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Luke Evans Wants James Bond Role
Luke Evans wants to play James Bond.The 42-year-old actor has revealed that he would "jump at the chance" to become the second Welsh 007 after Timothy Dalton but adds that the prospect of succeeding Daniel...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 April 2021
Joseph Gordon-levitt And Cynthia Erivo Join Live-action Pinocchio
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Cynthia Erivo have joined the cast of the Robert Zemeckis adaptation of 'Pinocchio'.The 40-year-old actor and 34-year-old actress have boarded the Disney+ live-action remake of the classic 1940 animation - which is...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 March 2021
Luke Evans Believes That The Pinocchio Remake Will Be Unique
Luke Evans believes that the 'Pinocchio' remake will be unique.The 41-year-old actor has been cast in Disney's new take on the classic tale as the conniving villain The Coachman and feels that the upcoming movie,...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 February 2021
Octavia Spencer To Star In Spirited
Octavia Spencer is to star in 'Spirited'.The Oscar-winning actress has joined Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in Apple's new take on 'A Christmas Carol', which will update and reimagine the classic Charles Dickens story as...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 February 2021
Luke Evans Set To Play The Coachman In Disney+'S Pinocchio Remake
Luke Evans has boarded the 'Pinocchio' remake.The 41-year-old actor has already played Gaston in the 2017 live-action remake of Disney classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’, and now he's set to play the conniving Coachman in...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 January 2021
Oakes Fegley Eyed Up For Pinocchio Role
Oakes Fegley is being eyed for a role in the 'Pinocchio' remake.Disney reportedly want to cast the 16-year-old actor as Lampwick in Robert Zemeckis' new live-action version of the classic tale about a wooden puppet...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 January 2021
Octavia Spencer: Audiences Will Love 'Delicious Evil' In The Witches
Octavia Spencer claims that fans will love the "delicious evil" in 'The Witches'.The 50-year-old actress plays the role of Grandma in Robert Zemeckis' adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic 1983 novel and suggests that the movie...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2020
Bob Gale Rejects Back To The Future 4
Bob Gale has ruled out a fourth 'Back to the Future' film.The 69-year-old screenwriter co-wrote the 1985 sci-fi comedy flick and two sequels with Robert Zemeckis but suggests star Michael J. Fox's battle with Parkinson's...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 October 2020
Tom Hanks Helped To Pay For Parts Of Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks paid for part of the production costs for 'Forrest Gump' out of his own pocket.The 'Castaway' actor has revealed he helped pay for his titular character's expensive trip across the country after the...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 September 2020
Tom Hanks In Talks For Live-action Pinocchio Role
Tom Hanks is in talks to star in Robert Zemeckis' live-action version of 'Pinocchio'.The Oscar-winning actor wants the role of Geppetto in Disney's upcoming flick and Hanks reportedly reached out to the filmmaker to personally...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 August 2020
No Plans For Solo: A Star Wars Story Sequel, Says Ron Howard
Ron Howard has revealed there is ''no sequel planned'' for 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' at the moment.The Oscar-winning director helmed the 2018 'Star Wars' prequel, which starred Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo,...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 July 2020
Iconic Back To The Future Guitar Scene Heaped Pressure Onto Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox ''put pressure'' on himself during the iconic guitar scene in 'Back to the Future'.The 59-year-old actor famously plays the Chuck Berry song 'Johnny B. Goode' as Marty McFly in the 1985 film...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 June 2020
Back To The Future's Christopher Lloyd Pitches Epic Rick And Morty Crossover
Christopher Lloyd has pitched a 'Back To The Future' and 'Rick and Morty' crossover.The 81-year-old actor - who famously played Doctor Emmett Brown opposite Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly in the iconic time travel movie...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 May 2020
It's October 21st 2015, Which Means 'Back To The Future Day' Is Finally Here!
Movie fans all around the world are today celebrating 'Back To The Future Day', marking the exact date that Doc Brown and Marty McFly travelled to in the 1989 sequel, Back to the Future Part...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 October 2015
Joseph Gordon-levitt Really Learned Wire-walking For The Walk
The story of Philippe Petit's astonishing high-wire walk between the still unfinished World Trade Center towers in 1974 has already been told on film in the Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire. But now Robert Zemeckis...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 October 2015
Joseph Gordon-levitt Surprised By Humble Director
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was surprised by how humble Robert Zemeckis is.The actor teamed up with the legendary filmmaker for new movie 'The Wire' and even though Robert has directed films including 'Forrest Gump', 'Cast Away' and...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 October 2015
Christopher Lloyd Reprises Back To The Future Role For 30th Anniversary
The 76 year old returns as the eccentric inventor, who befriends Michael J. Fox's character Marty MCFly, for the new short titled Doc Brown Saves the World. In a teaser trailer, Brown...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 September 2015
Michael J. Fox Talks 'Back To The Future' As Film Celebrates 30th Anniversary At London Comic-con
Michael J Fox joined his fellow Back To The Future cast members in London this weekend, to celebrate the movie’s 30th anniversary at the capital’s Film and Comic-Con convention. Released in July 1985 the time-travelling...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 July 2015
'Back To The Future' Remake Would Be Blocked By Robert Zemeckis
Despite our current mania for ‘80s reboots, it seems that there’s one classic movie from that golden decade that won’t be getting a new lease of life on the big screen. Director Robert Zemeckis has...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 July 2015
Robert Zemeckis: I'll Block A Back To The Future Remake
Robert Zemeckis will block any attempt to make another 'Back to the Future' movie.The 63-year-old director - who created and directed the original sci-fi movies, starring Michael J. Fox - has admitted that while another...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 June 2015
Marion Cotillard And Brad Pitt For War Thriller
Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt are to star in a war thriller.The 39-year-old actress is in talks to join the 51-year-old hunk in the upcoming romantic drama, set during World War II, which will be...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 June 2015
The Goonies Actress Mary Ellen Trainor Has Died Aged 62
'The Goonies' actress Mary Ellen Trainor has died aged 62.Trainor - who played Mikey Walsh's mother in the classic 1985 film - passed away at her home in Montecito, California on May 20 due to...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 June 2015
Actress Mary Ellen Trainor Dies At 62
The actress passed away on 20 May (15) at her home in Montecito, California. The cause of her death has yet to be revealed. Trainor was best known for playing police psychiatrist...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 June 2015
Brad Pitt Set To Star In Romantic Thriller Directed By Robert Zemeckis
It looks as if Brad Pitt’s next project will be a ‘romantic thriller’ coming from Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis. The film will be produced by Paramount and New Regency, who confirmed Pitt’s casting...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 February 2015
'The Walk' Trailer Shows Joseph Gordon-levitt And The World Trade Centre
On the morning of 7th August, 1974, French high-wire artist, Philippe Petit, made an incredible journey, as he flew into the record books with the record of the highest high-wire walk at the time. For...
By Stephen Caswell in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 December 2014
Back To The Future Musical: Deloreans And Time Travel Heading To The West End
Back to The Future is the latest cult franchise to be in line for a theatre reimagining; this time, it’s a musical. It’ll hit the West End in 2015, the 30th anniversary of the film....
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 February 2014
'Back To The Future' Will Return On Stage As London West End Musical
After nearly 30 years 'Back To The Future' is set to return, but this time as a stage production.The sci-fi comedy franchise, starring a young Michael J. Fox, is set to return as a musical...
By Nick Hill in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 February 2014
"Back To The Future" Isn't Heading To Broadway, It's Coming To The West End
Great Scott! Just two years after Bob Gale played down the idea of aBack to the Futuremusical on Broadway, Marty McFly will instead be resurrected in the West End. Way to lead fans off the...
By Victoria Pavlova in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31 January 2014
Tom Hanks Admits To Love Of Doctor Who
Tom Hanks is a fan of 'Doctor Who'. The 'Saving Mr Banks' actor first watched the long-running BBC series in California in the 60s. He said: ''We got our first colour TV in 1968, and...
By Clive King in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 December 2013
A Week In Movies: Oscar Predictions For Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Denzel Washington, Daniel Day-lewis And Anne Hathaway While Iceman And Mud Trailers Hit The Web
Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence battle over Best Actress, Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis meet over Best Actor And Anne Hathaway favorite for Best Supporting Actress. While Iceman (James Franco, Winona Ryder) and Mud (Matthew...
By Staff Writer on 18 January 2013
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