Benedict Cumberbatch debuts his Aussie accent in the trailer for The Fifth Estate, in which he plays controversial WikiLeaks founder and bad haircut-haver Julian Assange. Directed by Bill Condon and scripted by Josh Singer, the picture details Assange’s rise to infamy through the eyes of his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl). It marks the third film about […]
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See Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate
January 24, 2013 
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The first shot of Benedict Cumberbatch as notorious WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released (by EW), and it is the bleached nightmare we all anticipated. The Fifth Estate, directed by Bill Condon and scripted by Josh Singer, reportedly details Assange’s rise to infamy through the eyes of his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl). It also stars Laura Linney, […]
Continue readingSlow death – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 review
November 16, 2012 1 Comment
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Bill Condon. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. And stay dead! If any event necessitated a Return of the Jedi style Ewok orgy, it’s the staking of the abysmal Twilight Saga. Director Bill Condon wraps up the final […]
Continue readingJames McAvoy re-teams with Benedict Cumberbatch for WikiLeaks movie
November 12, 2012 0 Comments
James McAvoy is in negotiations to star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Bill Condon’s upcoming WikiLeaks movie, Variety reports. Cumberbatch will star as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange; McAvoy would play his German colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg. New RoboCop Joel Kinnaman had previously been rumoured to have secured this role. The picture is based on Domscheit-Berg’s book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With […]
Continue readingJeremy Renner in talks to play Julian Assange in WikiLeaks film
July 25, 2012 0 Comments
In some spot-on potential casting news, Jeremy Renner is eyeing the role of Julian Assange in the WikiLeaks film currently in development at DreamWorks. Deadline confirms that the actor, next seen in the upcoming The Bourne Legacy, is at the top of the interest pile, and that director Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 2
June 25, 2012 0 Comments
The first theatrical trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 has been released, whetting fans’ appetites for the film’s November 16 release. In the final instalment of Stephenie Meyer’s saga, directed by Bill Condon, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) are happily married and are “both the same temperature” now that Bella […]
Continue readingSneak Peek: The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2
March 21, 2012 0 Comments
The hot new trend in Hollywood seems to be releasing teasers for teasers. Thus, we present to you a 15 second sneak peek at the impending trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. In honour of the super-short teaser, we’ll offer only 15 characters of commentary. It seems to focu… Sorry folks! That’s […]
Continue readingEwan McGregor cast in Noah Baumbach’s The Corrections
November 25, 2011 0 Comments
Ewan McGregor will join Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest in Noah Baumbach‘s HBO pilot The Corrections. It was announced in September that Baumbach and producer Scott Rudin would bring Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed tome to the small screen as a HBO series. The book tells the story of the repressed Lambert family; parents Alfred (Cooper) and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One
September 14, 2011 0 Comments
The official trailer for The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One has debuted online, featuring all the hot human/vampire action you’ve been waiting for! Like the teaser before it, this new trailer gives us a good glimpse of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) nuptials – and, of course, the honeymoon- before hinting […]
Continue readingSee Edward and Bella on their honeymoon in new Breaking Dawn pics
August 12, 2011 0 Comments
Because we know you can’t get enough… Entertainment Weekly has released a couple new snaps of Edward and Bella on their honeymoon in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One. Sadly, these are not the Honeymoon images we really want to see. You know what we’re talking about. We look forward to seeing all the […]
Continue readingGus Van Sant talks about his failed Breaking Dawn audition
May 19, 2011 1 Comment
Remember last year when it was reported that Summit Entertainment were looking at hiring some esteemed, Oscar nominated directors to helm the fourth and fifth instalments of their Twilight series? Yeah, it was a weird time. Even though Dreamgirls director Bill Condon was placed in charge of Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2, it was claimed […]
Continue readingFirst look at Edward and Bella in Breaking Dawn
January 17, 2011 3 Comments
It’s the moment Bella – and about a billion heavy-breathing Twihards – have been waiting for, and it’s been captured in all (well, not all) of its glory in this first promotional photo from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One: the wedding night. Yep, in the first half of the final instalment of the […]
Continue readingBreaking Dawn Part Two release to coincide with apocalypse
August 4, 2010 0 Comments
It’s long been known that the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn – would be broken into two separate films. Summit Entertainment have announced that Part One will hit cinemas November 18, 2011, while Part Two will arrive November 16, 2012. Is it a coincidence that Breaking Dawn, the final instalment […]
Continue readingBreaking Dawn OFFICIALLY broken into two films
June 14, 2010 1 Comment
We’ve pretty much known since February, but Summit Entertainment have officially announced that the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, will be broken into two separate movies. Apparently the delayed announcement is the result of contract negotiations of director Bill Condon and stars Kristen Stewart, Sparkly, and Shirtless. The Twilight Saga, which […]
Continue readingThe Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn has a release date
May 5, 2010 0 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn, to be directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, will hit cinemas November 18, 2011. Kristen Stewart, Mr. Sparkle, and the shirtless one will all return for the final film of the saga. Summit Entertainment are yet to announce whether or not the adaptation of the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s […]
Continue readingBill Condon to direct Breaking Dawn
April 29, 2010 0 Comments
Summit Entertainment have confirmed that director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Gods and Monsters) will helm the final installment of The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn. It was reported back in March that Summit were courting Oscar-caliber directors for Breaking Dawn, including Condon, Sophia Coppola and Gus Van Sant . Condon won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar […]
Continue readingOscar nominated directors tapped for Breaking Dawn
March 17, 2010 1 Comment
So, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner presented at this year’s Oscars. But could they potentially be Academy Award contenders in 2011 for their work in the Twilight Saga? No, of course not. Nonetheless, Summit Entertainment are reportedly courting three Oscar-nominated directors to helm the fourth (and potentially fifth) installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. […]
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