer: Brie Larson Reunites with ‘Short Term 12’ Director to Emotional Results!! Check It Out!!
Another day, another Netflix series. The streaming giant is trying to kill all of us who write about TV by releasing at least one new series every single week. Enough! And yet … their new series Gypsy (which came out of nowhere for me) is sort of like In Treatment meets Californication. Or something. It stars Naomi Watts as a Manhattan therapist who ends up … Continue reading ‘Gypsy’ Teaser Trailer: Naomi Watts Promises to Do No Harm in Netflix’s New Series!!! Check It Out!!!
Synopsis – A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner. Directed – Philippe Falardeau Starring – Naomi Watts, Ron Perlman, Elisabeth Moss Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Chuck’ Trailer Introduces Liev Schreiber as “The Real Rocky Balboa”!!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Sometimes things are not always what they seem, especially in the small suburban town where the Carpenter family lives. Single suburban mother Susan Carpenter (Naomi Watts) works as a waitress at a diner, alongside feisty family friend Sheila (Sarah Silverman). Her younger son Peter (Jacob Tremblay) is a playful 8-year-old. Taking care of everyone and everything in his own unique way is Susan’s … Continue reading First Trailer for ‘The Book of Henry’ Reveals Colin Trevorrow’s ‘Jurassic World’ Follow-Up!! Check It Out!!
Hugh Jackman was poised to get back to his musical and ancestral roots in the animated Australia-set musical Larrikins, but now it appears that won’t be happening after all. DreamWorks Animation began working on a musical called Larrikins back in 2011, hiring Tim Minchin—the composer and lyricist behind the Broadway musical Matilda the Musical—to write new songs in 2013. He was upped to director in … Continue reading DreamWorks Animation Cancels Hugh Jackman-Led Musical ‘Larrikins’!!!
Synopsis – A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever. My Take – In a time when small studios are irking to bring out more quality films, EuropaCorp seems to have decided that will continue releasing bad … Continue reading Shut In (2016) Review!!!
Of the innumerable young American directors whose early work has suggested an affinity for genuine human experience beyond the familiar New Hollywood schema, Destin Cretton lands closer than you might imagine to the top of the list. Though Cretton’s first feature, I Am Not a Hipster, came off as a bit aimless and earnestly modern, Short Term 12 was a rare breath of fresh air that at once gave tremendous attention … Continue reading ‘The Glass Castle’: First Images Tease Brie Larson & Naomi Watts in the Dark Family Drama!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever. Directed – Farren Blackburn Starring – Charlie Heaton, Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay Check out the trailer: Continue reading First ‘Shut In’ Trailer: Ghost Jacob Tremblay Is Driving Naomi Watts Crazy!!! Check out the trailer!!
Synopsis – A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out. Directed – Gus Van Sant Starring – Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Katie Aselton Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Sea of Trees’ Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Enters Japan’s Suicide Forest!! Check It Out!!
Fans of the Divergent franchise might want to sit down. What began as a highly anticipated potential successor to The Hunger Games may take its final bow on the small screen, with a TV movie that may or may not even star the original cast. Per Variety, the final installment in the film franchise, The Divergent Series: Ascendant, may be skipping a theatrical release altogether, with Lionsgate instead keen on wrapping … Continue reading ‘The Divergent Series: Ascendent’ to Skip Theaters, Conclude Franchise with TV Movie and Spinoff Series!!
Brie Larson has been a busy bee since winning that Oscar for Room. She filmed Kong: Skull Island in Hawaii with Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson, and reports of her potentially nabbing the Captain Marvel role for Marvel are the talk of the town. But before we even find out if she’ll be officially joining the Avengers, something her Scott Pilgrim vs. the World co-star Chris Evans wants to happen, filming has commenced on her next project, The … Continue reading ‘The Glass Castle’ With Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts Begins Filming!!
Synopsis – After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago to finally discover the shocking truth of what lies behind it. My Take – I honestly cant wait for this YA novel adaption fever to go down. We all know The Hunger Games and Twilight series have ended. The Host, The 5th Wave, Mortal Instruments, Beautiful … Continue reading The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) Review!!!
Synopsis – Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side. My Take – For a past few years Hollywood has found a new obsession – converting novels based on distopian futures into film! The huge success of the Hunger Games franchise somehow proved … Continue reading Insurgent (2015) Review!!
Synopsis – A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. My Take – One thing that this film proves is that even at the age of sixty three, Michael Keaton can rule! This time he is poking fun at the his own career … Continue reading Birdman (2014) Review!!
