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James Cameron Doesn't Think Aquaman Is Realistic Enough

James Cameron ''doesn't resonate'' with 'Aquaman' because it wasn't realistic. The 64-year-old director claims the 2018 DC Extended Universe superhero film - starring Jason Momoa as the titular character - is a movie he ''could never have made'' as he...

By Bang Showbiz on 15 February 2019

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Zawe Ashton Almost Quit Acting Before Velvet Buzzsaw

Zawe Ashton nearly quit acting before she was cast in 'Velvet Buzzsaw'The 34-year-old actress is best known for her roles as Vod in Channel 4's 'Fresh Meat', Katherine in 'Not Safe for Work' and most recently teacher Claire Pascal in...

By Bang Showbiz on 15 February 2019

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Felicity Jones Had Dental Crowns To Play Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Felicity Jones had to have her teeth capped while playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The 35-year-old actress portrays Ruth, who was the second ever Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, in the 2018 legal drama 'On the Basis of Sex' and...

By Bang Showbiz on 15 February 2019

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Sebastian Stan Replaces Chris Evans In The Devil All The Time

Sebastian Stan will replace Chris Evans in the Netflix film 'The Devil All The Time'. The 36-year-old actor will take over from his 'Captain America' co-star Chris, 37, in Antonio Campos's drama film adapted from Donald Ray Pollock's 2011 mid-western...

By Bang Showbiz on 15 February 2019

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Charlize Theron To Play Immortal Warrior

Charlize Theron is to lead the cast of a new comic book movie.The 'Mad Max: Fury Road' actress is to star in the film adaptation of 'The Old Guard', a five-issue comic book series about immortal warriors, in which she...

By Bang Showbiz on 15 February 2019

Jason Momoa To Join Dune Reboot?

Jason Momoa is in talks to join the 'Dune' reboot.The 39-year-old actor is reportedly in negotiations to join the ever-growing cast of 'Dune', the upcoming adaptation of the sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert that is being directed by Denis Villeneuve.'Dune'...

By Bang Showbiz on 15 February 2019

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Margot Robbie Won't Return As Harley Quinn In Suicide Squad Sequel

Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn is not expected to return in James Gunn's 'Suicide Squad' sequel. The 28-year-old actress - who is to star in her own DC Extended Universe spin-off movie 'Birds of Prey' - will reportedly not reprise her...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

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Art The Clown To Return In 'Terrifier 2

Art the Clown is to return in 'Terrifier 2'.The murderous clown first appeared in director Damien Leone's 2013 American horror anthology film 'All Hallows' Eve' and was subsequently given his own film in the brutal 'Terrifier' which follows the murderous...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

Adam Driver Didn't 'feel Right' Wearing KKK Hood For BlacKkKlansman

Adam Driver just didn't ''feel right'' wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood in 'BlacKkKlansman'. The 35-year-old actor plays Flip Zimmerman in the 2018 American biographical comedy-drama, a police officer who helps the first African-American detective in the city's police department,...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

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Rebel Wilson Insisted On Casting A Gay Actor For Isn't It Romantic

Rebel Wilson insisted on casting a gay actor as her best friend in 'Isn't It Romantic'. The 38-year-old actress is producing and starring in the upcoming rom-com in which she plays love cyclic Natalie who lives out a romantic comedy...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

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Chris Pratt In Talks To Join Ghost Draft

Chris Pratt is in talks to join the cast of sci-fi film 'Ghost Draft'. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The 39-year-old actor will reportedly team up once again with filmmaker Chris McKay - with whom he worked on the 'Lego...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

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Aaron Paul To Return For Breaking Bad Movie

Aaron Paul will appear in the 'Breaking Bad' movie.The 39-year-old actor is set to reprise his role as Jesse Pinkman in the upcoming feature-length follow-up to the hit AMC series - which ran from 2008 to 2013 - and his...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

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Josh Brolin Joins Dune Reboot

Josh Brolin is set to join the 'Dune' reboot.The 51-year-old actor is the latest big name attached to Denis Villeneuve's film adaption of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel, joining a growing and stellar cast that already includes Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya,...

By Bang Showbiz on 14 February 2019

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Felicity Jones Only Spoke In Brooklyn Accent On New Film

Felicity Jones only spoke in a Brooklyn accent whilst filming 'On The Basis Of Sex'.The Oscar-nominated actress plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg - who is now Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States - in the upcoming legal...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Rebecca Ferguson Wants To Sneak Into A Greatest Showman Sing-along

Rebecca Ferguson wants to ''sneak in'' to a 'Greatest Showman' sing-along and join in with fans.The 35-year-old actress plays famous Swedish singer in director Michael Gracey's hit musical movie which is inspired by the life of P. T. Barnum, the...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Eli Roth To Return To Horror Directing

Eli Roth is set to return to horror directing. The 46-year-old director is most closely associated with the genre after rising to fame with the 2002 horror-comedy 'Cabin Fever' and the 2005 gore fest 'Hostel', however, the filmmaker recently added...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Chris Evans To Star In Past-lives Drama Infinite

Chris Evans is set to star in past-lives drama 'Infinite'. The 37-year-old actor is reportedly in talks to star in the mystery film helmed by Antoine Fuqua for Paramount Pictures and penned by John Lee Hancock and Ian Shorr who...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Octavia Spencer To Star In The Witches Remake

Octavia Spencer is set to star in 'The Witches' remake. The 46-year-old actress will reportedly join Anne Hathaway in Robert Zemeckis' interpretation of the Roald Dahl novel and 1990 film. The original film follows a young boy called Luke who,...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Daniel Radcliffe Is 'sure' Harry Potter Will Be Rebooted

Daniel Radcliffe is certain 'Harry Potter' will be rebooted in the future. The 29-year-old actor was just 11 when he was cast as the boy wizard in the movie versions of J. K. Rowling's magical fantasy book series and he...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Thomas Middleditch Joins Zombieland 2

Thomas Middleditch is joining the cast of 'Zombieland 2'.The 'Silicon Valley' star is among a host of major names who be part of the highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 horror comedy.According to Variety, the 36-year-old actor will appear alongside...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Olivia Munn's Psylocke Not Returning For X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Olivia Munn won't feature in the 'X-Men' sequel.The 38-year-old actress portrayed mutant superheroine Psylocke in 2016's 'X-Men: Apocalypse', but she has confirmed her martial artist alter-ego won't be returning to the franchise this time as she was busy filming scenes...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Chadwick Boseman To Star In Da 5 Bloods

Chadwick Boseman is set to star in a new project directed by Spike Lee.The 41-year-old actor was launched into the spotlight last year when he starred in Marvel blockbuster 'Black Panther', but he's now set to team up with legendary...

By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2019

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Anna Paquin: The Power Balance Has Shifted In Hollywood

Anna Paquin says the ''power balance has changed'' in the film industry in favour of women.The 35-year-old actress is very pleased that women's voices are now being heard and are prominent in the film industry, and it's been a huge...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Bill Nighy Became A Pokemon Expert For Film Role

Bill Nighy bought every Pokemon book in existence to research his role for 'Pokemon: Detective Pikachu'.The 69-year-old actor did a lot of reading about the pocket monsters video game and trading card phenomenon after landing a part in the upcoming...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Horror Noire Shows Hollywood 'doesn't Understand' Africa-Americans' Genre Love

'Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror' producer Tananarive Due believes Hollywood ''doesn't understand the degree to which black people have loved horror''.The UCLA educator - who teaches in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California,...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Ana De Armas Joins Cast Of The Wasp Network

'Blade Runner 2049' actress Ana de Armas is to star in the 'Wasp Network'.The 30-year-old Cuban actress has joined an impressive cast of the spy drama which already includes Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez, Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura and Gael Garcia...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Robbie Williams And Guy Chambers Write Song For Military Wives Film

Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers have written a song for Kristin Scott Thomas' new British comedy-drama film 'Military Wives'.The songwriting duo - who together have penned pop hits such as 'Angels', 'Let Me Entertain You' and 'No Regrets' - have...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Paul Feig To Produce False Alarm

Paul Feig is set to produce a new comedy entitled 'False Alarm'.The 56-year-old actor, director, and producer has joined forces with Dylan Clark and Sam Esmail on the project, which is being set up at Universal Pictures after the studio...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Aquaman Sequel Officially In The Works

An 'Aquaman' sequel is officially in the works.Jason Momoa's turn as the DC Comics superhero was a winner at the box office, becoming the 21st highest-grossing film of all time, and now Warner Bros. are bringing back David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick...

By Bang Showbiz on 12 February 2019

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Coming To America 2 To Be Released In August 2020

'Coming to America 2' will be released in August 2020.The hotly-anticipated sequel to 1988's 'Coming to America' has been given an official release date of August 7, 2020, exciting Eddie Murphy fans everywhere.Murphy has been confirmed to return to his...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Shayne Ward Cast In New British Horror Film

Shayne Ward has been cast in new horror movie 'Skendleby'.The former 'X Factor' champion - who won the singing competition in 2005 and went on to appear on soap 'Coronation Street' - will star alongside Mark Jackson and Niamh McGrady...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Rachel Weisz Doesn't Stay In Character Between Scenes

Rachel Weisz no longer stays in character between scenes.The 'Favourite' star - who has son Henry, 12, with ex boyfriend Darren Aronofsky and a five-month-old daughter with husband Daniel Craig - used to try and stay ''focused'' even when the...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Emily Blunt's Awards Snub

Rob Marshall says Emily Blunt was robbed during awards nominations.The 'Mary Poppins Returns' director is livid that Emily did not receive any major acting nominations for her role in the update of the classic film and believes her performance will...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Edgar Wright Keen On Kinks Biopic

Edgar Wright wants to make a Kinks biopic.The 'Baby Driver' filmmaker has revealed he was at one point in talks to direct Queen movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - which originally had Bryan Singer at the helm before he was fired and...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Letitia Wright Saw Her BAFTA Speech As An 'opportunity'

Letitia Wright saw her BAFTAs acceptance speech as the perfect ''opportunity'' to speak about her struggles with depression.The 25-year-old actress - who won the coveted Rising Star Award at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night (10.02.19) - revealed in...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Aquaman Spin-off?

Warner Bros are in talks about an 'Aquaman' spin-off.Following the success of Jason Momoa's standalone movie, Warner Bros are considering a new film based on the Trench, the deadly creatures who attacked his character Aquaman and his love Mera. According...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Joanna Lumley Recalls Awards Show Nerves

Joanna Lumley always felt like she was about to ''lose [her] mind'' whilst waiting to find out if she'd won an award for her acting.The 72-year-old actress hosts the BAFTAs on Sunday (10.02.19), and after scooping three honours and the...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Casey Affleck's Directorial Naivety

Casey Affleck was ''naive'' to think it would be easy to direct 'Light Of My Life'.The 43-year-old actor wrote, directed and starred in the drama film and admits he thought it wouldn't be too bad to take the helm of...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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James Cameron Reveals Terminator Title As Terminator: Dark Fate

James Cameron has revealed the new 'Terminator' movie has a working title of 'Terminator: Dark Fate'.The much-anticipated return of the money-spinning franchise is being directed by 'Deadpool' filmmaker Tim Miller, while Hollywood legend Cameron is involved with the franchise for...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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Joe Cornish's Miracle Movie

Joe Cornish thinks it is a ''miracle'' that 'The Kid Who Would Be King' was ever made. The 50-year-old filmmaker is responsible for the modern day adaptation of King Arthur, which sees schoolboy Alex - played by Louis Ashbourne Serkis...

By Bang Showbiz on 11 February 2019

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