Natalie Portman’s western Jane Got a Gun made headlines earlier this year when director Lynne Ramsay failed to show up for her first day at work. What followed was a cavalcade of casting craziness, with actors Jude Law and Bradley Cooper backing away from the project after Gavin O’Connor was hired to helm. According to […]
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Trailer Debut: Thor – The Dark World
August 9, 2013 
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The second trailer for Marvel’s Thor – The Dark World has debuted online. This time around, we get a better look at the blonde-haired hero’s adversaries. Also, a shot of Natalie Portman’s Jane – transported from Earth to Asgard – slapping Loki (Tom Hiddleston) for all the damage he caused in New York (as seen […]
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 readingNatalie Portman to play Lady Macbeth opposite Michael Fassbender
May 2, 2013 0 Comments
Natalie Portman has been cast as Lady Macbeth in a brand new telling of William Shakespeare’s classic tale, Screen Daily reports. Director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) had already set Michael Fassbender for the title role. For those unfamiliar with the story – really? – it concerns a Scottish lord who is spurred on by his scheming […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Thor – The Dark World
April 26, 2013 0 Comments
Hot on the heels of Iron Man 3’s release, Marvel has released the teaser trailer for Thor – The Dark World. In it, we get to see Thor (Chris Hemsworth) bringing his girlfriend Jane (Natalie Portman) to Asgard, either to meet his parents (Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo), or to save her from yet another intergalactic terror […]
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 readingNatalie Portman and Lynne Ramsay get A Gun
May 24, 2012 0 Comments
Natalie Portman looks set to team up with director Lynne Ramsay in Jane Got A Gun according to Deadline’s report from Cannes. Lynne Ramsay made a striking comeback to our screens in 2011 with the brilliant We Need To Talk About Kevin following a 12 year break between films, so it’s great news to see […]
Continue readingBlake Lively turns down Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
October 5, 2011 0 Comments
The ongoing saga of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies continues as Blake Lively turns down the role of Elizabeth Bennett in the Craig Gillespie adaptation, Hitfix reports. Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, P&P&Z has undergone a very public pre-production battle; it’s now on its third director, after David O. Russell and Mike White […]
Continue readingBlake Lively for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
September 26, 2011 0 Comments
It’s a role you’d think everyone young actress would be clamouring for. Rather, the producers of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies are having a hell of a time finding someone to play the undead-slaughtering Elizabeth Bennet. Twitch reports Blake Lively has been offered the lead role in Craig Gillespie‘s adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s (and technically […]
Continue readingEmma Stone offered Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
June 23, 2011 0 Comments
Emma Stone isn’t done dealing with the undead just yet. After starring in 2009’s hit Zombieland, the actress might take the lead role in Craig Gillespie‘s upcoming adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stone has been offered the role of Elizabeth Bennet in Seth Grahame-Smith’s alternate take on the […]
Continue readingWill Martin Scorsese join the Liz Taylor / Richard Burton love fest?
June 3, 2011 1 Comment
The passing of Elizabeth Taylor earlier in the year reignited Hollywood’s interest in the screen icon’s storied life. Paramount Pictures has optioned the rights to the book Furious Love – which tells of Taylor’s infamous love affair with Richard Burton – with Martin Scorsese in line to direct. According to Deadline, the rights for Sam Kashner […]
Continue readingBeautiful dark twisted fantasy – Black Swan review
May 24, 2011 2 Comments
Black Swan – Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassell. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Rated MA. Originally published January 4, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Things are about to get … intense. Perhaps Darren Aronofsky should have considered attaching a title card with that brief caveat to the reels of his latest film Black Swan. […]
Continue readingA lowlight – Your Highness review
May 13, 2011 3 Comments
Your Highness – Starring Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman. Directed by David Gordon Green. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Obviously the makers of Your Highness are competing with Zack Snyder in the race to see who can waste money fastest and in the most outrageous manner possible. In Sucker Punch, Snyder – armed […]
Continue readingAronofsky, Kunis defend Portman in Black Swan controversy
March 30, 2011 0 Comments
In the latest of the battle of the ballerinas – or rather the case of obscure ballerina versus Natalie Portman – Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky and Natalie’s co-star Mila Kunis have spoken out, defending the Oscar winning star. Aronofsky released his statement through studio Fox Searchlight after Portman’s dance double, Sarah Lane, came forward […]
Continue readingThe casual sex epidemic rages on! New Friends With Benefits trailer.
March 17, 2011 1 Comment
Apparently there is some sort of “friends having sex with friends” epidemic sweeping America. Earlier this year we saw Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher agree to a No Strings Attached relationship, and now Portman’s Black Swan co-star Mila Kunis has signed a Friends With Benefits contract with Justin Timberlake. A Red Band trailer for this […]
Continue readingThe Jess Lomas Book Club: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
March 2, 2011 1 Comment
The Jess Lomas Book Club: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies *Welcome to a brand new feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* Did you watch the Oscars? Did you see Colin Firth accepting his first Academy Award for Best Actor in The King’s Speech? I […]
Continue readingPride and Prejudice and Zombies scores ANOTHER director
February 10, 2011 0 Comments
First it was David O. Russell. Then it was Mike White. Now, it looks as if Lionsgate’s long-delayed adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will be helmed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night). The script, penned by Russell, has set tongues wagging, but the studio has been unable […]
Continue readingIt’s nice to be nice – No Strings Attached review
February 9, 2011 1 Comment
No Strings Attached – Starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Kline. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Sometimes it’s just enjoyable to watch a movie where all the characters are nice; to spend ninety minutes with a bunch of people who are smart, funny, amiable and kind to one another. The […]
Continue reading>The King’s Speech dominates SAG awards
January 31, 2011 0 Comments
>The King’s Speech is on track to take home the big awards at this month’s Oscar ceremony following its coronation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film picked up Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and star Colin Firth nabbed Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Along […]
Continue readingBeautiful dark twisted fantasy – Black Swan review
January 4, 2011 2 Comments
Black Swan – Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassell. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Things are about to get … intense. Perhaps Darren Aronofsky should have considered attaching a title card with that brief caveat to the reels of his latest film Black Swan. He didn’t. Instead, I offer […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: The Other Woman
December 30, 2010 0 Comments
>The trailer for Natalie Portman’s new film The Other Woman has been released by IFC Films. Don Roos directs this adaptation of Ayelet Waldman’s novel Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, where Portman plays stepmother to a young boy – a relationship that doesn’t flow naturally for her. The film premiered at Toronto back in September […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: Thor
December 13, 2010 1 Comment
>The trailer for Kenneth Branagh‘s film adaptation of the Marvel comic Thor (he of the big hammer) has debuted online. For those unawares, Thor tells the story of, well, Thor (Aussie Chris Hemsworth), who is booted out of his home amongst the God and forced to live with human beings. Gross! The film exists in […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Your Highness
November 18, 2010 0 Comments
The trailer for David Gordon Green‘s fantastical stoner-epic Your Highness has debuted online. The film sees the brains behind the hilarious TV show Eastbound and Down team-up for a medieval adventure. Sure, why not? Back in January, we named Your Highness our 20th most anticipated film of 2010. Of course, it’s not coming out until […]
Continue readingPride and Prejudice and Zombies scoops brainy director
November 17, 2010 0 Comments
Braaaaaaaaaaaains… Ah, we mean good news for zombie and classic literature fans alike! According to Deadline, Mike White has signed a deal to direct the adaptation of bestselling genre mash Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Zombies are the latest hot property, with Twilight’s Edward and Bella about to tie the knot and get even more […]
Continue readingNatalie Portman writing Superbad-for-ladies
November 15, 2010 0 Comments
Natalie Portman used to be the ‘girl next door’ until her role in 2004’s Closer saw her straddling the stripper pole. More recently in Darren Aronofsky’s new film Black Swan (set to hit our shores January 2011) Portman and co-star Mila Kunis share a lesbian tryst. Now according to the LA Times Portman has co-written […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: No Strings Attached
November 4, 2010 1 Comment
The trailer for Ivan Reitman‘s new romantic comedy No Strings Attached has debuted online. It marks the first film in five years from the director of the beloved pictures Ghostbusters, Meatballs and Stripes. No Strings Attached stars Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman as old friends who decide to strike up a purely sexual relationship, and […]
Continue readingSandra Bullock defying Portman’s Gravity
September 13, 2010 1 Comment
Last week it was reported that Alfonso Cuaron had extended an offer to Natalie Portman to star in his upcoming sci-fi thriller Gravity. According to CinemaBlend, Warner Bros is nervous about having Portman carry the big budget feature alone, and is now courting Sandra Bullock for the role. The film centers around a woman left […]
Continue readingNatalie Portman to star in Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity?
September 7, 2010 0 Comments
Warner Bros have officially offered Natalie Portman the lead role in Alfonso Cuaron‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller Gravity. Portman jumped to the top of WB’s wishlist following the positive notices out of the Venice and Telluride film festivals for her performance in Black Swan. According to The Hollywood Reporter (who nabbed the exclusive): “[Gravity] centers on […]
Continue readingBlack Swan trailer debut
August 18, 2010 0 Comments
The trailer for Darren Aronofsky‘s psychological thriller Black Swan has debuted online, and it is without question one of the most enticing teasers of the year. Frankly, this is exactly how all trailers should be. Rather than giving away the entire plot, it focuses more on establishing the film’s tone. Considering that it can create […]
Continue readingFirst look at Aronofsky’s Black Swan
July 23, 2010 0 Comments
Darren Aronofsky‘s upcoming feature Black Swan has been selected as the opening night film of this year’s Venice International Film Festival. To celebrate, USA Today have the first batch of images from his mysterious project. The USA Today piece also offers us our first glimpse at the film’s plot: The dark tale with psychological twists […]
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