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Ian McKellen joins Emma Watson for Beauty and the Beast
Sir Ian McKellen looks set to lend his voice to Disney’s live-action animated tale Beauty and the Beast. Variety reports that the legendary British actor will voice the role of Cogsworth, the talking clock. He joins an impressive cast with Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Josh Gad as Le Fou, Emma Thompson as… Read More >
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Luke Evans joins Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast
Welsh actor Luke Evans is set to star as Gaston in Disney’s live-action retelling of Beauty and the Beast, according to Variety. Evans starred in the most recent Hobbit films and will take on the part of the story’s villain who antagonises everyone around him, yet is famed for his dashing good looks. Watson will… Read More >
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E.L. James wants more control over Fifty Shades of Grey sequel
Coming as no surprise to anyone, Fifty Shades of Grey has been a huge commercial success. The past week has seen the movie, based on the erotic novel by the same name, gross over$100,000,000 in the US alone, and over $300,000,000 worldwide. As such, it was only a matter of time before author E.L. James, who wrote Fifty… Read More >
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Emma Watson to star in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Looks like Disney has its next Beauty. According to TheWrap, Emma Watson has just secured a deal to play the lead – presumably still called Belle – in Beauty and the Beast. This is particularly interesting, as she was initially set to star in a different film version directed by Guillermo del Toro back in 2012. That… Read More >
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Running On Empty short film
When Ed is introduced to an avatar dating website he’s able to design his ideal partner, Gill. Complications arise and Ed soon discovers that his perfect match sees him as somewhat less than perfect. Read More >
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Frozen: Sing-Along Edition DVD and Digital release announced
Frozen: Sing-Along Edition on DVD and Digital has been announced today by Disney. The one-disc set will include both the sing-along and theatrical versions of the movie, along with an ‘all-new’ featurette called Breaking the Ice and the Get a Horse! Mickey Mouse short. There is no Blu-ray release confirmed yet, but the DVD and… Read More >
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Nia Vardalos confirms she’s working on My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Nia Vardalos has confirmed via Twitter that she is writing a sequel to her mega low-budget (it cost just $5 million), big fat hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, saying: “I’m working on the MBFGWedding sequel; now that I’m experiencing motherhood I feel ready to write this next chapter.” She continued “A few jaded… Read More >
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Divergent sequel Insurgent begins production
Lionsgate has announced that the film adaptation of Insurgent, the second book in author Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy, has begun production in Atlanta, Georgia. The studio has released the following synopsis for the film: “Insurgent raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the dystopian ruins of a futuristic Chicago.… Read More >
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Disney’s Frozen becomes the fifth biggest worldwide box office release
After this weekend’s worldwide box office takings, Disney’s Frozen has become the fifth biggest worldwide box office release in history, taking the position away from Iron Man 3. The original animated feature has now made $1,219,274,000 billion according to Box Office Mojo. Read More >
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Divergent to become four part franchise
Following on a similar trend to other young adult novel adaptations, Divergent – starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, is set to turn the three-part Veronica Roth book series into four movies, splitting the final novel into two movies, much in the same way Twilight, The Hunger Games, and even Harry Potter had done previously.… Read More >
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