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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...
David Walliams Is 'Praying' One Of His Books Could Be Made Into A Movie
David Walliams is ''praying'' one of his books will be made into a movie. The 47-year-old comedian has revealed that seeing his books turned into TV adaptations has given him hope that one day, his...
Robert Zemeckis To Direct Film Of Roald Dahl's The Witches
Robert Zemeckis is tipped to direct a new big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'.The 'Back To The Future' director is in final negotiations with Warner Bros. to helm the project after Guillermo del...
Paul King In Talks To Helm Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Movie
Paul King is in negotiations to helm a new 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' movie.The filmmaker is best known for the critically-acclaimed 'Paddington' movies, but now looks to be setting his sights on another iconic...
Rebecca Ferguson In Talks For Roald Dahl Biopic
Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to star in the Roald Dahl biopic.The 34-year-old actress is reportedly in negotiations to star as actress Patricia Neal alongside 'Downton Abbey' star Hugh Bonneville as the children's author in...
Hugh Bonneville To Play Roald Dahl In New Biopic
Hugh Bonneville is set to star as Roald Dahl in an untitled biopic.The 'Downton Abbey' actor will portray the children's author, who created unforgettable novels including 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'The BFG', in...
Pam Ferris 'Passed Out' On Set Of Harry Potter Due To Latex Costume
Pam Ferris has revealed her latex costume in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' caused her to pass out.The British actress has had to dress up as a variety of characters for her varied...
Mark Rylance Loves Working With Interesting Steven Spielberg
Mark Rylance enjoys working with Steven Spielberg because he finds him such an interesting filmmaker.The 56-year-old actor and the legendary 69-year-old director collaborated with each other on 'Bridge of Spies' with Rylance's performance as Soviet...
Mark Rylance Regrets Making The Film Intimacy
Mark Rylance wished he never made the film 'Intimacy'. The 56-year-old, who is currently shooting 'Ready Player One' which is latest collaboration with Steven Spielberg, has spoken out about his regrets over making 2001 erotic...
Dannii Minogue's Son Is Learning Mandarin
Dannii Minogue's son can speak Mandarin Chinese. The 45-year-old singer and her ex-boyfriend Kris Smith - who is the father of her child - are so proud of their six-year-old boy Ethan as he's started...
Disney Eyes Sam Mendes For James And The Giant Peach
The Revolutionary Road director is in “very early” negotiations with Disney to helm the project, while Brooklyn scribe Nick Hornby is in talks to adapt the 1961 Roald Dahl children’s book, according to Variety.The original...
Jonathan Holmes Impressed By Spielberg's 'Enthusiasm' On The Bfg
Jonathan Holmes was very impressed by Steven Spielberg's ''enthusiasm and energy'' on the set of 'The BFG'.The actor plays the Childchewer - one of the nine man-eating giants in author Roald Dahl's 1982 book -...
Steven Spielberg Tips Bfg's Ruby Barnhill To Be A Director
Steven Spielberg supports Ruby Barnhill's dream of becoming a director when she's older.The 12-year-old actress plays the lead role of Sophie in Spielberg's latest film 'The BFG' opposite Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant.Ruby...
Steven Spielberg: Bfg Has Echoes Of My Childhood
Steven Spielberg can see parallels between his own childhood and the story of 'The BFG'.The acclaimed movie-maker has helmed the new film based on Roald Dahl's popular novel, and has revealed he can strongly relate...
Steven Spielberg Is Proud Of A-list Snubs
The celebrated director is behind some of cinema’s most loved films, and has worked with everyone from Liam Neeson to Leonardo DiCaprio on the big screen.Despite having an awards cabinet boasting three Oscars, four Golden...
Steven Spielberg Struggled With 'Motion Capture' Technology For The Bfg
The Academy Award-winning director has rarely shied away from a challenge during his career - from creating deadly sharks in Jaws to bringing dinosaurs back to life in Jurassic Park. But when it came to...
Steven Spielberg Nervous At Asking Mark Rylance To Star In The Bfg
The Hollywood director returns to making films through the eyes of children with the upcoming big screen adaptation of the beloved story by British author Roald Dahl. The plot follows orphan Sophie, played by newcomer...
Mara Wilson Comes Out As 'Bi/queer'
The actress, who is most famous for starring in hit family films Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, revealed that after years of identifying as straight, lately she is now more comfortable with a different label. Mara,...
Matilda The Musical To Close On Broadway
The production, based on Roald Dahl's children's novel, opened at New York's Shubert Theatre in April, 2013 and the curtain will finally come down on 1 January (17) after more than 1,500 performances....
Beatrix Potter Tale To Be Released After 100 Years
The British writer sent The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots to her publisher in 1914, but it was never released, and last year (15), historians unearthed the manuscript in archives at London's Victoria and Albert...
From The Very Hungry Caterpillar To Peter Rabbit: Children's Books That Ought To Follow 'The Bfg'
We are really being brought back to our childhoods with cinema at the moment; Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' is only the latest popular children's story to be adapted as a live action big screen flick,...
Phoebe Dahl: Love At First Sight With Ruby Rose
Phoebe Dahl found ''love at first sight'' with her fiancee Ruby Rose.The British designer - who's grandfather is children's author Roald Dahl - got engaged to the 'Orange is the New Black' actress within months...
What You Need To Know About Ruby Rose, Orange Is The New Black’S Latest Star
Unless you’ve been in hibernation for the past few weeks, you may have noticed the internet going crazy for the third season of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and its latest star, Ruby Rose....
Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton And Jemaine Clement To Star In The Bfg
Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton and Jemaine Clement have been added to the cast of Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG'.The 68-year-old filmmaker - who will co-produce the film adaptation of the Roald Dahl children's story alongside Walt...
Newcomer Cast In Lead Female Role Of The Bfg Adaptation
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has cast acting newcomer Ruby Barnhill to play the lead female role in his upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Bfg.The British actress will make her feature film debut as Sophie, a...
Mark Rylance To Star In The Bfg
Mark Rylance is to play the title character in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of 'The BFG'.The 67-year-old filmmaker said he was ''honoured'' the Brit had accepted the opportunity to star in the much-anticipated film, which is...
Mark Rylance Cast In Title Role Of Steven Spielberg's The Bfg Adaptation
English thespian Mark Rylance has been cast in the title role of Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Bfg.The Other Boleyn Girl star will re-team with the Lincoln director in the film, which will...
As ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ Turns 50, We Visit Fudge Mountain For The First Time In Newly Published Lost Chapter
Since it was first published in 1964, Roald Dahl’s classic tale of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been delighting readers young and old and selling over 50 million copies worldwide. Now, after half a...
Coen Brothers To Revise Cold War Script
The Coen Brothers will revise the script of Tom Hanks' upcoming Cold War film.Joel and Ethan Coen have been enlisted to re-write the so far untitled DreamWorks project, which has already confirmed Steven Spielberg as...
Steven Spielberg To Adapt Roald Dahl's 'The Bfg', 'Robopocalypse' Sidelined?
Break out the frobscottle and snozzcumbers! Steven Spielberg has picked The BFG as his next big movie project. The Oscar-winning Lincoln director will adapt Roald Dahl's much-loved children's fantasy tale of giants and dreams into...
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