Bible movies are so hot right now, and Ridley Scott’s Exodus (newly renamed with the subtitle Gods and Kings) hopes to be the hottest. Following in the wake of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, Exodus stars Christian Bale as Moses and Joel Edgerton as Ramses, and documents Moses’ attempt to free 600,000 slaves from his adoptive brother, the Pharaoh. Unglimpsed in the trailer: […]
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Aaron Paul in talks to join Ridley Scott’s all-star Exodus
August 29, 2013 
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Emmy winner Aaron Paul is in negotiations to join the rapidly growing cast of Ridley Scott’s Biblical epic, Exodus. According to Deadline, the Breaking Bad star would play Joshua, protégé of Moses. Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, and Sigourney Weaver are all in talks to appear in the flick too. Christian Bale is already set to play […]
Continue readingJoel Edgerton to enslave Christian Bale in Exodus
August 14, 2013 0 Comments
Joel Edgerton might face off against Christian Bale in Ridley Scott’s Exodus, Deadline reports. Bale will play Moses in the Biblical epic, while Edgerton is in talks to play his nemesis Ramses. The Steve Zaillian scripted feature will document Moses efforts to free the Hebrews from enslavement. Zaillian has reworked Adam Cooper and Bill Collage’s original […]
Continue readingAll that glitters – The Great Gatsby review
May 30, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 30, 2013 That Baz Luhrmann is incorrigible. When struck by inspiration, he’ll stop at nothing to bring his preposterous film concepts to life. Be it a baroque pop tribute to France’s most famous bordello, a three-hour romantic epic set in Australia’s sun-scorched desert, or a 3-D, hip-hop infused adaptation of F. […]
Continue readingTom Cruise abandons The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
May 27, 2013 1 Comment
Seems like you could make a movie out of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’s troubled production history. Tom Cruise is the latest actor to abandon the project, Deadline reports. Guy Ritchie is set to helm the adaptation of the classic TV series for Warner Bros, which would have starred Cruise and Armie Hammer. Though Hammer is […]
Continue readingBradley Cooper exits cursed western Jane Got a Gun
May 2, 2013 0 Comments
Bradley Cooper is the latest actor to exit the seemingly cursed production of Jane Got a Gun. According to Deadline, Cooper bowed out of the feature on account of scheduling conflicts with David O. Russell’s American Hustle. In an official statement, he said “I am unable to join Natalie [Portman, producer and star], Joel [Edgerton], […]
Continue readingJude Law exits Jane Got a Gun after director Lynne Ramsay fails to show up for work
March 21, 2013 0 Comments
Things are happening on the set of Natalie Portman’s western Jane Got a Gun. Deadline yesterday revealed that director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) failed to show up for the first day of work on her new film. Producer Scott Steindorff – who, it should be said, is the only person from the picture to […]
Continue readingThe Great Gatsby to kick off Cannes
March 13, 2013 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will open the 66th Cannes Film Festival but will screen out of competition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The much-anticipated Gatsby is Luhrmann’s second film, after Moulin Rouge!, to open the film festival, and the second time ever that a 3-D film will hold the honour, following 2009’s Up. Based on F. […]
Continue readingThreat level midnight – Zero Dark Thirty review
January 21, 2013 0 Comments
Zero Dark Thirty – Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Jennifer Ehle. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. This thing is an embarrassment of riches; the jewel in director Kathryn Bigelow‘s crown. The most accomplished procedural since David Fincher‘s superb Zodiac, gifted with an esteemed, oddball ensemble cast anchored by a career-best […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
A brand new feature trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has arrived. And good news: the modern music is intact! Though Jay-Z and Kanye West’s track No Church in the Wild was previously featured in the first teaser, this new clip has plenty of brand new footage to sate fans disappointed by […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 18, 2012 0 Comments
Though its release was delayed a worrying six months – from Christmas 2012 to mid-2013 – a couple of posters for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby have been unveiled, reigniting our anticipation. The posters prominently feature two of the picture’s Australian cast-members: Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan (the cruel husband of Carey Mulligan’s Daisy), and […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Zero Dark Thirty
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser trailer for Kathryn Bigelow‘s ‘Hunt for Bin Laden’ movie Zero Dark Thirty has arrived online. Though we don’t get to see much of the cast – which includes (deep breath) Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Mark Duplass, Jennifer Ehle, and Edgar Ramirez – the flick’s motives are made clear: we’re going to see the real story […]
Continue readingThe Great Gatsby delayed until mid-2013
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a 2012 Oscar contender no more. The 3-D flick has been pushed back six months from its December release date. Gatsby will now open mid 2013, in the heat of the American summer. Warner Bros claim the move will allow them to capitalise on a bigger audience. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
May 23, 2012 0 Comments
Been wondering what Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby would look like? The answer is here. Watch the first trailer and find out. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, the slick, self-made socialite who harbours affection for his old flame Daisy (Carey Mulligan), despite her being married to the brutish Tom (Joel Edgerton). Tobey […]
Continue readingJoel Edgerton commits a Felony
May 17, 2012 0 Comments
Joel Edgerton will write, produce, and star in a new film entitled Felony, Deadline reports. The pic concerns a police officer who accidentally runs a young cyclist off the road, and then lies while making a statement to another officer. The Solution Entertainment Group sorted out financing for the film at Cannes. Matthew Saville (Noise) will direct. […]
Continue readingInterview: Felicity Price (Wish You Were Here)
April 18, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Felicity Price (Wish You Were Here). By Simon Miraudo. There’s no better way to ensure you get a juicy role in a movie than by writing it yourself. Felicity Price has done just that with Wish You Were Here, which tells of a dream holiday gone nightmarishly wrong. Co-written and directed by her husband Kieran Darcy-Smith, Price stars alongside Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, and Antony […]
Continue readingPicture imperfect – Wish You Were Here review
April 18, 2012 0 Comments
Wish You Were Here – Starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, and Teresa Palmer. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Wish You Were Here is a slick, solid, and unsettling drama that plays right into Australians’ joint love and fear of travelling abroad. The opening moments of Aussie holidaymakers at a Cambodian rave […]
Continue readingAnimal Kingdom director takes on The Rover
April 12, 2012 0 Comments
David Michôd has selected The Rover as his follow-up to Animal Kingdom, Variety reports. The Aussie filmmaker plans to write and direct the drama based on an idea he conjured up with Animal Kingdom star Joel Edgerton. In The Rover, a man is on a mission to find his stolen car, in which he has […]
Continue readingExclusive Clip – Wish You Were Here
March 15, 2012 0 Comments
Check out an exclusive clip from Hopscotch Films’ upcoming Aussie drama Wish You Were Here, featuring stars Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer. Kieran Darcy-Smith‘s thriller is one of our most anticipated films of 2012 (our fourth most anticipated, in fact). It debuted at Sundance earlier in the year, where it got some very nice notices. The flick also stars Felicity Price and Antony Starr. The quartet play […]
Continue readingKyle Chandler to hunt Bin Laden
February 20, 2012 0 Comments
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) is the latest actor to join Kathryn Bigelow‘s dramatisation of the hunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. According to Deadline, Chandler will play a CIA agent in the untitled picture. The project was originally called Kill Bin Laden, but that was before Navy SEAL Team 6 actually killed Bin Laden. Mark Boal’s […]
Continue readingSullivan Stapleton to lead 300 prequel
February 10, 2012 0 Comments
Animal Kingdom‘s Sullivan Stapleton is set to star in Warner Bros’ 300: The Battle of Artemisia. The news was broken by Variety, though it was Deadline who confirmed the actor would be taking on the role of Themistocles. Funnily enough, Stapleton will take the part that his AK co-star Joel Edgerton previously passed on. Eva Green will play Artemisia, […]
Continue readingChastain and Edgerton set for double feature
February 3, 2012 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain is so prolific, even her individual movies are duplicating. The Oscar-nominated star of The Help (and Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life) has signed on to star opposite Australia’s own Joel Edgerton in a double feature film project, Deadline reports. Entitled The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor […]
Continue readingWish You Were Here gets Australian release date
January 24, 2012 0 Comments
Kieran Darcy-Smith‘s thriller Wish You Were Here is one of our most anticipated films of 2012 (our fourth most anticipated, in fact), and our excitement has only escalated since it opened the Sundance Film Festival late last week. The Aussie production stars Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price and Anthony Starr as four holidaymakers in Cambodia, only three of whom return […]
Continue readingThe 10 most exciting films of 2012
January 4, 2012 12 Comments
The 10 most exciting films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Apocalyptic Mayan prophecies be damned; we’re mighty excited for 2012. Not only will we get to see if Roland Emmerich’s vision of complete tectonic-destruction comes true (might be fun?), but we’ll also be treated to a batch of awesome-sounding feature films in the lead-up. Here […]
Continue readingEva Green in talks for 300: Battle of Artemisia
December 19, 2011 1 Comment
Former Bond girl Eva Green is in talks to star in the 300 prequel Battle of Artemisia. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Green would play Artemisia herself, “a ruthless, gold-covered goddess who persuades Xerxes to amass his army and helps lead them into battle”. Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures are still looking for an actor to […]
Continue readingFirst look at The Great Gatsby
December 14, 2011 0 Comments
The first official images from Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of The Great Gatsby have made their way online, showing off Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton as Jay, Nick, Daisy and Tom respectively. Luhrmann’s approach to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel has generated its fair share of ire during production, notably for being […]
Continue readingThe 10 best male performances of 2011
December 8, 2011 1 Comment
The 10 best male performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by ranking our favourite performances of the year? Look past the inherent ridiculousness of comparing dudes who play vicious murderers with those dressed in […]
Continue readingAustralia’s Wish You Were Here headed to Sundance
December 1, 2011 0 Comments
Following in the tradition of Animal Kingdom and Mad Bastards before it, Aussie film Wish You Were Here has been selected to screen at 2012’s Sundance Film Festival. The picture – starring Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price and Anthony Starr – will open the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Here’s the picture’s official synopsis: “Four […]
Continue readingSteven Soderbergh abandons The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
November 18, 2011 0 Comments
Steven Soderbergh’s retirement date just got a little bit closer. The director has reportedly walked away from Warner Bros’ film adaptation of the 1960s spy show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. According to Indiewire, his decision was the result of WB’s indecisiveness and what he believed to be a lack of commitment to the project. George […]
Continue readingIs Channing Tatum the new Man From U.N.C.L.E.?
November 16, 2011 0 Comments
Following the exit of Bradley Cooper, Steven Soderbergh is reportedly courting his Magic Mike star (and inspiration!) Channing Tatum to take over the lead role in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. According to Deadline, there is no official offer on the table just yet for Tatum to play superspy Napoleon Solo. Last week it was revealed Joel […]
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