Evangeline Lilly in talks for ‘Ant-Man’

Marvel wants Evangeline Lilly to take on the lead female role in their long-gestating Ant-Man movie. According to Variety, the Lost and Hobbit actress is in talks with the studio to star opposite Paul Rudd (the titular ant-sized hero). The details of her part are under wraps, though it’s suspected she’ll be Rudd’s love interest as well as the daughter of […]

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Name game – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug review

By Simon Miraudo December 19, 2013 We’re now 343 minutes deep into the saga of The Hobbit, and I’m still having trouble keeping the names of Bilbo Baggins’ thirteen (thirteen!) dwarvish companions straight in my head. There’s Two Beards, of course, the hunky one, James Nesbitt, and, erm, the rest. I’m not the biggest fan […]

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Teaser Debut: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Earlier this week we saw the poster, and now we have the first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. In it, we get our first glimpse of the titular dragon, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, not to mention new cast-members Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel), Lee Pace (Thranduil), and Luke Evans (Bard the Bowman). I suppose […]

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The underbot – Real Steel review

Real Steel – Starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo and Evangeline Lilly. Directed by Shawn Levy. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. At the end of this decade, everything will be pretty much the same as it is now, with two gargantuan exceptions: 12-foot-tall boxing robots will become our primary source of entertainment, and, if Hugh Jackman’s […]

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Cumberbatch, Humphries and Lilly join The Hobbit

Peter Jackson has revealed the final round of major casting for The Hobbit via his official Facebook page, announcing Barry Humphries as the Goblin King , Evangeline Lilly as Woodland Elf Tauriel and Benedict Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug. Much loved Sherlock Holmes actor Cumberbatch was already voicing the Necromancer – ruler of the stronghold […]

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