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• New ‘Star Wars’ trilogy in the works from ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ director

  08-11-2024 01:37 via nme.com
  
  A new Star Wars trilogy is in the works from X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg.READ MORE: Here’s every ‘Star Wars’ TV series and film in the worksAccording to Deadline, the new films will carry on from the most recent trilogy that concluded with The Rise Of Skywalker in 2019. Episodes 10-12 will reportedly centre around new characters with a new storyline, although the return of familiar faces has not been ruled out.
  Kinberg, who served as a consultant on The Forc
  
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• Anthony Hopkins to star in new Guy Ritchie film ‘Wife & Dog’

  12-11-2024 22:46 via nme.com
  
  Anthony Hopkins will be starring in Guy Ritchie’s next feature film, Wife & Dog, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Rosamund Pike.READ MORE: Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ reviewAs per Deadline, filming on the project looks set to begin in February 2025 and the film is described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy Richie explored in The Gentleman film and TV series.”
  The screenplay for the film has been written by R
  
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• ‘Black Panther 3’ will be one of Denzel Washington’s final films before retirement

  12-11-2024 22:16 via nme.com
  
  Denzel Washington has revealed that he will appear in Black Panther 3 and that it will be one of his final films before retirement.READ MORE: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ review: a magical memorial to Chadwick Boseman
  Speaking to Australia’s Today programme while on the press tour for Gladiator II, Washington said that director Ryan Coogler is writing him a role in Marvel’s third Black Panther outing. Alongside this, Washington said it will be one of his final roles a
  
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• George R.R. Martin teases Maisie Williams’ ‘Game Of Thrones’ return

  12-11-2024 21:44 via nme.com
  
  George R. R. Martin has appeared to tease the return of Maisie Williams to the Game Of Thrones universe.READ MORE: ‘House Of The Dragon’ review: ‘Game Of Thrones’ saga continues in styleOn his blog, Martin wrote about a recent trip to London in which he met Williams, who played Arya Stark in the long-running show, about an upcoming project the pair were both involved in.
  “We also got together with Maisie Williams for pizza and pasta, and talked about… Well, n
  
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• Selena Gomez is obsessed with Kurt Cobain documentary ‘Montage Of Heck’

  12-11-2024 20:13 via nme.com
  
  Selena Gomez has swapped stories with NME about her favourite musicians – including a teenage obsession with Kurt Cobain – during an interview that covered acting techniques, her current break from recording music and what it’s like to get an 11-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival.Read more: ‘Emilia Perez’ review: Zoë Saldaña and Selena Gomez let loose in flawed musical melodramaThe 32-year-old singer and actress is promoting her Oscar-t
  
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• ‘Glicked’ is looking to rival ‘Barbenheimer’ for box office success

  12-11-2024 18:53 via nme.com
  
  The forthcoming release of Gladiator II and Wicked could be set to have the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon.Read More: ‘Gladiator 2’ review: back to Rome for Paul Mescal’s Colosseum-sized sequelDubbed the Glicked effect, both movies are set to take the box office by storm in the coming days when they are simultaneously released much like Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.
  According to Deadline, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and Ridley Scott&rs
  
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• ‘Human Traffic’ sequel could happen, teases Danny Dyer

  12-11-2024 17:48 via nme.com
  
  Danny Dyer has dropped a massive hint that a sequel to Human Traffic could finally be on the way.
  Speaking in a new episode of his Live And Let Dyers podcast with his daughter Dani, Dyer reflected on his breakthrough role as Moff in the original 1999 film, which is set over the course of a drug-fuelled weekend in Cardiff.
  He said: “I did Human Traffic, which obviously it took two years to come out. The reason it took so long is because it was very controversial. It was a film about hedonis
  
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• Korean actor Song Jae-rim dies aged 39, police confirm

  12-11-2024 16:48 via nme.com
  
  Korean actor Song Jae-rim has died, aged 39 police have confirmed.
  According to Seoul Seongdong Police Station, Song was found dead at his home in the South Korean capital.
  “Currently, there is no evidence of foul play,” a police spokesperson said, according to The Korea Herald. A cause of death has not yet been released, but his funeral is set to be held at the Yeouido St. Mary’s Funeral Hall on Thursday (November 14).
  The actor made his breakthrough in the 2012 dram
  
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• ‘Forrest Gump’ fan-made trailer imagines Timotheé Chalamet in the lead

  12-11-2024 14:10 via nme.com
  
  A fan-made trailer of a Forrest Gump sequel featuring Timotheé Chalamet has gone viral. Watch below.
  The original film was released in 1994 and starred Tom Hanks in the lead role alongside Robin Wright in the Robert Zemeckis hit movie.
  Although a sequel was never made, a fan-made AI trailer imagines Chalamet taking the role of Forrest Gump Jr.
  The clip, which you can view below, shows Chalamet struggling to find his place in the world, similar to his father in the original. It features so
  
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• ‘The Blair Witch Project’ is finally being released in the format its filmmakers intended

  12-11-2024 13:26 via nme.com
  
  The Blair Witch Project is finally being released in the format its filmmakers intended.READ MORE: The Blair Witch project at 20 – director Daniel Myrick on the game-changing horror movie, and his hopes for a connected Blair Witch universeThe 1999 horror movie is set to get a home video release in the format it was originally shot, according to Mike Monello of Haxan Films, the production company responsible for the film.
  The original movie was shot in 16mm black and white, but, to mak
  
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• Grimes needs help getting in touch with Quentin Tarantino

  12-11-2024 13:14 via nme.com
  
  Grimes has asked her X/Twitter followers if they can help her contact Quentin Tarantino.
  The artist explained in a post that she’s been trying to get in touch with the director for years through various means but has never succeeded.
  “Does anyone know any way I can contact Quentin Tarantino? I have for many years tried every other route to contact him, and it’s likely that he simply doesn’t wish to speak to me, but as a last ditch attempt – I am throwing this out in
  
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• Mark Rylance reportedly in the running for Dumbledore in the ‘Harry Potter’ TV series

  12-11-2024 04:20 via nme.com
  
  Mark Rylance is reportedly the frontrunner for the role of Dumbledore in HBO‘s upcoming Harry Potter series – find out more below.READ MORE: ‘The Office’ review: Amazon’s workaday Australian remake is dogged by déjà vuAccording to a report from Variety, the Wolf Hall and Bridge Of Spies actor sits atop the casting director’s wishlist, though it also confirms that HBO and Warner Bros. have yet to enter negotiations with the prolific film and stage
  
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• Daniel Day-Lewis turned down ‘Interview With The Vampire’: “He didn’t want to do a vampire film”

  11-11-2024 22:50 via nme.com
  
  Daniel Day-Lewis turned down a part in Interview With The Vampire according to an interview with its director, Neil Jordan.
  In a new interview with Variety to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, which starred Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst, Jordan revealed that Day-Lewis was considered for the part of Lestat – which eventually went to Cruise.
  He explained: “Daniel was mentioned by the studio, but I never felt he would do it. I did sent him the script, and unsurprisin
  
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• Mark Ruffalo mourns Democrats getting “asses kicked” in election: “Sometimes you have to spend a little time in bed”

  11-11-2024 22:25 via nme.com
  
  Mark Ruffalo has mourned the Democrats getting their “asses kicked” in last week’s US presidential elections, saying: “Sometimes you have to spend a little time in bed.”
  Republican Donald Trump’s win made him the first ex-President to go back to the role in more than 130 years. He also made history as the oldest man elected to America’s highest office at the age of 78. The Democrats Kamala Harris later conceded defeat to Trump.
  In his victory speech on N
  
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• Dwayne Johnson says he pees in bottles on set to save time

  11-11-2024 21:53 via nme.com
  
  Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has addressed some of his rumoured on-set behaviour in a new interview, admitting that he pees in bottles on set to save time.
  Speaking to GQ, Johnson admitted that when filming on busy set days, he would use the bottles to save time. The rumours about Johnson’s behaviour were first reported in The Wrap earlier this year, who claimed that he also arrived to set late frequently – sometimes up to eight hours late.
  Addressing the rumours about
  
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• Timotheé Chalamet says he learned to play 30 Bob Dylan songs for upcoming biopic

  11-11-2024 20:51 via nme.com
  
  Timotheé Chalamet has said he learned to play 30 Bob Dylan songs in preparation for the upcoming biopic in which he plays the legendary folk musician.READ MORE: ‘Dune: Part Two’ review: sandworm-sized sequel should blow a hole in the box officeThe Dune star is set to play the music icon in upcoming film A Complete Unknown, which will chart Dylan’s controversial switch from acoustic to electric guitar in the mid-’60s. The film will be released in US cinemas on Decem
  
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• ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s nostalgic trailer sees Tom Cruise out to save the world

  11-11-2024 16:17 via nme.com
  
  The first trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning sees Tom Cruise out to save the world one final time – watch it below.READ MORE: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ review: staggering stunts can’t make up for the nonsensical plotThe eighth film in the franchise will be the direct sequel to last year’s Dead Reckoning Part One, and based on the glimpses in the trailer, it appears that it may be the final outing for Cruise&r
  
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• Thomas Brodie-Sangster says classmates tried to “bully” him for being in ‘Love Actually’ – but it didn’t work

  11-11-2024 13:07 via nme.com
  
  Thomas Brodie-Sangster has revealed that his classmates tried to “bully” him while he was filming Love Actually, but he was able to rise above it.
  The actor was 13 years old on the set of Richard Curtis’ 2003 Christmas romcom in which he played Sam, who falls for his classmate Joanna (Olivia Olson), while his stepfather (Liam Neeson) also falls for Joanna’s mother (Claudia Schiffer).
  Shooting the movie meant that Brodie-Sangster had to miss sizeable chunks of his school t
  
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• Quentin Tarantino’s favourite Hugh Grant film is lesser known musical romcom with Drew Barrymore

  11-11-2024 12:10 via nme.com
  
  Hugh Grant has revealed which of his films Quentin Tarantino told him is his favourite, and it is a surprising choice.READ MORE: ‘Heretic’ review: Hugh Grant trades manners for menace in slick horrorAfter establishing himself as the king of romcoms in the ‘90s, Grant has veered towards the dark side in recent years, from his villainous turn in Paddington 2 to his current embrace of full-on horror in Heretic.
  But it is a ‘00s deep cut that appealed to the Pulp Fiction
  
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• Joaquin Phoenix threatened to quit ‘Napoleon’ until Paul Thomas Anderson came on board to rewrite the script

  11-11-2024 10:49 via nme.com
  
  Joaquin Phoenix reportedly threatened to drop out of Napoleon until Paul Thomas Anderson was drafted in to rewrite the script.READ MORE: ‘Napoleon’ review: swords, sex and musket fire in an unmissable historical epicThe news had first been reported by The Hollywood Reporter in August, and now the film’s director Ridley Scott has appeared to confirm it in an interview with the New York Times.
  “Tommy was doing Licorice Pizza, advising me how to do Napoleon,” Scott sai
  
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• Mattel issues apology for mistakenly listing porn site on ‘Wicked’ dolls packaging

  11-11-2024 05:36 via nme.com
  
  American toy manufacturer Mattel has issued an apology after it was discovered that an adult film website had been listed on the packaging for its Wicked-themed dolls.READ MORE: ‘Barbie’ review: Greta Gerwig’s grown-up toy story is fantastic fun The new Ariana Grande– and Cynthia Erivo- starring theatrical adaptation of the hit Broadway musical is set for worldwide release on November 22, and it has inspired a lot of themed promotional merchandise à la Ba
  
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• Emma Stone got ‘Zombieland’ role by insulting Jesse Eisenberg

  10-11-2024 19:50 via nme.com
  
  Jesse Eisenberg has revealed that his Zombieland co-star Emma Stone got the role by insulting him in the audition.READ MORE: ‘Zombieland’ at 10: Still the most fun you can have with a zombie flickThe 2009 post-apocalyptic comedy was directed by Ruben Fleischer (Venom, Uncharted) and starred Eisenberg as Columbus and Stone as Wichita, two survivors in a zombie-ridden America who attempt to make their way on an extended cross-country road trip. Woody Harrelson and Abigail Breslin co-st
  
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• ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ actor says people on set predicted it was going to bomb

  10-11-2024 10:52 via nme.com
  
  Comedian Tim Dillon, who had a brief role in Joker: Folie à Deux, has revealed actors on set had already been predicting that the film would flop.Read More: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ review: Lady Gaga shines in a provocative prison musicalFollowing its release to largely negative reviews, it became the first Hollywood comic book movie adaptation to have earned a ‘D’ score, and drew an estimated domestic box office opening of $40million (£30.5million)
  
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• Mattel mistakenly lists adult film site on ‘Wicked’ dolls packaging

  10-11-2024 09:51 via nme.com
  
  Fan who have bought Mattel’s Wicked dolls have found that an adult film site is mistakenly listed on the packaging.READ MORE: ‘Barbie’ review: Greta Gerwig’s grown-up toy story is fantastic fun The new theatrical adaptation of the hit Broadway musical is set for worldwide release on November 22, and it has inspired a lot of themed promotional merchandise à la Barbie.
  Starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo as the Wizard of Oz witches Glinda and Elphaba,
  
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• Olivia Colman compares ‘Paddington’ musical number to Beyoncé performance

  09-11-2024 18:51 via nme.com
  
  Olivia Colman has compared her musical number in Paddington In Peru to a performance by Beyoncé.
  The film is the third in the series of films revolving around the marmalade-loving bear created by Michael Bond, and sees Ben Whishaw returning as the voice of Paddington, alongside Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Antonio Banderas.
  The film sees Paddington and his adopted Brown family visit the bear’s aunt Lucy in Peru, where they have to
  
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• Horror icon Tony Todd has died, aged 69: “I will miss him so much and hope he haunts me once in a while”

  09-11-2024 09:59 via nme.com
  
  Actor and horror icon Tony Todd has died, aged 69.READ MORE: ‘Candyman’ at 30: director Bernard Rose on the cult horror’s lost meaningPer Variety, Todd’s death was confirmed by a representative for the actor. He passed away this Wednesday (November 6) at his Marina Del Rey home, with a cause of death not yet confirmed.
  He was best known for playing Candyman, the titular bogeyman that led a series of horror films in the 1990s. With his towering 6-foot-5 frame and on-s
  
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• This is what Ryan Reynolds believes is the biggest Oscars snub of all time

  08-11-2024 23:02 via nme.com
  
  Ryan Reynolds has revealed what he believes to the be the biggest Oscars snub of all time.READ MORE: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ review: a sarky, time-skipping superhero send-upSpeaking on Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast, the Deadpool & Wolverine star said that he wants to see more comedies recognised by the Academy, which then led him to share his biggest snub.
  “One of the greatest, most, greatest injustices is that Eddie Murphy doesn’t have an Oscar for The Nu
  
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• Ridley Scott reveals why Nick Cave’s ‘Gladiator’ sequel never got made

  08-11-2024 22:28 via nme.com
  
  Ridley Scott has revealed why Nick Cave‘s proposed Gladiator sequel never came to fruition.
  Following the financial and critical success of the 2000 original – it won five Oscars, including best picture and best actor for Russell Crowe – both its lead star and director were keen to make a follow-up.
  John Logan, one of the screenwriters of Gladiator, was originally commissioned to write a sequel, which would be set in Ancient Rome but not feature Crowe, due to his character Maxi
  
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• Watch the moment Benedict Cumberbatch, FKA Twigs, Cate Blanchett, Taika Waititi, Richard Gadd, Marisa Abela, Ghetts, Idris Elba, Riz Ahmed and more all raved on stage with Wyclef Jean in London

  08-11-2024 19:26 via nme.com
  
  Benedict Cumberbatch, FKA Twigs, Cate Blanchett, Taika Waititi, Richard Gadd, Marisa Abela, Ghetts, Idris Elba, Riz Ahmed and more all raved on stage with Wyclef Jean in London last night (November 7) – check out footage of the moment below.READ MORE: FKA Twigs on the cover: “There are so many sides to me that the world hasn’t seen yet” The entertainment stars were present at KOKO Foundation’s Letters Live fundraiser – an event that saw Cumberbatch, Blanc
  
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• Hugh Grant says “perfect happiness” is a Colin Firth box office flop

  08-11-2024 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Hugh Grant has shared his idea of perfect happiness in Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire – and made a cheeky dig at Colin Firth in the process.READ MORE: ‘Heretic’ review: Hugh Grant trades manners for menace in slick horrorWhen asked what his idea of perfect happiness is, Grant replied, “Drinking a pint of London Pride while munching Twiglets and reading about Colin Firth having a critical and box office catastrophe.”
  Grant and Firth have worked together in
  
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